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Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett. [2] The Maltese Falcon, first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask, is the only full-length novel
Fred Sexton (right) and The Maltese Falcon director John Huston, c. 1960. Fred Sexton, an American artist, sculpted the Maltese Falcon statuette prop for the film. [21] The "Maltese Falcon" itself was based on the "Kniphausen Hawk", [citation needed] a ceremonial pouring vessel made in 1697 for Georg Wilhelm von Kniphausen, Count of the Holy ...
Bogart's first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor was for Casablanca (1942), [139] a film that he and co-stars Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid initially believed was of little significance. [note 2] [139] Bogart won the award on his second nomination, for his 1951 performance in the United Artists production The African Queen.
The iconic private detective famously played by Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon is coming to AMC in Monsieur Spade (premiering this Sunday at 9/8c), with Clive Owen taking on the role.
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946–1949, and finally for 75 episodes on NBC in 1949–1951.
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British actor Daniel Day-Lewis said that his second Oscar-winning performance as vicious oil baron Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood was heavily inspired by Bogart's portrayal of Fred C. Dobbs. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film is one of the few that have an approval rating of 100% , based on 55 reviews, and an average rating of 9.3/10. [ 3 ]