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"If you let them get away with it, it's bad for business all around."
'''''The Maltese Falcon''''' is a [[Dashiell Hammett]] detective story made into a movie with [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Peter Lorre]]. The fuss is all about a black bird supposedly encrusted with jewels under a lead coating, sought after by international criminals.
'''''The Maltese Falcon''''' is a [[Dashiell Hammett]] detective story made into a movie with [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Peter Lorre]]. The fuss is all about a black bird supposedly encrusted with jewels under a lead coating, sought after by international criminals.
In the movie version, Sam Spade's partner Archer gets himself shot - and the district attorney suspects Spade of the crime.
In the movie version, Sam Spade's partner Archer gets himself shot - and the district attorney suspects Spade of the crime. Archer gets himself mixed up with the criminals while trying to find his partner's killer: "If you let them get away with it, it's bad for business all around."
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