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The Maltese Falcon

...the 1941 Falcon defined the style of American crime melodrama which would be labelled film noir, with bizarre eccentrics lurking in every stylised shadow.

...a landmark film, still fresh and vigorous 66 years after it was made.

The movie is essentially a series of conversations punctuatedby brief, violent interludes. It's all style.

...is among the most important and influential movies to emerge from the Hollywood system - as significant in some ways as its contemporary, Citizen Kane.

...a slick, chic, and good-looking version...