1:03:02
A small man sat in it, alone.
1:03:04
He might be a cop with time to waste...
1:03:07
... or a smoothie in the detective business
trying to chisel his way into my case.
1:03:11
Or maybe he was the Bishop of Bermuda,
disapproving of my night life.
1:03:16
In my office an envelope contained a
brief formal note and a cheque for £500...
1:03:20
... signed for General Sternwood
by Vincent Norris.
1:03:23
That made it a nice day.
1:03:25
I was wondering whether to get
the car put right, buy a suit...
1:03:28
... or pay off some of my creditors, when
the man from the grey car showed up.
1:03:33
Come in.
1:03:36
Maybe you know me.
1:03:37
Sure.
1:03:39
You've been following me around
for the past couple of days...
1:03:43
...like a fella trying to pick up a girl,
lacking just that last inch of nerve.
1:03:48
- Look, I am Harry Jones.
- And you knew a guy called Joe Brody.
1:03:51
How do you know that?
1:03:52
Well, you're too short to be a cop.
You don't belong to Eddie Mars.
1:03:56
Nobody except Joe Brody's friends
would have that much interest in me.
1:04:01
Yeah, well...
1:04:03
Agnes sent me. You... you've met Agnes?
1:04:06
Only bookseller with enough sex appeal
to stampede a businessman's lunch.
1:04:12
Er... you made a crack up there...
1:04:16
The day Brody got himself killed.
1:04:18
You said Brody must know something
special about the Sternwoods...
1:04:23
...or he would never have risked
blackmailing them with that photo.
1:04:26
- What did he know?
- I'm selling that. £200.
1:04:29
We've got to get out, Agnes and me.
1:04:32
She's too big for you. One of these days
she'll roll over and smother you.
1:04:36
- That's not nice.
- No, you're right.
1:04:38
- What have you got for the money?
- Will you pay it?
1:04:41
- If it does what?
- Helps you to find Rusty Regan.
1:04:44
I'm not looking for Rusty Regan.
1:04:46
Oh, yeah?
1:04:49
- Go ahead.
- Oh, I knew Rusty.
1:04:51
I mean, not that we were that close,
but, er... well enough to say...
1:04:56
What's going on then, Rusty, eh?
1:04:58
And he'd answer or not,
according to how he felt.