Top cast:Kevin Spacey,Russell Crowe,Guy Pearce
Director:Aristide Demetriade&Grigore Brezeanu
Genre:Western
Region:France
Year:2006
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." At first, the young fawn was frightened by the surrounding animals, and especially by the loudly-hooting, big-eyed Owl, but then responded with a smile and cute laugh.He then questioned one of his workers, Smitty (John Cenatiempo), about pulling off the failed armored truck job - claiming that it jeopardized the business when Smitty""s partner Billy Phelps was apprehended.Makes it more exciting."" So now, the guy goes home and he starts screwin"" his own wife, see.So he screws her for a little bit and then he stops, and he goes out of the room and reads LIFE Magazine." She runs out to her balcony overlooking the Mediterranean to yell for police.To emphasize the motif of a stealthy, prowling jewel thief (cat burglar) hat has committed the crime, a black cat crosses a slatted, tiled rooftop at night.