The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon1941

The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir about a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette. The film has been named as one of the greate… more »



Spade:
Are you ready to make the first payment, and take the falcon off my hands?

[Gutman hands him an envelope of cash]

Spade:
Ten thousand? We were talking about a lot more money than this.

Gutman:
Yes sir, we were, but this is genuine coin of the realm. With a dollar of this, you can buy ten dollars of talk. And they're more of us to be taken care of now.

Spade:
That may be, but I've got the falcon.

Cairo:
You may have the falcon, but we certainly have you.

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