Hammett

:03:23

Jesus.

:03:48

The pearls were insured
for 100,000,

:03:50

so when the thief offered
to sell them back for 5,

:03:52

the insurance company
came to us.

:03:54

There was just one hitch.

:03:56

The thief insisted
on a woman go-between.

:03:58

The old man suggested
Sue Alabama,

:04:01

who worked for us
a few years back.

:04:02

When he asked me
what I thought, I said

:04:04

I thought she'd be perfect,
just perfect.

:04:07

That'll stop a kitten if you're lucky.

:04:11

It'll stop a tiger
if you know how to point it.

:04:17

Her name wasn't really
Sue Alabama.

:04:19

It was Sue something Greek
and unpronounceable,

:04:22

but all of us called her Alabama,
so she had it changed back in '25.

:04:26

That was just after she and I
took Nowhere Nickelton

:04:28

at the Biltmore in L.A.

:04:30

She primed him,
and I went in on the cleanup.

:04:34

Sex was nearly all
Sue Alabama ever needed,

:04:37

and she could use it the way
some guys use a blackjack.

:04:41

I still think she was probably
the best I ever worked with.