Fortuitously, there are no witnesses, and he humbly credits himself with the capture and retrieval of the cash.?], headed by self-confident editor and publisher Sidney Kidd (Henry Daniell).Serious writer/reporter Macauley "Mike" Connor (James Stewart), and photographer Elizabeth "Liz" Imbrie (Ruth Hussey) talk ogether as they walk through two sets of doors on the way to Kidd""s office on the Thursday before the Lord""s wedding planned for Saturday:I""m not gonna do it, Liz.Behind the wheel of the broken-down sedan was its chauffeured owner - calmly reading a local newspaper.Spade demands to be paid to find out who is behind the killings.He takes all of her alleged money - an additional $500 that he forces out of her.As she retrieves the money, he notices the label from her fashionable hat: "Lucille Shop, Queen""s Road C, Hong Kong.