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4 unusual facts about ''The Maltese Falcon''


John's Grill

With Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon backdrop, the restaurant takes pride in serving true Americcan cuisine carefully and tastefully prepared with fresh ingredients.

The Maltese Falcon

The Black Bird, a 1975 comedic sequel film to The Maltese Falcon

Tribute of the Maltese Falcon, an annual tribute to the Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and his mother Queen Joanna of Castile

Maltese Falcon Society, an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel The Maltese Falcon, and hard-boiled mystery books and writers in general


The Big Shot

This was the last film in which former supporting player Bogart, who had finally reached stardom with High Sierra (1940) and The Maltese Falcon (1941), would portray a gangster.

The Black Bird

It is a comedy sequel to the well-regarded 1941 film version of The Maltese Falcon with Segal playing Sam Spade's son, Sam Spade, Jr., and Lee Patrick and Elisha Cook Jr. reprising their roles of Effie Perrine and Wilmer Cook.

The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of

(The title references the line "The stuff that dreams are made of" from The Maltese Falcon, and, second-handedly, Shakespeare: In Act IV of The Tempest, Prospero says "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep").

The Irish Filmography

Even one Irish character in a film’s story qualifies that film for inclusion, such as Brigid O’Shaughnessy (played by Mary Astor) in The Maltese Falcon (1941).


see also

Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954), English actor best known for his performances in The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire

Signor Ferrari and Ugarte, characters portrayed by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in the movie Casablanca appear in Raseir, as does the Maltese Falcon from the movie of the same name which also featured Greenstreet and Lorre in other roles.