The Maltese Falcon



The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, which has been adapted several times for the cinema, the most famous being the 1941 film featuring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade.

The film has been spoofed and referenced by the Muppets on several occassions. The film was spoofed in episode 33 of Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony, where Sam the Eagle was The Maltese Falcon.

The series Dog City featured the character Sam Spayed, a take on Bogart's version of the character. Episode 101: The Big Squeak also featured a story line very close to that of the film.