John HustonThe Maltese Falcon might as well have been a dodo bird. No one had high hopes for the movie, which had two previous incarnations: a 1931 drama of the same name starring Ricardo Cortez as...

Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. Cowboys, detectives, and Elvis. If you had a movie in which someone needed to be shot or sung at, Wallis was your man. The legendary Hal B. Wallis produced films over...

First-time director John Huston took an ambitious approach to The Maltese Falcon. After all, the black bird isn't just a treasure that falls in your lap; you have to work for it. And you have to do...

Adolph DeutschAdolph Deutsch began composing for Broadway in the 1920s, when it was still acceptable for people to be named Adolph. He made the jump to Hollywood with They Won't Forget, a 1937 thri...

You won't find anyone dressing up as Sam Spade or as an iron Falcon statue for Halloween or a convention. (Which is a shame, really—Sam Spade was a dapper chapper.) The Maltese Falcon doesn't hav...