‘Monsieur Spade’ star Clive Owen’s Humphrey Bogart obsession: ‘I’ve got an original “Maltese Falcon” poster’
nypost.comOscar nominee Clive Owen channels Humphrey Bogart in his new miniseries “Monsieur Spade.” “I’ve got an original ‘Maltese Falcon’ poster, so that’s how much of a fan I am,” Owen, 59, told The Post. “I’m a big fan of noir, and a huge Bogart fan.
So, when [creator Scott Frank] approached me about doing a spin on Sam Spade, it was a quick, easy, ‘Yes.’” Premiering Jan. 14 at 9 p.m.
on AMC (and streaming on AMC+, and Acorn TV), the six-episode miniseries follows Sam Spade (Owen), the legendary sleuth who first appeared in the 1930 novel “The Maltese Falcon” and the 1941 movie of the same name, played by Humphrey Bogart.
In the original story, Spade is a private investigator in San Francisco in the 1940s. In “Monsieur Spade,” he’s retired in the idyllic French countryside in the 1960s.
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