I recently saw the first version of the film, and I was
pretty surprised at how explicit they were with their sexual
intimacy. Spade and Brigid kiss, and then the camera cuts to
a skipping record, the needle bouncing back and forth in
steady rhythm. Huston didn't dare pull anything like that.
Overall, I think the first version of the movie may well have
been more true to the spirit of the book than the more famous
one. In the final scenes of the first version, when Brigid
asks Sam if he loves her and he says he thinks so he sounds,
as he has throughout the film, entirely insincere. Bogart's
performance on the other hand, makes it seem as if he really
is torn about his choice to turn Brigid in to the
authorities.
>
> In fact, that Spade did sleep with Brigid -- made
quite clear in the
> novel and the first, pre-code film version -- was
considered quite
> risque and controversial for the time.
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