:16:01
Hello, Tom.
:16:05
Samuel.
:16:07
I see you're not particular
about the company you keep.
:16:10
Well, them that works, eats.
:16:13
- Hello, O'Mara.
- What brings you down to the depths?
:16:17
I'm down here with a friend of mine,
but he seems to have gotten lost.
:16:20
What are you offering for him,
a nickel reward?
:16:22
- For you, O'Mara, I'll make it a dime.
- I'd have taken the nickel, Samuel.
:16:26
A little off your regular patch,
aren't you, Hammett?
:16:28
Didn't know you had
Chinatown roped off.
:16:29
I don't, but sometimes
I think it'd be a hell of an idea.
:16:32
You sure you didn't see this friend
of mine, Tom? A guy about 50 or so.
:16:35
Six foot, tan overcoat
with a velvet collar.
:16:38
- Fancy.
- Haven't seen the likes of him.
:16:41
And what would your fancy friend
be doing down here?
:16:44
- Looking for a Chinese girl.
- Oh, ain't we all?
:16:50
- Your friend a private cop?
- Maybe.
:16:53
- And maybe there'd be a little?
- Could be, you never know.
:16:56
- What do you think, Tom?
- Well, that's up to you, lieutenant.
:17:00
Who's the girl?
:17:05
Her name's Crystal Ling.
:17:08
Let me tell you something,
Hammett,
:17:10
I never heard of any Chink girl
called Crystal Ling.
:17:13
If you're half smart,
you never heard of her.
:17:15
And if your fancy friend
with a velvet collar
:17:17
is half as smart as you are, which
will make him only one-quarter smart,
:17:20
he never heard of her either.
:17:21
Well, that's a "lay off" speech
if I ever heard one.
:17:25
Go home and type, Hammett.
:17:27
Samuel, that ain't bad advice.
:17:59
- What's up?
- How you doing?