The Maltese Falcon, It’s What Dreams Are Made Of

The Maltese Falcon, It’s What Dreams Are Made Of

Reviewed by Larry Gleeson during the annual TCM 31 Days of Oscar. The Maltese Falcon (1941), directed by John Houston, tells the story of hard-boiled detective, Sam Spade, hired for a missing person case. When his partner is murdered, the stakes are raised. What unfolds is a tale of Spade, his partner’s wife (Gladys George), a stunningly beautiful liar (Mary Astor), two police detectives, and three eccentric criminals. In what could consider an …