# The Maltese Falcon... Duex

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maltese-falcon-duex/138138>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 22, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maltese-falcon-duex/138138 "2002-11-22T13:03:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maltese-falcon-duex/138138/1 "2002-11-22T13:03:11Z")

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Just kidding, I know of no plans to make such a movie, but if we did want to …

Where was the Maltese Falcon all these years? (Maybe in a Party collection in Moscow? In an undiscovered basement in Berlin?) Who is after it? (Lloyd’s of London? The Fat Man?)

Can a film noir movie really be made nowadays?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maltese-falcon-duex/138138/2 "2002-11-22T13:21:29Z")

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In “The Black Bird” it was in Spade’s closet for 50 years.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-maltese-falcon-duex/138138/3 "2002-11-22T14:36:37Z")

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O! I forgot The Black Bird! So much for geting credit for an original idea.

Darn!