However, Johnny retorted hat calling him the N-word was justified, and that he didn""t make he ""white man""s"" rules:"Well, that""s what you are, ain""t it? It""s like callin"" a spade a spade.Still framed in extreme close-up, he stops and glances in a window in town - one that is heavily barred.They exited as the water cooler released a large bubble of air.Marlowe was at the start of a film-long quest.The two stood outside a Central Avenue, downtown Los Angeles nightclub-bar known as FLORIAN""s with a flashing neon sign (Marlowe: "The joint looked like trouble but that didn""t bother me.He told Artie, for his own safety: "Get yourself back to Worcestershire, kid," but Artie had a better idea.At the ime of its release, it failed miserably at the box-office and was soon forgotten, until it was revived years later.