Customer Ratings & Reviews

This movie is a must for Bogart, detective and film noir fans. "The Maltese Falcon" first appeared as a serialized story in the monthly Black Mask detective magazine. in 1929. Pubished as novel with revised text by Dashiell Hammett in 1930, it's been in print ever since. Two movie versions flopped before John Huston got it right. Huston wrote the screenplay and made his directorial debut. He stuck to Hammett's book faithfully, trimming the violence slightly and implying the gay relationships between some of the bad guys because of the censorship board. This Blu-ray edition looks fantastic, capturing the shadows and shading of the superb black-and-white photography. Bogart IS Sam Spade; Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook, Ward Bond, Gladys George, Barton MacLane, and John Hamilton (Perry White in the Superman TV series) are among the costars and supporting actors, perfectly cast. Director Huston made two significant revisions at the end of the film that are an improvement over the book: Hammett's novel ends when Sam Spade returns to his office and has to confront his secretary and his dead partner's wife. Huston wisely chose to finish his film with the arrest or pending arrest of the villains. Bogart's closing line about the Maltese Falcon, "It's the Stuff Dreams Are Made of" is a quote from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and quite fitting as the Black Bird's epitaph. The Bird is a statuette promising great wealth but leaving trails of betrayal, theft and bloody murder as people hunt it over the course of centuries. Movie extras include a commentary; the radio versions of the movie (One with Edward G. Robinson!); cartoons and newsreels from the period, and more. Bogart fans can make arguments for their hero's best film, but "The Maltese Falcon" is definitely among the Top Ten!

One of the best classics. A must have in your movie library.

One of his best movies, I have always liked. The first Film Nior movie that started the genre.

Humphrey Bogart Peter Laurie such a big cast of actors Best Buy Has it on Blu-ray and is incredibly gorgeous film to watch if you love old classic films this is the one to buy for the whole family.

This blu-ray edition captures the cinematography and performances in one of the greatest movies ever mad.e

It’s great to watch this movie on Blu-ray on a big screen. See new details every time I view it

The Maltese Falcon is one of the first and best film noir detective movies ever made. With Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, and of course the incomparable Humphrey Bogart, the Maltese Falcon is an all time classic!

The Maltese Falcon is a great classic movie. The Blu-ray is worth upgrading your collection.

Bogart as Sam Spade. What's not to like? This is the quintessential film noir, the one that will probably get you hooked on the genre.

Until now, I've only heard this movie was great. Now after watching this blu ray release? I 100% agree that this movie lived up to all the positive talk I've heard about it. Highly recommend it!

The movie it’s self is great and I can definitely see why it’s a classic. The video transfer looks great, the picture is nice and smooth.

Great Blu-ray! I have always enjoyed this movie and it was great to see it on Blu-ray. Great special features; would recommend this to any movie lover.

Great and fantastic film! One of Bogarts best films of all time! Remastered beautifully!

Nothing like the old movies to show the classics and so

A Bogart classic looks great on Blu-ray. They don't make em like this anymore!

Great and flawless picture quality. Excellent price.

One of my all time favorite movies. Great cast and a must have your your DVD collection.

Influential, entertaining, twisty, and totally awesome on every level.

Bogart at his best. The supporting crew was fabulous.

This is a fantastic film at a fantastic price; however, the HD does leave something to be desired. The film does not take up the entire screen, so there are black spaces on the sides of the screen. In order to get the film to HD, it is clear the film was modified to be smaller as opposed to being digitally restored. Can't complain too much, though. It's fairly priced!