Desc: The Maltese Asparagus: With Debra Christian, Sandy Dempsey, Norman Fields, Kathy Hilton. Intrepid gumshoe Sam Spud encounters no good gangsters and a bevy of beautiful femmes fatale when he takes a job leading him into the city's sordid criminal underbelly. A silly adults-only sendup of classic films-noir, The Maltese Falcon above all.