Poster of the 1941 Warner Brothers film version of The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston

Sam Spade was the leading character in the novel and movie The Maltese Falcon (1931). The original novel was written by Dashiell Hammett, and was first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask. The Maltese Falcon This is a copyrighted poster. ... The Maltese Falcon This is a copyrighted poster. ... Warner Bros. ... Actors Bogart, Lorre, Astor and Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Maltese Falcon (1930) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett that has been adapted several times for the cinema. ... Statue of John Huston, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. ... Actors Bogart, Lorre, Astor and Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Maltese Falcon (1930) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett that has been adapted several times for the cinema. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. ... Flynns Detective Fiction from 1941. ... For information on Black Mask, the surrealist group, see Black Mask (NYC). ...

Sam Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played the character in the most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. This was the third film version of the book. Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ...

Spade was played by Ricardo Cortez in the first, 1931, version. Ricardo Cortez, born Jacob Krantz (September 18, 1899 - April 28, 1977), was a film actor from Vienna, Austria. ...

In the second, 1936, version, the central character was renamed Ted Shane.

Bogart failed to dye his hair to the characteristic blonde called for by the novel. He was considered too small and dark for the role. And he was even slighted for not being enough of a lecher. However, he turned out to have portrayed the archetypal private detective. His character has influenced "film noir" characters ever since. This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ...

George Segal played Sam Spade, Jr., son of the original, in the 1974 spoof The Black Bird. George Segal George Segal (born February 13, 1934) is a well-known Jewish American film and stage actor who was born in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. ...

On the radio, Sam Spade was played by Edward G. Robinson in a 1943 Lux Radio Theatre production, and by Bogart himself in a 1946 Academy Award Theatre production, both on CBS. A 1946-1951 radio show called the Adventures of Sam Spade (on ABC, CBS, and NBC), starred Howard Duff (and later, Steve Dunne), and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character. Edward Goldenberg Robinson (December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American stage and film actor, of Romanian origin. ... Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network, 1934-1935; CBS 1935-1955), adapted first Broadway stage and then (and especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations and became the standard by which future radio and early television anthologies would be judged. ... The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely (very loosely) on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. ... Actor Howard Duff in Johnny Stool Pigeon Actor Howard Duff (November 24 - July 8, 1990) in Bremerton, Washington was a radio and stage performer before he began appearing in films in the late 1940s. ...

Novel

• The Maltese Falcon (1930)
  • Serialized in 5 parts, in the September 1929 to January 1930 issues of Black Mask

1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Short Stories

• "A Man Called Spade" (1932, The American Magazine; also collected in A Man Named Spade and Other Stories)
• "Too Many Have Lived" (1932, The American Magazine; also collected in A Man Named Spade and Other Stories)
• "They Can Only Hang You Once" (1932, The American Magazine; also in A Man Named Spade and Other Stories)

1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...

Anthology

• A Man Named Spade and Other Stories (1944) (contains three Sam Spade stories from The American Magazine -- listed above)

1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

Films

• The Maltese Falcon (1931, Warner Brothers) (AKA Dangerous Female), starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade
• The Maltese Falcon (1941, Warner Brothers), starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade
• The Black Bird (1975, Columbia), starring George Segal as Sam Spade, Jr.

Warner Bros. ... Ricardo Cortez, born Jacob Krantz (September 18, 1899 - April 28, 1977), was a film actor from Vienna, Austria. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... George Segal George Segal (born February 13, 1934) is a well-known Jewish American film and stage actor who was born in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. ...

Radio

• Lux Radio Theatre: "The Maltese Falcon" (1943, CBS) - a 60 minute version of the novel, starring Edward G. Robinson as Sam Spade and Laird Cregar as Casper Gutman
• Academy Award Theatre: "The Maltese Falcon" (1946, CBS) - 30 minute version of the story, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sidney Greenstreet
• Suspense: "The Khandi Tooth Caper" (January 10, 1948? episode) - 60 minutes, starring Howard Duff
• The Adventures of Sam Spade, starring Howard Duff and Steve Dunne as Sam Spade
  • The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946, ABC) - 13 30-minute episodes
  • The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946-49, CBS) - 157 30-minute episodes
  • The Adventures of Sam Spade (1949-50, NBC) - 51 30-minute episodes
  • The Adventures of Sam Spade (1950-51, NBC) - 24 30-minute episodes

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Comics

• The Maltese Falcon (1946, Feature Books #48, David McKay Publications) Artist: Rodlow Willard
• Sam Spade Wildroot Hair Tonic Ads (1950's)
  • Single page comic strips, appeared in newspapers, magazines, comic books. Tie-in with radio show The Adventures of Sam Spade, which Wildroot also sponsored. Artist: Lou Fine.

The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely (very loosely) on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. ... Louis Kenneth Fine (born 1914, New York City; died July 24, 1971) is an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, where his quality draftsmanship became a highly influential model to a generation of fellow comics artists. ...

External link

• Thrilling Detective Website
• Radio Broadcast Appearances