10 Macho Movies Every Man Should See

Sam Spade is the founding father of movie tough guys. The private eye, created by noir author Dashell Hammet and brought to flinty life by Humphrey Bogart, is an emblem of bedrock morals in a universe of sin and violence. Hard men, manipulative women, and skeptical law enforcement plague our hero as he pursues a rare statue. He gives and receives little sympathy. Bogey plays the role perfectly?you could bounce coins off his face and he wouldn't blink, yet he allows enough world-weary humanity to make the character more compelling. If it didn't hurt, Spade's choices would be meaningless.

Spade can throw and take a physical punch, but his real strength is an unyielding, uncompromising resistance to temptation that dooms him to a life of righteous choices and resultant loneliness. The takeaway: A good man in a bad world needs to be tough. Don't like it? Go blow. ?Joe Pappalardo

Best line: "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!" ? Spade to Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre)

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