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The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon (1974) (edit title/settings)

by Richard J. Anobile (Author) (edit contributors)

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The most accurate and complete reconstruction of the film in book form, with over 1,400 frame blow-up photos shown sequentially and coupled with the complete dialogue from the original soundtrack.

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Hard-nose San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on an attractive client who is seeking to locate her run-away younger sister. Spade’s partner, Miles Archer volunteers to accompany the attractive client. When Miles Archer turns up murdered the next day, and the attractive client is... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Hard-nose San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on an attractive client who is seeking to locate her run-away younger sister. Spade’s partner, Miles Archer volunteers to accompany the attractive client. When Miles Archer turns up murdered the next day, and the attractive client is missing, Sam Spade must determine who is responsible for this murder. The investigation leads him into the path of a group of unscrupulous adventures seeking to obtain a priceless artifact, The Maltese Falcon, a jewel encrusted statute.

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  • Sam Spade: Protagonist. Hard-nose San Francisco private detective seeking to determine who is responsible for the murder of his partner.
  • Miles Archer: Sam Spade’s partner. Murdered early in the story.
  • Brigid O’Shaughnessy: The femme fatale of the story. Sets off a series of events when she asks Sam Spade to locate her run-away younger sister.
  • Casper Gutman: The Fat-Man. The leader of a group of unscrupulous adventures seeking a priceless jewel encrusted statute called The Maltese Falcon.
  • Joel Cairo: Unscrupulous employee of the Fat Man
  • Wilmer: Body guard of the Fat Man
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  • “I hope they don't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck. The chances are you'll get off with life. That means if you're a good girl, you'll be out in 20 years. I'll be waiting for you. But if they hang you, I'll always remember you.”
    Sam Spade

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Yes, sweetheart?

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  1. Richard J. Anobile (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Darien House Inc., Avon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1974
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 256
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  2. fiction, 
  3. illustrated, 
  4. photostory, 
  5. ©1974 

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