The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon may refer to:
People
- The Maltese Falcon, the nickname of Tony Drago, a snooker player from Malta
- The Maltese Falcon, the nickname of Alex Vella, National President of the Rebels Motorcycle Club in Australia
Art, entertainment, and media
Dashiell Hammett's novel, and related media, events, and organizations
Media
- The Maltese Falcon (novel), a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett published in 1929
- The Maltese Falcon (1931 film), a film adaptation of the above novel, starring Ricardo Cortez and directed by Roy Del Ruth
- The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), the better-known film adaptation of the novel, starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by John Huston
- The Maltese Falcon (soundtrack), the music to the 1941 film
- The Black Bird, a 1975 comedic sequel film to The Maltese Falcon
Organization
- Maltese Falcon Society, an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel The Maltese Falcon, and hard-boiled mystery books and writers in general
Other uses
- The Maltese Falcon (yacht), a distinctive superyacht, the first to feature square sails on carbon fibre masts
- Falco peregrinus brookei, aka the Maltese Falcon, the Mediterranean region subspecies of the peregrine falcon
- Tribute of the Maltese Falcon, an annual tribute to the Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and his mother Queen Joanna of Castile
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