Satan Met A Lady (1936) - (Movie Clip) Without Any Phonus Balonus

Satan Met a Lady - (Original Trailer)

In Satan Met a Lady (1936), the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, Warren William is the detective and Bette Davis is the doublecrossing dame.

Satan Met A Lady (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought You Were Sleeping

Back in town enjoying banter with the secretary Murgatroyd (Marie Wilson) of his long-ago partner Ames (Porter Hall), Shane (Warren William) acts gallant for new client Bette Davis as Miss Purvis (the Mary Astor role in the landmark 1941 version of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon), not apparently realizing she’s been watching him, in Satan Met A Lady, 1936.

Satan Met A Lady (1936) -- (Movie Clip) You're In The Bag

Run out of town by police brass in some city, slick private eye Warren William (going by the name Nash, in this instance) immediately ingratiates himself with well-heeled Mrs. Arden (Alison Skipworth) on the train, co-top billed Bette Davis, smartly outfitted by Orry-Kelly, eavesdropping, early in Warner Bros.’ second, and loosest adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, Satan Met A Lady, 1936.