"The Maltese Falcon" by John Huston

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"The 1940 version of The Maltese Falcon was the third version of the novel to be filmed and the most successful. It was also the film truest to the spirit of the novel, though the 1931 version (with the same title) followed the plot very closely without capturing the inherent spirit of the piece. The second version--Satan Met a Lady in 1936--was very poor and made what had been a dark detective story into a comic romp with a detective more buffoon than threat. John Huston returned to the original novel for his version of the story and clearly tried to stick closely not only to the story but also to the spirit of the piece, with its moral ambiguities intact as they had not been in the 1931, more traditionally hero-vs.-villain rendering. Yet, Huston had of necessity to make changes by curtailing certain scenes, altering the order and point of view to a degree, and..."

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