It's no mystery: The Maltese Falcon goes on the auction block Thursday - and the bidding is expected to reach $1 million. The infamous black bird prop from the 1941 Humphrey Bogart noir classic is ...

On Oct. 3, 1941, Warner Bros. premiered thriller The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. The film, nominated for three Academy Awards, has since become a noir classic.

Deadline’s 50 Classic Noir Film Gallery: From the 'Maltese Falcon' and 'Double Indemnity' to 'The Lady From Shanghai' & More Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...

The Maltese Falcon is the first crime melodrama with finish, speed and bang to come along in what seems ages, and since its pattern is one of the best things Hollywood does, we have been missing it.

The Maltese Falcon This is one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form. Unfolding a most intriguing and entertaining murder mystery, picture ...

"The Maltese Falcon" (1941) is often called the first noir film, but that's not correct. It's not even Bogart's first noir -- he was in Raoul Walsh's "They Drive By Night," released 14 months earlier.

Today, The Maltese Falcon continues to be a favorite among classic film fans and, while it reigns as a top-tier film noir, there's no denying that it is the best detective film noir.Qualities such ...

The Maltese Falcon. The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir directed by John Huston, based on Dashiell Hammett's novel. Starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, the film follows ...

In 1941, Humphrey Bogart played Detective Sam Spade in John Huston’s film noir masterpiece “The Maltese Falcon,” ranked by the American Film Institute as the No. 6 mystery film of all time.

It is never easy to say where anything begins. (You want to argue? Nominate a track as the first rock 'n' roll song ever.) These days Humphrey Bogart begins on television, dryly lisping through a ...