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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
The reason the movie didn't mention Spade's sleeping with Brigid is because it was filmed post-code. For the same reason, the bathroom strip-search was omitted. There's an earlier film version, 1931 I believe, that is much more explicit. It was critically acclaimed and popular at the box office, but it was banned after the code came in. While I liked the Bogart movie, I felt that he and Astor had zero chemistry, and yes, her declaration of love and his response made little sense in that context.
I really enjoyed the book, and I wish Hammett had written more Sam Spade adventures. He was an interesting character.
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Tom, I've always wanted to see that first movie. All references to it that I've seen have been dismissive. I had no idea that it disappeared from sight because of the code.
Did you know that Hammett wrote four Sam Spade short stories? They are collected together with other Hammett works in a book entitled
The Adventures of Sam Spade.