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Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & other adventures: A BBC Radio Collection
The godfather of the hard-boiled detective novel, Dashiell Hammett is widely acknowledged as one of America's greatest mystery writers. This collection brings together the BBC radio adaptations of his works for the first time, including the iconic The Maltese Falcon featuring his most famous character: Sam Spade. The Maltese Falcon San Francisco, 1928. When his partner is murdered on an assignment, private detective Sam Spade is drawn into a dangerous case involving a treacherous femme fatale and the priceless black statuette of a falcon... Tom Wilkinson and Jane Lapotaire star in this thrilling dramatisation of Hammett's most famous novel. Secret Agent X-9 New York, 1934, and Secret Agent X-9 is about to embark on his most deadly mission yet. Falsely accused of murder, he struggles to stay one step ahead of the law in his relentless pursuit of his arch enemy, 'The Top'. Dramatised from a comic strip co-created by Dashiell Hammett, this tale of mystery, murder and mayhem stars Stuart Milligan, Connie Booth and William Hootkins. Nightmare Town Arriving in the desert boom town of Izzard, Arizona, sharp-edged tough guy Steve Threefall meets the beautiful, terrified Nova Vallance - and encounters danger, intrigue and a dark mystery... Read by Stuart Milligan. The Man Who Killed Dan Odams An escaped killer fleeing cross-country stumbles upon an isolated farm in Montana, inhabited by a woman and her young son... This mysterious and brooding noir western is read by Stuart Milligan. The Maltese Falcon Sam Spade - Tom Wilkinson Brigid O'Shaughnessy - Jane Lapotaire Mr Gutman - Peter Vaughan Joel Cairo - Nickolas Grace Effie - Mia Soteriou Miles Archer - William Hope Iva - Liza Ross Wilmer - Peter Acre Tom Polhaus - Norman Jones Lt Dundy - Harry Towb DA Bryan - Don Fellows Newspaperman - Robin Summers Taxi driver - Keith Edwards Man with key - Arnold Diamond Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Directed by Jane Morgan First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 29 December 1984 Secret Agent X-9 X-9 - Stuart Milligan Grace Powers - Connie Booth The Top - William Hootkins Evelyn Powers - Rachel Power Deacon/Alden Powers - Peter Marinker Matthew/Steward/Luke - Michael John Paliotti Captain Brady/Bartholomew - John Guerrasio Jude - Bruce McGregor Cop 1 - Clive Rowe Harper-Carp - Kerry Shale Waitress/Sister Agnes - Miranda Pleasance Other parts played by the cast Dramatised by Mark Brisenden from the comic strip created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond Produced by Chris Wallis First broadcast BBC Radio 5 Live, 1-22 January 1994 Nightmare Town Read by Stuart Milligan Abridged by Neville Teller Produced by Elizabeth Allard First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5-8 November 2001 The Man Who Killed Dan Odams Read by Stuart Milligan Abridged by Neville Teller Produced by Elizabeth Allard First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9 November 2001
Dashiell Hammett (Author), Connie Booth, Jane Lapotaire, Stuart Milligan, Tom Wilkinson, William Hootkins (Narrator)
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Maltese Falcon, The - Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue. The story is told entirely in external third-person narrative; there is no description whatever of any character's internal thoughts or feelings, only what they say and do, and how they look. The novel has been adapted several times for the cinema. The main character, Sam Spade (who also appeared later in some lesser-known short stories), was a departure from Hammett's nameless detective, The Continental Op. Spade combined several features of previous detectives, notably his cold detachment, keen eye for detail, unflinching, sometimes ruthless, determination to achieve his own form of justice, and a complete lack of sentimentality.
Dashiell Hammett (Author), Multiple Narrators (Narrator)
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The definitive masterpiece of the hard-boiled detective genre, The Maltese Falcon first appeared in the pages of Black Mask magazine in 1929 and was almost immediately acknowledged as not only a great crime novel but an enduring masterpiece of American fiction. Tough, cynical PI Sam Spade-a man who, as his creator explained, is "able to take care of himself in any situation, able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact with"-is hired by the story's irresistible femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, to locate the client's sister by tailing her companion. Spade's partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner's death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters-all of them after a legendary statuette of a falcon fashioned long ago for King Charles V of Spain. Made of gold and encrusted with jewels, the falcon is worth a fortune. Missing for centuries, it resurfaced in Paris in 1911, covered in black enamel to disguise its value, and then disappeared again until it was traced to Constantinople-and now, it would seem, to Spade's own backyard.
Dashiell Hammett (Author), Robertson Dean (Narrator)
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The Petrified Forest & Ninotchka
Back when going to the movies meant a whole afternoon or evening's entertainment not just the one movie Audiobook radio is proud to be home to the Hollywood Double Bill. Adapted for radio with all the frills including the big stars and hosted by Roger Prior.
Dashiell Hammett, Lloyd C Douglas, Lloyd C. Douglas (Author), Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Myrna Lloy (Narrator)
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Hollywood Double Bill - The Maltese Falcon & Magnificent Obsession
Back when going to the movies meant a whole afternoon or evening's entertainment not just the one movie Audiobook radio is proud to be home to the Hollywood Double Bill. Adapted for radio with all the frills including the big stars and hosted by Roger Prior.
Dashiell Hammett, Lloyd C Douglas, Lloyd C. Douglas (Author), Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Myrna Lloy (Narrator)
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From the author of hard-boiled detective fiction classics such as The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man comes a stunning collection of stories, several of which have never before been published.
Dashiell Hammett, Julie M. Rivett, Richard Layman (Author), Brian Holsopple, Donna Postel, Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby (Narrator)
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Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett's last, and most successful, novel. Following the enormous success of "The Thin Man" movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas for the films that became "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man." Hammett brought back his classic characters, retired private investigator Nick Charles and his former debutante wife Nora, in these two fully satisfying "Thin Man" stories, written with classic, barbed Hammett dialogue. Neither of these stories has been previously published (except for a partial in a small magazine 25 years ago). Now together in Return of the Thin Man, these hugely entertaining novellas are destined to remain essential listening for Hammett's millions of fans and a new generation of mystery lovers the world over. The recording features Peter Ganim as Nick, Nicola Barber as Nora, and Scott Brick as the narrator. Additional character voices are provided by Emily Bauer, Dan Bittner, Cynthia Darlow, Richard Ferrone, Eliza Foss, Emma Galvin, Johnny Heller, Pete Larkin, Bill Lobley, Carol Monda, Rich Orlow, Paula Parker, Vinnie Penna, with Zane Birdwell, Nathan Rosborough, Iris McElroy, Barbara Vlahides, Fametta Sawyer, Tim Bader, Tyrrell Harrell, Kevin Fecu, and Alan Winter.
Dashiell Hammett (Author), Ensemble Cast, Ensemble Cast, Nicola Barber, Peter Ganim, Scott Brick (Narrator)
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Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him? Dashiell Hammett's tour de force of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness. A one-time detective and a master of deft understatement, Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hard-boiled crime novel.
Dashiell Hammett (Author), Stephen R. Thorne (Narrator)
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When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty—even if that meant taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain. “An acknowledged literary landmark.”--New York Times Book Review
Dashiell Hammett (Author), Richard Ferrone (Narrator)
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The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.
Dashiell Hammett (Author), Richard Ferrone (Narrator)
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The Maltese Falcon is the definitive masterpiece of the hard-boiled detective genre. It introduces legendary PI Sam Spade, a loner who follows his own code and the rules of the street as he zeros in on his partner's killer and the famous jewel-encrusted bird. Humphrey Bogart immortalized the tough-guy detective in the classic 1941 film.
Dashiell Hammett (Author), William Dufris (Narrator)
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Radio Crimes: The Maltese Falcon
It's San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from. Miss Wonderley asks Sam's partner, Miles Archer, to shadow Floyd Thursby, whom she maintains has kidnapped her sister. But then Archer is shot dead, and Miss Wonderley's story turns out to be a lie - just like her name, which is actually Brigid O'Shaughnessy. And Miss O'Shaughnessy keeps on lying.But one thing's for sure: she does know about the Maltese Falcon, an ancient statuette which has attracted more than one interested party. With a bunch of heavies at his elbow and the police on his tail, Sam needs to think fast if he's to outlive the person who killed his partner... Tom Wilkinson, Jane Lapotaire, Peter Vaughan and Nickolas Grace star in this stylish dramatisation of Dashiell Hammett's classic detective story.
Dashiell Hammett (Author), A Full Cast, Full Cast, Jane Lapotaire, Nickolas Grace, Peter Vaughan, Tom Wilkinson (Narrator)
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