What is The Maltese Falcon / City Streets about?

THE MALTESE FALCON, 1931, 80 min. No, not the Bogart version, but the original - made the year after Hammett’s landmark novel was published. This pre-Code adaptation flaunts a much sexier tone than John Huston’s more famous 1941 version. Some Hammett fans even prefer it. Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels star as Spade and Brigid. CITY STREETS, 1931, 83 min. Gary Cooper (young and stunningly handsome) plays a carny sharpshooter who goes crooked in order to free his love from prison.

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What is The Maltese Falcon / City Streets about?: THE MALTESE FALCON, 1931, 80 min. No, not the Bogart version, but the original - made the year after Hammett’s landmark novel was published. This pre-Code adaptation flaunts a much sexier tone than John Huston’s more famous 1941 version. Some Hammett fans even prefer it. Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels star as Spade and Brigid.

CITY STREETS, 1931, 83 min. Gary Cooper (young and stunningly handsome) plays a carny sharpshooter who goes crooked in order to free his love from prison.