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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Richard B. Shull

Richard B. Shull appears in The Black Bird, the film adaptation of the book by Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon, first published in 1929.
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Splash. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Splash
Ian Don, 1984
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Splash
Ron Howard, 1984

In 1964, eight-year-old Allen Bauer is vacationing with his family near Cape Cod. Underwater, he encounters a mermaid girand inexplicably finds himself able to breathe under water. However, Allen is pulled back to the surface, and the two are separated. Twenty years later, Allen returns to Cape Cod, where he encounters eccentric scientist Dr. Walter Kornbluth, who is determined to discover legendary sea creatures.

The Black Bird. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1929 book, The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett, 1929
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The Black Bird
David Giler, 1975

The son of the renowned detective Sam Spade continues the family legacy by entangling himself with the Maltese Falcon, and with individuals willing to resort to anything, including murder, to obtain it.