:09:00
Half the time I don't know whether
to be flattered or embarrassed as hell.
:09:08
What brings you to town?
:09:11
That's what I wanna talk to you about.
I got an MP thing going.
:09:14
- Who's missing?
- Little Chink girl.
:09:17
About 16 to 17, pretty.
:09:20
Her name's Crystal, Crystal Ling.
:09:23
I need some help, Sam.
:09:24
- You know this burg and I don't.
- I'm out of it.
:09:29
Once in, never out.
Hell, I bet you're still half snoop.
:09:35
I taught you good.
:09:37
I bet you read other people's mail,
:09:39
poke around their medicine cabinets,
eavesdrop.
:09:42
When I walk down the street,
you know what I still look at?
:09:44
Earlobes, noses, eyebrows.
Scars, if there are any.
:09:48
See what I mean?
:09:50
Yeah, but you're trying
to put them in jail,
:09:51
I'm just trying to put them
in a magazine.
:09:54
Like I say, I need some help, Sam.
Especially in Chinatown.
:09:58
- I want you for my tin mittens.
- No chance.
:10:01
I don't screw around with
the cops anymore. Not in this town.
:10:04
- Let's go get some booze.
- In a minute.
:10:08
Let me tell you a story first.
:10:11
You like stories, don't you?
Sure you do.
:10:14
Well, it seems like this old bird
is up in some place that sounds
:10:17
just a whole hell of a lot
like Butte, Montana.
:10:19
You got a sidekick this time.
A kid the agency sent. Green as grass.
:10:25
Somehow they get
themselves in a soup
:10:27
and the old guy takes
a slug in the shoulder
:10:30
that by rights should have
taken the kid in the left eye.
:10:33
Well, the green kid falls
all over himself telling the old guy
:10:36
no matter what he wants,
no matter when, no matter where,
:10:40
just holler.
:10:42
You remember that story.
:10:44
Anywhere, any time
is now, Hammett.
:10:48
I'm calling it in.
:10:58
Let's go get that whiskey.