Marlowe Page #4

An old friend.

My friend asked me

to keep you occupied.

Are you hard to occupy? -As

hard to get. as a haircut.

Has anybody ever told you that

you have a sensuous under lip?

Everybody mentions it.

Do nice uncomplicated

girls turn you on?

I come all unglued.

Are you looking for something?

I just don't want to

see Mavis get hurt.

Now who are you?

His name is Philip Marlowe.

Private Detective.

Well, I hope everybody's happy.

Goodbye.

Philip Marlowe.

What can I buy you

with? -The money helps.

How much? -Say... $ 100.

$ 100 is money to you? -Make

it $200 and I'll retire.

I work for my money.

What am I buying?

I do not think you killed him.

Help to have some reason not to

tell the police you were there.

Am I supposed to

have killed somebody?

You're going to find this

hard to believe, but I came up

with the idea that you

might need some help.

I figured you went to

the room to make a payoff.

You went there alone and took

a chance on being recognized.

That made me think you

could be in a king-sized jam.

I said a king-sized jam as a cue.

You're good, Ms. Wald...

You could act your way

out of a safe deposit box.

Good day.

You're out of work again, Philip.

Car.

Car.

A man with a limited vocabulary

you do make your point.

Car.

They tell me there was

a disturbance upstairs.

In Miss Wald's apartment.

They tell you wrong.

We were bombing craps.

Where are the pictures?

Who makes your ice

picks, Mr. Steelgrave?

Too bad.

Does your mother know

what you do for a living...

Mr. Marlowe?

Yes.

What can I do for you?

Good grief! What are you boys up to?

Just renovating, Chuck.

Yes? It's about time.

Come on girls, back to work!

Don't stand looking back to work.

You won't need that.

The word is you are a cool cat.

The word is wrong, I go

all to pieces over nothing.

That coat rack has been

my family for years.

Would you like it if your

coat rack was disassembled?

I've come to make a proposition.

May I reach for my pocket?

It would give me pleasure to

do you do something foolish.

$ 500.

For that you can kick the

ceiling. -It's yours. -For what?

You are not looking for

anybody and can't find anybody.

You do not have time

to work for anybody.

You have not heard

anything or seen anything.

And what do I for

an encore? -Nothing.

Keep on doing nothing

for a reasonable time...

and I'll come back and place

another 500 on your desk.

Side by side.

And for whom am I doing

this? -Winslow Wong,...

... that is I.

I like a man who uses good

grammar. You impress me.

... Whom sent you?

A man who would rather

spill money than blood.

But...

also a man who would spill

blood if he had no choice.

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