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00:01:42 [DOOR OPENS]
00:01:45 – Yes, sweetheart?
00:01:47 Her name's Wonderly.
00:01:49 – Customer?
00:01:50 You'll want to see her, anyway.
00:01:53 Shoo her in, Effie, darling. Shoo her in.
00:01:59 EFFIE:
00:02:02 Thank you.
00:02:08 – Won't you sit down, Miss Wonderly?
00:02:10 I inquired at the hotel for the name
00:02:13 They mentioned yours.
00:02:14 Suppose you tell me about it
00:02:17 – I'm from New York.
00:02:20 I'm trying to find my sister.
00:02:22 I have reason to believe that she's here…
00:02:24 …with a man by the name of Thursby.
00:02:29 I don't know where she met him.
00:02:30 We've never been as close
00:02:33 If we had, perhaps Corinne would have
00:02:37 Mother and Father are in Honolulu.
00:02:41 – They're coming home the first.
00:02:44 A letter from her about two weeks ago.
00:02:46 It said nothing
00:02:48 I sent her a telegram,
00:02:51 I sent it to General Delivery.
00:02:54 I waited a week and no answer came,
00:02:57 I wrote her that I was coming.
00:03:01 It's not always easy to know what to do.
00:03:04 No. I told her in my letter that I'd be at
00:03:08 I waited three whole days. She didn't come,
00:03:13 It was horrible, waiting.
00:03:15 I sent her another letter.
00:03:17 Yesterday afternoon,
00:03:19 Corinne didn't call for her mail,
00:03:23 He wouldn't tell me where Corinne was.
00:03:25 He said she didn't want to see me.
00:03:27 I can't believe that.
00:03:29 He promised to bring her to the hotel,
00:03:32 He said he knew she wouldn't. He promised
00:03:37 Oh, excuse me.
00:03:38 Oh, it's all right, Miles. Come in.
00:03:40 Miss Wonderly, my partner, Miles Archer.
00:03:43 Miss Wonderly's sister ran away…
00:03:45 …with a fellow named Floyd Thursby.
00:03:48 Miss Wonderly has seen Thursby,
00:03:51 Maybe he'll bring the sister with him.
00:03:54 Miss Wonderly wants us to find the sister,
00:03:58 – Right?
00:04:01 Now, it's simply a matter of having a man
00:04:04 …to shadow him when he leads us
00:04:07 If, after we've found her,
00:04:10 – Well, we have ways of managing that.
00:04:13 But you must be careful.
00:04:14 I'm deathly afraid of him,
00:04:17 She's so young. His bringing her here is
00:04:22 Leave that to us.
00:04:24 But I want you to know
00:04:27 I honestly don't think
00:04:29 I don't think he'd hesitate to kill Corinne
00:04:33 Could he cover up by marrying her?
00:04:35 He has a wife and three children
00:04:38 They usually do, though not always
00:04:41 He has dark hair
00:04:45 He talks in a loud, blustery manner.
00:04:47 He gives the impression of being violent.
00:04:49 He was wearing a light gray suit and
00:04:53 – What does he do for a living?
00:04:56 – What time's he coming to see you?
00:04:59 All right, Miss Wonderly.
00:05:02 I'll look after it myself.
00:05:04 Oh, thank you.
00:05:08 Oh, yes.
00:05:20 Will that be enough?
00:05:23 – Thank you.
00:05:25 It'll help some if you meet Thursby
00:05:28 – I will.
00:05:30 – I'll see you all right.
00:05:40 – Thank you so much.
00:05:46 They're right enough.
00:05:48 They have brothers in her bag.
00:05:51 – What do you think of her?
00:05:55 Maybe you saw her first, Sam,
00:05:58 You've got brains. Yes, you have.
00:06:21 [PHONE RINGING]
00:06:30 SPADE:
00:06:31 [MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
00:06:33 Yeah. Speaking.
00:06:36 Miles Archer dead?
00:06:39 Where?
00:06:41 Bush and Stockton?
00:06:44 Yeah.
00:06:45 In 15 minutes.
00:06:48 Thanks.
00:07:19 Hello, Effie?
00:07:20 It's me.
00:07:22 Now, listen, precious.
00:07:24 Miles has been shot.
00:07:25 [EFFIE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
00:07:26 Yeah. Dead.
00:07:29 Now, don't get excited.
00:07:32 Yeah.
00:07:34 Now, you'll have to break the news to Iva.
00:07:38 And keep her away from me.
00:07:42 That's a good girl.
00:07:45 Now get right over there.
00:07:48 You're an angel.
00:07:50 Bye.
00:08:04 – What do you want here?
00:08:07 Oh, I didn't know you at first.
00:08:34 POLHAUS: Hello, Sam. I figured you'd want
00:08:37 – Well, thanks, Tom. What happened?
00:08:41 It's a Webley.
00:08:43 English, ain't it?
00:08:45 Yeah. A Webley-Fosbery .45 automatic,
00:08:49 – How many gone out of it?
00:08:51 SPADE:
00:08:53 Standing like you are,
00:08:55 The man who shot him stood here.
00:09:00 Went on down the hill
00:09:02 That's it. The blast burnt his coat.
00:09:04 – Who found him?
00:09:06 – Anybody hear the shot?
00:09:10 You want to go down
00:09:13 No, you've seen everything I could.
00:09:15 His gun was tucked away.
00:09:17 His overcoat was buttoned.
00:09:19 I found a $100 bill in his vest pocket
00:09:23 Was he working, Sam?
00:09:26 Well?
00:09:27 – Yeah, he was tailing a guy named Thursby.
00:09:30 What for?
00:09:32 He wanted to find out where he lived.
00:09:35 I'm going on down and break the news
00:09:38 It's tough, him getting it like that,
00:09:41 Miles had his faults, like any of us…
00:09:43 …but I guess he must've had
00:09:46 I guess so.
00:09:50 Miss Wonderly, please.
00:09:53 Uh? Checked out? What time?
00:09:57 Oh.
00:09:58 Any forwarding address?
00:10:01 Thanks.
00:10:29 [DOORBELL BUZZING]
00:10:37 SPADE: Oh, hello, Tom.
00:10:58 Drink?
00:11:02 Did you break the news
00:11:05 – Uh-huh.
00:11:07 – I don't know anything about women.
00:11:09 – What kind of a gun do you carry?
00:11:12 – Course, there are some at the office.
00:11:15 – You sure about that?
00:11:17 Turn the dump upside down. I won't
00:11:20 – We don't wanna…
00:11:23 Tell me or get out.
00:11:24 You can't treat us like that.
00:11:27 Why were you tailing Thursby?
00:11:29 Miles was, and for the simple reason
00:11:32 – Who's the client?
00:11:34 Be reasonable, Sam.
00:11:37 How we gonna turn up anything
00:11:40 Tom says you were in too much of a hurry
00:11:44 And you didn't go to Archer's house
00:11:47 We called your office and the girl there
00:11:50 I'll give you 10 minutes to get a phone
00:11:54 I'll give you 10 minutes to get
00:11:57 – You could do it easily.
00:12:00 Just this, Thursby was shot down
00:12:03 …about a half an hour
00:12:06 – Keep your paws off me.
00:12:08 Just a few minutes ahead of you.
00:12:12 We know you weren't here.
00:12:14 – Up Bush Street.
00:12:16 SPADE:
00:12:18 Well, I know where I stand, now.
00:12:21 Sorry I got up on my hind legs, but you
00:12:25 Miles getting bumped off upset me,
00:12:28 It's all right,
00:12:30 Forget it, Sam.
00:12:32 – Thursby die?
00:12:33 How'd I kill him? I forget.
00:12:34 He was shot in the back four times
00:12:39 Nobody saw it, but that's how it figures.
00:12:41 – Hotel people know anything?
00:12:45 – Alone?
00:12:46 Did you find out who he was?
00:12:50 – We thought you could tell us that.
00:12:54 Well, you know me, Spade.
00:12:57 …you'll get a square deal
00:13:00 Don't know as I'd blame you much.
00:13:03 But that won't stop me from nailing you.
00:13:06 Fair enough.
00:13:07 But I'd feel better about it
00:13:18 Success to crime.
00:13:40 EFFIE:
00:13:43 I told you to keep her away from me.
00:13:44 Yes, but you didn't tell me how.
00:13:46 Oh, don't be cranky with me, Sam.
00:13:49 Sorry, angel. I didn't mean…
00:13:50 [DOOR OPENS]
00:13:52 Hello, Iva.
00:14:01 Oh, Sam.
00:14:05 Darling.
00:14:07 Effie take care of everything?
00:14:09 I think so.
00:14:12 Sam, did you kill him?
00:14:16 Who put that bright idea in your head?
00:14:19 Well, I thought you said
00:14:24 Be kind to me, Sam.
00:14:32 Ha!
00:14:34 «You killed my husband, Sam.
00:14:37 [IVA SOBBING]
00:14:48 Don't, Iva. Don't.
00:14:50 You shouldn't have come here today,
00:14:54 You'll come soon?
00:14:55 Soon as I can.
00:14:57 Goodbye, Iva.
00:15:20 EFFIE:
00:15:22 How did you and the widow make out?
00:15:24 – She thinks I shot Miles.
00:15:27 The cops think I killed Thursby, the guy
00:15:31 Who do you think I shot?
00:15:33 Are you going to marry Iva?
00:15:34 Don't be silly.
00:15:38 Do you suppose
00:15:42 You're an angel.
00:15:44 – Oh, am I?
00:15:47 Suppose I told you Iva
00:15:49 …when I arrived to break the news
00:15:52 Are you telling me?
00:15:54 She kept me waiting
00:15:56 Her clothes were on a chair where she'd
00:16:00 Her slip, on top, was still warm.
00:16:01 She'd wrinkled the bed,
00:16:04 You're a detective, darling,
00:16:07 Do the police really think
00:16:10 Do they? Look at me, Sam.
00:16:12 You worry me.
00:16:14 You think you know what you're doing,
00:16:17 [PHONE RINGS]
00:16:19 Someday you're going to find it out.
00:16:22 Oh, yes, Miss Wonderly.
00:16:26 Hello?
00:16:27 Yeah, this is Sam Spade.
00:16:30 Where?
00:16:31 Coronet Apartments, California Avenue,
00:16:36 What's the name? Miss LeBlanc.
00:16:39 Okay, I'll be right over.
00:16:46 Oh, have Miles' desk
00:16:48 …and have «Spade and Archer» taken off
00:16:52 …and have «Samuel Spade» put on.
00:17:08 Oh, come in, Mr. Spade.
00:17:13 Everything's upside down.
00:17:24 Mr. Spade, I…
00:17:26 I have a terrible,
00:17:30 That story I told you yesterday…
00:17:33 …was just a story.
00:17:34 Oh, that. Well, we didn't exactly
00:17:38 What is your name, Wonderly or LeBlanc?
00:17:41 It's really O'Shaughnessy.
00:17:43 We didn't believe your story,
00:17:45 – We believed your $200.
00:17:48 You paid us more
00:17:50 …and enough more to make it all right.
00:17:53 Tell me, Mr. Spade,
00:17:56 You warned us
00:17:59 Of course, you lied to us about your sister,
00:18:02 No, I wouldn't say that you were at fault.
00:18:05 Thank you.
00:18:06 Mr. Archer was so alive yesterday…
00:18:09 – …so solid and hearty, and…
00:18:11 He knew what he was doing.
00:18:14 Was he married?
00:18:16 Yeah, with 10,000 insurance, no children
00:18:19 – Please don't.
00:18:22 Anyway, there's no time for worrying
00:18:25 Out there's a flock of policemen
00:18:28 …running around with their noses
00:18:32 Mr. Spade, do they know about me?
00:18:35 Not yet. I've been stalling them
00:18:37 Do they have to know? Can't you shield me
00:18:42 Maybe, but I gotta know
00:18:46 I can't tell you.
00:18:48 I can't tell you now.
00:18:52 I will later, when I can.
00:18:53 You've got to trust me, Mr. Spade.
00:18:57 Oh, I'm so alone and afraid.
00:19:00 I've got nobody to help me
00:19:03 Be generous, Mr. Spade.
00:19:05 You're brave. You're strong.
00:19:07 You can spare me
00:19:10 Help me, Mr. Spade.
00:19:13 I have no right to ask you.
00:19:16 Help me.
00:19:18 You won't need much of anybody's help.
00:19:21 It's chiefly your eyes, I think,
00:19:25 …when you say things like,
00:19:28 I deserve that.
00:19:30 But the lie was in the way I said it,
00:19:36 It's my own fault
00:19:41 Now you are dangerous.
00:19:43 But I'm not going to be able
00:19:46 …unless I've got some idea
00:19:49 For instance, I've gotta have some sort
00:19:52 I met him in the Orient.
00:19:54 We came here from Hong Kong last week.
00:19:57 He took advantage of my dependence
00:19:59 Betray you? How?
00:20:03 I wanted to find out how far he'd gone,
00:20:07 – Did he kill Archer?
00:20:09 He had a Luger in his shoulder holster.
00:20:14 Mr. Spade, you don't think I had anything
00:20:19 – Did you?
00:20:20 That's good.
00:20:21 Floyd always carried an extra revolver
00:20:24 Why all the guns?
00:20:26 He lived by them.
00:20:28 The story is that
00:20:30 …as bodyguard to a gambler
00:20:33 The gambler had disappeared. Floyd knew
00:20:37 I do know he always went heavily armed,
00:20:41 …without covering the floor around his bed
00:20:44 …so that nobody could come
00:20:47 You picked a nice sort of a playmate.
00:20:49 Only that sort could have helped me,
00:20:52 – How bad a spot are you actually in?
00:20:55 Physical danger?
00:20:56 I'm not heroic. I don't think
00:21:00 – Then it's that?
00:21:05 Unless you help me.
00:21:08 Who killed Thursby, your enemies or his?
00:21:11 I don't know.
00:21:12 His, I suppose.
00:21:14 I'm afraid. I don't know.
00:21:16 This is hopeless.
00:21:19 – I don't even know if you know.
00:21:22 Go to them? All I gotta do is stand still,
00:21:25 I'll tell them all I know,
00:21:28 You've been patient with me.
00:21:30 It's useless and hopeless, I suppose.
00:21:32 I do thank you for what you've done.
00:21:40 How much money have you got?
00:21:42 I've got about $500 left.
00:21:44 Give it to me.
00:22:04 – There's only $400 here.
00:22:07 – Well, can't you get some more?
00:22:09 Got anything
00:22:11 – I've got some furs and a little jewelry.
00:22:22 There you are. I'll be back as soon as I can
00:22:25 I'll ring four times.
00:22:27 And no, you needn't bother
00:22:40 Anything stirring?
00:22:42 Did you send the flowers?
00:22:43 You're invaluable, darling. Say,
00:22:57 [PHONE BUZZES]
00:23:03 Hello, Sid?
00:23:04 I think I'm going to have to tell a coroner
00:23:09 Can I hide behind the sanctity
00:23:12 …secrets and what-nots
00:23:16 Yeah, but Dundy's getting rambunctious
00:23:20 Yeah. What'll it cost
00:23:23 Well, maybe it's worth it.
00:23:32 Gardenia.
00:23:33 Quick, darling, in with him.
00:23:38 Will you come in, Mr. Cairo?
00:23:46 Will you sit down, Mr. Cairo?
00:23:48 Thank you, sir.
00:23:52 Now, what can I do for you, Mr. Cairo?
00:23:55 May a stranger offer condolences
00:24:00 Thanks.
00:24:01 Is there, Mr. Spade,
00:24:03 …a certain relationship
00:24:06 …and the death a little later
00:24:12 I beg your pardon. No.
00:24:15 More than idle curiosity prompted
00:24:18 See, Mr. Spade, I'm trying to recover…
00:24:21 …an ornament that, shall we say,
00:24:24 – Uh-huh.
00:24:27 The ornament is a statuette.
00:24:30 A black figure of a bird.
00:24:33 I am prepared to pay,
00:24:36 …the sum of $5,000 for its recovery.
00:24:39 I am prepared to promise that…
00:24:43 No questions will be asked.
00:24:45 $5,000 is a lot of money.
00:24:48 [PHONE BUZZES]
00:24:52 Yes, Effie?
00:24:54 No, that'll be all. Just be sure to lock
00:24:57 Good night.
00:25:00 $5,000 is…
00:25:01 Clasp your hands together
00:25:04 I intend to search your offices,
00:25:08 I warn you, if you attempt to prevent me,
00:25:12 Go ahead and search.
00:25:14 Will you please come
00:25:19 Well, I have to make certain
00:26:49 Look what you did to my shirt.
00:26:50 Sorry.
00:26:52 But imagine my embarrassment
00:26:55 – …was just hooey.
00:26:59 I am prepared to pay $5,000
00:27:03 – Do you have it?
00:27:06 But if it isn't here…
00:27:08 …why did you risk injury
00:27:11 Why should I sit around here
00:27:14 But certainly it is only natural
00:27:17 …such a considerable expense,
00:27:19 Who is he?
00:27:21 Mr. Spade, you'll forgive
00:27:24 Well, I think we'd be better off all around
00:27:28 No, I do not think it would be better.
00:27:31 You see, Mr. Spade,
00:27:34 …then I shall profit by your knowledge.
00:27:39 Well, there's nothing like $5,000 here.
00:27:41 Oh, you want some assurance
00:27:44 – A retainer? Would that do?
00:27:47 You will take, say, $100?
00:27:49 No. I will take, say, $200.
00:27:52 Let's see, your first guess was
00:27:55 What's your second guess?
00:27:57 That you know where it is, or at least
00:28:01 You're not hiring me to do any murders
00:28:04 …but simply to get it back if possible,
00:28:07 If possible.
00:28:13 When you wish to contact me, sir,
00:28:17 Room 635.
00:28:21 I sincerely expect
00:28:24 …from our association, Mr. Spade.
00:28:26 Oh, may I please have my gun, now?
00:28:29 Oh, sure. I'd forgotten all about it.
00:28:34 Will you please clasp your hands together
00:28:37 I intend to search your offices.
00:28:39 Well, I'll be.
00:28:41 [SPADE CHUCKLING]
00:28:44 Why, sure.
00:28:46 Go ahead. I won't stop you.
00:29:35 – Turn to the right and go up the hill, driver.
00:30:18 Mr. Spade.
00:30:21 Do you bring any news?
00:30:22 Did you manage it so that
00:30:26 Well, they won't for a while, anyway.
00:30:27 You are wonderful.
00:30:31 SPADE: I don't mind a reasonable amount
00:30:36 Do sit down.
00:30:48 You, uh…
00:30:50 You aren't exactly the sort of a person
00:30:55 Why, I'm not sure I know exactly
00:30:58 The schoolgirl manner. You know,
00:31:04 I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad.
00:31:09 Worse than you could know.
00:31:10 That's good, because if you actually
00:31:14 …we'd never get anywhere.
00:31:15 I won't be innocent.
00:31:17 Good.
00:31:18 Oh, by the way, I saw Joel Cairo tonight.
00:31:24 – Do you know him?
00:31:49 [SPADE CHUCKLES]
00:31:51 You're good. You're very good.
00:31:53 – What did he say?
00:31:55 – About me.
00:31:57 – What did you talk about then?
00:32:05 You're not gonna go around straightening
00:32:09 No, I'm not.
00:32:11 – What did you say?
00:32:15 It is.
00:32:17 It's more than I can ever offer you
00:32:23 That's good coming from you.
00:32:25 What have you ever given me
00:32:28 You ever given me any of your confidence,
00:32:31 Haven't you tried to buy my loyalty
00:32:34 What else is there I can buy you with?
00:32:53 I don't care what your secrets are…
00:32:56 …but I can't go ahead without
00:32:59 You've got to convince me that you aren't
00:33:02 …hoping it'll all come out right
00:33:05 – Can't you trust me a little longer?
00:33:08 I've got to talk to Joel Cairo.
00:33:10 You can see him tonight.
00:33:14 – I'll leave a message at his hotel.
00:33:17 I can't let him know where I am.
00:33:19 My place, then.
00:33:21 Hello?
00:33:22 – I want to leave a message for Joel Cairo.
00:33:48 I never would've placed myself in this
00:33:52 That again?
00:33:56 Do you know that's true, though?
00:33:59 You don't have to trust me, so long
00:34:04 But don't worry about that now.
00:34:06 He'll be along any minute.
00:34:09 You get your business with Cairo over with,
00:34:12 And you'll let me go about it with him
00:34:15 SPADE:
00:34:19 You are a godsend.
00:34:21 Well, now don't overdo it.
00:34:23 [DOORBELL BUZZES]
00:34:32 Mr. Spade, there is a boy outside.
00:34:35 Yeah, I know. I spotted him.
00:34:37 What? What's that? What boy?
00:34:39 I don't know. A kid.
00:34:42 – Did he follow you to my apartment?
00:34:45 Come in, Mr. Cairo.
00:34:51 – I'm delighted to see you again, madam.
00:35:00 Mr. Spade told me about your offer
00:35:02 – How soon can you have the money?
00:35:05 O'SHAUGHNESSY: In cash?
00:35:06 You're ready to pay $5,000
00:35:09 Excuse me, please.
00:35:12 I did not mean to say
00:35:15 …but I am ready to get it for you
00:35:18 …anytime during banking hours.
00:35:20 That's probably true.
00:35:23 …when I searched him this afternoon
00:35:25 I shall be able to have the money for you
00:35:31 But I haven't got the falcon.
00:35:35 I'll have it in another week
00:35:38 Then where is it?
00:35:39 – Where Floyd hid it.
00:35:43 And you know where he hid it?
00:35:46 Oh, perhaps not a whole week.
00:35:47 And why, if I may ask another question,
00:35:52 Because I'm afraid.
00:35:55 …I'm afraid to touch it,
00:35:58 What exactly did happen to Floyd?
00:36:03 The fat man.
00:36:04 Fat man.
00:36:06 – Is he here?
00:36:08 I suppose so.
00:36:11 It might make a world of difference.
00:36:15 Or you or me.
00:36:16 Precisely. But, shall we add,
00:36:22 Yes. But you might be able
00:36:25 …as you did the one in Istanbul.
00:36:27 What was his name?
00:36:29 You mean the one you couldn't get
00:36:36 This is the second time
00:36:39 When you're slapped,
00:36:42 [KNOCKING]
00:36:45 Who's that?
00:36:46 I don't know. Keep quiet.
00:36:48 [DOORBELL BUZZING]
00:36:56 SPADE:
00:36:58 You guys pick swell hours
00:37:01 – What is it?
00:37:03 – Go ahead and talk.
00:37:06 – You can't come in.
00:37:09 You aren't trying to strong-arm me,
00:37:12 Why don't you be reasonable?
00:37:13 It would pay you to play along with us.
00:37:17 …but you can't keep it up.
00:37:18 – Stop me when you can.
00:37:21 There's talk going around
00:37:24 – Is there anything to it?
00:37:26 The talk is she tried to get a divorce so she
00:37:30 – Anything to that?
00:37:31 There's talk that that's why
00:37:34 Don't be a hog, Dundy.
00:37:36 Your idea that I killed Thursby
00:37:38 …falls to pieces if you blame me
00:37:41 You haven't heard me say
00:37:43 – You're the one bringing that up.
00:37:47 …than to keep popping in here every
00:37:50 – And getting a lot of lying answers.
00:37:53 If you say there's nothing between
00:37:57 Is that the hot tip that brought you
00:38:00 – That's one of them.
00:38:04 Let us in.
00:38:07 All right, Spade, we'll go.
00:38:09 Maybe you're right in bucking us.
00:38:12 [CAIRO SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
00:38:14 [THUDDING]
00:38:15 CAIRO:
00:38:16 – I guess we're going in.
00:38:22 DUNDY:
00:38:23 CAIRO:
00:38:27 – Did you do that?
00:38:29 I was alone with him.
00:38:31 I couldn't bring myself to shoot him.
00:38:33 You dirty, filthy liar, you. It isn't true.
00:38:36 I came up here in good faith,
00:38:39 And then when he went out to talk to you,
00:38:43 She said as soon as you leave,
00:38:46 …so I called for help
00:38:48 And then she struck me with a pistol.
00:38:51 O'SHAUGHNESSY:
00:38:53 CAIRO: Look. Look what she…
00:38:55 That's no way to act.
00:38:57 I don't guess we'll be wrong
00:38:59 Don't be in a hurry.
00:39:02 I'll bet.
00:39:03 Miss O'Shaughnessy, may I present
00:39:07 Miss O'Shaughnessy is an operative
00:39:11 That's a lie too.
00:39:12 That is Mr. Joel Cairo.
00:39:14 Cairo was an acquaintance of Thursby's.
00:39:18 …hired me to find something that
00:39:22 It looked funny to me the way he put it,
00:39:26 Then he pulled a gun on me.
00:39:29 …unless we start preferring charges
00:39:33 Miss O'Shaughnessy and I
00:39:36 …and decided to find out
00:39:38 …about Miles' and Thursby's killings,
00:39:42 Now, maybe we did put the questions
00:39:46 You know how that is, lieutenant.
00:39:48 But we didn't hurt him enough
00:39:51 – What have you got to say to that?
00:39:54 Try telling the facts.
00:39:55 – What? Facts?
00:39:57 All you have to do is swear out
00:40:01 Go ahead, Cairo. Tell him, he'll do it.
00:40:03 Then we'll swear out a complaint
00:40:07 Get your hats.
00:40:09 Well, boys and girls,
00:40:13 – Go on, get your hats.
00:40:16 No, but that can wait
00:40:18 Wake up, Dundy, you're being kidded.
00:40:21 When I heard the buzzer, I said
00:40:24 «There's the police.
00:40:27 When you hear them going, scream.
00:40:28 We'll see how far we can string them
00:40:31 Stop it, Sam.
00:40:33 That cut on his head.
00:40:35 – Ask him. Maybe he cut himself shaving.
00:40:38 When we pretended to be struggling
00:40:43 Horsefeathers.
00:40:44 Take him along, anyway,
00:40:46 Don't be a sap. That gun was a plant.
00:40:50 Too bad it was only a .25.
00:40:53 …Miles and Thursby were shot with.
00:40:56 – No, Sam. No.
00:40:58 – Get their names and addresses.
00:41:02 Miss O'Shaughnessy's address
00:41:04 – Where do you live?
00:41:06 Take it easy, will you?
00:41:08 – Yeah.
00:41:10 What's the hurry, Cairo?
00:41:12 There is no hurry.
00:41:16 Tell him to leave the gun.
00:41:22 I hope you know
00:41:30 [SPADE LAUGHING]
00:41:35 You're absolutely the wildest, most
00:41:39 Do you always carry on so high-handed?
00:41:43 Well, you've had your talk with Cairo.
00:41:46 Now you can talk to me.
00:41:48 Oh, yes, of course.
00:41:50 I'm listening.
00:41:53 I'm still listening.
00:41:54 – Oh, look at the time. I must be going.
00:41:59 Am I a prisoner?
00:42:01 Maybe the boy outside
00:42:05 Do you suppose he's still there?
00:42:07 Likely.
00:42:09 You can start now.
00:42:16 You are the most insistent person.
00:42:18 And wild and unpredictable, huh?
00:42:21 Say, what's this bird, this falcon
00:42:25 Supposing I wouldn't tell you
00:42:28 What would you do?
00:42:31 I might.
00:42:35 It's a black figure, as you know,
00:42:38 …of a bird, a hawk or falcon,
00:42:41 Oh, here.
00:42:42 – What…? What makes it so important?
00:42:48 They offered me Ј500 if I'd help them
00:42:52 That was in Istanbul?
00:42:54 Marmara.
00:42:55 Go ahead.
00:42:57 But that's all.
00:42:59 They promised me Ј500 if I'd help them,
00:43:03 Then we found out that Joel Cairo
00:43:06 …taking the falcon with him
00:43:09 So we did exactly that to him.
00:43:12 Then I wasn't any better off
00:43:14 Floyd hadn't any intention
00:43:17 …about sharing.
00:43:20 What's the bird made of?
00:43:22 Porcelain or black stone. I don't know.
00:43:25 Floyd showed it to me
00:43:28 You are a liar.
00:43:33 I am.
00:43:35 I've always been a liar.
00:43:38 Don't brag about it.
00:43:40 Was there any truth at all in that yarn?
00:43:43 Some.
00:43:45 Not very much.
00:43:48 Well, we got all night.
00:43:51 Coffee'll be ready soon.
00:43:54 Oh, I'm so tired.
00:43:57 So tired of lying and making up lies.
00:44:01 Not knowing what is a lie
00:44:27 I want to talk to Mr. Cairo, Joel Cairo.
00:44:35 Oh. Thanks.
00:44:48 Where is he?
00:44:50 – What?
00:44:52 – Who?
00:44:55 What do you think you're doing, Jack,
00:44:57 I'll tell you when I am.
00:44:59 New York, aren't you?
00:45:01 Shove off.
00:45:02 You're gonna have to talk to me
00:45:05 Some of you will,
00:45:09 Keep asking for it
00:45:13 I told you to shove off.
00:45:15 Shove off.
00:45:18 People lose teeth talking like that.
00:45:20 You wanna hang around,
00:45:28 Luke.
00:45:35 – Hello, Sam.
00:45:37 Say, that was too bad about Miles.
00:45:40 Yeah. It was a tough break.
00:45:41 I want to show you something.
00:45:47 What do you let these cheap gunmen
00:45:49 …with their heaters
00:45:55 What do you want here?
00:46:00 Well, if you don't want anything, beat it
00:46:06 I won't forget you guys.
00:46:18 – What is it?
00:46:22 – Say, what about Miles?
00:46:26 – Six-oh-three.
00:46:30 Good morning.
00:46:31 – Good morning.
00:46:33 Let's go someplace where we can talk.
00:46:34 Our conversations have not been
00:46:38 Forgive my speaking so bluntly,
00:46:41 You mean last night?
00:46:43 I don't know where the bird is. She does.
00:46:47 You always have a very smooth
00:46:50 What do you want me to do?
00:46:52 Dundy take you to the station?
00:46:55 Till a little while ago.
00:46:57 – What'd they shake out of you?
00:47:00 I adhered to the course you indicated
00:47:03 …but I certainly wish you would have
00:47:07 I felt distinctly like an idiot repeating it.
00:47:09 Don't worry about the story's goofiness.
00:47:11 A sensible one would have
00:47:14 – You sure you didn't tell them anything?
00:47:17 Now, you'll want sleep if you've been
00:47:21 See you later.
00:47:24 No, not yet.
00:47:26 Yes, I'll have him call you
00:47:29 That's the third time she's called
00:47:32 – Miss O'Shaughnessy's in there.
00:47:34 The district attorney's office called.
00:47:38 And a Mr. Gutman called.
00:47:41 …he said, «Tell him the young man…
00:47:43 …gave me his message,
00:47:48 Gutman, huh?
00:47:50 Thanks, darling.
00:47:53 Darling. Somebody's been in my apartment.
00:47:58 I changed as fast as I could
00:48:00 – You must have let that boy follow you.
00:48:03 I shook him off
00:48:06 It might have been Cairo.
00:48:09 He told me he'd been standing up
00:48:12 – You saw Joel this morning?
00:48:14 Why?
00:48:15 Because I've gotta keep
00:48:18 …with all the loose ends of this dizzy affair
00:48:22 Now we've got to find
00:48:24 I won't go back there.
00:48:28 I got an idea. Wait a minute.
00:48:33 What does your woman's intuition
00:48:35 She's all right. Maybe it's her own fault
00:48:40 Are you strong enough for her
00:48:43 – You mean at home?
00:48:45 – Is she in any danger, Sam?
00:48:48 Gee, that'd scare Mom
00:48:51 I'd have to say she's a surprise witness
00:48:54 You're a darling.
00:48:57 Oh, Brigid.
00:48:58 Effie offered to put you up
00:49:01 That's very kind.
00:49:02 You'd better start now. Go out the back.
00:49:06 Ride partway with her
00:49:09 Change cabs a couple of times,
00:49:11 I'll give Mom a ring.
00:49:12 There's time enough for that
00:49:15 I'll call you later.
00:49:38 Hello?
00:49:39 This is Samuel Spade.
00:49:40 Say, my secretary tells me
00:49:45 Yeah. Ask him what time's
00:49:48 Spade. S-P-A-D-E.
00:49:51 Hello, honey.
00:49:53 Yeah.
00:49:54 Two-thirty. All right. Thanks.
00:49:57 Oh, Sam, forgive me. Please forgive me.
00:50:00 I sent those policemen
00:50:02 I was mad, crazy with jealousy.
00:50:04 I phoned that if they went there
00:50:08 – What made you think of that?
00:50:11 Did you tell them who you were?
00:50:13 – No. Sam, dearest, I…
00:50:15 – The drugstore across from your place.
00:50:18 …and think of something
00:50:21 And by the way…
00:50:22 …where were you the night
00:50:25 Home.
00:50:27 – I was.
00:50:28 But if that's your story,
00:50:32 Now you run along.
00:50:35 [PHONE RINGING]
00:50:44 Hello? Yeah, this is Spade.
00:50:47 Oh, yes, Mr. Gutman, I got it.
00:50:50 Well, now. The sooner, the better.
00:50:54 Twelve-C.
00:50:56 Twelve-C to your left, sir.
00:51:08 [DOORBELL BUZZES]
00:51:17 – Mr. Spade.
00:51:37 You begin well, sir.
00:51:40 He's got to be careful
00:51:43 …because he's not to be trusted
00:51:45 Well, sir…
00:51:48 …here's to plain speaking
00:51:59 – You're a close-mouthed man?
00:52:02 Better and better.
00:52:06 He generally picks the wrong time to talk
00:52:09 Talking's something you can't do
00:52:15 Now, sir. We'll talk, if you like.
00:52:17 I'll tell you right out. I am a man who likes
00:52:22 Swell.
00:52:23 Will we talk about the black bird?
00:52:25 [CHUCKLES]
00:52:26 You're a man for me, sir.
00:52:27 No beating about the bush.
00:52:30 Let's talk about the black bird,
00:52:33 But first, answer me a question.
00:52:34 Are you here
00:52:37 Well, there's nothing certain either way.
00:52:40 Depends on?
00:52:42 Maybe it depends on Joel Cairo.
00:52:44 Maybe.
00:52:45 The question is then which you represent.
00:52:49 I didn't say so.
00:52:51 – Who else is there?
00:52:54 Ah. Ha-ha.
00:52:56 That's wonderful, sir, wonderful.
00:52:58 I do like a man who tells you right out
00:53:01 Don't we all?
00:53:03 I don't trust a man who says he's not.
00:53:05 Uh-huh. Now, let's talk
00:53:09 Let's.
00:53:10 Mr. Spade, have you any conception…
00:53:13 …of how much money can be got
00:53:16 No.
00:53:17 Well, sir, if I told you,
00:53:22 No, not even if I thought so.
00:53:23 But you tell me what it is,
00:53:26 [CHUCKLING]
00:53:30 You mean, you don't know
00:53:33 Oh, I know
00:53:35 …and I know the value in human life
00:53:38 She didn't tell you what it is?
00:53:41 – Cairo didn't, either?
00:53:44 Ten thousand.
00:53:46 Dollars, mind you, not even pounds.
00:53:49 Do they know what that bird is, sir?
00:53:52 Not much to go by.
00:53:56 She said she didn't,
00:53:59 Not an injudicious thing to do.
00:54:02 If they don't know, I'm the only one
00:54:06 Swell. When you've told me,
00:54:09 Mathematically correct, sir, but I don't
00:54:14 Don't be foolish. I know where it is.
00:54:17 Well, sir, where is it?
00:54:19 You see, I must tell you what I know,
00:54:24 It's hardly equitable, sir.
00:54:26 No, no. I don't think we can do business
00:54:30 Well, think again, and think fast.
00:54:31 I told that gunsel you'd
00:54:34 You'll talk to me today,
00:54:37 What are you wasting my time for?
00:54:40 And keep that gunsel out of my way
00:54:44 I'll kill him if you don't. I'll kill him.
00:54:46 Well, sir, I must say
00:54:49 SPADE:
00:54:53 Then you're either in or out, for keeps.
00:55:20 – Who killed Thursby?
00:55:22 Perhaps, but you could make
00:55:24 My guess might be excellent or crummy,
00:55:28 …dippy enough to make guesses in front
00:55:33 Why, if you've nothing to conceal?
00:55:35 Everybody has something to conceal.
00:55:37 I'm a sworn officer of the law,
00:55:40 …and neither formality nor informality
00:55:44 …evidence of crime from me except,
00:55:48 Both you and the police
00:55:50 …of being mixed up in the murders.
00:55:52 I've had trouble with both of you
00:55:55 …my best chance of clearing myself
00:55:58 …is bringing in the murderers
00:56:00 The only chance I've got of tying them up
00:56:03 …is by staying away from you
00:56:06 You'd gum up the works. You getting
00:56:09 No, sir. I'm getting it all right.
00:56:11 Good work. If you want to go to the board
00:56:15 …and ask them to revoke my license,
00:56:18 You tried it before,
00:56:20 – Now, look here.
00:56:23 I've nothing to say to you,
00:56:26 …by every crackpot on the city payroll.
00:56:28 So, if you want to see me…
00:56:30 …pinch me or subpoena me or something,
00:56:33 I'll see you at the inquest, maybe.
00:56:39 Come on. He wants to see you.
00:56:41 I didn't expect you till 5:25.
00:56:45 Keep on riding me, they're gonna be
00:56:50 The cheaper the crook,
00:57:15 Come on.
00:57:26 Come in, sir. Thank you for coming.
00:57:29 You shouldn't let him go around
00:57:37 A crippled newsie took them away
00:57:44 By gad, sir, you're a chap worth knowing.
00:58:00 – I owe you an apology, sir.
00:58:03 Let's talk about the black bird.
00:58:12 This is going to be the most astounding
00:58:15 I say this knowing that a man
00:58:18 …must have known
00:58:22 What do you know about the Order
00:58:26 …later known as the Knights of Rhodes?
00:58:28 – Crusaders or something, weren't they?
00:58:34 In 1539, these crusading knights…
00:58:36 …persuaded Emperor Charles V
00:58:40 He made but one condition, that they pay
00:58:44 …in acknowledgement that Malta
00:58:47 – Do you follow me?
00:58:51 Have you any conception of the extreme,
00:58:55 – I imagine they were pretty well fixed.
00:58:59 They were rolling in wealth, sir.
00:59:00 For years they'd taken from the East
00:59:04 …precious metals, silks, ivory, sir.
00:59:06 We all know the holy wars to them
00:59:11 The knights were profoundly grateful
00:59:14 …for his generosity toward them.
00:59:16 They hit upon the thought of sending him
00:59:20 …not an insignificant live bird…
00:59:22 …but a glorious golden falcon
00:59:26 …with the finest jewels in their coffers.
00:59:31 – Well, sir, what do you think of that?
00:59:34 These are facts, historical facts.
00:59:36 Not schoolbook history, not Mr. Wells'
00:59:40 They sent this jeweled bird to Charles,
00:59:43 They sent it in a galley commanded
00:59:50 A famous admiral of buccaneers
00:59:55 In 1713, it turned up in Sicily.
00:59:59 In 1840, it appeared in Paris.
01:00:02 It had, by that time,
01:00:05 …so that it looked nothing more
01:00:09 In that disguise, sir, it was,
01:00:13 …for over three score years
01:00:16 …to see what it was under the skin.
01:00:18 Then, heh-heh, in 1923, a Greek dealer
01:00:25 …found it in an obscure shop.
01:00:29 No thickness of enamel
01:00:36 – You begin to believe me a little?
01:00:40 Well, sir, to hold it safe while pursuing
01:00:45 …Charilaos re-enameled the bird.
01:00:48 Despite this precaution, however,
01:00:54 If I'd only known a few days sooner.
01:00:56 I was in London when I heard. I packed
01:01:00 On the train I opened the paper,
01:01:03 …had been burglarized
01:01:06 Sure enough, on arriving there,
01:01:14 Well, sir, it took me 17 years
01:01:20 I'm a man not easily discouraged
01:01:23 I traced it to the home
01:01:26 …in an Istanbul suburb.
01:01:29 It was nothing
01:01:32 …but his contrariness kept him
01:01:35 …when I made him an offer.
01:01:39 Well, sir, they got it and I haven't got it.
01:01:48 Then the bird doesn't really belong
01:01:52 Well, sir, you might as well say
01:01:56 I don't see how you can honestly grant
01:02:00 …except by right of possession.
01:02:05 …before we start to talk prices, how soon
01:02:09 – …to produce the falcon?
01:02:14 Well, sir, here's to a fair bargain.
01:02:18 What's your idea of a fair bargain?
01:02:20 I will give you $25,000
01:02:24 …and another 25,000 later on.
01:02:26 Or I will give you one quarter
01:02:30 That would amount to a greater sum.
01:02:32 – How much greater?
01:02:35 Would you believe me if I name a sum
01:02:39 What would you say
01:02:44 Then you think the dingus
01:02:46 In your own words, why not?
01:02:52 – That's a lot of dough.
01:02:57 – Minimum, huh? What's the maximum?
01:03:06 There's no telling
01:03:09 That is the one and only truth about it.
01:05:00 Let me talk to Miss O'Shaughnessy.
01:05:07 What? She didn't show up?
01:05:12 You get on back to the office and
01:05:15 Yeah, let's do something right
01:06:11 It started in the hold aft,
01:06:13 What insurance was she carrying?
01:06:15 – Anybody burnt?
01:06:20 – Someone I know came…
01:06:22 Someone I know came aboard
01:06:24 …and I haven't seen her since.
01:06:26 No reason to be, mister.
01:06:29 I wonder if you saw her.
01:06:33 I couldn't tell you, mister. But if
01:06:38 Only the harbor watch was aboard
01:06:43 Now you know as much about it
01:06:46 Maybe they went down to the ship.
01:06:48 The part about the bird is thrilling.
01:06:54 [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
01:07:41 He couldn't have come far
01:07:52 Why couldn't he have stayed alive
01:07:57 Here, here, here, none of that now.
01:08:01 – You can't pass out on me now.
01:08:28 – We've got it, angel, we've got it.
01:08:39 [WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
01:08:53 That was Miss O'Shaughnessy.
01:08:56 – Where is she?
01:08:59 Something happened to her
01:09:02 You've got to go to her.
01:09:09 After I've gone,
01:09:11 Tell them how it happened,
01:09:14 I got the phone call and told you
01:09:17 Forget this. Tell them how it happened,
01:09:20 Get that straight. Everything
01:09:23 …but without the bundle,
01:09:26 – Yes, Sam.
01:09:32 Shut this door and lock it behind me.
01:09:36 Yeah. Yeah, he's Captain Jacoby,
01:10:03 – Can I borrow your pencil?
01:10:31 – Say, Frank.
01:10:33 – You got plenty of gas?
01:10:34 Do you know where Ancho Street
01:10:37 – Nope, but we can find her.
01:10:40 – …and the sooner the better.
01:11:19 – Bum steer, Mr. Spade?
01:11:30 Hello, Mrs. Perine? Is Effie there?
01:11:37 No, no. It was a bum steer.
01:11:43 Everything go all right?
01:11:52 All right. You better hit the hay and get
01:11:56 No, no. Save it till tomorrow.
01:12:05 – Thanks. Good night, Frank.
01:12:15 O'SHAUGHNESSY: I've been hiding
01:12:30 Can you make it,
01:12:31 I'll be all right as soon as I can
01:12:50 Now, let's come in and sit down
01:12:53 SPADE:
01:12:54 – Get away. You're not gonna frisk me.
01:12:58 Take your paws off me,
01:13:01 Ask your boss if he wants me shot up
01:13:07 You certainly are
01:13:15 Are you ready to make the first payment
01:13:28 Ten thousand? We were talking about
01:13:31 Yes, sir, we were.
01:13:34 With a dollar of this,
01:13:37 And there are more of us
01:13:39 That may be, but I've got the falcon.
01:13:42 I shouldn't think it necessary
01:13:44 …that you may have the falcon,
01:13:47 I'm trying not to let that worry me.
01:13:51 There's something else
01:13:56 We've got to have a fall guy.
01:13:57 The police have gotta have a victim,
01:14:01 Three? But there's only two, because
01:14:05 Only two, what difference does it make?
01:14:07 – We've got to give the police…
01:14:09 You can't expect us to believe
01:14:12 …that you're the least bit afraid
01:14:15 – Or that you're not able to handle…
01:14:18 I've got to find somebody, a victim,
01:14:27 Let's give them the gunsel.
01:14:29 He actually did shoot Thursby and Jacoby,
01:14:32 Anyway, he's made to order for the part.
01:14:39 By gad, sir, you are a character.
01:14:42 There's never any telling
01:14:45 …except that it's bound
01:14:47 – It's our best bet. With him in their hands…
01:14:50 …that if I, even for a moment thought
01:14:55 I feel towards Wilmer here just exactly
01:14:59 Really, I do. But if I even for a moment
01:15:02 …what in the world would keep Wilmer
01:15:06 …every last detail
01:15:08 Let him talk his head off. I'll guarantee you
01:15:13 Well, well, what do you think of this,
01:15:21 How do you feel now?
01:15:24 [WHISPERING]
01:15:27 Well, don't be.
01:15:39 If you're really serious, the least we can do
01:15:43 Now, how would you be able to fix it
01:15:48 I can show our district attorney,
01:15:51 …trying to collect everybody,
01:15:53 …but if he sticks to Wilmer here…
01:15:57 …he can get a conviction
01:16:05 I've taken all the riding from you
01:16:09 Young Wild West. Tell him that shooting me
01:16:14 …is gonna be bad for business.
01:16:16 Now, now, Wilmer. We can't have any
01:16:20 – …importance to these things.
01:16:26 Your plan is not at all satisfactory, sir.
01:16:31 All right. I've got another suggestion.
01:16:33 It may not be as good as the first,
01:16:36 – You want to hear it?
01:16:46 Suppose we give them you
01:16:49 You want the falcon. I've got it.
01:16:51 The fall guy's part of the price
01:16:53 As for Miss O'Shaughnessy, if you think
01:16:57 …I'm willing
01:16:59 You seem to forget that you are not
01:17:03 Now, come, gentlemen. Let's keep
01:17:07 There certainly is something
01:17:11 If you kill me,
01:17:14 If I know you can't kill me, how are
01:17:18 Sir, there are other means of persuasion
01:17:23 SPADE:
01:17:28 But they're none of them any good
01:17:34 If you start something, I'll make it a matter
01:17:40 That's an attitude, sir, that calls for
01:17:44 Because, as you know,
01:17:46 …men are likely to forget
01:17:49 …and let their emotions
01:17:52 Then the trick from my angle is
01:17:55 …to tie you up, but not make you
01:17:58 – …against your better judgment.
01:18:08 Six-two uneven.
01:18:11 I hope you're not letting yourself
01:18:14 …these pocket-edition desperadoes
01:18:16 Because I've practiced taking guns away
01:18:20 …so we'll have no trouble there.
01:18:22 – Wilmer here is…
01:18:59 Either you'll say yes, or I'll turn the falcon
01:19:13 I won't be able to get the falcon
01:19:16 It strikes me it'd be best if we did not
01:19:20 …until our business has been transacted.
01:19:23 Miss O'Shaughnessy has it.
01:19:25 We don't have to lose sight of each other.
01:19:31 And in exchange for the 10,000
01:19:33 …you'll give us the falcon
01:19:36 Let's get the details fixed, first.
01:19:38 Why did he shoot Thursby and why, where
01:19:42 I've got to know
01:19:45 – …the parts that don't fit are covered up.
01:19:49 Thursby was Miss O'Shaughnessy's ally.
01:19:51 We believed that disposing of him…
01:19:54 …would cause Miss O'Shaughnessy to stop
01:19:57 …to patch up her differences with us
01:20:01 You didn't try to make a deal
01:20:04 We did. Yes, sir. We most certainly did.
01:20:06 I talked to him myself that very night,
01:20:10 He was quite determinedly loyal
01:20:14 So Wilmer followed him back to the hotel
01:20:23 Captain Jacoby's death was entirely
01:20:28 SPADE:
01:20:30 Cairo, as you must have surmised,
01:20:32 …after he left police headquarters
01:20:35 He recognized the mutual advantage
01:20:39 Mr. Cairo is a man of nice judgment.
01:20:41 The Paloma was his thought. He saw
01:20:45 …and remembered he had heard
01:20:47 …that Jacoby and Miss O'Shaughnessy
01:20:54 Well, sir, he saw that notice and, putting
01:20:58 She had given the bird to Jacoby
01:21:01 And at that juncture,
01:21:04 There was no place for you
01:21:06 So we decided to spare ourselves
01:21:11 Mr. Cairo and Wilmer and I
01:21:14 We were lucky enough to arrive
01:21:18 In many ways, the conference was
01:21:21 …Miss O'Shaughnessy to come to terms,
01:21:25 We then left the boat
01:21:27 …where I was to pay Miss O'Shaughnessy
01:21:31 Well, sir, we mere men
01:21:33 En route, she, Captain Jacoby
01:21:36 …slipped completely through our fingers.
01:21:39 It was neatly done, sir. Indeed, it was.
01:21:42 You touched off the boat before you left?
01:21:46 Though, I daresay, we, or Wilmer at least,
01:21:50 While the rest of us were talking
01:21:58 No doubt, he was careless with matches.
01:22:02 We caught up with Miss O'Shaughnessy
01:22:05 I sent Wilmer downstairs to cover
01:22:10 And, sure enough, while she was asking us
01:22:13 …and we were telling her,
01:22:16 Wilmer shot Jacoby
01:22:19 …shot him more than once, but Jacoby
01:22:23 He climbed down the rest of the way,
01:22:29 We persuaded… That is the word, sir.
01:22:32 …to tell us where she had told
01:22:36 And we further persuaded her
01:22:38 …in an attempt to draw you away
01:22:41 …but, unfortunately for us…
01:22:43 …it had taken us too long
01:22:47 And you had the falcon
01:23:04 Wilmer, I'm sorry indeed to lose you,
01:23:07 …I couldn't be fonder of you
01:23:10 But, well, if you lose a son,
01:23:13 There's only one Maltese Falcon.
01:23:17 When you're young,
01:23:22 How about some coffee?
01:23:25 I don't like to leave our guests.
01:23:27 O'SHAUGHNESSY: Surely.
01:23:29 Hadn't you better
01:23:34 Sit on it, if you're afraid of losing it.
01:23:36 You misunderstand me.
01:23:38 But business should be transacted
01:23:43 For instance,
01:23:46 There were 10 when I handed them to you,
01:23:56 Well? I want to know about this.
01:24:09 – I palmed it?
01:24:10 Do you want to stand for a frisk?
01:24:12 You're going to admit it, or I'm gonna
01:24:15 I believe you would. I do. You are
01:24:28 I must have my little joke now and then.
01:24:30 I was curious to know what
01:24:33 I must say you passed the test
01:24:36 It's the sort of thing I'd expect
01:24:39 This will soon be yours.
01:24:41 I ought to have more than 10,000.
01:24:43 You understand
01:24:45 Oh, yes. Later you'll give me millions,
01:24:50 Frankly and candidly,
01:24:54 …10,000 is all the money I can raise.
01:24:58 But you didn't say positively.
01:25:07 I'd like to give you a word of advice.
01:25:09 – Go ahead.
01:25:13 …but if you don't give her as much
01:25:16 …my word of advice is be careful.
01:25:26 – How's the coffee coming, angel?
01:25:29 It's almost daylight, Mr. Spade.
01:25:32 Can you start getting it now?
01:25:50 Hello, precious.
01:25:53 Now, listen carefully. Here's the plot.
01:25:56 In the holland box at the post office
01:26:00 In that envelope, there's a parcel-room
01:26:05 Now, get that bundle
01:26:08 That's a good girl. Now hustle. Goodbye.
01:27:01 Thanks, lady.
01:27:03 Not the first one you've spoiled.
01:27:06 – No. No, thanks.
01:27:28 SPADE:
01:28:44 Fake.
01:28:52 You've had your little joke.
01:28:56 That's the one I got from Kemidov.
01:29:04 You and your stupid attempt to buy it.
01:29:07 Kemidov found out how valuable it was.
01:29:10 No wonder we had
01:29:15 You bloated idiot.
01:29:47 Yes, it's the Russian's hand.
01:29:50 Well, sir, what do you suggest?
01:29:52 We shed tears
01:29:54 …or shall we go to Istanbul?
01:30:00 Seventeen years I've wanted that little
01:30:04 If we must spend another year
01:30:06 …well, sir, it will be an additional
01:30:09 …of only five
01:30:38 GUTMAN: We've little to boast about,
01:30:41 …just because we've run into a setback.
01:30:43 – I must ask you for that envelope.
01:30:47 It's your hard luck
01:30:51 …and there's no reason for expecting
01:30:55 In short, sir,
01:31:02 This'll take care
01:31:10 …unless you care to undertake
01:31:15 Well, frankly, sir,
01:31:17 You're a man of nice judgment
01:31:22 …I daresay you'll manage
01:31:24 – I'll make out all right.
01:31:32 And to you, Miss O'Shaughnessy,
01:32:00 Yeah. Put him on. This is Sam Spade.
01:32:04 Hello. Tom? Now, listen.
01:32:07 Jacoby and Thursby were killed
01:32:10 Yeah. He's about 20 years old, 5'6»,
01:32:14 He's working for a man
01:32:16 Now, you can't miss Gutman.
01:32:21 They just left
01:32:22 You'll have to move fast.
01:32:25 Watch yourself when you go up
01:32:31 They'll talk, when they're nailed.
01:32:34 We've only got minutes to get set.
01:32:36 When you came to my office,
01:32:39 I told you, Sam. I thought he was
01:32:42 You had Thursby hooked. You wanted
01:32:45 …with the loot so you wouldn't have to
01:32:49 I thought if he knew someone was following
01:32:52 Miles wasn't clumsy enough
01:32:55 You told Thursby he was being followed.
01:33:02 I told him.
01:33:06 I wouldn't have
01:33:09 If you thought he wouldn't kill Miles,
01:33:11 Miles hadn't many brains, but he'd had
01:33:14 …to be caught by a man he was shadowing
01:33:19 But he'd have gone up there
01:33:24 He'd have looked you up and down, licked
01:33:29 You could have stood
01:33:32 …and put a hole through him with a gun
01:33:35 – Don't, Sam.
01:33:37 – Why do you accuse me?
01:33:40 We're both of us sitting under
01:33:45 I didn't mean to at first, really, I didn't.
01:33:49 But when I found out
01:33:52 I can't look at you and tell you this, Sam.
01:33:54 You thought Thursby would tackle
01:33:57 If Thursby was killed,
01:33:59 If it was Miles,
01:34:02 – Something like that.
01:34:05 …you borrowed his gun
01:34:07 When you heard Thursby was shot,
01:34:10 You needed somebody to fill
01:34:14 Yes. Oh, sweetheart, it wasn't only that.
01:34:18 I'd have come back to you,
01:34:20 From the very first instant I saw you,
01:34:25 Well, if you get a good break,
01:34:29 …and you can come back to me then.
01:34:32 I hope they don't hang you, precious,
01:34:38 – You're not…
01:34:41 The chances are you'll get off with life.
01:34:43 That means, if you're a good girl, you'll
01:34:47 If they hang you,
01:34:55 Don't say that, even in fun.
01:34:58 I was frightened for a minute.
01:35:02 You do such wild
01:35:14 You've been playing with me.
01:35:17 Just pretending you cared
01:35:24 I won't play the sap for you.
01:35:26 It's not like that. You can't say that.
01:35:28 You never played square with me
01:35:31 You know deep in your heart that
01:35:34 I don't care who loves who.
01:35:37 I won't walk in Thursby's and I don't know
01:35:40 You killed Miles,
01:35:56 How can you do this to me, Sam?
01:36:00 Surely Mr. Archer wasn't
01:36:03 [O'SHAUGHNESSY SOBBING]
01:36:20 You'll never understand me,
01:36:24 When a man's partner is killed,
01:36:26 Doesn't make any difference
01:36:29 He was your partner, and you're supposed
01:36:33 And it happens
01:36:36 Well, when one of your organization
01:36:39 It's bad business
01:36:43 Bad all around,
01:36:46 You don't expect me to think
01:36:48 – …are sufficient reason for sending me…
01:36:52 I've no earthly reason to think
01:36:54 If I do this and get away with it,
01:36:57 …that you can use
01:37:00 Since I've got something on you…
01:37:01 …I couldn't be sure that you wouldn't
01:37:08 Maybe some of them are unimportant.
01:37:12 But look at the number of them.
01:37:15 And what have we got on the other side?
01:37:17 All we've got is that maybe you love me
01:37:22 You know whether you love me or not.
01:37:26 Maybe I do. I'll have some rotten nights
01:37:36 If all I've said doesn't mean anything to you
01:37:41 I won't because all of me wants to
01:37:44 You counted on that with me the same
01:37:49 Would you have done this if the falcon
01:37:52 Don't be too sure I'm as crooked
01:37:55 That sort of reputation
01:37:58 …bringing high-priced jobs and making it
01:38:02 …but a lot more money would have been
01:38:07 If you'd loved me, you wouldn't have
01:38:31 POLHAUS: Got them.
01:38:33 Here's another one for you.
01:38:36 Oh, and I've got some exhibits.
01:38:39 …and a $1,000 bill I was supposed
01:38:43 And this black statuette here
01:38:47 What's the matter with your playmate?
01:38:50 I bet when he heard Gutman's story,
01:38:55 Well, shall we be getting down
01:39:17 The stuff that dreams are made of.