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Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis. The screenplay by Brown Holmes is a loose adaptation of the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, which was previously filmed five years earlier, Pre-Code, under its original title and would be remade again five years later by director John Huston with Humphrey Bogart as detective Sam Spade.
Original Release
07/22/1936
US Release
07/22/1936
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bette Davis | Valerie Purvis |
| Warren William | Ted Shane |
| Alison Skipworth | Madame Barabbas |
| Arthur Treacher | Anthony Travers |
| Marie Wilson | Miss Murgatroyd |
| Wini Shaw | Astrid Ames |
| Porter Hall | Milton Ames |
| Olin Howland | Detective Dunhill |
| Charles C. Wilson | Detective Pollock |
| John Alexander | Black Porter |
Directors
Writers
Brown Holmes, Dashiell Hammett
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bette Davis | Valerie Purvis |
| Warren William | Ted Shane |
| Alison Skipworth | Madame Barabbas |
| Arthur Treacher | Anthony Travers |
| Marie Wilson | Miss Murgatroyd |
| Wini Shaw | Astrid Ames |
| Porter Hall | Milton Ames |
| Olin Howland | Detective Dunhill |
| Charles C. Wilson | Detective Pollock |
| John Alexander | Black Porter |
| J.H. Allen | Bootblack |
| Sam Appel | Steamer Captain at Cafe |
| May Beatty | Mrs. Arden |
| Barbara Blane | Babe |
| Billy Bletcher | Father of Sextuplets |
| Raymond Brown | City Fathers Committee Member |
| James P. Burtis | Detective |
| Frank Darien | Hotel Clerk |
| William B. Davidson | City Fathers Committee Spokesman |
| Don Downen | Reporter |
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