Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. Release date: Oct. 5, 2010. Special features: commentary by Bogarts biographer, Eric Lax. ; featurette ; blooper reel ; makeup tests ; Humphrey Bogart trailers ; 1941 short subjects gallery ; newsreel ; 2 classic cartoons ; trailers of this movie, 1941's Sergeant York and 1936's Previous Falcon movie adaptation, Satan met a lady ; audio-only bonus: 3 radio show adaptations, 2 featuring the movie's original stars, plus another starring Edward G. Robinson. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet.
Summary:
A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade wants to find out why, and who'll take the fall for his partner's murder. Special features included.
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