As they stand facing each other, he gunman humbly apologizes to the fearsome killer with a deadly reputation, and then requests a display of Sundance""s expertise as a gunman:Macon: I didn""t know you were the Sundance Kid when I said you were cheatin""...How much?Hennessey: What do you care? You""ve got about as much chance...Joe: I know, but if I did? How much would it be worth?Hennessey: Oh, just a plain talk on world issues, it would probably be worth two hundred and fifty.This guy was made one through years and years of abuse." Then, it was reported that the charred remains in the house were not Dolarhyde""s, but were identified as from another Chromalux employee named Ralph Mandy (who wasn""t reported missing for a week because he was scheduled for a vacation) -- Dolarhyde had staged his own death.Plot SynopsisThe credits wash down the screen over a view of the legendary Maltese Falcon - a black figurine that casts a dark shadow from an angular source of light.More important details regarding the setting and characters are telescoped very precisely and economically - information about he theft of transit letters, the political and social situation in pro-Vichy Casablanca, the arrival of the Nazi commandant and his friendship with the self-satisfied Vichy policeman, the crucial daily flights to Lisbon, and the central importance of Rick""s Cafe.