Terrific scene and dialogue. John Huston commented he felt almost embarrassed to accept an academy award for best script when most of the dialogue was lying in the novel exactly as it is spoken in the film. In any case, this is the granddaddy of all noir mystery thrillers. Nothing has ever surpassed it.
I just read the book for the first time. The dialog is almost exactly the same. This was the third attempt in 11 years at a Maltese Falcon picture. I guess Huston learned from the other's mistakes and just filmed it exactly the way Hammett wrote it instead butchering it. Nobody watches the other versions because '41 is just so good.
IRONICALLY he did in the very first live action adaptation of Ian Fleming’s CASINO ROYALE in 1954 with Lorre as Le Chiffre though know you meant as a villain in the franchise produced by Broccoli and Saltzman.
In a way, he's pointing a finger at the audience accusing them of their own sophistication. Camp is a very poor term and should be relegated to the Dustbin. But Lori is very subtle and very funny if you know the reasons why. This performance comes off fantastically in a theater on the big screen with an audience.
Notice how it is not just two talking heads. It's also all about what the hands are doing. Smoking, moving that umbrella, the gun, Lorrie's single gloved hand, etc.
@@gardeniasandfalcons3945 + Anja Gambolputty... even the music follows the movements of the camera and the actors. This is all gone in the movies of today
@@gardeniasandfalcons3945 - I actually think he was bi. Remember when he comes to Spade’s apartment and Brigid is there and they are obviously seeing each other for the 1st time in a while? He says politely, “I’m delighted to see you again, madame,” and she says, “I was/am sure you would be, Joel.” Yeah, she was spreading it out for him. And in that same scene where she refers to some unknown dude that they had run up against and Cairo snarks like, “You mean the one you couldn’t get to...” before she slaps him? Yeah, sounds like she was giving all she got to help find the black bird. No doubt Spade took all that in and knew what kind of a woman she was and knew that he couldn’t trust her. Even Gutman warned him later that she’d be “dangerous” if Spade didn’t give her what she thought was her fair share of the money he got for the black bird.
FANTASTIC, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC I've seen the movie several times and I've never appreciated this scene as after watching this clip Peter Lorre is fabulous
Coolness + Smoothness = Bogey & Lorre. Watch this scene. Watch it again and again. Watch the body movements. Close your eyes and listen to the dialogue pacing and delivery. Wrcg the lighting Feel the scene flow. Understand why these guys were so good.
What a classic scene. Bogart (in character) might say "booliful"... with a cigarette between his lips. Lorre (also in character) might say "bew-ti-ful" with perfectly poised minor pauses. I'm just an observer with a love of these old films. I say this scene is beautiful. Just beautiful!
Bogarts lisp due to a WW1 accident, Lorre's accent due to his not speaking English for most of his life to this point!! Priceless, though Adds the spice up and uniqueness for both.
1:24. Bogart's eyes as he's raising his hands. What an incredible look that expresses so much as they narrow. He and Peter Lorre were acting on a level so high and focused, they really become the characters they were portraying.
1941 produced two of the greatest movies ever made, this one being one of them. "The Maltese Falcon" works so well in developing unique characters as they struggle to obtain that valuable little statuette. Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart's scene together is one of the movie's absolute highlights, blending humour with dangerous tension.
The film is great through most of the action, but by the end once you see Gutman and Cairo are just a couple of idiots it kind of takes the magic away.
I love how Bogart uses the word "hooey" to describe Lorre's $5,000 offer!!!. This is my favourite scene in one of my favourite Humphrey Bogart movies!!!.
One of my favourite films of all time, along with Key Largo. The music is just perfect & adds even more intrigue & mystery to the character. You have to imagine Cairo, Baghdad etc... were still relativley unknown & not easily accessible to the working man back then
It was the kind of movie that is fondly remembered and discussed for a long time. I enjoyed the movie and I enjoyed watching this clip and have always enjoyed reading about the actors.
I was brought here by the 1969 Rowan & Martin comedy/thriller "The Maltese Bippy". Sadly, their co-star in that flick (Carol Lynley) recently passed away.
Lorre accompanied my mom and my aunt home one summer night, in 1960, and had a drink at the kitchen table. Said he was Peter Lorre's stand-in. Then he autographed my copy of "Nancy Drew at Lilac Inn."
In an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" Jessica Fletcher said that she used "The Maltese Falcon" in her high school English class. I listened to an audio CD of the novel once and enjoyed it. But, I did not think it should be used in a high school English class.
It's only hinted at in this film version of The Maltese Falcon when Sam sniffs the lavender scented handkerchief, but it's clearer in the novel. Joel Cairo is gay. At one point in the novel he's talking quietly with Wilmar, then Wilmar suddenly gets angry and hits him.
Detective Tom Polhaus: [picks up the falcon] Heavy. What is it? Sam Spade: The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of. Detective Tom Polhaus: Huh? ( Edited to satisfy the whims of a spelling cop)
chel3SEY It was a paraphrase, " The Stuff that Dreams are made of" In any case Shakespeare says. Take note that Prospero says "made on," not "made of," despite Humphrey Bogart's famous last line in the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon: "The stuff that dreams are made of." (Bogart suggested the line to director John Huston, but neither seems to have brushed up his Shakespeare.) Film buffs may think "made of" is the authentic phrase, but they're only dreaming.
chel3SEY My but you are "picky" today. Here, from the script, exactly verbatim. "Detective Tom Polhaus: [picks up the falcon] Heavy. What is it? Sam Spade: *The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of*. Detective Tom Polhaus: Huh?
***** True, I am picky. But if you post something in public, you should expect your mistakes to be corrected. Your original posting said "its" instead of "it's", and had a misplaced comma after "its". I see that you have now changed it. If you use the language of Shakespeare, you ought to use it well.
The role of Sam Spade was first proposed to George Raft ... but « smart » George refused, because he « wouldn’t play with the company of a queer », that is to say Joel Cairo ( Peter Lorre ) !!! Of course, Humphrey Bogart was eager to accept it ... Same thing for « High Sierra », directed by Raoul Walsh ... Bogart said « YES » ! And, to end the story, Mr Raft ( as John Huston used to call him) refused again to play the main role in « The Treasure of the Sierra Madre » ! Guess who got the role ? Humphrey Bogart, of course !!! So the career of a great star was almost over for George Raft, and the beginning of a brilliant one for Bogart ...
Amen to that ! If Raft had appeared in those films instead of Bogie, thye would not be the revered classics they became ! Raft was one of the most wooden actors Hollywood ever produced. I'm surprised all his co-stars didn't get splinters !!
Yeah screw Raft. I’ve never seen anything he’s been in, and only heard of him because of how he turned down those roles, and Casablanca as well! What a maroon, serves him right to be in the dustbin.
Too bad Peter Lorre and Larry Fine never worked with each other. That would have been more epic than "Ren & Stimpy." Peter & Larry would have been innovators of sitcoms in the 1950s.
Peter Lorre was a very good physical actor. To fall like a ragdoll takes skill.
Peter is so entertaining to watch. He steals every scene he is in with sinister humor
1941: his social pal Goebbles told him to get TF out of Germany, and NOW.
Two geniuses at work here.
Not to mention the mad genius directing them.
Terrific scene and dialogue. John Huston commented he felt almost embarrassed to accept an academy award for best script when most of the dialogue was lying in the novel exactly as it is spoken in the film. In any case, this is the granddaddy of all noir mystery thrillers. Nothing has ever surpassed it.
You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !! :-)
@Randy White Well, that's how the Mercedes Benz. As the old saying goes, "you can't win 'em all....."
Not so, The Big Sleep is far better
I just read the book for the first time. The dialog is almost exactly the same. This was the third attempt in 11 years at a Maltese Falcon picture. I guess Huston learned from the other's mistakes and just filmed it exactly the way Hammett wrote it instead butchering it. Nobody watches the other versions because '41 is just so good.
I saw all three. I have it in a box set. This is the master edition!
Lorre would have made the perfect bond villain!
You are wiser you think. He WAS the very first Bond villain in the TV adaptation of "Casino Royale."
@@billr686 oh....shit 😂 good casting then if I do say so myself 😉
He would have rather played M or Q.
IRONICALLY he did in the very first live action adaptation of Ian Fleming’s CASINO ROYALE in 1954 with Lorre as Le Chiffre though know you meant as a villain in the franchise produced by Broccoli and Saltzman.
I love how subtly camp Peter Lorre is in this movie.
What do you mean by "camp"? I don't understand you.
What do you mean by "subtle"?
In a way, he's pointing a finger at the audience accusing them of their own sophistication. Camp is a very poor term and should be relegated to the Dustbin. But Lori is very subtle and very funny if you know the reasons why. This performance comes off fantastically in a theater on the big screen with an audience.
@@neonatalpenguin Nothing subtle about that cane knob business
@@neonatalpenguin Nothing subtle about that walking cane business.
Notice how it is not just two talking heads. It's also all about what the hands are doing. Smoking, moving that umbrella, the gun, Lorrie's single gloved hand, etc.
You're absolutely right. Cagney may have been the master at that.
Excellent observation
I am so focused on Peter Lorres hands.The movements are so fine, i love that!
Good direction from Huston who probably encouraged him to be very subtle in portraying a gay character.
@@gardeniasandfalcons3945 + Anja Gambolputty... even the music follows the movements of the camera and the actors. This is all gone in the movies of today
Well said and well put !! He was a truly gifted performer !!
@@gardeniasandfalcons3945 - I actually think he was bi. Remember when he comes to Spade’s apartment and Brigid is there and they are obviously seeing each other for the 1st time in a while? He says politely, “I’m delighted to see you again, madame,” and she says, “I was/am sure you would be, Joel.” Yeah, she was spreading it out for him. And in that same scene where she refers to some unknown dude that they had run up against and Cairo snarks like, “You mean the one you couldn’t get to...” before she slaps him? Yeah, sounds like she was giving all she got to help find the black bird. No doubt Spade took all that in and knew what kind of a woman she was and knew that he couldn’t trust her. Even Gutman warned him later that she’d be “dangerous” if Spade didn’t give her what she thought was her fair share of the money he got for the black bird.
@@herrwabbaloo937 I think he was bi too. He had a sensual , sultry style about him that I think many women would find alluring.
FANTASTIC, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC
I've seen the movie several times and I've never appreciated this scene as after watching this clip
Peter Lorre is fabulous
Coolness + Smoothness = Bogey & Lorre. Watch this scene. Watch it again and again. Watch the body movements. Close your eyes and listen to the dialogue pacing and delivery. Wrcg the lighting Feel the scene flow. Understand why these guys were so good.
Peter Lorrie says to a prisoner while stroking a knife " patience my angel " was the best line ever
What a classic scene. Bogart (in character) might say "booliful"... with a cigarette between his lips. Lorre (also in character) might say "bew-ti-ful" with perfectly poised minor pauses. I'm just an observer with a love of these old films. I say this scene is beautiful. Just beautiful!
Bogarts lisp due to a WW1 accident, Lorre's accent due to his not speaking English for most of his life to this point!! Priceless, though Adds the spice up and uniqueness for both.
Bogart is always great, Peter Lorres role in "M" is pure magic.
R.I.P. Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Peter Lorre (1904-1964).
Sadly, they both smoked like chimneys on & off the screen and I have no doubt that habit contributed to their deaths. They were both GREAT actors !
@Vote Blue 2020 I never claimed it was a secret.
simply the best its all gone for ever now even the music cant be beat fucking perfect
Peter was a great actor in many films during his carer
I have a notion to second that emotion !! :-)
you KNOW you're the epitome of coolness when you can disarm a gunman knock him out without even dropping the cigarette out of your mouth.
LOL 100x
Good one, my friend.
Check the look on Bogart's face (I'm gonna enjoy this) as he backs Cairo against the couch. Never saw it coming. 🤣
What unnerves me is the smile on Spade's face as he advances on Cairo right before he punches him.
1:24. Bogart's eyes as he's raising his hands. What an incredible look that expresses so much as they narrow. He and Peter Lorre were acting on a level so high and focused, they really become the characters they were portraying.
1941 produced two of the greatest movies ever made, this one being one of them. "The Maltese Falcon" works so well in developing unique characters as they struggle to obtain that valuable little statuette. Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart's scene together is one of the movie's absolute highlights, blending humour with dangerous tension.
The film is great through most of the action, but by the end once you see Gutman and Cairo are just a couple of idiots it kind of takes the magic away.
what's the other two?
I meant the other one.
@@randywhite9415 Citizen Kane
The other film must be "The Invisible Ghost". Bela Lugosi owns the screen in that one !!
Is it weird that I get the same reaction from listening to Joel Cairo's voice in this as I would from an ASMR video?
I love how Bogart uses the word "hooey" to describe Lorre's $5,000 offer!!!.
This is my favourite scene in one of my favourite Humphrey Bogart movies!!!.
How true ! My favorite line comes in a later scene where Bogie says to Peter, "When you're slapped, you'll take it and you'll like it" !! :-)
Hooey was a popular word. Ingrid Bergman uses it in "Notorious."
Peter Lorre "ohhh steeempy."
One of my favourite films of all time, along with Key Largo. The music is just perfect & adds even more intrigue & mystery to the character. You have to imagine Cairo, Baghdad etc... were still relativley unknown & not easily accessible to the working man back then
From menacing to conciliatory. Peter Lorre was excellent.
I love it when Sam said to Joel, "when you're slapped, you'll take it & like it !" 🙂
"Why should I sit around here and let people come in and stick me up??" What a line and what a delivery.
What a movie .
It was the kind of movie that is fondly remembered and discussed for a long time. I enjoyed the movie and I enjoyed watching this clip and have always enjoyed reading about the actors.
What great acting!
Two pros !!
The Maltese Stimpy brought me here.
I was brought here by the 1969 Rowan & Martin comedy/thriller "The Maltese Bippy". Sadly, their co-star in that flick (Carol Lynley) recently passed away.
I drank with lorrie one night in Vegas. Right out of it. About 1960 if memory serves. A real rum pot.
He was depressed about the descent of his career. He dealt with morphine addiction all his life.
Yea your right we did. Morphine too. Crazy weekend.
Lorre accompanied my mom and my aunt home one summer night, in 1960, and had a drink at the kitchen table. Said he was Peter Lorre's stand-in. Then he autographed my copy of "Nancy Drew at Lilac Inn."
@@constantreader8760 .yeah crazy the things you do while drinking
One of my favorite scenes ever!
Absolutely brilliant! This is one of the best scenes in movie history ....
just before hitting him the third time Bogey gets this sadistic grin on his face then knocks him out.
he really enjoyed that beatdown.
How true ! Spade no doubt was peeved at Cairo's lame attempt at a shakedown !
But Bogeys intrigued and up for an adventure!
Proper acting unlike the rubbish today.
Huston understood Hammett. And Film Noir's floodgates began to part.
..Lorre suffered alot if discrimination..one was for being SHORT..now that's rough..but there it is..😊
Poor HUMPRY BOGART- SMOKE- SMOKE- SMOKE😢
Sam Spade, what a guy.......
In an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" Jessica Fletcher said that she used "The Maltese Falcon" in her high school English class. I listened to an audio CD of the novel once and enjoyed it. But, I did not think it should be used in a high school English class.
Why not? I first read it in highschool.
That look on Bogies’ face at 2:40…
Look what you did to my shirt!
A Peter Lorre drinking game should include "every time he makes out with an intimate object."
Sure, Cairo...your ‘gat’ is in the alley...I threw it out the window while you were taking a nap...
It's only hinted at in this film version of The Maltese Falcon when Sam sniffs the lavender scented handkerchief, but it's clearer in the novel. Joel Cairo is gay. At one point in the novel he's talking quietly with Wilmar, then Wilmar suddenly gets angry and hits him.
Detective Tom Polhaus: [picks up the falcon] Heavy. What is it?
Sam Spade: The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
Detective Tom Polhaus: Huh? ( Edited to satisfy the whims of a spelling cop)
One short sentence and you managed two mistakes. Well done.
chel3SEY
It was a paraphrase, " The Stuff that Dreams are made of"
In any case Shakespeare says. Take note that Prospero says "made on," not "made of," despite Humphrey Bogart's famous last line in the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon: "The stuff that dreams are made of." (Bogart suggested the line to director John Huston, but neither seems to have brushed up his Shakespeare.) Film buffs may think "made of" is the authentic phrase, but they're only dreaming.
***** I recognise the quotation. Your "paraphrase" of it contains two mistakes.
chel3SEY
My but you are "picky" today.
Here, from the script, exactly verbatim.
"Detective Tom Polhaus: [picks up the falcon] Heavy. What is it?
Sam Spade: *The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of*.
Detective Tom Polhaus: Huh?
***** True, I am picky. But if you post something in public, you should expect your mistakes to be corrected.
Your original posting said "its" instead of "it's", and had a misplaced comma after "its".
I see that you have now changed it. If you use the language of Shakespeare, you ought to use it well.
@ great Classic Actors
Don’t sell yourself short Bobo, you have quite the career
Bogart completely dominates the scene and Peter Lorre. Is that simply acting or the man himself?. ♥️😎
The role of Sam Spade was first proposed to George Raft ... but « smart » George refused, because he « wouldn’t play with the company of a queer », that is to say Joel Cairo ( Peter Lorre ) !!!
Of course, Humphrey Bogart was eager to accept it ...
Same thing for « High Sierra », directed by Raoul Walsh ...
Bogart said « YES » !
And, to end the story, Mr Raft ( as John Huston used to call him) refused again to play the main role in « The Treasure of the Sierra Madre » !
Guess who got the role ?
Humphrey Bogart, of course !!!
So the career of a great star was almost over for George Raft, and the beginning of a brilliant one for Bogart ...
Amen to that ! If Raft had appeared in those films instead of Bogie, thye would not be the revered classics they became ! Raft was one of the most wooden actors Hollywood ever produced. I'm surprised all his co-stars didn't get splinters !!
Yeah screw Raft. I’ve never seen anything he’s been in, and only heard of him because of how he turned down those roles, and Casablanca as well! What a maroon, serves him right to be in the dustbin.
Too bad Peter Lorre and Larry Fine never worked with each other. That would have been more epic than "Ren & Stimpy." Peter & Larry would have been innovators of sitcoms in the 1950s.
Lorre would get slapped and he'd like it.
Spade literally tells him that in a later scene set in Spade's San Francisco apartment.
may I please have my gun now?
these 1940s criminals were one of a kind
I guess though if a guy can disarm you that easily you'd better be polite
Bill Burr brought me here.
+Jeremiah Mirkovitz Got to get me one of these lighter
save the world
Koala
Muesert Oisil should have stuck to acting
His eyes are offside.
His eyes are offsiiiiiiddee.
Peter Lorre,
His eyes are offside.
So Lorre was a gay movie prototype.
In the novel, it's much clearer that Joel Cairo is gay.
What a great movie. New Movies have nothing on these old classics. Good dialogue, story and character development all modern movies offer is cgi
R.I.P. Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Peter Lorre (1904-1964).
You left out Sidney Greenstreet