Satan Met a Lady (1936) starring Warren William and Bette Davis By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments Based on Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon are words sure to open any look at Satan Met a Lady. A really good classic movie. Marie wilson is beautiful. The business is in a sad way, and Shane, who has had the forethought to provide himself with a 250-dollar commission from an old lady on the train, is welcomed with open arms. An actor of the stage finds himself pursued by a lovestruck fan while trying to patch up a tempestuous relationship with his actress lover. A lawyer impulsively marries a stranger after his fiancée dumps him. Comedy she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn. Satan Met a Lady William Dieterle (Director), Bette Davis (Actor), Warren William (Actor)
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They are usually followed by some sort of scorn ranging from disappointment to ridicule. Audience Reviews for Satan Met a Lady Mar 31, 2014 The comic version of The Maltese Falcon. Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis and Warren William. I think i can relate someone with her face.Looking for some great streaming picks? A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon. 2 of 2 people found this review helpful. A double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. I loved it. He baits her into confessing to Ames's murder and tries to apprehend her for the $10,000 reward, but Valerie thwarts him by allowing a washroom attendant to turn her in to the police instead. Comedy The police round up all the suspects, but Shane and Valerie escape.
Valerie Purvis hires the detectives to locate a man called Farrow, and when both Ames and Farrow are found dead, Shane is suspected of both murders. Jailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor. Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper.
And all sorts of people want the 'French horn'... but Shane is one jump ahead of everyone all the way. 'Satan Met a Lady' actually starts off by looking quite promising and at the outset is genuinely funny: but a lacklustre part for the leading lady, plus a growing incongruity between the hard-boiled subject matter and its delivery, serve to undermine this favourable first impression. The screenplay by Brown Holmes is a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel Private detective Ted Shane returns to work with his former partner Ames, who is not particularly happy about the situation because his wife Astrid dated Ted before they were wed.
But things start to go wrong when his partner is murdered, and Shane himself comes home to find his apartment wrecked by a gentlemanly crook who comes back to apologise -- and to tell him a fascinating fairy-story about the fabled Horn of Roland that looks like not being so mythical after all. In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Well, almost. Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover. Screenwriter Brown Holmes' lack of interest in the source material is the …