Sam Spade Sam Spade Sam Spade is a fictional private detective and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, "The Maltese Falcon". Spade also appeared in four 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—Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, for instance, was strongly influenced by Spade. Spade was a departure from Hammett's nameless and less-than-glamorous detective, The Continental Op. Spade combined several features of previous
The Gay Falcon his review of "Falcon" series, Bosley Crowther wrote, in "The New York Times", that, "There must be a "Falcon" series; RKO seems determined on that." "The Gay Falcon" made a profit of $108,000. The Gay Falcon The Gay Falcon 1941 B film is the first in a series of 16 films about a suave detective nicknamed The Falcon. Intended to replace the earlier The Saint detective series, the first film took its title from the lead character, Gay Laurence.George Sanders was cast in the title role; he had played The Saint in the prior RKO series. He was teamed again