The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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Bald Move

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Get your Badass Fest VII Tickets Here! Humphrey Bogart stars as Sam Spade, a quick-talking and trouble-seeking Private Investigator hunting down thieves and treasure in San Francisco. In The Maltese Falcon (1941), directed by John Huston, Bogart gives one of his most famous performances, solidifying him as an unconventional yet beloved star of the silver screen. Join Talitha and A.Ron as they trail Spade on his hunt for the truth about a mysterious Falcon. Talitha’s short films! (they are very short and quite “twee”) Baldly Go - A Star Trek: The Original Series Podcast Andor Podcast: Tribe of Two Bald Move Pulp Bald Move Prestige Have Lunch with Jim & A.Ron Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts! Join the Club! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How he actually operates and what his goals are throughout the movie.
0:15.8	I think there's, until the credits roll, you, if this is your first time watching it, I think there's very
0:22.2	little chance you know exactly how this is going to end up in terms of like the choices
0:26.2	people are going to make.
0:32.4	Hello everybody. Welcome back to another classic bald movies edition. Definitely
0:37.1	prestige.
0:37.9	We're talking about the 1941, hard-boiled gum shoe, film noir, detective movie, Maltese Falcon.
0:46.1	It's directed by the great late John Houston of the amazing Houston acting Hollywood family, Angelica.
0:56.0	That's brother, her brother?
0:58.0	Uncle.
0:59.0	Jack Houston, who I really liked on Boardwalk Empire, Danny Houston, who's done some work on American Horror Story.
1:07.0	Lots of Houston's around around.
1:10.0	This was his directorial debut, and he wrote the screenplay for this.
1:13.7	It's based on the Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hamet, who was something of a private
1:18.9	detective himself and wrote about his experiences.
1:23.2	Talatha, this was on a short list of Golden Age Hollywood movies that you said you'd want to talk about while Jim Jones was away.
1:32.9	Explain yourself.
1:34.9	How did you at the tender age of what are you, 26, 27?
1:42.3	How did you get exposed to this old-ass World War I era detective film? And why did you
1:49.1	come to love it so? My dad really loves movies. And so growing up, I was shown a lot of
1:55.7	black and white TV movies and that sort of thing. So I really grew to appreciate older stuff
2:04.3	from a younger age. And so as I've gotten older, I've just combed through it more and more on my own.
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