Based on the Dashiell Hammett novel, it was first serialized in the pulp magazine Black Mask in 1929 and was the basis of two earlier film versions; the second was Satan Met a Lady (1936), starring Bette Davis.
Ilay fal roman wǎn Dashiell Hamlet,film tatwasagrah as série Dǎɣ magazine wǎn Pulp Black awatay was 1929 azar iga ikfa tabarat yę assin versiontan ən cinématographique ta sanatat as Satan Met a Lady(1936), ad Bette Davis.