Marlowe Page #2

What do you know.

Maliway Mushtom.

Used to be a runner for Ace Devore.

How you been, Maliway?

Going to miss you at

the morning line-up.

Well, that takes the pressure off.

This punk won't be

a 24 hour a day job.

How did you know about that wig?

I'm a trained detective.

That's your exit line,

Marlowe. Follow it out.

And don't leave town, you hear me?

Go on, Hady, You too.

What's bugging you? -The 150.

Don't get funny in the wrong place.

Oliver, when I checked

him he had $164.

Now there's only 14 left. -So?

So where were you while I

was calling the Lieutenant?

Are you accusing me?

-Just checking for crimes.

Fifty-fifty?

Okay, here you go.

I'll remember you!

Ollie!

I don't want the money.

I want something else.

What? -The girl.

Went out of here by these

stairs. She had to pass you.

She'd have been running,

you'd have been following.

What makes you so wonderful?

-I'm a trained detective.

All right. I followed

her and she got the car.

How do I know that this isn't

a number you already had?

Just take my word for

it. -What kind of car?

Jaguar convertible, XKE, yellow.

Describe the girl.

You want a lot for your

bread. -Grant Hicks's bread.

Wide felt black hat with a

black patent leather band.

Dark glasses.

Black coat and black patent

leather buttons and trimming.

White gloves.

Height 5'6"-5'6-1/2".

Built like a model.

Don't waste it.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Okay, relax a bit.

Hi. How are you. Hello.

Thank you. You're

right, you're right.

Can you get me the name and

address with this license?

Sure, I'll be through

in half an hour.

Julie, tonight I couldn't lead

a kindergarten marching band.

What if I lead, you follow?

Good night, girls.

And then we apply the

colour along the part.

And notice how I

help it with my thumb.

See?

Good morning, Chuck.

-Hold it a minute, girls.

Good morning, Philip.

-Good morning, all.

Special delivery for you.

Alvarado Hotel. Really, Philip.

Hey... -Do you like?

Yeah!

Another day another

dollar. Let me go.

Benson Camera Shop.

Good morning, this is Grant Hicks.

Order ready on claim

A1654? -Hold on sir.

Marlowe. -I figured

it would be a girl.

Why? -Mr. Hicks?

-Why? -Yes, I'm Hicks.

Your order's ready,

sir. -Who's Mr. Hicks?

It's something I've been working on.

Why'd you say it had to be a girl?

Are you kidding?

-I'm sorry, I'm on another line.

Should I call you back? -I

need the information now.

Sir, are you speaking to me?

-Yes, I will be in before noon.

That'll be fine. -I

have to be back by one.

How's 12? -I can't make it.

-You can't make it. -We close at six.

No, I will be there to

pick them up before noon.

How? -I'll be here. -Goodbye.

-Don't hang up yet! Hello? -Honey,

I'm sorry, I can't make it

for lunch, but who's the girl?

Mavis Wald.

The Mavis Wald?

My luck.

What's the address?

2720 Nelson Avenue. I hope

they pitch you off the balcony.

Goodbye.

Your change, Mr. Hicks.

I'll tell you what we'll

do. Keep the change...

... and mail the photos

to me at this address.

Alright Mr. Hicks.

It's Marlowe.

-Alright, Mr. Marlowe.

I have some stills for Ms. Wald.

You can leave them

with me. -No, not these.

I'll phone, wait a minute.

It's the ones we shot at the

Alvarado Hotel last night.

Okay.

Yes, ma'am.

Sir, you can go right up.

Penthouse.

Hi. -Mavis Wald?

She's busy making panic calls.

You really shook her. What's up?

I am the father of her triplets.

Do you have a name?

It wouldn't do anything for you.

Sugar? -Yes, please.

I am Dolores, with an "o".

Dolores Gonzales.

Is that Spanish for pain?

You've picked a

nice place to suffer.

You jumped to that conclusion,

but it's Mavis's pad, not mine.

Which makes you?

Something you don't see every day.

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.

Take this back to

your leader, Mr. Wong.

Tell him you met the

last of a dying Dynasty...

... King of the fools.

Unassailably virtuous...

... invariably broke.

Okay.

Come on, everybody. Break

it up. Let me in there.

Termites, Lieutenant.

Want to come in, sit down?

We'd better go for a walk.

Why?

Because I say we'd

better take a walk. Right?

Well, let's take a walk.

This, uhh?

- Be my guest, Lieutenant.

Alright.

Ever read the Bay City paper?

All that rape and homicide?

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