Walter Huston shot while delivering the black bird to Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon". This was an uncredited performance. Walter's son, John Huston, directed the picture. John, as a practical joke, had his father enter the scene and die in more than 10 different takes. In 1948, he played Howard in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", which was also directed by his son, John Huston. The film was based on B. Traven's novel, which told the story of three gold diggers in 1920s post-revolution Mexico. Walter Huston won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Harpoon (1948 film) "childish", and the acting and direction as "painfully amateurish". The ship used during the production of "Harpoon", "The Flying Kate", is referenced in John S. Bohne's 2001 book "The Sea Change", which describes the film as "a rough sea adventure made from a rather bad script". The Danches wanted to make a follow up, "The Vanishing Isle" and "The Kind of Kapu". Neither appears to have been made. However Scott did make "Arctic Manhunt" (1948), shot mostly in Alaska. Harpoon (1948 film) Harpoon is a 1948 American adventure film directed and produced by Ewing Scott, and starring John Bromfield in