Satan Met a Lady

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Steve D A Maltese Falcon rip off worse than both real versions in every way. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/13/23 Full Review Audience Member first version of this-the maltese falcon Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Meh version of Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon". This was the second film version, but did precede John Huston's classic Humphrey Bogart version of the hard-boiled detective novel. In this version, private detective Ted Shane (the Sam Spade character) and his partner are hired by femme fetal Bette Davis to trail someone, but when his partner gets murdered while shadowing the mark, Shane learns that Davis is not who she seems and runs into a cast of characters all trying to get a priceless ram's horn (the Maltese Falcon MacGuffin here). What's so striking about this film is how badly it compares to Huston's far superior third retelling of the Hammett story. This version tries to be light and breezy and almost has more of a screwball comedy tone to it than a hard-boiled mystery. Warren William as the Sam Spade figure just seems ridiculous compared to Bogart, especially given his very silly looking wide brimmed hat (looking almost like The Shadow). If anything, this film made me appreciate how much Huston got right with his film. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review andrew k It is no Maltese Falcon, but it was entertaining enough. Could have done without the offensive racial stereotypes toward the end though. Although movies of this era are inherently rife with these. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The comic version of The Maltese Falcon. Fairly clever the way the story is twisted for comic purposes. Spade becomes Shane (Warren William), Ruth né Brigid becomes Valerie Purvis (Bette Davis), and the "Fatman" Gutman becomes a woman (Skipworth). Everyone's trying to get their hands on a Medieval horn filled with jewels rather than a golden bird encrusted with jewels. William portrays Shane as having many of the characteristics of Spade, just exaggerated for comedic effect. Bette Davis, however, doesn't seem very invested in her character. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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