The Maltese Falcon Resources

If you need The Maltese Falcon the way the characters in the movie need the Falcon, you can get a copy of the movie from Warner Bros.

We solved the mystery of The Maltese Falcon for you.

One of Huston's remarkable techniques doesn't sound all that remarkable, but it was at the time: Huston stayed as faithful to the book as possible. He talks about other filmmaking techniques with his biographer.

"There are no rules." That's how John Huston described his screenwriting process.

The blog "Girls Do Film" analyzes The Maltese Falcon and the importance of its downer ending.

Most everyone involved in The Maltese Falcon is no longer with us, but the Falcon remains. The story of the Falcon prop lives on through Michele Fortier, daughter of Fred Sexton, who crafted the Falcon. She remembers it as "shiny and black."

Some people today are still obsessed with the Falcon. Adam Savage of Mythbusters makes replicas in his spare time. Like you do.

If you prefer your noir so dark you can't see a thing, the radio adaptation of The Maltese Falcon is for you. Close your eyes and make up the visuals yourself.

This is the Webley-Forsby .45 automatic, which is the exact model of the gun that shot Thursby. Thursby plugged by a Forsby. Could that be significant?

Harry Winston jewelers later made a solid gold replica of the Falcon, what it might look like beneath its black exterior.