![]() ![]() Or a statement of Spade's philosophy, or an offer to Let Off by the Detective See Twenty Writers: Dashiell Hammett, The Flitcraft Parable (from The Maltese Falcon) ![]() This seemingly pointless tale (the plot stops for several pages, and the story is never referred to again) could be interpreted at Sam's attempt to convince O'Shaughnessy of the pointlessness of her own task: Once the four will get the bird, her Chronic Backstabbing Disorder means O'Shaughnessy will betray everyone to get the bird to herself. Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: The book has a scene that wasn't translated to any movie adaptation, where Spade talks to Brigid O'Shaughnessy about The Flitcraft Parable (see Let Me Tell You a Story) just before Cairo and Gutman arrive with the bird.The novel was adapted again in 1936 under the title Satan Met a Lady this version also changed Sam Spade's name, to "Ted Shane", and featured Bette Davis in the femme fatale role. It also suffered from a decidedly Out of Character portrayal of Sam Spade as The Dandy. It was far less ambiguous about Joel Cairo than the later films. A pre- Hays Code version, also titled The Maltese Falcon, was released in 1931 starring Ricardo Cortez. The novel was adapted for film twice before the famous 1941 version. The story concerns a private detective's dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers who compete to obtain a fabulous jewel-encrusted statuette of a falcon. The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett's third novel, introduced the world to prototypical private eye Sam Spade, and is perhaps his single most famous work, though many people know it only via the 1941 film version starring Humphrey Bogart, which is one of the defining examples of Film Noir. ![]()
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