Monday, September 23, 2013

The Black Bird (1975)

Columbia Pictures
Directed by David Giler
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)

George Segal plays the son of the famous Sam Spade, a reluctant, and not very good, private investigator. He keeps his father's statue of the Maltese Falcon in a dusty cabinet, until it becomes wanted by a mysterious man, a beautiful lady and a midget Nazi. Spade would prefer to sell it to the highest bidder, but instead is hunted by a group of Hawaiian hit men and becomes romantically involved with a lady who may or may not be what she seems. Obviously inspired by the genre spoofs of Mel Brooks, this little gem has been unfairly maligned over the years.

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