while i've not seen the cortez version, i would argue that
there is a fair degree of menace to bogart's spade. his scene
with mary astor (the one that ends with "oh, you're good") is
one that reeks of danger; as a viewer, i'm never sure that he
won't ignore or even hurt her.
martha
sakana@stlnet.com <mailto:
sakana@stlnet.com>
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> Spade, as Paretsky notes, is not a wonderful human
being. That's
> why I think
> the sleek and vaguely sinister Ricardo Cortez, in
the first film version,
> comes closer to Hammett's concept than
Bogart.
>
> Dick Lochte
>
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