Sam Spade
/ˌsæm ˈspeɪd/
/ˌsæm ˈspeɪd/
- a character created in 1930 by the US writer Dashiell Hammett in his book The Maltese Falcon. Spade is a tough but honest private detective . Hammett also wrote Sam Spade stories for Black Mask magazine. compare Philip Marlowe
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