Sam Spade
Sam Spade was the leading character in the movie The Maltese Falcon (1931). The Maltese Falcon, written by Dashiell Hammett, was first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask. He was played in the film by Humphrey Bogart. There were two earlier films based on the book, but Bogart's film is by far the most well known and best reviewed. There was also a radio show called the Adventures of Sam Spade, starring actor Howard Duff.
While Bogart failed to dye his hair to the characteristic blonde, and was considered to be too small and dark for the role, even slighted for not being enough of a lecher, he turned out not only to have succeeded, but in fact to have presented the archetype detective, one which has influenced "film noir" characters ever since.
- The Maltese Falcon (1930)
Short Stories
- "The Maltese Falcon, Part 1" (September 1929, Black Mask)
- "The Maltese Falcon, Part 2" (October 1929, Black Mask)
- "The Maltese Falcon, Part 3" (November 1929, Black Mask)
- "The Maltese Falcon, Part 4" (December 1929, Black Mask)
- "The Maltese Falcon, Part 5" (January 1930, Black Mask)
- "A Man Called Spade" (1932, The American Magazine; also in A Man Named Spade and Other Stories)
- "Too Many Have Lived" (1932, The American Magazine; also in A Man Named Spade and Other Stories)
- "They Can Only Hang You Once" (1932, The American Magazine; also in A Man Named Spade and Other Stories)
Anthology
- A Man Named Spade and Other Stories
Films
(AKA Dangerous Female)
(1931,
Warner Brothers)
80 minutes
Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Screenplay by Maude Fulton, Lucien Hubbard, Brown Holmes
Directed by Roy del Ruth
Starring Ricardo Cordez as SAM SPADE
with
Bebe Daniels as Ruth Wonderly
Dudley Digges as Casper Gutman
Dwight Fry as Wilmer
Otto Matiesen as Joel Cairo
Una Merkel as Effie Perrine
Also starring Robert Elliot,
Thelma Todd, Walter Long, J. Farrell MacDonald
(1936, Warner Brothers)
74 minutes
Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Screenplay by Brown Holmes
Directed by William Dieterle
Starring Warren William as TED SHANE (Sam Spade)
Alison Skipworth as Madame Barabas (Caspar Gutman)
and
Bette Davis as Valerie Purvis (Miss Wonderly)
Also starring
Arthur Treacher, Winifred Shaw, Marie Wilson, Porter Hall, Olin Howlin, Charles C. Wilson, Barbara Blane, Maynard Holmes
(1941, Warner Brothers)
100 minutes, US
Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Screenplay by
John Huston
Directed by John Huston
Assistant Director: Hal B. Wallis
Starring Humphrey Bogart as SAM SPADE
with
Mary Astor as Bridgid O'Shaugnessy
Lee Patrick as Effie Perrine
Sydney Greenstreet as Casper Gutman
Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo
Elisha Cook Jr. as Wilmer Cook
Also starring
Gladys George, Barton MacLane,
Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan,
James Burke, John Hamilton, Emory Parnell and
Walter Huston as Captain Jacobi
(1975, Columbia)
60 minutes
Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Starring
Edward G. Robinson as SAM SPADE
Also starring Laird Cregar as Casper Gutman
- THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE
(1946, ABC)
13 30-minute episodes
Starring Howard Duff as SAM SPADE
with Lurene Tuttle as Effie
(Duff replaced on some occasions by
John Michael Hayes
Starring Howard Duff as SAM SPADE
with Lurene Tuttle as Effie
Guest stars: Sandra Gould (played the "new secretary" while Lurene Tuttle was on vacation, in the June 27, 1948 show),
William Conrad,
Jack Webb.
- "The Blood Money Caper" (September 29, 1946)
- "The Unwritten Law Caper" (October 6, 1946)
- "The Ten Clues Caper" (October 13, 1946)
- "The Fly Paper Caper" (October 20, 1946)
- "The Midway Caper" (October 27, 1946)
- "The Certified Czech Caper" (November 3, 1946)
- "Sam And The Farewell Murders" (November 10, 1946)
- "The Hot Ice Caper" (November 17, 1946)
- "The Kandy Tooth Caper, Part 1" (November 24, 1946; (originally aired on Suspense)
- "The Kandy Tooth Caper, Part 2" (December 1, 1946)
- "The Minks Of Turk Street" (December 8, 1946)
- "The Picture Frame Caper" (December 15, 1946)
- "Sam And The Three Wise Men" (December 22, 1946)
- "The Golden Horeshoe" (December 29, 1946)
- "The Liewelyn Caper" (January 5, 1947)
- "The Cremona Clock Caper" (January 12, 1947)
- "The False Face Caper" (January 19, 1947)
- "The Agamemnon Caper" (January 26, 1947)
- "The Dead Duck Caper" (February 2 1947)
- "The Girl With The Silver Eyes" (February 9, 1947)
- "Inside Story On Kid Slade" (February 16, 1947)
- "The Big Production Caper" (February 23, 1947)
- "The Uncle Money Caper" (March 2 1947)
- "Orpheus And His Lute" (March 9, 1947)
- "The Ingnorance About Bliss" (March 16, 1947)
- "Too Many Spades" (March 23, 1947)
- "The Dancing Pearl Caper" (March 30, 1947)
- "The Poisonville Caper" (April 6, 1947)
- "The Double-Scar Caper" (April 13, 1947)
- "The Scrooge Of Portrero Street" (April 20, 1947)
- "The Debutante Caper" (April 27, 1947)
- "Duet In Spades" (May 4, 1947)
- "The Yule Log Caper" (May 11, 1947)
- "The Assistant Murderer" (May 18, 1947)
- "Jury Duty" (May 25, 1947)
- "The Mishakoff Emeralds" (June 1, 1947)
- "The Calcutta Trunk Caper" (June 8, 1947)
- "The Convertible Caper" (June 15, 1947)
- "The Greek Letter Caper" (June 22, 1947)
- "The Cosmic Harmony Caper" (June 29, 1947)
- "The Simile Caper" (July 6, 1947)
- "The Buff-Orpington Caper" (July 13, 1947)
- "Sam And The Unhappy Poet" (July 20, 1947)
- "The Gold Rush Caper" (July 27, 1947)
- "The Crooked Neck Caper" (August 3, 1947)
- "The Commonwealth Tankard" (August 10, 1947)
- "The Doctor's Dilemma Caper" (August 17, 1947)
- "The Jade Dragon Caper" (August 24, 1947)
- "The Corkscrew Caper" (August 31, 1947)
- "The Forty-Nine Cent, Caper" (September 7, 1947)
- "The Cinderella Caper" (September 14, 1947)
- "The April Caper" (September 21, 1947)
- "The Madcap Caper" (September 28, 1947)
- "The Adam Figg Caper" (October 5, 1947)
- "The Tears Of Buddha Caper" (October 12, 1947)
- "The Untouchable Caper" (October 19, 1947)
- "The Bonnie Fair Caper" (October 26, 1947)
- "The Wrong Guy Caper" (November 2 1947)
* "The Bow Window Caper" (November 9, 1947)
* "The Purple Poodle Caper" (November 16, 1947)
* "The Caper With Eight Diamonds" (November 23, 1947)
* "The Full House Caper" (November 30, 1947)
* "The Palermo Vendetta Caper" (December 7, 1947)
* "The Gumshoe Caper" (December 14, 1947)
* "The Nick Saint Caper" (December 21, 1947)
* "The Perfect Score Caper" (December 28, 1947)
* "The One Hour Caper" (January 4, 1948)
* "The Short Life Caper" (January 11, 1948)
* "The Pike's Head Caper" (January 18, 1948)
* "The Gold Key Caper" (January 25, 1948)
* "The Nimrod Caper" (February 1 1948)
* "The Great Drought Caper" (February 8, 1948)
* "The Goldie Gates Caper" (February 15, 1948)
* "The Mason Grayson Caper" (February 22, 1948)
* "The Grim Reaper Caper" (February 29, 1948)
* "John's Other Wife's Other Husband"(March 7, 1948)
* "The Ides Of March Caper" (March 14, 1948)
* "The Nightmare Town Caper" (March 21, 1948)
* "The Blood Money Payoff" (March 28, 1948)
* "Title Unknown" (April 4, 1948)
* "The Judas Caper" (April 11, 1948)
* "The Night Flight Caper" (April 18, 1948)
* "The Great Lover Caper" (April 25, 1948)
* "The Double-S Caper" (May 2 1948)
* "The Curiosity Caper" (May 9, 1948)
* "The Girl Called Echs Caper" (May 16, 1948)
* "The Navarraise Falcon" (May 23, 1948)
* "The Prisoner Of Zenda Caper" (May 30, 1948)
* "The I.Q. Caper" (June 6, 1948)
* "The Honest Cop Caper" (June 13, 1948)
* "The Death Bed Caper" (June 20, 1948)
* "The Bail Bond Caper" (June 27, 1948)
* "The Rushlight Diamond Caper" (July 4, 1948)
* "The Wheel Of Life Caper" (July 11, 1948)
* "The Missing Newshawk Caper" (July 18, 1948)
* "The Mad Scientist Caper" (July 25, 1948)
* "The Dry Martini Caper" (August 1 1948)
* "The Bluebeard Caper" (August 8, 1948)
* "The Critical Author Caper" (August 15, 1948)
* "The Bafio Cup Caper" (August 22, 1948; possibly "Vafio")
* "The Lawless Caper" (August 29, 1948)
* "The Stella Starr Caper" (September 5, 1948)
* "The Lazarus Caper" (September 12, 1948)
* "The Hot 100 Grand Caper" (September 19, 1948)
* "The Dick Foley Caper" (September 26, 1948)
* "The Sugar Kane Caper" (October 3, 1948)
* "The Bostwick Snatch Caper" (October 10, 1948)
* "The Rumanian Con Game Caper" (October 17, 1948)
* "The Insomnia Caper" (October 24, 1948)
* "The Fairley-Bright Caper" (October 31, 1948)
* "The S.Q.P. Caper" (November 7, 1948)
* "The Gin Rummy Caper" (November 14, 1948)
* "The Golden Fleece Caper" (November 21, 1948)
* "The Quarter-Eagle Caper" (November 28, 1948)
* "The Neveroff Masterpiece Caper" (December 5, 1948)
* "The Bouncing Betty Caper" (December 12, 1948)
* "The Giveaway Caper" (December 19, 1948)
* "The Nick Saint Caper" (December 26, 1948)
* "The Three-Sided Bullet Caper" (January 2 1949)
* "The Double Negative Caper" (January 9, 1949)
* "The Betrayal In Bumpus Hell Caper" (January 16, 1949)
* "The Main Event Caper" (January 23, 1949)
* "The Double Life Caper" (January 30, 1949)
* "The Firebug Caper" (February 6, 1949)
* "The Brothers Keeper Caper" (February 13, 1949)
* "The Attitude Caper" (February 20, 1949)
* "The Three Cornered Frame Caper" (February 27, 1949)
* "The Waltzing Matilda Caper" (March 6, 1949)
* "The Underseal Caper" (March 13, 1949)
* "The Trojan Horse Caper" (March 20, 1949)
* "The Loveletter Caper" (March 27, 1949)
* "The Vacation Caper" (April 3, 1949)
* "The Stopped Watch Caper" (April 10, 1949)
* "Edith Hamilton" (April 17, 1949)
* "The Hot Cargo Caper" (April 24, 1949)
* "The Battles Of Belvedere" (May 1 1949)
* "The Fast Talk Caper" (May 8, 1949; AKA "The Corpse In The Murphy Bed")
* "The Darling Daughter Caper" (May 15, 1949)
* "The Cartwright Clip Caper" (May 22, 1949)
* "The Jane Doe Caper" (May 29, 1949)
* "The Overjord Caper" (June 5, 1949; AKA "The Corpse In The Murphy Bed)
* "Sam And The Guiana Sovereign" (June 12, 1949)
* "The Apple Of Eve Caper" (June 19, 1949)
* "The Goat's Milk Caper" (June 26, 1949)
* "The Hamburger Sandwich Caper" (July 3, 1949)
* "The Queen Bee Caper" (July 10, 1949)
* "The Cuttyhunk Caper" (July 17, 1949)
* "The Tears Of Night Caper" (July 24, 1949)
* "The Hot-Foot Caper" (July 31, 1949)
* "The Champion Caper" (August 7, 1949)
* "The Sourdough Mountain Caper" (August 14, 1949)
* "The Silver Key Caper" (August 21, 1949)
* "The Prodigal Daughter Caper" (August 28, 1949)
* "The Flashback Caper" (September 4, 1949)
* "The Costume Caper" (September 11, 1949)
* "Over My Dead Body Caper" (September 18, 1949)
* "The Chargogagogmanchogagogchabunamungamog Caper" (September 25, 1949)
* THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE
(1949-50, NBC)
51 30-minute episodes
Sponsor: Wildroot Cream Oil
Starring Howard Duff as SAM SPADE
with Lurene Tuttle as Effie
* "The Junior G-Man Caper" (October 2 1949)
* "The Hot Hothouse Caper" (October 9, 1949)
* "The Pretty Polly Caper" (October 16, 1949)
* "Title Unknown" (October 23, 1949)
* "Title Unknown" (October 30, 1949)
* "The Cheesecake Caper" (November 6, 1949)
* "The Blues In The Night Caper" (November 13, 1949)
* "The Peacock Feather Caper" (November 20, 1949)
* "Title Unknown" (November 27, 1949)
* "The Floppsey, Moppsey and Cottontain Caper" (December 4, 1949)
* "Title Unknown" (December 11, 1949)
* "The Whispering Death Caper" (December 18, 1949)
* "The Canterbury Christmas 7(December 25, 1949)
* "The Gorgeous Gemini Caper" (January 1 1950)
* "The Third Personville Caper" (January 8, 1950)
* "The Phantom Witness Caper" (January 15, 1950)
* "The Wedding Belle Caper" (January 22, 1950)
* "The Too Many Leads Caper" (January 29, 1950)
* "The Black Magic Caper" (February 5, 1950)
* "The Crossword Puzzle Caper" (February 12, 1950)
* "The Valentine's Day Caper" (February 19, 1950)
* "The Cornelius J. Morningside Caper" (February 26, 1950)
* "The Homicidal Husband Caper" (March 5, 1950)
* "The Barbary Ghost Caper" (March 12, 1950)
* "The Emerald Eyes Caper" (March 19, 1950)
* "The Bay Psalm Caper" (March 26, 1950)
* "The Endurance Caper" (April 2 1950)
* "The Picture Frame Caper" (April 9, 1950)
* "The Kansas Kid Caper" (April 16, 1950)
* "The Caldwell Caper" (April 23, 1950)
* "The Hamite Curse Caper" (April 30, 1950)
* "Caper With Marjorie's Things" (May 7, 1950)
* "The Prodigal Son Caper" (May 14, 1950)
* "The Red Amapola Caper" (May 21, 1950)
* "The Honest Thief Caper" (May 28, 1950)
* "The V.I.P. Caper" (June 4, 1950)
* "The Color Scheme Caper" (June 11, 1950)
* "The Elmer Longtail Caper" (June 18, 1950)
* "The Toytown Caper" (June 25, 1950)
* "The Beryl Green Caper" (July 2 1950)
* "The Runaway Redhead Caper" (July 9, 1950)
* "The Man Who Knew Almost Everything Caper" (July 16, 1950)
* "The Stormy Weather Caper" (July 23, 1950)
* "The Rod And Reel Caper" (July 30, 1950)
* "The Bell Of Solomon Caper" (August 6, 1950)
* "The Missing Persons Caper" (August 13, 1950)
* "The Preposterous Caper" (August 20, 1950)
* "The Too Many Clients Caper" (August 27, 1950)
* "The Farmer's Daughter Caper" (September 3, 1950)
* "The Big Little Woody Caper" (September 10, 1950)
* "The Femme Fatale Caper" (September 17, 1950)
* THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE
(1950-51, NBC)
24 30-minute episodes
Starring Steve Dunne as SAM SPADE
with Lurene Tuttle as Effie
* "Caper Over My Dead Body" (November 17, 1950)
* "The Terrified Turkey Caper" (November 24, 1950)
* "The Dog Bed Caper" (December 1 1950)
* "The Dry Gulch" (December 8, 1950)
* "The 251235679 Caper" (December 15, 1950)
* "The Caper Concerning Big" (December 22, 1950)
* "The Prodigal Panda Caper" (December 29, 1950)
* "The Biddle Riddle Caper" (January 5, 1951)
* "The Red Star Caper" (January 12, 1951)
* "The Cloak And Dagger Caper" (January 19, 1951)
* "The Chateau Mccloud Caper" (January 26, 1951)
* "The String Of Death Caper" (February 2 1951)
* "The Sure Thing Caper" (February 9, 1951)
* "The Soap Opera Caper" (February 16, 1951)
* "The Shot In The Dark Caper" (February 23, 1951)
* "The Crab Louis Caper" (March 2, 1951)
* "The Spanish Prisoner Caper" (March 9, 1951)
* "The Sinister Siren Caper" (March 16, 1951)
* "The Kimberley Cross Caper" (March 23, 1951)
* "The Vendetta Caper" (March 30, 1951)
* "The Denny Shane Caper" (April 6, 1951)
* "The Civic Pride Caper" (April 13, 1951)
* "The Rowdy Dowser Caper" (April 20, 1951)
* "The Hail And Farewell Caper" (April 27, 1951)
Comics
* THE MALTESE FALCON
(1946, Feature Books #48, David McKay Publications)
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