In 1990, the Crime Writers Association ranked The Maltese Falcon as the 10th top crime novel of all time, and the Mystery Writers of America ranked it second on a similar 1995 list.

It's hard to read “The Maltese Falcon” without wincing at the way hard-boiled detective Sam Spade treats women. He manhandles his secretary. He toys with his partner’s wife. "Oh, it is ...

12 years after his role as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, ... Spade's love interest, in the killing. However, it didn't ...