Sam Spade joins forces with a band of adventurers in search of a priceless jeweled statue of a falcon ; ;

For Sam Spade, neither crime nor virtue pays ; ;

Finally, in The Maltese Falcon among others, the clash between detective and police is carried to its logical conclusion: Sam Spade becomes the chief murder suspect.

In 1945, probably almost every American not only knew who Sam Spade was, but had some kind of emotional feeling about him.

But since 1945, Sam Spade has undergone a metamorphosis ; ;

Everyone knows that private detectives in real life are not like Sam Spade and Pat Novak, but the real and the imaginary musician are closely linked.

The iconic noir counterpart to the femme fatale, the private eye, came to the fore in films such as The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), with Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, and Murder, My Sweet ( 1944 ), with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe.

From the trailer, Bogart as Sam Spade in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 film ) | The Maltese Falcon

Bogart's sharp timing and facial expressions as private detective Sam Spade were praised by the cast and director as vital to the quick action and rapid-fire dialogue.

Edwards ' hard-boiled private detective scripts for Richard Diamond, Private Detective became NBC's answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, reflecting Edwards's unique humor.

The main character, Sam Spade, appears only in this novel and in three lesser known short stories, yet is widely cited as the crystallizing figure in the development of the hard-boiled private detective genre – Raymond Chandler's character Philip Marlowe, for instance, was strongly influenced by Hammett's Spade.

Sam Spade combined several features of previous detectives, most notably his cold detachment, keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice.

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* Satan Met a Lady ( 1936 ), a light-comedy adaptation starring Bette Davis and Warren William, with Sam Spade becoming " Ted Shane ".

In addition, there have been many spoofs and sequels, including 1975's The Black Bird, a spoof featuring George Segal as Sam Spade, Jr., and Elisha Cook Jr. and Lee Patrick reprising their roles from the 1941 film.

Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade: The Evolution of Dashiell Hammett's Masterpiece, Including John Huston's Movie with Humphrey Bogart.

* The Apartment of Dashiell Hammett and Sam Spade

* Staden vid tidens ände eller Sam Spade i kamp mot entropin ( 1993 )

In the 1976 film, Sam Spade ( from The Maltese Falcon ) becomes Sam Diamond, Hercule Poirot becomes Milo Perrier, etc.

Raffles ; Professor Challenger ; Richard Hannay ; Bulldog Drummond ; the evil Fu Manchu and his adversary, Sir Denis Nayland Smith ; G-8 ; The Shadow ; Sam Spade ; Doc Savage's cousin Patricia Savage, and one of his five assistants, Monk Mayfair ; The Spider ; Nero Wolfe ; Mr. Moto ; The Avenger ; Philip Marlowe ; James Bond ; Lew Archer ; Travis McGee ; Monsieur Lecoq ; and Arsène Lupin.

* Howard Duff, the actor best known as the radio voice of Sam Spade and later as Det.

Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade ( The Maltese Falcon ), Nick and Nora Charles ( The Thin Man ), and the Continental Op ( Red Harvest and The Dain Curse ).

At the film's wrap party, the crew held a talent contest, where Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell sang The Byrds ' " Eight Miles High ", with Nicotero on guitar.

ARCA was founded in 1933 by brothers Miles and Sam Collier, and dissolved in 1941 at the outbreak of World War II.

Bloomington has been home to a large number of musicians and " scholars " over the years, including Strawberry McCloud, Lotus Dickey, Miles Krassen, Anthony Seeger, Bob Lucas, Caroline Peyton, Mark Bingham, Willy Schwartz, Jessica Radcliffe, Hawk Hubbard, Linda Higginbotham, Brad Leftwich, Ruthie Allen, Grey Larsen, Cindy Kallet, Bruce Anderson, Pete Sutherland, Malcolm Daglish, Sam Bartlett, Jamie Gans, Ken Perlman, and numerous backporch pickers who support the active contra dance, Irish, and bluegrass music scenes.

* " You're A Million Miles From Nowhere When You're One Little Mile From Home " w. Sam Lewis & Joe Young m. Walter Donaldson

In 1969, Butterfield also took part in a concert at Chicago's Auditorium Theater and a subsequent recording session organized by record producer Norman Dayron, featuring Muddy Waters and backed by pianist Otis Spann, Michael Bloomfield, Sam Lay, Donald " Duck " Dunn, and Buddy Miles, which was recorded and portions released on Fathers And Sons on Chess Records.

In 1974 he replaced Dave Liebman in Miles Davis's ensemble, remaining until spring 1975, when he was succeeded by Sam Morrison.

There was a television adaptation by Anthony Harvey, which was broadcast on ABC on December 16, 1973, starring Katharine Hepburn as Amanda, Sam Waterston as Tom, Michael Moriarty as Jim, and Joanna Miles as Laura.

Alan Miles and Bruce Gordon bought the assets of MGT to form Sam Computers.

She also appeared successfully in such dramas as the original 1931 film version of The Maltese Falcon starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade, in which she played Miles Archer's treacherous widow.

Billy Graham, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Lt. Col. Oliver North, Steve Forbes, Leonard Davidson, former US Senator Jesse Helms, Sam Donaldson, John R. Rice, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, CEO William S. Simon, Elisabeth Elliot ( wife of the late missionary Jim Elliot ), Skip Erickson, Freddie Gage, Adrian Rogers, governor Tim Kaine, Sean Hannity, Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Pastors ; Mel White, Mark Driscoll, Josh Mcdowell, Miles McPherson, Rick Warren, Steven Furtick and Francis Chan, Entertainers / Athletes in pro-wrestler Lex Luger, Bobby Bowden, Lou Holtz, Carrie Prejean, Allan Houston, and Candace Cameron Bure, Douglas Gresham, Gianna Jessen, Clint Hubbard and 2008 Presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.

In 1973, Bronfman began a songwriting career under the pseudonyms Junior Miles and Sam Roman.

While working at the agency, Mitchell met brothers Barron Collier, Jr., Miles Collier and Sam Collier, who had founded the Automobile Racing Club of America ( ARCA ) ( a forerunner of the Sports Car Club of America ) in 1931.

This contrasts sharply with the ending of The Maltese Falcon where Sam Spade solves the murder of his partner, Miles Archer.

His jazz career began to take off in the mid-1960s, after he moved to New York, when he began playing and recording with a number of significant musicians including Miles Davis, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, Jackie McLean ( 1964 ), Wayne Shorter ( 1965 – 66 ), Charles Lloyd ( 1966 ), Yusef Lateef ( 1967 – 69 ), Keith Jarrett, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw ( 1986 ), and Alice Coltrane ( 1969 – 1972 ).

Alumni of WBAI include Margot Adler, Abraham Aig, Jan Albert, Chris Albertson, Nancy Allen, Matt Alperin, Archie Altman, Lindsay Audin, Robbie Barish, Deborah Begel, Olenka Bohachevski, Delphine Blue, Peter Bochan, Bunny Bruce, Janice K. Bryant, Doreen Canto, Pepsi Charles, Frank Coffee, Candy Cohen, Janet Coleman, Neal Conan, Pat Conte, John Corigliano, Deloris Costello, Liza Cowan, Larry Cox, Joe Cumo, Ken Davis, Barbara Day, Ife Dancy, Dick Demenus, Kathy Dobkin, Mike Edl, Barika Taheer Edwards, Matt Edwards, Dick Elman, Bob Fass, Mike Feder, Charlie Finch, Richard Fioravanti, Paul Fischer, John Fisk, Sara Fishko, Joe Frank, Gary Fried, Jim Freund, Paul Gorman, Joanne Grant, Jeff Greenfield, Edward Haber, Doug Henwood, Lex Hixon, Charles Hobson, Milton Hoffman, Mary Houston, Susan Howe, Jimmy Howes, Rob Hunter, Timothy Jerome, Reggie Johnson, Larry Josephson, Sam Julty, Citizen Kafka, Jesse Keyes, Glo Kirby, Robert Knight, Alen Pol Kobryn, Chris Koch, Robert Kuttner, Richard Lamparski, Andy Lanset, Julius Lester, Al Lewis, John Lithgow, Sari Locker, Leonard Lopate, The Mighty G-Man, Ann MacMillan, Marian McPartland, Samori Marksmen, Margaret Mercer, Frank Millspaugh, Dale Minor, Kathy O ' Connell, Andrew Phillips, Betty Pilkington, Charles Pitts, Steve Post, Charles Potter, Robert Potts, David Rapkin, Desiree K. Robinson, David Rothenberg, Jay Rothman ( Zeke ), Charles Ruas, Eric Salzman, Lynn Samuels, Bill Schechner, Baird Searles, Judy Sherman, John J. Simon, Miles Smith, Peter Cedric Rock Smith ( aka: Rocky ), Jay Smooth, Bruce Soloway, A.

Throughout his life, Robert Palmer published scholarly liner notes on albums by dozens of top jazz, blues, rock and roll and world music artists, including Sam Rivers, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Bo Diddley, Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman, the Master Musicians of Jajouka, La Monte Young, and many more.

Archer's name pays homage to Dashiell Hammett: " Miles Archer " was the name of Sam Spade's murdered partner in The Maltese Falcon.

* Sam Most: Sam Most Plays Bird, Bud, Monk and Miles ( Bethlehem, Fresh Sound, 1957 )

Other notable recordings include those by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald in 1957, Sam Cooke also in 1957, Gene Vincent and Miles Davis in 1958, The Marcels in 1961, The Tornadoes in 1964, Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company on the 1968 album Cheap Thrills as well as The Zombies.

He appeared in over 100 films, but is probably best remembered for two roles in classic films: Miles Archer, the doomed private eye partner of Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Thomas Mara, the hapless district attorney who has to prosecute Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street.

The family members participated in many sports, including motorsports, and especially road racing, which led to the sons Miles and Sam founding the Automobile Racing Club of America in 1933, which became the Sports Car Club of America ( SCCA ) in 1944.

It is the gun linked to the killing of Sam Spade's partner, Miles Archer.

Alien Bodies by Lawrence Miles introduces the idea of " Dark Sam ".