The Maltese Falcon
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1:14:01
If you kill me,
how are you gonna get the bird?

1:14:05
If I know you can't afford to kill me,
how'll you scare me into giving it to you?

1:14:09
Sir, there are other means of persuasion
besides killing and threatening to kill.

1:14:13
Yes, that's....
1:14:15
That's true.
1:14:18
But none of them are any good
unless the threat of death is behind them.

1:14:22
You see what I mean?
1:14:23
If you start something, I'll make it a matter
of your having to kill me or call it off.

1:14:29
That's an attitude, sir, that calls for
the most delicate judgement on both sides.

1:14:33
Because, as you know,
in the heat of action...

1:14:35
...men are likely to forget where
their best interests lie...

1:14:38
...and let their emotions carry them away.
1:14:41
And the trick from my angle is
to make my play strong enough...

1:14:44
...to tie you up, not make you mad enough
to bump me off...

1:14:47
...against your better judgement.
1:14:48
By gad, sir, you are a character.
1:14:56
They're selling you out, sonny.
1:14:59
I hope you're not influenced by the guns...
1:15:02
...these pocket-edition desperadoes
are waving around.

1:15:04
Because I've practiced taking guns away
from these boys before...

1:15:07
...so we'll have no trouble there.
1:15:10
-Wilmer, here--
-All right.

1:15:11
Wilmer!
1:15:43
There's our fall guy.
1:15:45
Either say yes right now
or I'll turn the falcon and all of you in.

1:15:48
I don't like that, sir.
1:15:49
Well, you won't like it. Well?
1:15:56
You can have him.
1:15:59
I won't be able to get the falcon
till daylight, maybe later.


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