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Your turn. You take a card.

This is not cards. This is torture.

I can do better sitting in
a rocking-chair and knitting.

Am I giving you an argument?

Bourbon, straight.

Bourbon coming up.

Here's a Jack. I hope
you don't need it.

A Jack I need? A doctor I
need. Why not give me decent cards?

My luck. My cards are
just like my business.

Look at them. Like cheapskates
playing the chamber of commerce.

Merchants of the community.

Like clockwork, they come in
each day and order the same food.

They play the same game of
cards. They even play the same records.

I got to listen to the same bellyaching
about their business.

And when they leave.

I get the same crummy nickel tip.

I ask you, mister. Is
there a percentage in that?

I ask you.
- Another bourbon.

Another bourbon coming up.

Good evening, Mr Propotkin.

Hello Sam.
- Good evening.

Hi, Eddie.

Fine thanks, Mac. Nice weather?
- Yeah.

Olaf. A hot plate for the law.

What's new on the beat,
Lieutenant? Anything exciting?

I'll take my coffee now, Eddie.

Ask the Lieutenant
what else he wants to drink.

Thanks. I can buy my own.

How much do I owe you?
- Four bits.

A fifty out of five. Two bourbons.

If she feels like that, why don't
she sit here and take the cash herself?

Instead of staying in the
kitchen making passes at the chef.

By the way, the chef who works
here. What's his name again?

Olaf. Olaf Johnson.

He owns a fishing boat around here?
- That's right.

Eddie.. I want to eat
tonight, not tomorrow.

How about it back there?
- Coming up.

Be careful, Eddie.
The plates are hot.

This is for Igor.

They made it just the way he wants.

Olaf.

All day. You have
everything on your mind but your work.

You didn't clean up the kitchen.
- The kitchen is clean.

The floor is going to be washed.
- The floor is washed.

That clock.. always that clock.

Counting the minutes. Counting
seconds. Can't you at least talk to me?

I'm a simple man. I can only
keep my mind on one thing at a time.

Tomorrow, I think I'll put a little
more garlic in the sauce.

Olaf.

Yes?

Olaf, what's a man without a woman?

Nothing.
- Exactly.

I'm a lonely woman.
And growing older.

I need the strong arms of
a dependable man to lean on.

It's getting hot here.

I could make out in a fish tavern
three times this size.

If I only had some help.
- Size isn't everything.

I'm growing no younger, Olaf.

I need..

I must take out the
garbage. Please excuse me.

Olaf.

Meatballs, sauce and spaghetti.
- I'll do it.

Jonah.

Jonah.

Yes, Olaf. Yes? Is something wrong?

She's still in the
kitchen. I can't leave yet.

You're off. It's past 8 o'clock.

Don't worry. Only be a few minutes.
I'll call you as soon as she leaves.

Hey Magruder. There's
a fire on the pier.

What, a fire?
- A fire? Where?

Not a big one. Just Carny's boat.

Another fishing boat?

Is it still burning?

What's left of it. The fog's
so thick nobody noticed the smoke.

I'll have a look. Eddie,
keep my plate hot.

Wait a minute, Mac. I
want to go with you.

No you don't. You stay right here.

I go upstairs. And
remember. No watching fires.

Okay.. okay.

It's like living in a jail around
here. A wonder she even lets me breathe.

Mister. Can you watch the
place for me for a minute?

See, I'm just a sucker for fires.
- Sure, go right ahead.

Thanks a lot. I'll be right back.

Good evening, sir.
- My name is Goff.

I'm glad to meet you, Mr Goff.
- Are you the chef here?

Uhuh.
- Nice, homey place you got here.

I'm glad you like it. Excuse
me just a minute please.

Jonah.

Jonah. It's alright. She's gone.

Is there anything I can..?

You shouldn't be
eating shrimp dry like that.

They give you heartburn.

Here. Try them with
just a little bit of sauce.

And just a spray of lemon.

Tastes better, don't it?
- Hmm. Much better.

I saw your boat tied up at
the pier. I was admiring it.

It ain't much of a boat. Just
an old tub made of wood and spit.

You own the boat?
- I own half of it.

My friend Jonah Goodwin. The
tailor next door. He owns the other half.

You do a lot of fishing, don't you?
- Uhuh.

You like it?

Ask me if I like to breathe.

Ten hours a day I work in this place.

Only the nights when I go
fishing do I feel free.

Then I'm a different man. I
live in a different world.

Out there on the bay
with my friend Jonah.

We get peace and
get away from things.

You see what I mean?
- Sure. I see what you mean.

Supposing someone came round
and said you can't go fishing again?

That's silly. Why should
anyone want to say that?

Olaf.

Aren't you ready yet?
- Sorry. I was talking to my friend.

This is Jonah Goodwin. He owns
the other half of the boat.

This is mister..
- My name is 'Goff'.

Mr Goff. A nice fellow. He's
taken an interest in what we're doing.

I'm glad you're both here.
I must have a talk with you.

A little business
talk regarding your boat.

Our boat?

Talk to us about our boat?

What to say about our boat?
- I'm ready, Jonah.

Maybe you can put it off
until another time? Tomorrow?

See, we're in a hurry now.

Fire engines?

It's nothing. A little
fishing-boat caught fire at the end of the pier.

Jonah. Maybe it's ours.
- Don't worry, sport.

It's not your boat.

Mister.

Why are you sure it's not our boat?
- You can take my word for it.

Wait a minute.

You're here.

The fire is down at the
pier. How do you know?

I just know.

Come along, Olaf.
- Yeah, I'm ready.

Wait a minute, Jonah.

It's cold out. Let
me button your coat.

Goodbye, Mr Goff. I hope I
have the pleasure to see you again.

Don't worry, sport. You will.

Hurry, Jonah. You know Caroline.

Eddie.
- Yeah?

Here.. and don't forget.

The next time you run
off to a fire I'll fire you.

I'll fire you. You understand?

Always hollering. I
wish she would fire me.

'Don't ring up the cash
register. 'Don't do this. Don't do that'.

She don't holler at Olaf like that.

The pushing-around I
must take for the dough I get.

What did you say, Eddie?
- Nothing. I didn't say nothing.

By the way, George called. He'll
be down soon. He wants the usual.

Hi, everybody.

How's business, Mr Propotkin?

Terrible. Even the people
who never pay stopped buying.

There you are.

Gee. Glad you finally got
here. I worried about you.

How do you feel? You look good.

But then you always look good to me.

Boy, did I have a swell day today.

Sold some junk that was
laying around the shop for years.

Boy, was I in good form.

I don't know why. I never
had such bad luck in all my life.

But then it's a pleasure to lose
to a good sport like you.

Put that back, Sam.

Put what back?
- That ace.

What ace?

The ace you tried to deal yourself,
you old gyp-artist.

You want to gyp, do it slick. Here,
I'll show you. Put that ace back in the deck.

Back in the deck?
- Right.

Alright, now where's the ace?
- In the pack.

You're Sure?
- Sure, sure.

Keep your eye on the
deck. I'll show you something.

Keep your eye on the deck.

Excuse me, lady. I'm just
showing the boys a trick.

To prove the hand is
quicker than the eye.

Go on eating. You don't mind if I
use your boyfriend? Only takes a second.

Where'd you say the ace was?

In the deck. Wasn't it?
- Sure. In the middle.

No it ain't.

It's in the inside
pocket of this gentleman.

That's wonderful.

I know how you did it. Can I
have the deck a minute? I'll show you.

Go ahead.
- George.

Leave him, lady. Don't let
him suppress his natural talent.

Take a card. Any card at
all. Makes no difference to me.

Alright. Put it back in the deck.

Remember it now.
- We remember it, don't we?

Is that it?
- Uhuh.

I guess I got that
part of the trick wrong.

Try it again. Take another card.

Why not do a thing you can do rather
than make a fool of yourself?

Stop.

There's lots of things he can do. You
know it. Isn't there, Mr Propotkin.

He was the best football
player at Boy's High. First in class.

'All-round George' they
called him. - Stella.

Now he's an auctioneer on the pier.

He's a very talented man but it
only shows when he makes a spiel.

Come on, George. Show
him. Show him with feeling.

Stella, people are watching.

Do you mind if my
friend makes a speech?

Go ahead. It's a pleasure.
- Come on, George.

Make echoes ring on the
pier. You know: 'What am I bid'?

Stop it.

I won't talk to you
again unless you do.

Stella, please.
- I'll start for you.

What am I bid? What am I bid? Who
says 5 dollars, 3 dollars, a dollar?

Fifty cents, ten
cents. Who'll say a dime?

A genuine antique..

Stella.

Hey, Stella. What's wrong?

Anything I've done?
Anything I've said?

No. It's not you,
George. Please believe that.

It's just that I'm
so fed up with things.

Every day like the other: Get up
at 7. Rush to the phone company.

'Wrong number? Just a minute,
please. I'll try them again'.

Come home at night. Listen
to mother nagging.

See you at the grotto. Eat the
same food, hear the same corny jokes.

I can't take it anymore,
George. I just can't take it.

Don't you understand that?
- Sure I do. But..

I also know you'll feel different
after we're married.

I'll make you feel
different. I swear that.

You're such a good guy, George.

But why do you pick on me?

Because.. you're the girl for me.

You're my kind of girl.

But I'm not, George.

Honest I'm not.
- You are.

I know from the
bottom of my heart you are.

You're a good solid man, George.

I'm not like that.

You know what you
want from life. I don't.

All you'll ever get from
me is the pushing around.

I know what I'm talking about,
George. Please believe that.

If you know what's best leave me alone.
- I can't, Stella.

I can't.
- Why not?

Because I love you.

Hey, George.

How do you like that?

I'm looking all over for you and
you're making sweet words with your girl.

A half-hour the boss gives for
supper. No more and no less.

Alright. I'll be right there.

Alright. I said I'd be right there.
- Okay.

I must get back to the place.

I'll be through in about an hour. Will
you come by for me like always?

Yes, George.

I'll come by for
you like I always do.

That isn't such a bad fish, Jonah.

A mosquito.

Go home to your
mother. Come back in two years.

Off the coast of
Cuba in the Gulf-Stream..

They catch fish that
weigh from 700 to 1,000 pounds.

Fish with spears in their noses.

And it's warm there.

The sun shines eleven
months out of the year.

It sounds like music.

Like music from a band.

You and me, we could be sitting in
the middle of the Gulf-Stream right now.

Wearing Panama hats and fishing for
fish with spears in their noses.

You and me and the Gulf-Stream.

Olaf.
- Yes, Jonah.

Look. We could be on that boat, Olaf.

Please, Jonah. It's torture.

Jonah, Swenson wants
$500 for that boat.

Well, in the coffee-pot
in your room we have $190.

Am I right or wrong?
- Right.

But is $190 the same as $500?

Have you heard of an instalment plan?
- No thanks.

In America, Olaf, every man can
be a king on the instalment plan.

I heard of it. You heard of it.

But has Swenson heard
of the instalment plan?

Tomorrow he'll hear of it.

Look, Olaf. Someday I'll die. God
forbid. They'll put on my grave:

'Here lies Jonah Goodwin. A
good son, husband and citizen'.

'All his life he worked like a horse
and never did the thing he wanted to do'.

A little later, you die.

They change some particulars but
put the same thing on your grave.

Jonah.
- Yes?

Caroline wants to marry me.
- So?

I ain't crazy to marry her.

She reminds me of a woman in vaudeville
who sings all the promises.

Then there's no problem.

'No Caroline'. You say: 'You don't
click with me. You're not my type'.

'I like chorus girls with sweaters'.

Yeah? Then she'll fire me.

Or worse yet, she'll
put on a sweater.

You never had to work for a
boss who wanted to marry you.

You've sure got a
problem. Look, Olaf.

Now it's December.

January, February, March,
April. Only four months.

And springtime, Olaf. For once
in our lives, a real spring.

No tailor shop. No fish grotto.

No Caroline.

Let's buy it, Jonah.
Let's buy it tomorrow.

Stella. Hello, Stella.

Hello, Pop.

What you doing on the pier alone?

Nothing, nothing. How
was the fishing, Pop?

Not good, not bad. Medium.

Come down here. I must talk to you.
- Okay, Pop.

Remember. Not a word
about our new boat.

It's strictly a private
secret until we have a bill of sale.

Yeah. Yeah.

Good evening,
Stella. How are you tonight?

Fine, Mr Johnson.

And how's George tonight?

That's right. Where's George?

He had to work
late. I'll meet him later.

Say, Pop. You'd better hurry
home. Mom's had one of her attacks.

Around this boat, Stella
darling, we don't talk about your mother.

Or about jobs or about money
or what we read in the newspapers.

Here we just come four
nights a week to fish..

And to be happy.

Gee, Pop.

I wish I had a boat four
nights in a week.

All I've got is..

George.

That's no way to talk about
a nice young man like George.

I know, Pop.

Did you bring home a swordfish?

'Swordfish'. That's
what they're called.

With spears in their
noses. 700 pounds.

The ocean is a wonderful place.

Swordfishes, octopuses.

Wonderful.
- Anyone got a cigarette?

You know, it's not nice for young
ladies to smoke outside their own homes.

Here.

Look, Pop.

Nine hours a day I'm
a nice young lady.

The smiling, cheerful
voice of the telephone company.

Friendly but
virtuous. Never a wrong number.

At night let me relax, Pop.

Got a match?

Sorry.

It's okay. I'll get
one down the pier.

See you later, Pop.

Anything wrong with Stella, Jonah?

No. She's just high-strung and
nervous like other young girls.

If you're looking for a light..

Thank you very much.

I'll get a light down the pier.
- That's alright, girl. Here you are.

That's a nice perfume you use.

Violet?
- Well?

Violet is a first-class
smell. I like it.

I'm glad you like it.

Thank you so much for the light.
- My name is 'Goff'.

I beg your pardon?
- I repeat: my name is 'Goff'.

Sorry. I never heard of you.

You will soon. From coast to
coast they'll hear of me.

I can wait.
- Just a minute.

Excuse me.

I really shouldn't talk to a man
I've never been formally introduced to.

Look, baby. You only live seventy
years if you're lucky.

No time for formal introductions.

Especially women. How long
do you think a woman has anyway?

Fifteen years?

You rot in Brooklyn your whole life..

Without meeting anyone but that boyfriend
of yours. What's his name?

You're not the type to rot, sister.

You must be a very successful man.

You have a successful attitude.

You're alright. I knew when
I first laid eyes on you.

You've got class. You don't
find that much in Brooklyn.

It doesn't do you
much good in Brooklyn.

Who'd have thought it? On a pier in the
middle of winter, a girl like you.

How do you know what kind of girl I am?
- I can tell.

There's a look in your
eye. It sticks out all over you.

Say. I've some business to attend to.

Say I meet you at the end
of the pier in 15 minutes?

It's been very
pleasant to talk with you.

But I've a date for tonight.
- With Mr whatsisname?

I beg your pardon, mister?

But I said I've a
previous engagement.

Talk English, can you? What you think you're
doing, writing a business letter?

I think I'll be going now.

Come on, I'll take you
anywhere. The moon if you say the word.

It's a holiday evening. A Saturday
night in a mining town. Where to, sister?

Goodnight.
- I see you in 15 minutes.

Don't bet on it.
- I'll bet on it.

Good evening, gentlemen.

So that's your little tub, huh?

Millions of gallons of water
and he has to throw it in our boat.

Yes?

I'll make it short, boys.

I'm the Admiral Dewey of Brooklyn. I
protect Sheepshead Bay from pirates.

We're not interested. We
don't believe in pirates.

I get $5 a week for protecting
boats under 30 feet long from pirates..

Whether you believe in them or not.

Go away, Mr Goff.

You see, Mr Goff.

We've moored our boat here for three
years and nothing ever happened to it.

My fee is $5 a week. You
get my winter rate.

Because you have a
very pretty daughter.

What do you know about my daughter?

That's a nice boat you got there.

Pretty name too:
'Enterprise the 3rd'.

I'd hate to see the Enterprise The
3rd at the bottom of the bay.

Being used by the fish for
their Rotary lunches.

Go away, bluffer. Go away.

Let's think it over.

Sure. Take plenty of time.

I'll see you here tomorrow night.

Nice to make your acquaintance, boys.

We don't have to think about
anything. Goodbye, chiseller.

Look Pop, I ain't kidding. If you know
what's good for you, don't be stubborn.

I'll call Magruder.

Do that and you won't
see that boat tomorrow night.

Please, Jonah. Don't be a hero.

Alright, Mr Goff. Come back tomorrow.

I'll have you put in jail.

Magruder!

Magruder.

Why did you call a
cop? I said not to do that.

If you open your mouth to the
flatfoot, tomorrow there's no Enterprise the 3rd.

Listen, Jonah.

Every place you go you
must pay to be allowed to live.

Who are we that we
fight with a man like that?

We're two old men so
we pay the $5 a week.

Tell him, sport.
- I beg you, what's $5 a week?

What's up, Jonah?

What's the trouble?

I have..

I've a sandwich left over, Magruder.

A ham sandwich with rye bread.

Thanks, Jonah.

You know, there's
nothing better for a late snack.

Now I have to pay
for this fishing-rod.

Good evening, Florence dear.

It's twelve midnight.

How do you do, Mrs Goodwin?
I hope you feel good tonight.

I feel terrible, Mr Johnson.

Hang it up, Jonah.

Yes, dear.

Maybe you'll be
better soon, Mrs Goodwin.

I doubt it.

Are those fish, Mr Johnson?

Yes.
- Four fish, Florence.

Please don't place them in the
middle of the living room, Mr Johnson.

Please forgive me.

In the kitchen, please.

Yes. Excuse me please.

Is there anything wrong, Mrs Goodwin?

Nothing. No, take it.
- Thank you.

Well.. I'm going to
bed. I won't sleep.

But I may as well lie down.

Goodnight, Florence dear.

Don't sound so happy
to get rid of me. Please.

Florence.

Are you retiring for
the night, Mrs Goodwin?

Yes.

Then sleep well.

How can I, Mr Johnson?

When you brought half the
Atlantic ocean into my living room.

Florence, remember Mr
Johnson is a guest in our house.

The coffee is ready, Jonah.

In the kitchen, Olaf.

Stella.

Yes, Pop?

Stella. You weren't going to bed
without saying goodnight to me, were you?

I thought you were asleep.

You've color in your
cheeks and your eyes are dancing.

Hey Olaf, look. Look
how excited she looks.

You must have had a
wonderful time. You did?

Yes, Pop. A swell time.

Where's George?
- George?

Why didn't you bring him in?
- Well.

He works for a living.
He has to get up early.

Like me.

Goodnight, Pop.

Pleasant dreams.

Goodnight, Stella.

Pleasant dreams.

I guess I'd better be going too.

Alright, Olaf. I'll walk
to the door with you.

Goodnight, Jonah. Don't worry over
Goff. Everything will be alright.

Yes.

Everything will be alright.

Olaf, we're getting old. We
must take a stand someplace.

Let's make a stand in our little
boat before we're pushed off the earth.

Jonah.
- Not a cent.

We won't give the hoodlum a cent.

Right, Olaf. I meet you
tomorrow night at Caroline's as always.

But remember, Olaf. Not
a cent. Not one cent.

Good evening, Mr Goodwin.

Sorry to bother you but Stella promised
to meet me at the store.

I waited and waited
but she never showed up.

I felt something may be wrong.
- No. Nothing wrong.

Stella wasn't feeling so
well. She went to bed early.

Sure it's nothing serious?
- No, it's nothing at all.

She'll be alright in the
morning. Goodnight, George.

Goodnight.

Wait, George. I'll walk
down the street a way with you.

Goodnight, Jonah. You'll pick
me up tomorrow night at Caroline's?

Yes, at Caroline's.

Stella.

[ Jonah's wife: ] Jonah.

Jonah, come to bed.

[ Jonah: ] Stella.

Stella. I must talk to you.

[ Jonah's wife: ] 'Are
you coming or aren't you'?

Yes dear. I'm coming.

I said I'm coming. I'm coming.

Good evening, Mr Goodwin.
- Good evening.

You know, Jonah. I was
thinking about Goff.

If he wants $5 a week
for a little boat like ours.

How much would he charge for an ocean
liner like the Leif Ericson?

Olaf. We worry about a big
boat when we get a big boat.

I asked this afternoon about putting
the boat in Gravesend Bay.

It would take us 30 more minutes to
get to it but Mr Goff won't be there.

Let's put it in Gravesend Bay
then. Why didn't you say it sooner?

What are we worrying about?

In Gravesend Bay there
operates a man who charges $7.50 a week.

Goff won't come, Olaf.

Wait. You'll see. It's all a bluff.

He'll come.. he'll come.

A man who collects
money always comes.

Good evening, sports.

I'm glad to be dealing with
a pair of punctual gentlemen.

I told you, Jonah. A man
who collects money always comes.

What's the matter? Don't you recognize
the Admiral of the Sheepshead Bay Navy?

As a matter of fact I should
get a 17-gun salute.

I'd like to give it
to you point-blank.

Jonah.

Come on, Olaf.

Please. Be nice to him.

Look, boys. We to conduct
business. Let's conduct it friendly.

Remember, we all got to live.
- Get away from our boat.

Come on, Pop, come on. Stop
horsing around, will you.

You'd better talk to your friend.
- Jonah.

Make believe he's a new tax.

Who is he that we must pay
him for space on God's ocean?

A petty little grafter taking 5
- dollar bills from small people.

But not from me.

For an old guy, you
have some cockeyed notions.

He's joking. He's
joking. Ain't you, Jonah?

I'm not joking. - Listen,
you broken-down old jerk.

Don't you hit my friend.

Olaf.

Olaf.

Are you hurt?

I've been hit harder, Jonah.

I talk.

And you get hit.

I regret to do business this way. I
like doing it on a friendly basis.

What do you want?

I've prepared a little paper.

To keep everything legal.

On this paper it says:

'Olaf Johnson and Jonah Goodwin'.

'Have received a loan of
one thousand dollars'.

'At six percent interest'.

'And jointly pledge to pay the sum of
$5 a week until the debt is paid off'.

This is.. just for my file.

But you didn't lend us a thing.

This note says I did.

You sign here.

But I'm a man who
makes only $30 a week.

And support a wife who's
always running to doctors.

Doctor Goff is prescribing
now. My fee is five dollars.

Pay him, Jonah.
- I'll make a deal with you.

A deal?

This is my deal.

Clauses A, B, C and D.

You'll never live to be an old man.

Anyway, I won't starve to death. I'm
in a hurry, boys. I got a date.

Come on. Sign it.

Right here.

Now let's see how nice you can write.

That's fine. Now, money boys?

Olaf.

Here.

I'll lend you fifty cents.

Have a cigar. Has been a fine
week. Twelve new customers.

There's no telling
where this corporation may go.

Thank you very much.

That don't worry
me, Pop. Dime cigars.

Well, I see you next week.

Keep dry. I'll give your
regards to your daughter.

Olaf.
- Yeah?

What was it he said
about my daughter?

Is there anyone here looking for me?
- No, Miss Goodwin. Not that I know.

I'll have a chocolate soda.
- Yes, ma'am. Right away.

Here you are. Anything else?

No thank you.

You shouldn't drink that. It
spoils your taste for better things.

Now, that's twice in
a row I win my bet.

How would you like to make another
bet? This time I'll lay odds.

Now, don't get sore.
I'm glad you came.

I was hoping you'd come. So
where do we go tonight, huh?

How about the moon?
- Sure. Fine.

Only we'll stop off at a
few other places first, huh?

I hit it. I hit it.

For once in my life
I beat the machine.

48,000. Pay me nine nickels.

Keep your shirt on, you'll get paid.

Hello Stella.

Hello Buddy.

Let's get out of here.
- Check.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.
- Wait a minute. What's the hurry?

Violet perfume.

Here, baby. Like the Ads
say. My favorite smell.

How much do I owe you?
- That'll be $4.68 with tax.

There's exactly five dollars here.

Keep the change. Let's go.

Stella, must you
play that radio again?

Do you hear me? Shut it off.

Alright, Mom.

What did you say?

I said, 'Alright Mom'.

[ Door knocks ]

Who is it?
- It's me. Can I come in?

Sure, Pop. Sure. Come in.

I don't like to disturb you, Stella.

Pop, can you unbutton me down the back?
- Sure.

Stella.

Remember the other night? You came
home and said you'd been out with George.

Yes, Pop.
- You lied to me, didn't you?

Yes I did.

And those other nights
you lied. Didn't you?

Yes, I've been lying to you.

You were going out with Goff.

Haven't you?

Yes, I've been going out with Goff.

Stella.. have I ever interfered
with your life?

No, Pop.

You've been swell.

Just a second.
- But no. This Goff.

Now I must speak up.

Stay away from him,
Stella. Please stay away.

He's a bad man.

He's an exciting man, Pop. He's
been all over the country.

New York, Chicago, Atlantic City.

He's been in jail maybe. Those
other places he saw in the movies.

He's a disease.

And it's a disease I want to catch.

A disease that lets me sit
in the subway in the morning..

And look at all the people around and
say to myself: 'I'm not like them'.

I'm not like people in
the subway. I'm different.

I've got something they haven't.
- What?

Something, Pop. I don't
know what, but something.

Look Stella, you're my own daughter.

I'd like it better than anyone if
you were extraordinary. But you're not.

I don't love you
any less for that, baby.

There's nothing terrible about being
an ordinary person, Stella.

Alright. So I'm ordinary.

Okay.

Ordinary or not, I'll
take my fling with Harold Goff.

Why shouldn't I?
- Listen, Stella.

Do you.. do you know how
Goff makes a living?

He's a cheap racketeer. He
takes money from poor people.

Five dollars, three
dollars. Anything he can get.

If they don't pay, he beats them.

How do you know?
- I know.

I don't believe it.

Even if it's true, so what?

It's the way the world's
made. The strong take from the weak.

If it wasn't Goff it
would be someone else.

I'm afraid he's done
you some damage already.

Say, Stella.

Maybe.

Maybe you need a vacation. A trip.

You work too hard.
- Pop, I must get dressed.

Yes, I'm sure that's what you need.

Where would you like to go?

What's the use of talking about it now?
- Will it hurt to tell me?

Alright.. I'd like to go to Cuba.

I'd like to see the blue Caribbean and
palm trees and natives dancing a rumba.

I'd also like to fly like a bird and
live in a penthouse with 25 servants.

Please, Pop.

I've got to get dressed.
- Stella, listen to me.

What say you take the next
boat for Cuba and stay three weeks?

What do you say?

Don't they use money in Cuba anymore?
- You'll get the money.

From where?
- From me.

A gift to my
daughter who needs a vacation.

Enough for a stateroom without
bath. I'll fix it.

Wait a minute, Pop.

This will cost about $200.
- That's what I figured.

How can you get so much money?
- I have $190 saved for one reason.

You can have it.

What's the matter?

I worked long enough to
save that much money, haven't I?

And you want to give it to me?
- Sure.

Why not?

Well? Are you going?

It'll be nice in the Gulf-Stream
with water blue and warm like a bath.

The sun like butter.

Pop. Pop.

What are you crying about?

Some travel information you can
get from a booklet. And you cry.

Stella.

Oh, Pop.

Pop, I love you so much.

But not enough to listen to me.

Jonah.. Jonah..

So, what's going on here?

What's being kept from me?

Why am I treated like a
stranger in my own house, huh?

[ Bell ]

Pop, it's the store bell.
- Yes, I'll see.

Other daughters go to their mothers.

Not once since you were
grown up have you ever come to me.

Jonah. Jonah.

Who came in?

Good evening, partner.

This is what I'd
call a real cheerful dump.

Like the mummy exhibit
at the Brooklyn Museum.

But each to his own taste. It's
what makes the world go round.

Where's Stella?

Who'd think out of a hole like
this you'd get a juicy girl like Stella?

Where you going Pop, fishing?

I'm going for a walk.
- Why? Because I'm here?

That's right.

Listen, Goff.

If you do anything to Stella..

This couch is as
hard as a handball court.

I mean it, Goff.

Five dollars a week is one thing.

My daughter is another.

Evening, Mr Goodwin.

Hello, kid. Welcome to our castle.

Stella upstairs?

Yes, George. Go ahead.

Just a minute. Sit down. Relax.
What's your hurry? Take it easy.

Excuse me.
- Do you like these?

Orchids. 3 bucks
apiece for your girl, Stella.

Imagine. 3 bucks apiece
for flowers that don't smell.

Why not leave her alone?

She's free, 21 and makes her own choice.
- You're turning her head.

You make her think she's important.
You make her think you're important.

You don't think so, do you?

I asked you a question.

You seem awful worried about
my opinion, Mr Goff.

George.

Mr Goff.. I'm sorry.

Look what comes out of the
Brooklyn Telephone Company.

You're lucky she came down, kid. I
never hit a man with ladies present.

Pop. Didn't you tell
George I had a date tonight?

Stella baby, what's come over you?

I got something for you, Stella.

Orchids.

Three orchids.
- I'm a fast man with a dollar.

Stella, I have to talk to you.

Tomorrow, George. I must go now.

Goodnight, Pop. Goodnight, George.

Goodnight, Pop. So long,
kid. Practice up on card tricks.

Table, Mr Goff?
- We'll sit at the bar.

Hiya Joe.
- What will you drink, Mr Goff?

Don't sit there. I've got
two good seats for you over here.

Follow me.
- Let's go, baby.

Alright boys, on your way.
- Okay.

What will you have, Mr Goff?
- Two Zombies.

Right.

Good evening, Mr Goff. How about it?
- What have you got?

Anything you want. Make a choice.
- I'll take the Cuban doll tonight.

Thanks. Thanks very much.
- That's perfectly okay.

Here you are. Keep the change.

Thank you.

Joe. Who's the dame?

She just started a
few days ago, Mr Goff.

A tasty dish. Right from Cuba.

If you look close you can
still see the baggage tags on her.

Hiya, beautiful.

Say, what's eating you, baby?
- Nothing.

Good-looking girl, ain't she? -
Yes. Everyone to their own taste.

Sure. That's why I'm here
with you. Nice place, huh?

Uhuh. Very nice.

Funny. Taking me to the Cuban room.
- Why?

As a matter of fact..
- Yeah?

Just hours ago I was offered
a trip to Cuba.

By who? Your boyfriend?
- No.

Who?

A man.
- I said 'who'.

You want to know?

Baby. If I ask a
question I want an answer. Who?

You're hurting my arm.
- Well?

You don't have to get sore.

It was my father.

Your father? Your old man
offers you a trip to Cuba?

Say, where'd he get that dough?

He said he had it
saved for a long time.

$190. That's all he's got.

Can you imagine? He wants to give
it to me as he felt I needed a change.

Pretty wonderful.
- You bet. You going?

No. Of course not.

Gee. I can't the take money
he worked so hard to save, can I?

So your old man has 190
bucks and he's giving it to you?

Yeah, wasn't it swell of him?
- Very swell. A great guy alright.

Let's drink to your old man.

There's a real kick in those Zombies,
Mr Goff. Better take it slow and easy.

I like the music. Shall we?
- Sure. You want to dance?

Like Joe says, baby. Slow and easy.

Goodnight.. I had a wonderful time.

Come on. One last cigarette.

It's almost daylight.

Turn around and wait on the corner.

Yes, sir.

[ Ship's horn. Loud ]

Sounds like a big one.

An ocean liner.

I wonder where it's going.
- You do, huh?

Why?

Nothing.. I just wondered.

You ever been away from Brooklyn?

Yeah, once.

I went to Buffalo to
a funeral for an uncle.

Listen.. about that trip
you talked about.

You want to go with me?

How can I?

Mr Goff, what can I tell my mother?

You can tell her we
get married on the boat.

Married. By the Captain?

Yeah. With a brass band and flowers.

How about it?

I don't know.

I don't even know if
I'm in love with you.

It's a 5-day trip to Cuba. You
get plenty of time to find out.

I must think this over carefully.

If I thought stuff over carefully I'd
be working a machine for 13 bucks a week.

You get chances, you grab 'em.

I went from factory worker
to bootlegger in 8 minutes.

But this costs a lot of money.
- That's my department.

You know.

I heard.

That is.. they say
you're a racketeer.

You make a living
taking money from poor people.

That you beat them up.
- Who told you that? Your father?

What else did he say?
- That's all.

Well.. it's true.

I may as well tell you it
all so we can start from scratch.

You know who one of my customers is?

Your father.

Goodbye, Mr Goff.

Goodbye, Miss Goodwin.

How can you be so hard?

What have you got inside you?
- I have education inside of me, baby.

The education I got on the breadlines,
pool-rooms, and bar-rooms of big cities.

I got rocks inside me, baby.

It would have been
a nice trip. Well..

Maybe another uncle of
yours will die in Jersey City.

George. What are you doing here?

I've been outside. Waiting
for you to come home.

I don't want you spying on me.
- I have to talk to you.

There's nothing to talk about, George.
- There's our whole life to talk about.

Yours, not mine.
- And yours too.

Look, George. It's 5
o'clock in the morning.

I must be up at seven to go to
work. I have to get some sleep.

You say that to Goff too?

George.
- Or to me before you met him?

Shall I remind you of the times we
stayed out all hours of the morning?

How many times I
took you straight to work.

You weren't worried
about sleep then, were you?

George, you're waking everyone
up in the house.

Tonight.. we'll talk
about it tonight.

I'll see you tonight,
George. I promise I will.

No, no.

It must be now.

George. I know what you'll
say. You want me to marry you.

Yes.

To live in a 3-room
flat with you? - Yes.

To have children.

Spend all day
cooking and washing diapers.

Yes.
- Why should I?

Why should I?

Because I know you can be happy
living that kind of life with me.

Look, Stella. I'm not
talking off the cuff.

George. Please go home.

I cannot see a guy
like Goff break your heart.

What for?

It's so easy for you to be happy.

Yeah, even in a 3-room flat.

We can live a beautiful lifestyle.

George, go home will you.

Just doing the simple things.

Taking a walk on a
boardwalk on a Sunday afternoon.

Watching the people in the ocean.

I can get a real kick out of just watching
you just put on a new dress.

It's inside of you, Stella.

With your heart spilling over
with love for the things you've got.

That you can hold on to forever.
That's where you find what you're looking for.

Not with Goff and
his phoney kind of life.

Inside of you, Stella.

With me.

It's the way I feel about things.

Why did you have to come here?

Why did you have to spoil it all now?

Eddie.

Eddie, Eddie.
- Yeah?

Where's Olaf?

Can't you hear me? Where's Olaf?
- Where do you expect him to be?

Did you tell him?
- Certainly I told him.

I said in plain English that
tonight is Caroline's birthday party.

Tonight she don't want you to go fishing
and she wants you to be here.

What did he say?
- He said he'd be here.

You stay here. If anybody comes..

I'll be right back.

Olaf.

Olaf.

Olaf.

Olaf!

That's funny. The boat is here.

Olaf. Where are you?

Olaf.

Olaf!

She must be an athletic woman to
run so fast with all those corsets on.

All she needs is a letter
on the sweater she's wearing.

She's thirty-seven today.

She wants me to go
to her birthday party.

Her thirty-seventh birthday.

So she says. -
Thirty-seven?

She's 15 minutes
younger than the Roman Empire.

Let's go.

I forgot to ask you. What
happened with Swenson?

Good news.

He'll take the $190 and allow us
$100 on the Enterprise the 3rd.

The rest we pay in instalments.

Olaf.

I feel that Gulf-Stream
sun right now.

Like warm butter.

Jonah. Look.

Men of the Enterprise
the 3rd. I salute you.

We're pleased to see you.
- I'm pleased to see you.

We've some business to transact.

I came for the small sum of
one hundred and ninety bucks.

What did you say?
- I repeat.

I came for the small sum of
one hundred and ninety dollars.

Somebody told you fairy-stories.

Where can two old
men like us get $190?

I want money tomorrow night.
- I don't understand.

I'll sink the Enterprise the 3rd to
the bottom of the bay and then you'll know.

Please, Mr Goff. Ain't you
got feelings inside you?

Don't talk foolish. I
got rocks inside me.

What's the use, Jonah? Why
should we fight anymore?

Let's sell the Enterprise the 3rd.

Forget the Leif
Ericsson. Forget fishing and..

Forget Mr Goff.

You can't sell your hide,
brother. Tomorrow night at 9 o'clock.

One hundred and ninety smackers.

Magruder. Magruder!

Don't call him. Leave
the cops out of this.

Police.. police!

Magruder.

One thing I'm serious about. I
don't like to appear in court.

Help!

Magruder.

Jonah, he'll kill us.

Magruder.

Police.

Jonah, not so loud
or Magruder will come.

Magruder!

Okay. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Jonah, maybe we can make a deal.
- No. No more deals.

First it's $5. Now it's $190.

Next it's the food we eat
and then the roof over our heads.

Magruder.. Magruder!

What's the matter? What's
going on down here?

Magruder.

This man is a racketeer.

He extorts money from us.

Two crazy old men.
- A gangster.

He wants 190 dollars.

He'll get 190 years.

We want him arrested.
- You too, Olaf?

Well..

Olaf.

Yes.

I want him arrested too.

Boys, I've waited
for this for a long time.

Come on, you tinhorn Dillinger.

You boys will have to come
along and press the charge.

Yes. That's it,
Magruder. We'll be right along.

Olaf.

We should have done
it a long time ago.

Too simple. There must
be something wrong.

Come on.

I accuse Goff of being a
racketeer and I want him put on trial.

Very well.

What do you say for
yourself, Mr Goff?

I'm afraid these two old boys
are pulling a fast one, Your Honor.

Tell the truth, you crook.

Order.

Preserve the dignity of the court.

Continue, Mr Goff.

In the course of my business on
the evening of December 7th this year.

I had occasion to advance as a
loan to Mr Goodwin and Mr Johnson.

The sum of $1,000.

You liar. You'll be
struck dead by God.

Order.

All decisions in this court
will be made by me.

Continue, Mr Goff.

This $1,000 loan at 6% interest per annum,
payable at a rate of $5 a week.

Was secured by a personal
note signed by these two old men.

Here is the note.. notarized.

Yes, notarized.

December 7th. $1,000 payable to..

This seems perfectly regular to me.

But we signed it at the point of
a gun. He didn't lend us a penny.

The note is a lie, Judge. I swear it.

One at a time please. Now,
did you sign this paper?

Yes, but..
- And you?

Yes, I signed it.

Notarized.

These two gentlemen have invented
their little plan to avoid paying their debt.

That's the whole story.

I'm unpleasantly surprised..

That two men of your age
should attempt an adventure like this.

But you're wrong. You're so wrong.

The court rules there are no grounds
for further litigation.

If you, Mr Goff, wish to
bring charges of false arrest.

You're at liberty to do so.

But, Your Honor. You can't do
this. I know these men. I vouch for..

Silence.

Next time, don't make
arrests on such ridiculous evidence.

And take up the time of the court.

Get back to your
beat.. case dismissed.

Next case.

Tony Badiccio.

Wife beating.

Alright. Let's go.

Yes.. yes.

Now I must go to
Caroline's birthday party.

Olaf.
- Yes?

Maybe you ought to marry her.

She can't be any worse than Goff.

Yeah? Well..

Get a good night's rest, Jonah.

Tomorrow we go fishing.

Goodnight, Jonah.

Tomorrow we go
fishing. Goodnight Olaf.

Hello, Pop.

It took you some time to get home.

What do you want now?

I'm going to teach you a lesson, Pop. Purely
for business reasons. Understand?

You see that?

That's rubber hose. You can
beat a man to death with rubber hose.

And it hardly leaves a mark on
them for their wives to complain about.

I see.

I got nothing against you personally.

But the next time any of my
clients feel they want to kick up a fuss.

They'll see what happened to you.

Yes.

Purely a business measure.

I'm glad you see it that way.

One yell out of you and
it's your last. Remember that.

Go ahead.. go ahead.

That'll be enough.

Because you're an old man.

Now, no more funny
business about the 190 bucks.

Look at me when I talk to you.

I'll be here tomorrow night
at nine to collect.

Well.

Why not say something, Pop?

Go ahead, say it.

What you'd like to do to me.

Go on, talk. Talk it out.

You're all alike. Scared.

Scared of your own shadow.

That's why I get away with
things like this. Because I know that.

If you did to me what I'm doing to
you, do you know what I'd do? I'd kill you.

Yeah, I'd kill you.

But you'd never have
the nerve to do that.

Here. It's easy.

Go on. Take it.

Take it.

All you do is pull the little
trigger. And no more Goff.

Go ahead, Pop. Go ahead.

What's the matter? Can't you do it?

Remember, Pop. Tomorrow
night. 9 o'clock.

One hundred and ninety smackers.

Pop.

The door was open. I
thought I'd come in.

What's the matter with you, Pop?

You don't look well.
- Don't look well? I'm fine. Fine.

You're up late, aren't you?

Yeah. I've got some things to do.

You have some things to do.

What are you doing?

Going away? Where?

I am..

I'm going to Cuba, Pop.

Cuba?

Yes. I'm going with Harold Goff.

When?

The day after tomorrow at midnight.

Stella.

Stella, is there anything I
can do.. or say to stop you?

No, nothing, Pop. It's all been said.

I can't help it, Pop.

To get what you want in this world you
must be hard and tough inside like Goff.

What?

Yes. Not caring what happens
to others or what you do to them.

Like Goff.

I'm sorry, Pop.

That's the best you'll ever
get out of anything. His talking.

'You're all alike. Scared'.

'Scared of your own shadows'.

'That's how I get away with things'.

Pop.

What are you saying?

What are you talking about?
- Yes, Stella.

Maybe you're right. Maybe
that's the way to be.

Like Goff.

Take a man like me, like Olaf.

All our lives peaceful men.

We don't want to hurt anyone.

We don't want anyone to hurt us.

But they keep pushing us.

Pushing.

Pop, I never heard
you talk this way before.

I've never felt this way before.

Stella, dear.

For the last time, I beg you.

Don't go with him.

For your sake, for my sake.

Pop, it's no use.

You must love him very much.

All I know is Pop, is..

When he talks I feel
like I'm burning.

When he takes my arm as
we pass a cop in the street.

I know someday the cop may shoot him.

He knows it too.

Even so, he laughs.

Then I get hot and cold
all over and feel like yelling.

Nothing that happened to me before
made me feel like this.

Pop.

What's the matter with you?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Goodnight baby.

Goodnight, Pop.

Pop.. aren't you going to bed?

Bed?

No, I'm not going to bed.

Where are you going?
- Well..

I've a headache and I need
a little fresh air.

I'm going for a walk.

You lose again, Bublitchki.

Hello, Mr Goodwin.
- Hello, Jonah. What brings you here?

I have a pain in my back.
- You've come to the right place.

Steam is good for everything.

I'll see you alright, Mr Goodwin.

Bublitchki.

Bublitchki.

Come back soon,
Bublitchki. I will miss you.

[ Singing ]

Bublitchki, Bublitchki.

What do you want?

Hit me on the neck, but hard.

Harder.

Ah, that's good.
Thank you Bublitchki.

What's more peaceful than a
Russian bath at 2 o'clock in the morning?

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow the creditors come to hold an
auction in front of my dry goods store.

On Pitkin Avenue for sixteen years.

A bankrupt.

I Propotkin, a bankrupt.

A man who once had
$12,000 in the bank.

The more I sweat, the more I forget.

Sweat is my only happiness.

Here is your towel, Mr Goodwin.
- Thank you.

Sure you haven't seen
Mr Johnson? A little man.

Speaks with kind-of an
accent. Young, more or less.

I'm sorry. I not see him.
- Thank you.

Sweat.. the bankrupt's comfort.

I sweat and the profit
system comes right out of my pores.

They push you. They push you.

They take everything from
you. They strip you naked.

Naked as a mule.

And what do you do?

Yes. What do you do?

Did I ask you?

No.
- Then don't answer.

Oh, it's you. I didn't recognise you.

Bublitchki.. Bublitchki.

Alright, alright.
What do you want now?

Give me a rub but first
hit me on the neck again.

This time make it really hard.

Okay, don't worry.

It will be hard.

Okay, okay. That's
enough. That's enough.

Thanks very much, Bublitchki.

How is business at
the store, Mr Propotkin?

Business at the store?

I'm no longer the owner of
Propotkin's Dry Goods Store.

They say my books don't balance.

For me they balance, but for
them they don't. So I'm a bankrupt.

Always, they thought I joked when I
told them I didn't make any money.

Finally, it turns
out I am losing money.

Even I am surprised.

I'm sorry.

I'm very sorry.

For sixteen years I was an institution
on Sheepshead Bay.

Yes.

Yes, come and go.

I'm the victim of people who
don't understand my accounts.

Just because I kept
them in my own way.

Everyone has a
different taste in clothes.

Why can't I have a
different taste in bookkeeping?

Sixteen years it takes them
to see I cannot add or subtract.

A situation like this can
make a man like me an anarchist.

Please don't repeat that.
- Around now.

What a life.

Olaf.. Olaf.

Over here.
- Yes, Jonah.

Sit down.

I came as soon as you called.

Caroline is ready to fire
me. Why the rush, Jonah?

We've a decision to
make tonight, Olaf.

A great decision.

All night long, I've been
faced with great decisions.

First Caroline, then
with George and then this.

It's too bad it all happened
in one night.

Misery grows like a boil. At
first, a little red spot.

Then, all at once tragedy.

Pardon me, this is a
private conversation.

I'm not listening to you. I've
enough troubles of my own.

Rub Bublitchki. Rub.

Why are you in the Russian
Bath all of a sudden, Jonah?

After you left me tonight Olaf.

Goff caught me.

He hit me with a rubber hose.

It's a little hard to move now.

Harder, harder, I
said. Shake the brains well.

That's terrible.

But what can we do?

If you lived in the jungle.

And a tiger stole your food.

And ran off with your children.

What would you do?

I don't know.

You would kill him.

The modern man has a size 12 foot.

With a size 8 shoe.

Massage the spine please.

Did I..

Did I hear right
what you said, Jonah?

Yes, Olaf.. you did.

Did I understand you?

I think you did, Olaf.

But we ain't getting younger, Jonah.

Yes Olaf, we are.

We're two old men.
- Yes.

Two old men. You and me.

Listen.

I have a plan.
- Oh?

You have a plan already?

All men are created free and
equal. So it says in the books.

Who am I equal to? Nobody.

Throw away the books.

All my life I wanted
peace and gentleness.

Violence?

Leave it to men like Goff.

All my life, I too Olaf
have wanted peace and gentleness.

But can you convince
airplanes and bombs..

And men with guns in their pockets?

What's your plan?

You'll go through with it?

I will.

I'll go through with it.

It's a bit hot in here, isn't it?

Naked I came into the world. Naked
I'll go out of the world.

The Pitkin Company
will have my clothes.

Rub hard, Bublitchki.

Rub harder. Harder.

Yes?

Tomorrow night he'll come
for his money. We'll pay him.

But you said..
- We pay him.

He'll be in good spirits. We make
believe we're in good spirits too.

We'll take the cigars he gives us.

I always take them anyway.
Cigars don't grow on trees.

We'll talk to him friendly-like.

We'll say Stella
wants him to call for her.

We'll say she's at a friend's
house over in Manhattan Beach.

At a linen shower.
- Sure.

Then, one of us will say:

'Come in our boat, Mr Goff. We'll
take you to Sheepshead Bay'.

'Where we dock is only 5
blocks from where Stella is tonight'.

'It's a nice night, Mr
Goff. The air will do you good'.

'Your complexion is..'

Ah.. naked.

Naked as a mule. A bankrupt.

So.. he has to get in the boat?
- That's right.

What happens after
he gets in the boat?

We start across the bay.
- Yes.. and..

We go far out and when we're
in the middle, all of a sudden..

The motor will break down.

Excuse me. I'm thirsty again.

Say, he's a fine-looking
man. He's kept his figure.

We all eat too much.

Teeth. If we didn't have
teeth we would be better off.

I'm surprised the Pitkin
Company left me my teeth.

Yes.

Olaf.. Olaf.

You said 'the motor has broken down'.

'Look' somebody says: 'The
boat's stopped. It's the motor'.

'Mr Goff'.

'Please hold the rudder
down while I inspect it'.

So he goes to the back
of the boat and leans over..

And one of us will say: 'I think
it's the carburettor float'.

That's the signal:

'I think it's the carburettor float'.

The other comes from
the back of the boat.

And?

Hits him over the head.
- What?

I said: 'Hits him over the head'.

No.

That's the sweat. You
drink and it comes out.

It's an endless circle.

Jonah, he's a very
powerful-looking man.

Yes.. he has arms
like a circus strongman.

You know, it would be nice if we
could give him 50 cents and let him do it.

Yes, it would be nice but
it can't be arranged.

One of us has to do it.

One of us. Yes.

Which one? You or me?

Are you all finished with
your private conversation?

I'm in the mood for talking
now. If you have no objections.

In a little while, thank
you. In a little while.

Sweat and discussion. It's
like champagne to me.

That's all the Pitkin Company
has left to me: sweat and discussion.

Alright.

Let's.. let's toss a coin.

Yes.

Bublitchki.

Give me a coin please.
- What do you want a coin for?

Come on. How far can we
run with it dressed like this?

Here.. a quarter.

Look.. somebody still has a quarter.

A quarter. Most people think
a quarter is nothing.

For a quarter the Pitkin
Company would dump you in the ocean.

In front of your wife and children. For
another quarter they'd push them in.

No. You toss the coin.

Olaf, please.. let me do it.

You're a grown man but somehow
you've kept the soul of a baby.

I'm different.

I'm old, Olaf.

Old through-and-through. And
this is an old-man's job.

Toss the coin please.

Heads.

Heads.

It's 9 o'clock.
- Yes, I know. I know.

Maybe he won't come. Maybe
he changed his mind.

He'll come.

You haven't changed
your mind, have you?

Who me? No.

I think it's the carburettor float.

Good evening, boys.

Hello, Mr Magruder.

Glad to see you.
- How's the world treating you?

No complaints.

You can consider
yourselves lucky men then.

We do.

The night of the new moon. A
fit night for sin and corruption.

Or fishing.

What's so funny about that?

Nothing.

You know Olaf. Sometimes he laughs.

Say, I must be getting
on. Got a long beat to cover.

Goodnight, boys.
- Goodnight, Mr Magruder.

Goodnight.

Good evening, Captain.

See. I promoted you, Magruder. If
you're nice I'll make an Inspector of you.

Boys.

Boys.
- Yes?

If you need me I'll be
right around the corner.

Thanks, thanks.
- Goodnight Mr Magruder.

Goodnight Captain.. and..

Don't pound that beat too hard.

Hello, boys. Sorry I'm late.

That's alright. We
didn't mind waiting.

I don't like to rush but I'm in a
hurry. Come on. A hundred and ninety smackers.

A hundred and ninety smackers,
Jonah. Mr Goff is waiting for it.

Yes, that's right.

Here you are, Mr Goff.

It's all there.

I'll count it.

We counted it many times.

One hundred and ninety, gentlemen.

We saved for three years.

Everyone should save for the
future. You can start all over again.

Just save your pennies.
Right in the old wallet.

It's a nice article, that wallet.

Ostrich. Genuine
ostrich. Cost me 23 dollars.

Imagine that.

A bum off the
brake-rods with an ostrich wallet.

How do you like that?

How do you like it?
Here. Have a cigar.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr Goff.

I see you smoke my cigars now, Pop.

You changed your mind.
- Yes.

I changed my mind on a lot of things.

Here, have a light.

That's the way I
like to hear you talk.

Well, so long boys.

I'm off to meet your dark-eyed,
willowy daughter.

I forgot. Just a moment, Mr Goff.

I've a message for you from her.
- What is it?

She's at a linen-shower
over at Manhattan Beach.

305 Exeter Street.

She wants you to call
for her there at 10 o'clock.

10 o'clock, huh?
- If you like..

We'll take you over in our boat.

Say, thanks.

That's the kind of business
partners I like.

It's nice of you
boys but I'll take a taxi.

It's a nice night, Mr Goff.

It's a million-dollar
night. No doubt about it.

The breeze is fine for your
complexion. Your color ain't so good.

Huh?

It's the truth. I look like
I came out of a jug, don't I?

How long will it take?
- Twenty minutes at the most.

Or much less.

Okay.

Goff is in the mood for a boat ride.

Lead the way, Admiral.

Hey.

Well, look who's here.
- George.

Mr Goodwin, I must speak to this man.
- What's on your mind, kid?

Not now, George. Talk later. We're
in a hurry. Come, Mr Goff.

We got to take Mr Goff
someplace. Don't we, Mr Goff.

Just a second, boys. It
will only take a minute.

What's eating you, kid?
- I hear you're taking Stella to Cuba.

It's alright, George. Everything
will be alright. Don't worry.

Yes. Why not see us
tomorrow? Same time, same place.

This cannot wait until tomorrow.
- It can't.

You're right. I am taking Stella to
Cuba. What you going to do about it?

I'm stopping you.
- Yeah? How?

George.

George.
- He's hurt bad.

Nah, he'll be alright.

Next time the dope will check out if
he sticks his nose in other men's affairs.

Come on, Pop. It's getting late.

Get some water, Olaf.
- No, it's alright.

That's right, George. That's
good. Please don't worry.

Come on, boys. It's getting late.

Please, Mr Goff. Can't
you see he's hurt?

Okay, I'll take a taxi.
- No. No, Mr Goff.

It's alright. Look, we'll
take you right now. On our boat.

Come, Mr Goff. It's right
here. It takes no time at all.

Yes. We take you.
- Yes.

Ah, this is the life. Like
I always said, Pop.

There are superior people, and
there are inferior people.

No harm meant, Pop.
- No harm done.

Superior people make the inferior
people work for them. That's a law of nature.

If there's trouble, you beat them up
a few times and there's no more trouble.

Then you have peace.
- I see.

Ah, I can feel the
color coming into my cheeks.

Hey.

What's the matter? We're stopping.
- The motor.

Something is wrong with the motor.

It happens once in a while.
- I've got a date at 10 o'clock.

I must have holes in my head
to sail in this jalopy.

I should take a taxi.
- Compose yourself, Mr Goff.

Say, listen. I can't swim.
- It's alright. You won't have to swim.

Would you be so kind as to
give me some assistance, Mr Goff?

Okay. These gloves cost 6
bucks. I don't like to get them dirty.

You won't get them dirty.

Say, listen. This boat is rocking. Is
it right for it to rock like this?

She's perfectly safe.

Steady, old jalopy. Come on,
let's get going. What you need me to do?

Would you please hold that, Mr Goff.
- This?

Yes.. I think..

I think it's the carburettor float.

Okay. Who you shouting
to? Someone on Staten Island?

Hold that, Mr Goff.
- The light too?

Yes.

An outboard motor. I must be crazy to sail
in winter in an outboard motorboat.

Snap it up, Goodwin.

I think.. it's the carburettor float.

What do you expect me to do about it?
- Nothing. I just tell you, Mr Goff.

Hurry then. Don't expect
me to stay here all night.

I think it's the carburettor float.

Okay, it's the
carburettor float. Fix it.

You know, Goff. There's a lot in what
you say of being superior or inferior.

You bet. Can the gab. Get this
cracker-box going, will you.

I think it's the carburettor float.

What the devil you
doing? Memorizing it?

You think it's the carburettor
float. Okay.

I think it's the carburettor
float. Okay. Now, do something about it.

It ain't safe to be standing in
this egg-crate. Look how it's rocking.

Here, let Johnson
hold on to this thing.

You dirty double-crossing..

So, you two old guys
thought you'd pull a fast one?

And knock me off, huh?

Sorry, Jonah. I couldn't do it.

Alright, Olaf. Neither could I.
- I can.

Jonah.

In the book, it says a man
comes up three times.

Maybe Goff didn't read the book.
- Maybe.

Once Mr Goff said he
had rocks inside him.

I guess Goff was right
when he said he couldn't swim.

Olaf.
- Yes, Jonah?

We didn't have to do it.

That's right. We
didn't have to do it.

'And The Lord shall cause Thine enemies
who rise up against Thee..'

'To be smitten before Thy face'.

That's from the bible, Olaf.

Thanks, God. For stepping in.

Here's your bundle, Pop. I'll
take the returns on the way back.

Okay.

Hi, Mr Goodwin.
- Good evening.

Good evening Mr Goodwin.
- Good evening, Joe.

Is that the latest edition?
- Yeah. Hot off the press.

Can I have one please?
- Sure, Mr Goodwin.

What happened? You rarely buy
a paper. Now you take them all.

You haven't started
playing the horses, have you?

No. Here's your money.

Come on, Olaf.

Please Jonah, may I look
at it? Maybe I can find it.

No, never mind. I can look.

Well, Jonah. Anything in it?
- Not a thing. Not a word.

Maybe they won't
print it in the paper.

After all, he was only a gangster.

Who else's names do you
find in the papers?

You know, I'm still worried.

How long can the
ocean hide a man, Jonah?

It can hide him until the
last fish is caught.

But already it's three
days and no word from Mr Goff.

What do you want him to
do, send you a telegram?

Stella.

Why doesn't your
father answer that bell?

It's a few minutes past eight.
He's probably fishing with Olaf.

I'll answer it, Mom.

Are you Stella Goodwin?

Yes.

What do you want?
- You'd better come along with us.

Here we are. Go right ahead, folks.

What's the matter? Saving the lights?

Take it easy. Is it my fault they
put the switch at the end of the room?

Maybe they're afraid the light
will hurt their eyes.

Come, Miss Goodwin.
- Where to?

The young lady wants to see her
sweetheart, eh? It's easy.

We'll show him to her.
- Please.

Come on. Don't be
scared. They can't bite you.

Here we are.

Go right on in.

No. Don't, please.

Try to pull yourself
together. You must help us.

Here he is. Right here
on the little shelf.

Is that him, lady?
- I don't want to look.

Come on, lady. Is that him?
- Please. Don't make me look.

Come on. Speak up. Is
that him or isn't it?

Take a good look, lady. This
is where they all wind up.

All of them.
- Yes, that's him.

Lady, I can't hear you. Yes or no?

Yes, yes. That's him.

How about a statement,
lady? Did you love him?

Were you mixed up in the racket?

How old are you?

Miss Goodwin, did you know Goff
was wanted by police in 5 other cities?

No, I didn't.

I thought you were Goff's girlfriend.

Yes, I was his girlfriend.

When did you see him last?

A few days ago.

I had a date with him.

He didn't show up.

Would it have been better if
you'd notified the police?

He wasn't the kind of man
you notified the police about.

In here.

You know this man?

Yes.

What are you holding him for?

What's he got to do with it?
- Take it easy, Miss.

Sit down, young man.

I said, sit down.

When we found the body, there were
two tickets for Cuba in his inside pocket.

What do you know about that?

Yes. I was going to
Cuba with him the next day.

Did you know that?

Yes, I knew that.
- When did you find out?

Three days ago.
- What did you do about it?

I went to the pier that
night to meet Goff.

And what happened?
- We had a fight.

George.
- What about?

I told him I didn't want him
to take her to Cuba with him.

He's no good for her. I
hoped he'd leave her alone.

How did you feel about it?

Sit down, young man. I
asked how you felt about it.

What's that got to do with it now?
- A lot.

A week ago, your father and Mr Johnson
tried to get him arrested for extortion.

Did you know that?

Yes, I knew about it.

You must have been pretty crazy
about him to want to go away with him..

After he pulled a stunt
like that on your father.

You were pretty much
impressed with Goff, weren't you?

Answer me.

Yes. Impressed.

You thought he was a
big-shot, right? - Please.

I guess he didn't look like much
of a big-shot lying in the morgue.

Please.

Just a stiff with a number. No
different to other petty gangsters.

No, Don't. Please don't.
- Why put her through this?

She doesn't. If you tell the truth.
- I've told you the truth.

Not all of it. I want the
whole story from beginning to end.

You were in love with her?

I still am.
- Yet you knew she was crazy about Goff.

You admitted
fighting with him on the pier.

What did you intend
doing about it after that?

Nothing.

I knew afterwards it was
no way to stop her.

She'd just have to
get over him. That's all.

It may have taken a long time.

I was willing to wait.

It would be possible wouldn't
it, that you got a bit impatient?

Met Goff at the wharf and..

Would that be possible?
- No, it wouldn't be.

Not George. You don't
know him the way I do.

If he said he was willing to wait
until I got over this, he'd wait because..

That's the kind of guy he is.

Yes.

I kind-of think so too.

Not a single fish tonight, Jonah.

No. I suppose it's
because our minds aren't on it.

I suppose so.
- How can you think of fish when..

When what?
- Nothing. Only maybe..

Maybe what?

Maybe the morning paper is out.

Maybe.

I lost my pipe. I can't find it.

Come on, Olaf.

Tie it fast.
- Jonah.

Yes?

Look.

I think Mr Goff left
something behind.

Jonah, please. Throw
it in the ocean. Quick.

With all our money in it? No.

Alright, take our money but throw
the wallet after Mr Goff.

Hold the light. I'll count it.

Uhuh.. it's all here.

A hundred and ninety.

Please Jonah, throw it overboard.
- Wait.

We paid him $5 a week for
five weeks didn't we?

Yes, five weeks.
- Alright.

Five, ten, fifteen, twenty.

Twenty-five.

It's just like saving
money in a bank.

Jonah. Overboard please.

Why should we throw that money away?

Olaf, all over the world
little children haven't enough to eat.

Maybe it wouldn't be wrong to
keep the rest of Mr Goff's money and..

Donate it to charity.
- Some worthwhile charity.

For children, say.
- Yeah, for children.

Alright, take all the money,
Jonah. But throw away the wallet.

It's a shame to throw a
wallet like that into the ocean.

A 23-dollar wallet.

No.

A small return for
all the misery he gave us.

[ Police siren ]

Jonah, look. What's that?

A car.

Officer.
- Sir.

Do you know Jonah
Goodwin and Olaf Johnson?

Sure I know them.
- Seen them round here?

Sure I saw them. They went fishing a
few hours ago. They should be back by now.

There they are.

Miss Goodwin. Is that your father?

Yes, that's my father.
- Alright, come on. Let's go.

Jonah. The wallet. It's the
police. They're coming for us.

They found out. I can see the
electric chair. I can feel it.

Olaf. Calm yourself.

Why are we standing here? Let's
go someplace. Maybe we'll run off.

Hey you. Stay where you are.

It will be alright,
Stella. Don't worry.

Not a word, Olaf. Not
a word, do you hear?

Let me handle everything.

Which one of you is Jonah Goodwin?
- I am.

Hello Stella, George. What's
the meaning of this?

It's alright, boys. A routine check.

I talk for myself.

I'll vouch for these two
parties. I've known them for years.

They don't need anyone to vouch
for them if they've done nothing.

Do you know anything about a Mr Goff?
- No.

Yes.
- A little.

His body was found in the bay.
- Is that so?

A wallet was missing from the
body. An ostrich-leather wallet.

Do you know anything about it?

What's the matter with him?
- Hit me on the back hard, Jonah.

It's my nose.

See, in the winter it runs and trickles
down my throat. You know.

Yeah. I know. I have to search you men.
- Go right ahead.

No. I'll be first if you don't mind.

Alright, you be first.

What are you laughing about?
- I'm ticklish. I'm sorry.

Alright. Now you.

Turn around.

Wait a minute. You
don't have to do that.

Lady, stand back and allow
me to do my duty.

It's alright, Stella.
- I'd suspect my own father first.

That's why you still pound the beat.

The Inspector is only doing
his duty. Go ahead, Inspector.

Jonah.

I feel kind-of sick.

What's this?

Worms. Bait.

For crying out loud.
- Is that all?

Yes, that's all.
- What did I tell you? Public enemies?

Go back to your fish,
boys. The G-Man is through.

Button your lip. I'm your
superior officer and the law is the law.

Come on, Jack.

If you're going home, Stella, I'd
like to walk along with you.

Alright, George.

Pop. I can't, I can't.

Well.. I guess I'd
better get back to the shop.

Got a new shipment of genuine
antiques. Going my way, Magruder?

I'll walk to the end of the
pier with you. I've a job to do too.

That's swell.

Stella is kind-of a moody girl.

She'll be alright, won't she Mr Goodwin?
- Sure.

Goodnight.

Goodnight, Stella.

Goodnight.
- Goodnight, George.

Goodnight, Mr Magruder.

Goodnight.
- Stella, baby.

Pop, I made such a mess of
things. Such a horrible mess.

That's it baby, cry. Cry.

It will do your heart
good. It washes the hurt away.

Pop, tell me it never happened.

Please tell me.
- It happened, Stella. It happened.

No. It was a dream, I know it was.

When I wake up..

The dream will be over. There will be nothing.
Everything will be like before.

Before Goff.
- I don't know if it will be, Pop.

Without you to turn to
I don't know what I'd do.

Don't talk that way, Stella. You'll
be alright without me too.

No I wouldn't. You're
the only one, Pop.

I've hurt you so much, haven't I?

I'll never hurt you again, ever.

I'm so lucky to have you.

So grateful.

What's so wonderful about me?

I'm just an ordinary person like..

Like everybody else around here. Like
Olaf, like George, like Magruder.

Yes, Stella. Your
father is just an ordinary man.

And his daughter? She's
an ordinary woman.

But there's one thing ordinary
people can do just as good as anybody.

They can love each other like..

Like millionaires or poets.

That's why it isn't such a terrible thing
to be an ordinary person, Stella.

Here.. have a cigarette.

Gee, Pop.

That's the first time you
ever offered me a cigarette.

Well, we all make mistakes.

Olaf.
- Yes?

You take care of the boat
tonight. I'm walking home with my daughter.

Jonah. Before you go there's something
I must talk over with you.

Go ahead, say it.
- No, Jonah. Alone.

I must talk to you
alone. Excuse me, Stella.

It's alright, Mr Johnson.

I'll wait for you on the pier, Pop.
- I'll be right there, Stella.

Olaf.

Jonah, before I die.. the wallet.

Where is the wallet?

In the water.
- The money?

In the wallet.. watch me.

Too good to be true.

The boat with the bunks in the
galley, the swordfishes in the Gulf-Stream.

We'll have it all now.
- Jonah.

Our safety deposit box.
- Our bank president.

A man with the
brains of a bank president.

That's what you are.

Now, Jonah. Please. Will
you throw away the wallet.

For your sake, Olaf.

Make a wish as you throw it, Jonah.

While you throw that old hunk of
bait away make a wish for me.

See you later, boys.

Too bad.

It was a nice piece of leather.

Goodnight, Olaf.
- Goodnight, Jonah.

A man with the
brains of a bank president.

Stella.
- Yes, Pop?

For a long time Mr Johnson and I
wanted to buy a boat and go fishing off Cuba.

I think now we can buy that boat.

It would be nice if we
had somebody like you along.

Somebody to do
cooking and help us along.

Would you go on such
a trip if I asked you?

Would I? Just ask
me. You'll find out.

You know. Stella. Off the coast of
Cuba the sun shines 11 months of the year.

And they catch fish
weighing from 700 to 1,000 pounds.

Fish with spears in their noses.

Swordfish, Pop. They
call them 'swordfish'.

That's it, Stella. Swordfish.

..w-g..