Top cast:Margarita Fischer,Tom Mix
Director:James Cameron
Genre:Thriller
Region:Russia
Year:2010
Storyline:Hammett""s murder mystery novel had previously been filmed twice:The Maltese Falcon (1931), a low-budget, pre-Code film (directed by Roy Del Ruth)-renamed for TV asDangerous Female- with Ricardo Cortez as the gumshoe opposite femme fatale Bebe Daniels; it was faithful to Hammett""s novel, although its pre-censorship status allowed for steamier scenes (a nude bathtub shot, a portrayal of Spade as a womanizing Latin lover, and a clearly homosexual relationship between Casper "Fat Man" Gutman (Dudley Digges) and ""fall guy"" Wilmer (Dwight Frye))Satan Met a Lady (1936), a remake directed by William Dieterle) with Warren William and rising star Bette Davis as the femme fatale, but without the ""black bird"" (a ram""s horn was substituted)Huston was convinced that he could remake the film with a more precise screenplay and better acting than the other two adaptations.In a classic scene, only moments later the Count appears at her sleeping side, leaning over her.He bends down to bite her neck to suck her blood, making her his prey.The scene cuts away and immediately dissolves into the Sanitarium""s amphitheatre during a medical examination of Lucy - who has been brought there after many unsuccessful blood ransfusions.The film was passed over by the Academy for the frothy musical tale ofGigi (1958)(with a record nine Oscar wins, including Best Picture), about a young woman trained to be a courtesan of a wealthy suitor.(Was he the next Jason?) The film ended with a zoom to his eyeball under the mask, and a fade to black before the credits.