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Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his offense tale The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with frigid detachment, an enthusiastic eye for information, and an unflinching willpower to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most directly associated with acting professional Humphrey Bogart, who performed him in the 3rd & most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1946 one of radio's top producers, William Spier, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves in a radio show starring newcomer Howard Duff, who took a somewhat more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character. Duff remained Spade until 1951. Dashiell Hammett lent his name to the new series, and Lurene Tuttle (and occasionally Sandra Gould) performed Spade's secretary, Effie Perrine. In 1947 this program received scriptwriters Jason Wayne and Bob Tallman an Edgar Honor for Best Radio Theatre from the Puzzle Authors of America.
