Thursday, December 27, 2007

The stuff that dreams are made of


Today is the birthday of actor Sydney Greenstreet. He played Kasper Gutman (the Fat Man) in The Maltese Falcon.

When Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart, suggests to Gutman that he sacrifice his underling, the "gunsel" Wilmer, to the police, Gutman thinks a minute, then tells Wilmer:

"I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, it's possible to get another. There's only one Maltese Falcon."

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