The Maltese Falcon
/ðə ˌmɔːltiːz ˈfɔːlkən/
/ðə ˌmɔːltiːz ˈfælkən/
- a novel (1930) by Dashiell Hammett, in which he first used the character Sam Spade, a private detective (= a person who investigates crimes but is not a member of the police). The story is about people who commit murder to get a valuable statue called the Maltese Falcon. There have been two film versions, the first in 1931 with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, the second (and more famous) in 1941 with Humphrey Bogart.
马耳他猎鹰:达西耶尔·哈米特(Dashiell Hammett)的一部小说(1930年),其中他首先使用了私人侦探角色山姆·斯派德(Sam Spade)。这个故事是关于那些谋杀以获取一个有价值的雕像,称为马耳他猎鹰的人。有两部电影版本,第一部于1931年由里卡多·科尔特斯(Ricardo Cortez)担任萨姆·斯派德(Sam Spade),第二部(更著名)于1941年与汉弗莱·鲍嘉(Humphrey Bogart)一起。