Sam Spade Comparison

Throughout all different genre’s in detective fiction stories they all have one common goal which is to solve the case. However, the methods they use are very different from one another that does not mean they do not possess similar qualities. For instance, in the film The Maltese Falcon the lead detective Sam Spade is an American hardboiled detective who is rough around the edges. Spade drinks more than usual and gets into physical fights. Unlike the classic age detective Sherlock Holmes from the film A Study in Pink. Sherlock deals with confrontation with witty verbal comebacks expressing his intellectual superiority to everyone he comes into contact with. Although the two characters and their stories are very different from each other they do possess some of the same qualities and face some of the same obstacles. Bogart’s portrayal of Sam Spade is the
Sam Spade who speaks in a slang dialogue, drinks and smokes excessively and is not afraid to get bloody knuckled. In the heart of the mean streets of San Francisco Spade is seen as a strong individual who is tough and fearless because he has to deal with hostile and aggressive people in order to solve his cases. Sam Spade may be rough around the edges however he is quite the ladies’ man and he is not too concerned with the potential consequences of mixing business with pleasure. This was illustrated in the film when romantic sparks arouse between Spade and O’Shaughnessy. On the other hand, Cumberbatch’s interpretation of Sherlock Holmes as an arrogant, self-absorbed superior being is spot