Description: Huston's first film displays the hallmarks that were to distinguish his later work: the mocking attitude toward human greed; the cavalier insolence with which plot details are treated almost as asides; the delight in bizarre characterisations... What makes it a prototype film-noir is the vein of unease missing from the two earlier versions of Hammett's novel. Filmed almost entirely in interiors, it presents a claustrophobic world animated by betrayal, perversion and pain, never - even at its most irresistibly funny, as when Cook listens in outraged disbelief while his fat sugar daddy proposes to sell him down the line - quite losing sight of this central abyss of darkness, ultimately embodied by Mary Astor's sadly duplicitous siren.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Case Type: Blu-ray Case
Rating: NR
Sub-Genre: Crime
Director: John Huston
Cinematic Movement: Film-Noir
Studio: Warner Bros.
Aspect Ratio: Academy (1.37:1)
Type: Movie
Format: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Region Code: Blu-ray: Region Free
Language: English
Release Year: 2023
Actor: Humphrey Bogart
Features: Behind The Scenes Featurette, Black & White, Commentary
Genre: Mystery
Run Time: 101 Min
Movie/TV Title: The Maltese Falcon
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
