The Maltese Falcon [4K Ultra HD] [1941] [Blu-ray] [2023] [Region Free]

A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why – and who’ll take the fall for his partner’s murder. An all-star cast (including Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) joins Bogart in this crackling mystery masterwork written for the screen (from Dashiell Hammett’s novel) and directed by John Huston. This nominee for 3 Academy Awards * – Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Greenstreet) and Screenplay (Huston) – catapulted Bogart to stardom and launched Huston’s directorial career. On Disc Special Features Commentary by Bogart Biographer Eric Lax Featurette The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Breakdowns of 1941: Studio Blooper Reel Makeup Tests Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart Warner Night at the Movies 1941 Short Subjects Gallery Newsreel Musical Short The Gay Parisian 2 Classic Cartoons: Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt and Meet John Doughboy Trailers of This Movie, 1941’s Sergeant York and 1936’s Previous Falcon Movie Adaptation Satan Met a Lady Audio-Only Bonus: 3 Radio Show Adaptations - 2 Featuring the Movie’s Original Stars, Plus Another Starring Edward G. Robinson