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Transcript: Profile: Anniversary of Dashiell Hammett's novel "The Maltese Falcon"
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- February 14, 2005
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RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
02-14-2005
Profile: Anniversary of Dashiell Hammett's novel "The Maltese Falcon"
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
Seventy-five years ago today, Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" introduced readers to private detective Samuel Spade. It was the first hard-boiled detective novel, gritty, dark and morally ambiguous. It's a portrayal of a detective written by a former detective. In "The Maltese Falcon," Sam Spade searches for a murderer and a priceless statue. Along the way, he falls for a smart dame with a secret and falls in with a couple of colorful crooks. Commentator John Ridley paid a visit to Sam Spade's ...