Who killed Thursby? I don't know. Perhaps you don't, but you could make an excellent...
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Bryan:
Who killed Thursby?
Sam Spade:
I don't know.
Bryan:
Perhaps you don't, but you could make an excellent guess.
Sam Spade:
My guess might be excellent or it might be crummy, but Mrs. Spade didn't raise any children dippy enough to make guesses in front of a district attorney, and an assistant district attorney and a stenographer.
Bryan:
Why shouldn't you, if you have nothing to conceal?
Sam Spade:
Everybody has something to conceal.
Bryan:
I'm a sworn officer of the law, 24 hours a day, and neither formality nor informality justifies you withholding evidence of crime from me, except, of course, on constitutional grounds.
Sam Spade:
[ranting]
Now, both you and the police have as much as accused me of being mixed up in the other night's murders. Well, I've had trouble with both of you before. And as far as I can see my best chance of clearing myself of the trouble you're trying to make for me, is by bringing in the murderers all tied up. And the only chance I've got of catching them, and tying them up, and bringing them in, is by staying as far away as possible from you and the police, because you'd only gum up the works.
[turns to stenographer]
Sam Spade:
You getting this all right, son, or am I goin' too fast for ya?
Stenographer:
No, sir, I'm getting it all right.
Sam Spade:
Good work.
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Unless you help me.
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Who killed Thursby, your enemies or his?
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I don't know.
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His, I suppose.
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I'm afraid... I don't know.
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This is hopeless!
I don't know what you want done...
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...or if you know what you want.
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Will you go to the police?
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I just got to stand still,
and they'll be all over me.
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I'll tell 'em all I know,
and you must take your chances.
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You've been patient with me
and tried to help me.
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It's useless and hopeless, I suppose.
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I do thank you for what you've done.
I'll have to take my chances.
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How much money have you got?
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I've got about $500 left.
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Give it to me.
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- There's only $400 here.
- I had to keep some to live on.
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- Can't you get some more?
- No.
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You got anything you can raise money on?
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- I've got some furs and a little jewelry.
- You'll have to hock 'em.
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There you are.
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I'll be back soon with the best news I can.
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I'll ring four times: long, short, long, short.
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You needn't bother to come to the door.
I'll let myself in.
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Anything stirring?
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Did you send the flowers?
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You're invaluable, darling.
Get my lawyer on the phone, will you?
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Hello, Sid?
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I think I'm going to have to tell a coroner
to go to blazes, Sid.
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Can I hide behind the sanctity
of my client's identity...
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...secrets and whatnots all the same,
priest or lawyer?
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But Dundy's getting a little rambunctious,
and maybe it is a bit thick this time.
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What'll it cost to be on the safe side?
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Maybe it's worth it.
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Okay, go ahead.
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Gardenia.
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Quick, darling, in with him!
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Will you come in, Mr. Cairo?
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Will you sit down, Mr. Cairo?
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Thank you, sir.
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Now, what can I do for you, Mr. Cairo?
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May a stranger offer condolences
for your partner's unfortunate death?
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Thanks.
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Is there, as the newspapers imply...
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...a certain relationship between
that unfortunate happening and...
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...the death a little later
of the man Thursby?
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I beg your pardon. No.
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More than idle curiosity prompted
my question.
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See, Mr. Spade, I'm trying to recover...
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...an ornament that, shall we say,
has been mislaid.
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I thought and hoped you could assist me.
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The ornament is a statuette...
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...a black figure of a bird.
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I am prepared to pay, on behalf of...
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...the figure's rightful owner,
the sum of $5,000 for its recovery.
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I am prepared to promise that,
what is the phrase...
Clip duration: 219 seconds
Views: 384
Timestamp in movie: 00h 21m 08s
Uploaded: 03 October, 2021
Genres: crime, film-noir, mystery
Summary: San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
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