Where is the place for trust in relationships? This is the very question Huston is asking the audience in The Maltese Falcon through his exemplification of numerous relationships that all have an underlying aspect of deceit and betrayal. Starting with the relationship of Miles and Sam, Huston tears apart all the values that are usually expected to be upheld in the simplest of relationships starting with friendship, all because of women. Huston’s settling of these tarnished relationships in the background of the film and without any direct focus that could be provided by narration or monologues works to show how unnoticed and unexpected this constant disregard of respect in relationships occurs every day in society. Huston’s reasoning behind
