The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, and based on Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel of the same name. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his "femme fatale" client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with Greenstreet appearing in his film debut. The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette. The film premiered on October 3, 1941,
Tribute of the Maltese Falcon the 27th as King of Castile, Granada etc., the 16th of Navarre, the 15th of Aragon, the Two Sicilies, Jerusalem and all our other realms". The grant says: The investiture had to be renewed in every case of a new succession, and completed according to the dispositions of common law. Other conditions included: The order and grand master paid the annual falcon until 1798 when the Order was expelled from the Maltese islands by the French Directory. Tribute of the Maltese Falcon The Grand Master of the Order of St John of Jerusalem had to pay an annual tribute to