"The cheaper the hood, the more colorful the language."
-Bogie in The Maltese Falcon
POST # 3 -- " . . . the thing dreams are made of."
I think the quote goes something like...
"The gaudier the patter...(the cheaper the hood)."
My favorite line goes something like...
"You can have these (handing Sydney Greenstreet two pistols), a blind newsie took 'em off him."