The Maltese Falcon (1931 film) The Maltese Falcon (1931 film) The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as private detective Sam Spade and Bebe Daniels as Ruth Wonderly. Maude Fulton, Brown Holmes, and Lucien Hubbard (who went uncredited) wrote the screenplay. The supporting cast features Dudley Digges, Thelma Todd, Walter Long, Una Merkel, and Dwight Frye. A print has been held by the Library of Congress since the 1970s. In San Francisco, private investigator Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez) and
Corto Maltese (DC Comics) the book "Under a Yellow Sun", which featured the fictional character David Guthrie who took a job on Corto Maltese working for a corrupt businessman. Batman and Superman battled zombies, vampires and werewolves on the island of Corto Maltese. The villainous Professor Combs escaped Arkham Asylum and travelled to Corto Maltese, where he bribed the island's leader so he could use a voodoo curse to raise the undead. Corto Maltese appears in Frank Miller's graphic novel "" as an island off the coast of South America. It is in a state of rebellion, and an armed uprising against the government