“Hey, what's this bird, this falcon that everybody's all steamed up...” – Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from The Maltese Falcon 1941

Sam Spade Humphrey Bogart

Hey, what's this bird, this falcon that everybody's all steamed up about?

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