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Dashiell Hammett was an American novelist. He was born in 1894 and died in 1961. He worked as a private detective before writing such detective stories as The Maltese Falcon in 1930 and The Thin Man in 1932.
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Dwight Frye was an American actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1943. He often played crazed hunchbacks, and appeared in the 1931 film 'The Maltese Falcon'.
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Mary Astor (real name Lucille Langhanke) was an American actress. She was born in 1906 and died in 1987. She is best remembered for her role as ' Brigid O'Shaughnessy' in the 1941 film 'The Maltese Falcon'.
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The Maltese Falcon is an adventure starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet in a story about a cynical private detective involved in the quest for a priceless 16th century statuette. The Maltese Falcon was directed by John Huston in 1941.
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