In AMC’s Brilliant Monsieur Spade, Even the Detectives Come Hard-Boiled | TV/Streaming
Rather than re-adapt “The Maltese Falcon” or any of the smattering of short stories Hammett wrote featuring the character (as literary legacies go, Spade’s was surprisingly short), Frank and Fontana, with the help of executive producer Barry Levinson, create a wholly original tale of the legendary gumshoe. No longer in his prime, or in San … Read more
