“You simply take apart two copies of the book, paste the pages, and cross out what you don’t like. [The script] was done in a very short time, because it was based on a very fine book and there was very little for me to invent. It was a matter of sticking to the ideas of the book, of making a film out of a book…I tried to transpose Dashell Hammett’s highly individual prose style into camera terms – sharp photography, geographically exact camera movements, striking, if not shocking, setups.” – John Huston, on adapting The Maltese Falcon

HUMPHREY BOGART as Sam Spade in THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) dir. John Huston

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Dir. John Huston

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Dir. John Huston

Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

– The Maltese Falcon (1941) dir. John Huston

Humphrey Bogart and Elisha Cook, Jr in The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)

Humphrey Bogart and Elisha Cook Jr. in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Humphrey Bogart in a publicity photo for The Maltese Falcon (1941)