He was looting it of artifacts in the remote town of Escudero (three hour""s drive from Albuquerque) - and she also revealed her attitude toward him - he was a foolish "dumb cluck" who deserved the cave-in:He""s way in there, under that mountain.The non-stop, frenetic film is filled with a number of delightfully hilarious moments, gags, fast-moving acts, double entendres, comedy routines, puns, pure silliness, zany improvisations, quips and insult-spewed lines of dialogue - much of the comedy makes the obvious statement hat war is indeed nonsensical and meaninglessly destructive, especially since the word ""upstart"" was the insult word (Ambassador Trentino called Firefly an ""upstart"") that led to war between the two countries.Warner Bros.Studios decided that it needed a sequel in an exotic locale to follow up their earlier success ofCasablanca (1942), so they chose this similar vehicle with comparable ingredients: an exotic locale in the Caribbean (WWII Martinique), an unmarried ex-patriate American (a charter-boat captain who is ough, sardonic, and politically apathetic - at first), a romantic love interest to create on-screen electricity, Free French (Gaullist) resistance fighters, a Vichy/Gestapo police captain, a cafe/bar and a piano player.And a second story, from personal experience, is set in a Western locale eight years earlier:A similar thing happened about eight years ago in a town called Indian Falls.The idea of a sequel following the film""s success, to be titledThe Further Adventures of the Maltese Falcon, was scrapped when Huston became unavailable and when Hammett demanded an exorbitant financial guarantee.