The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)

"We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss O'Shaughnessy; we believed your two hundred dollars...I mean, you paid us more than if you'd been telling us the truth, and enough more to make it all right."

"My guess might be excellent or it might be crummy, but Mrs. Spade didn't raise any children dippy enough to make guesses in front of a district attorney, and an assistant district attorney, and a stenographer."

"[to Cairo] When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it."

"[to Effie Perine] You're a good man, sister."

"[to Brigid O'Shaughnessy] Miles hadn't many brains, but he had too many years of experience as a detective to be caught like that, by a man he was shadowing, up a blind alley with his gun tucked away in his hip and his overcoat buttoned. [Long pause, then, slowly] But he would have gone up there with you, Angel. He was just dumb enough for that. He'd have looked you up and down and licked his lips and gone, grinning from ear to ear."

"[to Brigid O'Shaughnessy] This isn’t the spot for the school girl act. The pair of us are sitting under the gallows."

"[to Brigid O'Shaughnessy] You’re good. You’re very good."

"[to Brigid O'Shaughnessy] You won’t need much of anybody’s help. You’re good. It’s chiefly your eyes, I think, and that throb you get in your voice when you say things like ‘Be generous, Mr. Spade.’"

"Well, Wilmer, I'm sorry indeed to lose you, but I want you to know I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. Well, if you lose a son, it's possible to get another. There's only one Maltese falcon. When you're young, you simply don't understand these things."

"Fake! It’s a phony! It—it’s lead! It’s lead! It’s a fake!"

"[to Kasper Gutman] You! It’s you who bungled it! You and your stupid attempt to buy it! You ... you imbecile! You bloated idiot! You stupid fat-head, you!"

"I’ve always been a liar."

"I haven’t lived a good life—I’ve been bad."

"A story as explosive as his blazing automatics!"

"A guy without a conscience! A dame without a heart!"

"He's as fast on the draw as he is in the drawing room!"

"He's a Killer When He Hates!"

"Humphrey Bogart - Sam Spade"

"Mary Astor - Brigid O'Shaughnessy"

"Gladys George - Iva Archer"

"Peter Lorre - Joel Cairo"

"Barton MacLane - Det. Lt. Dundy"

"Lee Patrick - Effie Perine"

"Sydney Greenstreet - Kasper Gutman"

"Ward Bond - Det. Tom Polhaus"

"Jerome Cowan - Miles Archer"

"Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook"