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'Alpha' and 'beta' males are not understood as part of primate ethology. In any event, most married men of any sort wouldn't like someone being more attractive to their wife than were they.
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* AsYouKnow: Ames's wife is making all kinds of mating signals towards Shane, and Ames, a true beta male, doesn't like it.
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* AsYouKnow: Ames's wife is making all kinds of mating signals towards Shane, and Ames, a true beta male, Ames doesn't like it.
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* MythologyGag: The reference to Satan in the title is kind of meaningless, unless you have read the Dashiell Hammett novel and know that in the book Sam Spade is described as looking like a "blond Satan".
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If any of that sounds familiar, it's because this movie is actually an adaptation of Creator/DashiellHammett's ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', which had already been adapted in 1931 as ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' and would again be adapted, more faithfully and ''much'' more successfully, as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' in 1941.
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If any of that sounds familiar, it's because this movie is actually an adaptation of Creator/DashiellHammett's ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', which had already been adapted in 1931 as ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' and would again be adapted, more faithfully and ''much'' more successfully, as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' in 1941.
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If any of that sounds familiar, it's because this movie is actually an adaptation of Creator/DashiellHammett's ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', which had already been adapted in 1931 as ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' and would again be adapted, more faithfully and ''much'' more successfully, as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' in 1941. This film is actually a FollowTheLeader attempt to recapture the success of ''Film/TheThinMan'', which married a Dashiell Hammett novel to ScrewballComedy.
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If any of that sounds familiar, it's because this movie is actually an adaptation of Creator/DashiellHammett's ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', which had already been adapted in 1931 as ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' and would again be adapted, more faithfully and ''much'' more successfully, as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' in 1941. This film is actually a FollowTheLeader attempt to recapture the success of ''Film/TheThinMan'', which married a Dashiell Hammett novel to ScrewballComedy.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Kenneth's ineffectual villainy is underlined when Shane shoots the gun out of his hands.
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* KubrickStare: Kenneth does this more than once to Shane, whom he longs to kill. It's less scary than it might be as Kenneth is a very ineffectual villain.
* LighterAndSofter: A far zanier work than either the novel or the 1941 film. After ''The Thin Man'' married a hard-boiled Dashiell Hammett novel with ScrewballComedy and resulted in a smash hit, Warner Brothers tried to do the same with this novel.
* LikeASonToMe: A line common to all four versions of this story has the head of the bad guys, in this case Madame Barabbas, saying of the IneffectualSympatheticVillain that "He's been more than a son to me." In this one it's Shane who follows that with "You can get another son," when demanding she hand Kenneth over as the fall guy.
* MockGuffin: In the book and the 1931 and 1941 films, the bird is simply a fake. In this version a history professor confirms for Shane that while the ram's horn might date to the Middle Ages, it can't possibly have any jewels in it. It turns out to be filled with sand.
* LighterAndSofter: A far zanier work than either the novel or the 1941 film. After ''The Thin Man'' married a hard-boiled Dashiell Hammett novel with ScrewballComedy and resulted in a smash hit, Warner Brothers tried to do the same with this novel.
* LikeASonToMe: A line common to all four versions of this story has the head of the bad guys, in this case Madame Barabbas, saying of the IneffectualSympatheticVillain that "He's been more than a son to me." In this one it's Shane who follows that with "You can get another son," when demanding she hand Kenneth over as the fall guy.
* MockGuffin: In the book and the 1931 and 1941 films, the bird is simply a fake. In this version a history professor confirms for Shane that while the ram's horn might date to the Middle Ages, it can't possibly have any jewels in it. It turns out to be filled with sand.
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''Satan Met a Lady'' is a 1936 film directed by William Dieterle, starring Warren William and Creator/BetteDavis.
Private detective Ted Shane (Warren William) comes back home to San Francisco and gets himself a job as partner to private detective Milton Ames. Shane has a FriendsWithBenefits thing going with sexy secretary Miss Murgatroyd, and also used to be Mrs. Ames's boyfriend--and Mrs. Ames is clearly more interested in Ted than she is in her husband.
Enter Valerie Purvis, a mysterious lady who hires Shane and Ames to find a man who promised to marry her. She believes her potential fiance to be in the company of a man named Farrow. Ames takes the job shadowing Farrow, but in short order both Farrow and Ames are murdered. Shane finds himself attracted to Valerie the FemmeFatale even as he suspects her of murder, and meanwhile, the cops suspect Shane. Then a mysterious man comes to Shane's office, looking for a jewel-encrusted ram's horn.
If any of that sounds familiar, it's because this movie is actually an adaptation of Creator/DashiellHammett's ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', which had already been adapted in 1931 as ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' and would again be adapted, more faithfully and ''much'' more successfully, as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' in 1941. This film is actually a FollowTheLeader attempt to recapture the success of ''Film/TheThinMan'', which married a Dashiell Hammett novel to ScrewballComedy.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: All the names are changed, as if the makers didn't want viewers to know it was a remake. Sam Spade becomes "Ted Shane".
* AffablyEvil: The Joel Cairo character in this film is a British guy named Anthony Travers, and he's even more polite than Creator/PeterLorre was. He doesn't pull a gun on Shane and he apologizes profusely after Shane catches him absolutely trashing Shane's apartment.
* AsYouKnow: Ames's wife is making all kinds of mating signals towards Shane, and Ames, a true beta male, doesn't like it.
--> '''Ames''': Now look here, Shane, I know she used to be in love with you years ago, before she married me.
* BattleInTheRain: This version omits the AlmostDeadGuy stumbling into Shane's office. Instead he's shot dead on the pier by the bad guys right as he's about to meet Shane in a pouring rain. A wild scramble for the horn ensues which ends with Shane getting the horn and getting the drop on the others.
* BreachOfPromiseOfMarriage: Valerie's excuse for hiring Ames and Shane in this version, namely, that she's following a man who promised to marry her. (In the other films she claims to be looking for a lost sister.)
* ForTheEvulz: When Valerie realizes the jig is up, she surrenders to a random woman on the train, just to prevent Shane from claiming the $10,000 reward. He doesn't really mind.
* GenderFlip: In maybe the most surprising change, the role of the fat man, Casper Gutman, is changed to a woman, Madame Barabbas. She's the aunt of the ineffectual young gunman who is clearly coded to be Gutman's lover in both of the other two films.
* HandOfDeath: A mysterious hand enters the frame to shoot Farrow to death in the graveyard.
* OminousFog: A foggy, spooky graveyard is where Ames follows Farrow and where he gets killed.
* RightHandCat: Madame Barabbas, head of the gang of murderous thieves, is introduced cradling a cat.
* SexySecretary: One plot element this adaptation keeps is the sexy secretary (here given the silly name of Miss Murgatroyd) who is clearly willing to put out whenever Shane likes in a FriendsWithBenefits way. She hops up on the desk provocatively when Shane wants her to take a letter.
* ShutUpGunshot: Madame Barabbas fires a shot to shut up Shane and Kenneth when their fight starts getting nasty.
Private detective Ted Shane (Warren William) comes back home to San Francisco and gets himself a job as partner to private detective Milton Ames. Shane has a FriendsWithBenefits thing going with sexy secretary Miss Murgatroyd, and also used to be Mrs. Ames's boyfriend--and Mrs. Ames is clearly more interested in Ted than she is in her husband.
Enter Valerie Purvis, a mysterious lady who hires Shane and Ames to find a man who promised to marry her. She believes her potential fiance to be in the company of a man named Farrow. Ames takes the job shadowing Farrow, but in short order both Farrow and Ames are murdered. Shane finds himself attracted to Valerie the FemmeFatale even as he suspects her of murder, and meanwhile, the cops suspect Shane. Then a mysterious man comes to Shane's office, looking for a jewel-encrusted ram's horn.
If any of that sounds familiar, it's because this movie is actually an adaptation of Creator/DashiellHammett's ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', which had already been adapted in 1931 as ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' and would again be adapted, more faithfully and ''much'' more successfully, as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' in 1941. This film is actually a FollowTheLeader attempt to recapture the success of ''Film/TheThinMan'', which married a Dashiell Hammett novel to ScrewballComedy.
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!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalNameChange: All the names are changed, as if the makers didn't want viewers to know it was a remake. Sam Spade becomes "Ted Shane".
* AffablyEvil: The Joel Cairo character in this film is a British guy named Anthony Travers, and he's even more polite than Creator/PeterLorre was. He doesn't pull a gun on Shane and he apologizes profusely after Shane catches him absolutely trashing Shane's apartment.
* AsYouKnow: Ames's wife is making all kinds of mating signals towards Shane, and Ames, a true beta male, doesn't like it.
--> '''Ames''': Now look here, Shane, I know she used to be in love with you years ago, before she married me.
* BattleInTheRain: This version omits the AlmostDeadGuy stumbling into Shane's office. Instead he's shot dead on the pier by the bad guys right as he's about to meet Shane in a pouring rain. A wild scramble for the horn ensues which ends with Shane getting the horn and getting the drop on the others.
* BreachOfPromiseOfMarriage: Valerie's excuse for hiring Ames and Shane in this version, namely, that she's following a man who promised to marry her. (In the other films she claims to be looking for a lost sister.)
* ForTheEvulz: When Valerie realizes the jig is up, she surrenders to a random woman on the train, just to prevent Shane from claiming the $10,000 reward. He doesn't really mind.
* GenderFlip: In maybe the most surprising change, the role of the fat man, Casper Gutman, is changed to a woman, Madame Barabbas. She's the aunt of the ineffectual young gunman who is clearly coded to be Gutman's lover in both of the other two films.
* HandOfDeath: A mysterious hand enters the frame to shoot Farrow to death in the graveyard.
* OminousFog: A foggy, spooky graveyard is where Ames follows Farrow and where he gets killed.
* RightHandCat: Madame Barabbas, head of the gang of murderous thieves, is introduced cradling a cat.
* SexySecretary: One plot element this adaptation keeps is the sexy secretary (here given the silly name of Miss Murgatroyd) who is clearly willing to put out whenever Shane likes in a FriendsWithBenefits way. She hops up on the desk provocatively when Shane wants her to take a letter.
* ShutUpGunshot: Madame Barabbas fires a shot to shut up Shane and Kenneth when their fight starts getting nasty.
