MALTESE FALCON "BBC Radio Broadcast"

An episode of the www.RADIOthen.network podcast, hosted by RAlan Campbell, titled "MALTESE FALCON "BBC Radio Broadcast"" was published on December 3, 2021 and runs 116 minutes.

December 3, 2021 ·116m · www.RADIOthen.network

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Summary

BBC Four from December 1984. Tom Wilkinson stars as Sam Spade in this BBC adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's Maltese Falcon.  A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett's iconic, influential, and beloved The Maltese Falcon.

Episode Description

BBC Four from December 1984. Tom Wilkinson stars as Sam Spade in this BBC adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's Maltese Falcon. A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett's iconic, influential, and beloved The Maltese Falcon.