Review of The Maltese Falcon (1941) by Tom Cox for The Telegraph — 24 Mar 1942
The Maltese Falcon might not have been the first film noir, or even the most stylish, but all the genre elements are smartly in place here: the dark streets, the treacherous female, the monogrammed office door, the breathless smart talk.
Bogart saying "When you're slapped you'll take it and like it" should feel like a cliché, but the freshness remains, the thrilling sense that nobody had ever talked like this in a movie before.
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This review of The Maltese Falcon (1941) was written by Tom Cox and published by The Telegraph on 24 Mar 1942.
The Maltese Falcon has generally received very positive reviews.
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