An exchange today with
p_o_u_n_c_e_r on the LMB list leaves me with a great desire to rewatch The Maltese Falcon. Sam Spade I can take or leave, but Joel Cairo just cracks me up. (I love the scene in Spade's office, when Cairo confronts him with a gun, and also. later, Cairo's reaction when Guttman scrapes the enamel off the statue and realizes what's underneath. Priceless!)