The 1940 version of The Maltese Falcon turned 80 this week. “There’s only one Maltese Falcon” I have a suspicion it’s not the one in my study.
The 1940 version of The Maltese Falcon turned 80 this week. “There’s only one Maltese Falcon” I have a suspicion it’s not the one in my study.
Sydney Greenstreet’s first movie role was Kasper Gutman in the Maltese Falcon. About to sell out Wilmer, his young gunsel, he offers cold consolation and forsakes his chances of being nominated as surrogate father of the year: Well, Wilmer, I’m sorry indeed to lose you. But I want you to know I couldn’t be fonder …