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Service chit from Steven Soderbergh’s moody homage to The Third Man, post-war Europe and classic Hollywood noir, The Good German:

DRIVER’S NAME: PATRICK TULLY
REPORT TO: JACOB GEISMAR

SECTION B
REQUESTED BY:
LT. HASSO SCHAEFFER
OFFICE OF THE MILITARY GOVERNOR – BERLIN

It’s been a while, so here goes… Recognise this? Stick your guess in the comments!

Here’s a clue – it’s a fairly recent film, which deserved wider recognition; it pays homage (firstly, as a whole; secondly, more specifically in this scene) to two other films in which the writers share a connection.

ETA:

Another strike out from you chaps – it’s Steven Soderbergh’s The Third Man-borrowing The Good German (I think the other film I was thinking of was Casablanca…)