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VINCENT: This is where the wealthy and the powerful rule.

It is her world,

a world apart from mine.

Her name...

is Catherine.

From the moment I saw her, she captured my heart...

with her beauty,

her warmth and her courage.

I knew then, as I know now,

she would change my life...

forever.

CATHERINE: He comes from a secret place,

far below the city streets.

Hiding his face from strangers, safe from hate and harm.

He brought me there to save my life.

And now, wherever I go,

he is with me in spirit.

For we have a bond stronger than friendship or love.

And although we cannot be together,

we will never, ever be apart.

Nat!

623 guys at five bucks a head.

Not a bad slice.

Any trouble? Nah.

The usual.

DENTON: What about Flynn?

NAT: He's still making noises.

Enough is enough.

(engine rumbling)

Flynn!

Middle container!

Now!

Okay, take it up!

NAT: Rado!

Let's get those drums off!

(yells)

Charlie!

(screaming)

(men yelling)

Hey!

(groaning quietly)

Hello, Sam.

Are you all right?

I just drifted off.

Wasn't sure you were coming.

Father sent you more medicine.

Oh, that must be expensive.

Where did he find it?

One of our friends.

A helper... like you've been.

I guess it all comes around, huh?

The good and the bad.

Kipper will be here tomorrow with food.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

All of it.

You rest.

I'll see you again soon.

Vincent?

I don't know, but...

maybe you shouldn't come around here again.

Not for a while.

Why not?

I hear Mitch is back.

Have you seen him?

No. He hasn't come around here yet.

But if he does, I don't want him causing you,

or anyone down there, any trouble.

Mitch is poison.

That'll never change.

You try not to worry about that.

Don't care so much, Vincent.

Not about people.

People always let you down.

You never let us down, Sam.

When we needed supplies or food,

you were always there for us.

We'll be here for you.

Morning.

(phones ringing, staffers clamoring)

Hey, girlfriend. Hi, Edie.

What's going on in the conference room?

EDIE: Something high level.

Are we preparing to invade New Jersey?

Why don't they consult me on these things?

'Cause they know what you'd say.

Yeah. Forget Jersey.

Go directly to Rio. Rio?

Staying home nights watching old Fred Astaire movies?

My relationship with Fred is none of your business,

and if you must know, more fulfilling

than all recent boyfriends put together.

(laughs)

EDIE: Who are those guys?

CATHERINE: Union officials from the docks.

Sounds serious to me. Must be.

They've got me reading case files.

Shh... you better get to it.

Cat!

Let's do lunch; you buy.

If they don't need me.

Hey, how you doing with that stuff?

Getting a pretty grisly picture

of life on the docks.

The Mob's making a major move against the union.

This could be a big one for everybody, Radcliffe.

High visibility.

Am I on it?

We need somebody we can trust not to make mistakes.

A mistake down there not only blows the case,

it could kill you.

Am I on it, Joe? Look, I want you

to know going in, it could be dangerous.

I can handle it.

Yeah, I know you can.

That's why we want you on it.

Come on, the boss wants to see you.

(knocking on door)

MORENO: There's someone I'd like you to meet.

Frank De Corsia, Cathy Chandler.

Ms. Chandler, good to meet you.

That was an impressive piece

on your union in Sunday's paper.

Made me sound a lot more important than I am.

Not according to the Waterfront Commission.

MORENO: Frank cleaned up his local almost single-handedly,

and he's done a fine job of keeping the Mob off the docks.

DE CORSIA: It's like killing roaches.

They always come back.

The accident on the docks last week?

The strong-arm guys are trying to turn back the clock

and muscle their way in again.

We got to move fast

before they get their hooks in too deep,

especially now that Denton's out of prison.

MORENO: Mitch Denton was the enforcer

on the docks a few years ago.

I read the summary of his trial.

He went up for extortion. Yeah.

We tried to nail him for murder.

He beat the rap.

Now he's back... and his lousy circus is starting again.

And Charlie Flynn is dead.

Flynn had guts.

He was prepared to testify against Denton.

Denton got to him first.

MORENO: Ms. Chandler's been quite successful

in bringing witnesses forward.

I'd like you to meet some of the men

who were there when Charlie Flynn was killed.

Fine.

Sounds like a good place to start.

DE CORSIA: My dad swore I was not going to spend my life

in the hole of a cargo ship like him.

I went to college on a union scholarship.

But it sounds like you have the waterfront in your blood.

(chuckles)

Yeah, they say this place

breaks the backs of its workers...

...and harbors the scum of the world.

That's all true.

(wry laugh)

But I love it, stink and all.

You have witnesses who saw the container fall?

D and D witnesses.

D and D?

Deaf and Dumb.

DE CORSIA: I'd like you to meet a friend of mine.

This is Cathy Chandler from the D.A.'s office.

What makes you so sure we want to meet her?

I thought this was supposed to be a union inquiry.

About the accident.

Nobody's so sure it was an accident.

You were all there.

I'd like to know what you saw.

I didn't see nothing.

I was loading boxes.

I didn't get there till afterwards.

After he was dead.

Did you see the container come down?

I don't know anything about it.

DE CORSIA: Come on, Sweeny.

Charlie Flynn was your friend.

Aren't you sick and tired

of Denton breathing down your necks?

Every time

that hiring boss blows his whistle,

you're paying him off just to keep working.

I got nothing to say to either of you.

Okay, Mr. Sweeny.

SWEENY: Let's get out of here.

Come on, guys.

You can't give up down here.

That's the first rule.

It's a good rule.

Keep hitting from all sides.

Want to stay healthy?

Hmm? Hmm?

So wise up, eh?

Get the hell off this pier!

(grunting)

Keep your hands off my men.

Tell your boss. Got that?

CATHERINE: What was that about?

One of Denton's gorillas.

CATHERINE: It's so peaceful and quiet out there tonight.

But there's a storm raging within you.

You felt it?

I can almost hear it.

All your feelings,

colliding, thundering.

Vincent,

I've been given a chance to do something important at work.

It's a great challenge.

The risk.

Is it a risk worth taking?

It's a chance to help honest men keep their jobs.

A chance to make a difference.

It's everything I wanted.

But I'm afraid.

Of what, Catherine?

Failure?

The danger.

You can't fail.

I hope not.

You have the strength.

You have the courage.

We both know that.

So you must use them.

I only wish I could be there for you,

keep you safe...

...always.

You are.

(upbeat jazz playing on record player)

(jazz playing in distance)

Hey, grandpa, how ya doin'?

Get out of here.

Leave me alone.

All alone?

There's a cop down the hallway.

And there's the door. Use it!

You're telling us where the door is?

You think we're stupid?

He thinks we're stupid.

Help me! Someone help me!

(record scratches, music stops)

We don't want to hurt you, grandpa.

But you got to talk to us.

You got to tell us where the money is.

I don't have any money. Please.

The old man's wasting our time.

Cut him.

Help me! Help me!

(groaning)

Mitch...

Pa...!

Pop, you okay?

Yeah.

I'm fine. Fine.

What the hell happened?

They're scavengers.

Lousy scavengers.

They broke in.

You're lucky I come by.

Yeah.

Why did you?

Is it so terrible to want to see your old man?

I heard you were sick.

I was worried.

I can't complain about your timing.

Yeah, that's more like it.

Mitch, what is it you want from me?

I just wanted to see you, Pop.

I swear that's all.

You think that coming back here to see me

is going to open up a place in heaven for you?

That's not it.

I had plenty of time to think.

I know I caused you a lot of grief.

What I don't want...

I don't want you to hate me, Pop.

I don't hate you.

Look, let me get you out of here.

Let me move you into a decent place.

No, no...

Listen to me.

I'll get you a nurse to take care of you.

I got people to take care of me.

Who?

Vincent?

He's been a friend.

More than a friend.

More like a son?

Vincent's been good to me.

Vincent wasn't so good to me.

He always wanted to help you.

I put in five years behind bars

because Vincent wouldn't let me hide out in those tunnels

until the heat blew over!

Why can't you forget?

I don't forget...

and only God forgives.

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VINCENT: Here, just below the twin chambers.

A freshwater spring?

I knew there was one.

Intruder! Luke just tapped out a warning!

He spotted an intruder in the tunnels.

(door rattling, creaking)

Who's there?

Vincent.

Don't you recognize me?

I've come home, old friend.

You're not welcome here.

I couldn't resist a little nostalgia.

Came by to see my old man.

I thought I'd check out the tunnels.

What do you want?

You changed the tunnel entrances.

I got lost.

We changed them to keep out intruders.

Me, an intruder?

I used to live down here, remember?

What I remember is our friendship as children.

Those times I remember.

The day we went to the train yard--

you, me, Rennie and Ike.

Those hobos were chasing us,

they had their knives, they were going to carve us up,

and they were right on your heels...

Who held open the grate

so you could slip through by the skin of your teeth?

Who held open the grate?

Remember?

Yes...

(subway train passing in distance)

I remember.

Not well enough!

Not enough to help me when I needed help,

when I was in trouble!

You betrayed our faith in you,

our trust.

You ceased to be a part of us years ago.

That's right.

My old man stuck me down here for eight years

and what did it get me?

We offered you a chance for a better life.

Living like a rat?

I had a chance for a better life and I took it.

No... not a better life.

Don't tell me that. You don't know anything.

Do you want to hear about the real world?

Is that the real world?

It beats living in this hole!

Up there, if you're smart, you get anything you want.

After I ran away from here,

I had to sweat blood to get work.

Getting onto those docks took some doing.

(rhythmic tapping on pipes, echoing from distance)

A lot of mean guys were in the way.

So you killed them.

Law of the jungle.

You ought to know something about that.

You were better than this.

You still can be.

Noble Vincent.

Forget it.

I'll guide you out.

Don't ever come back.

Come back? Don't worry.

FATHER: And we absolutely must seal up the entrance

below his father's building.

He can't be allowed to return.

We've already begun.

Good.

And we must secure all the other entrances in that area.

I was afraid this might happen.

Now he'll never leave us in peace.

How can an act of kindness go so wrong?

Your act of kindness to him

was the only kindness he ever knew.

His father Sam was too ill to look after him.

I had to accept him.

Besides, he was...

was full of promise then.

I know you were fond of him.

Maybe if I'd been more attentive, tried harder,

worked with him.

But he would never listen.

I know what you feel.

I felt it, too, when I looked at him.

I tried to find the face of a little boy I knew.

All I saw was hatred...

...and evil.

Anything?

Denton's walking the straight and narrow

since he got out of stir.

He's shaking down the whole waterfront.

Nice and legal.

At least on paper, anyway.

This guy owns a bunch of small service corporations

that have contracts with the shipping companies.

It's extortion disguised to look like straight business.

There has got to be a way to get him off the street,

even if it's for a day.

Otherwise, I'll never get the cooperation of those men.

They're all terrified of Denton.

Yeah, I wish some of that terrified

would rub off on you.

Denton is not the kind of cat you play with, Catherine.

You look tired.

Sometimes fighting the good fight

beats the hell out of you.

What do you do

when you're not doing this?

I'm always doing this.

Seems like I'm always in a bar

waiting to meet somebody

or on my way to a bar to meet somebody

after a meeting.

No family?

Wouldn't be fair, would it?

I guess not.

Not with your kind of commitment.

And there is some risk in this job.

There is.

Nothing you can do about it.

Can't let it stop you.

But it does make you think twice about a family.

DE CORSIA: Jack.

Mr. Sweeny.

You didn't say anything about her being here.

Just sit down for a minute.

I got nothing to say.

We haven't asked you anything.

Want to ask some questions?

Ask him about the union's

investigation of Charlie's death.

You know our investigators couldn't prove anything.

Who paid off the investigators?

You know something, do you?

No.

I don't.

Look, I've got to think of my family.

I'm sorry.

Please believe me...

I know the risk I'm asking you to take.

But we can put you and your family into

a witness protection program.

I've said too damn much already.

It's tough to fight back

when Denton's threatening their families

with steel pipes and baseball bats.

All we need is Sweeny.

Patience.

Down here, that's as important as muscle.

Want me to give you a lift?

Thanks. I got my own car.

I appreciate you hanging in there with me, Cathy.

See you in the morning.

(engine starts)

(people screaming)

(people yelling)

(tapping on window)

Catherine.

Vincent.

A good man was murdered tonight.

Death almost took you.

I felt it.

It came close.

Catherine, you're in grave danger.

I know.

Go no further with this.

What?

What are you saying?

Stop.

You must.

I can't.

I have to see this through.

If I ever lost you...

Vincent, you're the one who taught me

to face my fear

and to find courage.

I can't pull back now.

It would compromise everything--

me, the case...

even what you think of me.

I have a chance to bring down the men

responsible for all of this.

I have to.

A life without you...

would be unbearable.

Take great care.

(speaking quietly)

(knocking on door)

Mrs. Sweeny?

Yes?

I'm Catherine Chandler

with the district attorney's office.

Come in.

You don't give up, do you?

Not very easily.

I'd like to talk to you.

Look, Miss, uh... MRS. SWEENY: Please.

Sit down.

What are you doing, coming to my home?

Mr. Sweeny,

I wouldn't be here

if it wasn't extremely important.

Would you like some coffee?

Yes. Thank you.

I'll tell you right now, you're wasting your time.

Was Frank De Corsia wasting his time?

Mr. Sweeny, it's got to stop.

What do you want from me?

You know what I want.

I want to know if it was an accident.

I want to know if Mitch Denton was involved.

Only way to fix Denton is

a baling hook in a dark alley.

Maybe, one night,

I'll try just that.

He'll kill you first and plead self-defense.

You want to fix Mitch Denton?

Fight him in court with the union

and the D.A.'s office behind you.

She's right, Jack.

Stay out of this, huh? Not this time.

We're in this together.

CATHERINE: Someone has to take the first step.

It's the only way to stop the intimidation.

Mitch Denton and his men are counting

on no one having the courage to stand up to them.

You know what you're asking?

If I testify against Denton,

my life, my family's lives

aren't worth this cup of coffee.

I'd be risking everything.

I'm aware of the risks, Mr. Sweeny.

But our witness protection program can keep you

and your family safe.

If necessary, we'll relocate you.

Now you're asking me to give up my life here;

just pick up and move.

What kind of life, Jack?

Living in fear.

Not knowing if you're gonna have work from day to day.

What are you doing? Don't you have homework?

This affects them, too.

Don't think it doesn't.

Stand up to him, Dad.

Don't worry about us.

Just do what you have to do.

Come here, Tommy.

It isn't only me.

It's all of us.

We have to move,

start over again somewhere else.

You have to leave your friends, your school.

LAURA: You always told us

doing the right thing can be hard sometimes.

Okay.

I'll testify.

(dog barking in distance)

(engine starts)

Then Charlie Flynn started talking about going to the union.

Trying to get Denton off our backs 'cause Denton was

shaking us down again since he got out of prison.

And this Rado worked for Denton?

Sure. Right from the beginning.

And you saw Rado push Charlie Flynn under the container?

I was standing right there.

All right.

Mr. Sweeny, what you've just

told us is enough to send Denton away again--

with any luck at all, for murder.

Sounds pretty good to me.

JOE: Let's get Mr. Sweeny and his family

in the witness protection program,

ASAP. Will you handle that personally? Right away.

JOE: We're going to move you to a nice

comfortable house in the country

with complete protection.

We'll all breathe a lot easier.

Finally get my house in the country.

Mr. Sweeny, I know this wasn't easy.

Thank you.

Pretty persuasive lady

you have here. You know...

it's been a long time since I stood on my own two feet.

Feels pretty good.

Sounds like Sweeny's getting ready

to sing for the D.A., doesn't?

All I know is

the chick from the D.A.'s office

was at his house last night.

Didn't Sweeny go to the D.A.'s office this morning?

I ain't taking the rap, Mitch.

He hasn't testified yet.

What do you want to do?

We can hit him today on his way home.

It's gotta be bigger than that.

It's gotta be a sign for everybody.

DENTON: We'll do it tonight.

Late.

Make a house call.

Make it a family affair.

Will there be enough room for all of them?

Sure.

Laura, you're taking all of those?

You haven't even looked at them in years.

I don't want to leave them behind.

CATHERINE: There'll be lots of room in the van that's coming.

And anything we forget, we'll pick up later.

It figures he lives way out in Queens.

We're just about ready here.

Okay, thank you.

See you soon.

Let's go.

What's that?

Easy... just pull out easy, Nat.

Real slow.

(indistinct police radio communication)

Ms. Chandler, I don't know how to thank you.

I'm proud of you both.

Thanks for what you did for us.

See you soon.

DENTON: Hey, I'm looking for a guy named Sweeny.

Maybe you can help me.

DENTON: There's two things you're gonna do for me tonight.

You're gonna tell me what Sweeny told you,

and then you're gonna tell me where I can find Sweeny.

Believe it, you're gonna tell me.

Never. No?!

Don't you understand?!

This is the end of the line.

Right now, it's just a question of whether it's quick and easy

or slow and ugly.

Maybe we can make a deal.

What kind of deal?

(groans, gasps)

DENTON (raspy): Hey, get her! NAT: Huh?

(gunshot, Nat groans)

(screams)

Let's get out of here!

(wailing)

Don't die, Catherine.

If you die, so do I.

(vehicle approaching)

(monitor beeping)

DOCTOR: Operating team is scrubbed and ready.

We're going to O.R. five.

(steam hissing)

(steam hissing)

NAT: Mitch, relax.

You're gonna have a heart attack.

(ship's horn toots in distance)

George, if anything moves, shoot it!

Anything?

You scared of this guy or something?

You idiot, you don't know what we unleashed.

How do you know he's gonna come after you?

He'll come.

I still don't get it.

Who is he?

When he comes, you'll know who he is.

(crunch)

(roars)

What was that?

George!

George!

Alex!

Go!

Now!

(Vincent snarling)

(Nat screaming)

(snarling, screaming)

Nat?

Nat?

(whimpering)

(whimpering)

(Vincent roaring)

(screams)

(roaring)

(roaring)

(roaring)

(panting)

(grunting)

(panting)

(roaring)

(roaring)

(Denton crying)

(sobbing): Please.

(growling)

(sobbing): Please, Mother of God, don't.

(growling)

(sobbing): Please, don't.

(growling)

(monitor beeping)

(whispers): Vincent.

(Vincent growling)

(sobbing)

(sobbing): Please...

(sobbing)

There's nothing left of you.

(sobbing)

Nothing.

(sniffling)

(monitor beeping)

Vincent?

Shh.

(sighs)

You're here?

I'm here.

I had a dream about you.

About me?

We were walking down Fifth Avenue.

The sky was blue...

And then?

Then...

you bought me ice cream.

No one looked twice.

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