Satan Met a Lady

Valerie Purvis meets detective Ted Shayne on a train heading for San Francisco and asks his help locating Madame Barabbas. When Madame learns of this she makes Shayne a counter offer: locate Valerie and a ram’s horn covered with precious jewels., A detective gets mixed up in a plot involving a lady jewel thief and a conniving seductress in this second adaptation of “The Maltese Falcon.”, In this film, Bette Davis is a determined woman searching for another woman who is looking for a lost and valuable artifact. She hires detective Ted Shayne to help her in her quest. Troubles arise when last-minute contenders arrive — they also want the valuable artifact.