Hard Boiled Men

The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, USA, 1941)

Bogie as Sam Spade

"I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble."

"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."

"If you kill me, how are you gonna get the bird? And if I know you can't afford to kill me, how are you gonna scare me into giving it to you?"

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Apriamo le danze...

E le apriamo alla grande con uno dei Grandi della storia del cinema:

Casabalanca (Michael Curtiz, USA, 1942)

(Captain Renault) "Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that you've never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open."

(Rick) "Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette."

(Captain Renault) "That is another reason."

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(Rick) "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."