The Maltese Falcon (1941) On Blu-Ray

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 5, 2010
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        Blu-ray
Misc:             Black & White
Language:   English, Spanish
Subtitles:     English, French, Spanish

DESCRIPTION:

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 nominee for 3 Academy Awards00Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Greenstreet) and Screenplay (Huston)--catapulted Bogart to stardom and launched Huston’s directorial career. All with a bird and a bang!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Commentary by Bogart biographer Eric Lax
Featurette The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Breakdowns of 1941: Studio blooper reel
Makeup tests
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
Warner Night at the Movies 1941 short subjects gallery: Newsreel, musical short The Gay Parisian, 2 classic cartoons: Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt and Meet John Doughboy
Trailers of This Movie, 1941's Sergeant York and 1936's previous Falcon movie adaptation Satan Met a Lady
Audio-only bonus: 3 radio show adaptations--two featuring the movie's original stars, plus another starring Edward G. Robinson