Sam Spade is a fictional private detective and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appeared in three lesser known short stories by Hammett. The Maltese Falcon, first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask, is the only full-length novel in which Spade appears. The character, however, is widely cited as a crystallizing figure in the development of hard-boiled private detective fiction –...
After Brigid slaps Joel Cairo, Sam grabs him and slaps him again.
After Det. Dundy basically accuses Sam of murdering Floyd Thursby, the detect...
Sam talks soothingly to Effie, grateful that Effie will tell Miles' wife of h...
Sam is on the phone with Ruth Wonderly; she summons him to an apartment.
Sam explains to the detectives about Joel Cairo trying to hire Sam to find th...
Sam washes his hands after he touches Capt. Jacobi. Capt. Jacobi dies in Sam'...
Sam still grips Brigid's arms, shaking her a bit.
Sam tells DA Bryan that he has to solve the murders to get himself off the hook.
Sam knocks Wilmer Cook out and he and Cairo put Cook on the couch. Sam takes ...
Det. Dundy is ready to take Sam, Brigid, and Joel to the station when Sam tri...
After Gutman lowers the price he will pay for the falcon, Sam makes a point.
Sam Spade tells Miles Archer about Miss Wonderly's missing sister.
Sam, Brigid, and Joel Cairo are in Sam's apartment when Detectives Dundy and ...
Brigid needs a safe place to stay and Sam thinks he's found one for her.
Brigid grips Sam's arms as he tells her she is going to jail.
Det. Dundy continues to question Sam about his whereabouts when Floyd Thursby...
Sam Spade questions Ruth Wonderly as she tells him about her missing sister, ...
Sam makes the decision to tell the police what Brigid has told him. He puts o...
Effie stares at the dead Capt. Jacobi. Sam runs over to grab her before she f...
Brigid, with tears in her eyes, appeals to Sam's love.
Sam enters his agency to have Effie tell him that Miles' wife, Iva, is in his...
Sam looks at the stenographer to be sure he is getting everything down that S...
Sam watches Brigid's face as he mentions Joel Cairo. Brigid stands and turns ...
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