studios, with great dialogue, deceitful characters, and menacing scenes.The precocious director Huston was very faithful to Dashiell Hammett""s 1929 novelThe Maltese Falcon, that had originally appeared as a five-part serialized story in a pulp fiction, detective story magazine publication namedBlack Mask.Riggs emerged from his bed to strut bare-assed into his kitchen for a cold beer and greet his collie at the door, while a day-time game show (Family Feud) played on his television.In the conflict, Sirius was murdered by Bellatrix with an "Avada Kedavra" (Killing) Curse.Enraged, Harry pursued her for revenge, finding himself tempted by Voldemort""s voice to use the Cruciatus Curse: "She killed him.From the safe-house, Phelps monitored the operation by computer (with split-screens of his agents"" points-of-view).