![]() ![]() Exotic in its own beautiful way, the death of Miles Archer is anything but glamorous. Unfortunately for Archer, that pursuit which has been going on for some time and taking the three to various exotic locations around the world has brought the chase to San Francisco. Archer had been tailing one of the three unusually idiosyncratic pursuers of an ancient statuette allegedly constructed by order of the Knights Templar as a gift for the King of Spain. ![]() Somewhat shockingly, the story opens with the murder of Sam Spade’s partner in private investigation, Miles Archer. ![]() The primary difference between the novel and film, actually, is that Bogey’s Sam Spade winds up being far more admirable than the trio of low-life treasure hunters scheming and betraying each other in pursuit of the “stuff that dreams are made of.” In the novel, Spade is definitely an overall better human being than those three…but just barely. Much of that film adaptation-the third movie version of the novel, by the way-features scenes left intact with huge chunks of dialogue transferred verbatim from page to screen. ![]() The Maltese Falcon is a slim novel that moves along at a rapid pace and feels almost as fleeting as watching the iconic film adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart as its world-weary private detective Sam Spade. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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