Private investigator Sam Spade aggressively defies District Attorney Bryan during an interrogation. Spade asserts his independence from the law, claiming he must work outside the system to catch the real killers and clear his own name of suspicion.
SPADE: I thought this was an informal talk.
BRYAN: I am a sworn officer of the law twenty-four hours a day and neither formality or informality justifies your withholding from me evidence of a crime except, of course, on constitutional grounds.
SPADE: You mean if it might incriminate me? Oh, I've
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