The Maltese Falcon (Three-Disc Special Edition) On DVD

Actor:          Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Gladys George, Sydney Greenstreet 
Director:     John Huston
Genre:         Drama
Year:            N/A
Studio:         Warner Home Video
Length:        101
Released:    October 3, 2006
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:             Black & White
Language:   English,French
Subtitles:    English, Spanish, French

DESCRIPTION:

NTSC/Region 1. A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why - and who'll take the fall for his partner's murder. An all-star cast (including Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) joins Bogart in this crackling mystery masterwork written for the screen (from Dashiell Hammett's novel) and directed by John Huston. This 1941 Academy Awardsr Nominee* catapulted Bogart to stardom and launched Huston's directorial career - all with a bird and a bang.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• New digital transfer of 1941 movie from restored elements
• Commentary by Bogart biographer Eric Lax
• Warner Night at the Movies 1941 Short Subjects Gallery: vintage newsreel, Technicolor musical short The Gay Parisian, classic cartoons Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt and Meet John Doughboy
• 2 Previous Movie Versions of the classic Hammett caper:
• The Maltese Falcon (1931) with Bebe Daniels and Recardo Cortez
• Satan Met a Lady (1936) with Bette Davis and Warren William
• Theatrical Trailers
• New Documentary "The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird"
• The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
• Breakdowns of 1941: Studio Blooper Reel
• Audio-only bonus: 3 radio show adaptations including a version starring Edward G. Robinson