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The Maltese Falcon set the standard by which all subsequent American detective fiction would be judged. Hammett's clean prose and sharp ear for dialogue produced an exceedingly readable novel with enough twists to keep the reader turning the pages in search of clues. Hammett's third novel, it was first serialized in Black Mask magazine starting with the September 1929 issue, and published as a hardbound a year later. In addition to John Huston's celebrated film adaptation, Falcon has enjoyed several audio incarnations, starting with a 1941 half-hour version with Bogart on Academy Award Theater in 1941― all based on the Huston film. This 2008 production is the first full audio dramatization of the original novel.

The Maltese Falcon is not only probably the best detective story we have ever read, it is an exceedingly well written novel.” – The Times of London Literary Supplement

"[Dashiell Hammett] demonstrated that the detective story can be important writing." ― Raymond Chandler

"We all came out from under Hammett's black mask." Ross MacDonald

"Hammett's prose [is] clean and entirely unique. His characters [are] as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction." The New York Times

“Dashiell Hammett . . . is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer.” – The Boston Globe

Cover of the Sept 1929 number of Black Mask in which the novel began its first serialized appearance.

BLACKSTONE AUDIO
presents
the HOLLYWOOD THEATER of the EAR
production of
Dashiell Hammett's
THE MALTESE FALCON

 
SAM SPADE Michael Madsen
BRIGID O'SHAUGHNESSEY Sandra Oh
CASPER GUTMAN Edward Herrmann
JOEL CAIRO Michael Saad
WILMER COOK Armin Shimerman
EFFIE PERRINE
IVA ARCHER
RHEA GUTMAN
Laura Gardner
TOM POLTAUSE Tom Towles
LT. DUNDY Keith Sazarabajka
 
Executive Producer Josh Stanton
Adapter, Producer, Director Yuri Rasovsky
Recordist John Baker
Mixer Andrew Barnes
SFX Aura Johnson
Casting Amy Lieberman
music by Steve Everitt
James McConnell
Debbie Wiseman
Editorial Consultant Keith Alan Deutsch
Production Manager Lorna Raver
produced with the cooperation of Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents Inc.

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