
Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble, heads for home and his ex-partner's detective agency. The business is in a sad way, and Shane, who has had the forethought to provide himself with a 250-dollar commission from an old lady on the train, is welcomed with open arms. When pretty Valerie Purvis walks in the next day willing to pay over the odds to put a tail on the man who did her wrong, Shane's way with the ladies looks like paying off yet aga... (Full plot summary below)
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Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble, heads for home and his ex-partner's detective agency. The business is in a sad way, and Shane, who has had the forethought to provide himself with a 250-dollar commission from an old lady on the train, is welcomed with open arms. When pretty Valerie Purvis walks in the next day willing to pay over the odds to put a tail on the man who did her wrong, Shane's way with the ladies looks like paying off yet again. But things start to go wrong when his partner is murdered, and Shane himself comes home to find his apartment wrecked by a gentlemanly crook who comes back to apologise -- and to tell him a fascinating fairy-story about the fabled Horn of Roland that looks like not being so mythical after all. Miss Purvis wants protection. The police want answers. And all sorts of people want the 'French horn'... but Shane is one jump ahead of everyone all the way. Well, almost.
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| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.[A] snappy, funny film that spoofs the detective genre using the framework of Hammett's famous story. |
| User ReviewPrivate UI really enjoyed this film. I liked how it was a more screwball sort, rather than the overly serious '31 version. |
| User ReviewAnthony VThis is the Maltese Falcon but it's been hollywoodized. The makers probably thought they were transforming the story into a highly memorable screwball comedy. They failed. The movie is watchable but it is actually more interesting watching it from an academic view and comparing it to John Huston's Maltese Falcon. |
| User ReviewPaulo BA remake of Maltese Falcon, but written to be more of a comedy. Some of it works, and has some good jokes...but not really worth seeing unless you are a big Bette Davis or Maltese Falcon fan. |
| User ReviewAngela PNot the greatest movie, but interesting to see a more comedic spin on The Maltese Falcon. |
| User ReviewGlenn FA decent film overall, but a poor adaptation of the Dashiel Hammett classic. |
| User ReviewStephen CWarren William is much more interesting and funny to watch then Humphrey Bogart, but the rest of the cast and script isn't as well as the remake. Kind of all piles on at the very end. |
| User ReviewBenjamin WTake "The Maltese Falcon" and make a farce out of it. This is the movie you'd get. |
| User ReviewJames-Masaki RSince the 1931 "Maltese Falcon" had to be shelved due to its immoral content, 1936 gave a remake that made it heavier in comedy, made it more of a vehicle for Bette Davis more than the detective played by Warren William. Big mistake in that? I don't necessarily think so. Davis can carry things on her own, but ones expecting a Falcon will be absolutely surprised that it is not even a Falcon everyone is going for in this version! |
| User ReviewGreg WIt is no Maltese Falcon, but it was entertaining enough. Could have done without the offensive racial stereotypes toward the end though. Although movies of this era are inherently rife with these. |