The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

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"When one of your organisations gets killed, it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around - bad for that one organisation, bad for every detective everywhere". 1928, San Francisco: When his partner is murdered on an assignment, private detective Sam Spade suspects their client is holding back information about the case. And then he learns about the priceless black statuette of a falcon... Starring Tom Wilkinson and Jane Lapotaire. Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 detective novel. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. 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 Newspaper Man …. Robin Summers Taxi Driver …. Keith Edwards Man with the Key …. Arnold Diamond Director: Jane Morgan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984.