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Yakov won the first two games, but when it came time to find the Lady at three-card monte, he uncovered a worthless heart.

It gave us a glimpse of the deft visual sleights of hand which would become the film-maker trademark – a ninja training scene in which Wayne’s identity shifts between masked figures, like a human game of find the lady, is pure Nolan.

Back in Tampa, a few blocks from where he lived, a street hustler had conducted rounds of Find the Lady outside a cigar store.

Watching a game of Find the Lady, neither hustler nor mark, outside the game but knowing all its rules.

“We have a significant measure of optimism that we should be able to find the lady within the shortest time possible,” Boinnet said.