The gunmen took the sole elevator to the 30th floor and interrupted the party with gunfire.They ook all the guests hostage, including McClane""s wife.McClane, in a white T-shirt and barefooted, watched from the wash-room and hen fled to a stairwell and various upper floors, keeping track of which ones were operational or under-construction.All you""ll get out of it is a long, hard ride.It""ll be dark before long, and mighty cold.My advice is to come inside, have a drink and let""s wait till we hear from the Sheriff").But the revenge-minded Farnley objects o being ordered by the Judge to remain in town where "this business is going to be taken care of":I know who""s gonna take care of it - me.Sidney: He""s punishing me.His kid sister is having a romance with some guitar player.He asked me to break it up.I thought I did, but maybe I didn""t.Now I gotta go find out.And Hunsecker""s the golden ladder to the places I wanna get.Sally: But Sidney, you make a living.Where do you want to get?Sidney: Way up high, Sam, where it""s always balmy.Where no one snaps his fingers and says, ""Hey, Shrimp, rack the balls!"" Or, ""Hey, mouse, mouse, go out and buy me a pack of butts.Down the stairs after Linda bounds her roommate - insultingly sarcastic poor blonde girl Jean Maitland (Ginger Rogers), wearing a plain blouse and slacks, and demanding that she remove and return her stockings.