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I can be so good for you.

Love you like you want me to.

I can be so good for you.

Love you like you want me to.

O Signore, santifica l 'amore di questi sposi, l 'anello che porteranno come

simbolo di fedeltà, di richiami continuamente al vicendevole amore, per

nostro Signore.

Amen.

Hardly speak his own pleading language.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

May God bless you.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Amen.

We'll slip out and have a quiet one on the way.

It's all changed, isn't it? You've all done well, haven't you?

Church is about the only bit of little Italy left. Yeah, right, Arthur. They've

all moved out.

Finchley, Barnet. You know, some have even got places in Stanmore.

Stanmore?

Nice. Yeah.

But they don't feel Italian no more. No?

Especially Franco.

I mean, he won't have none of that now, will he? Not Franco.

He's got to be Frank now.

You know, I've still got the Grandfather's old place in Cuscombe.

I thought they'd like it for the honeymoon.

Tunisia? You're going to Tunisia? Little David Pollard had a heart attack last

week. Did you hear about it? No.

Mind you, he's marching on a bit, David.

Seven years older than me.

That's what I mean, Alfie.

You know, I'm sorry young Terry couldn't make it. It'll be a nice lunch. It's

his mum. He's a boy that likes to look after his mum.

Nice to meet you.

You'll be well, sorry. He loves a church service and a luncheon, does young

Terry.

Disturbing all the other children that was coming.

Handle me, man. Listen.

Can either knock you out or get you next. What do you want? What are you

about? The bloody cat, mate. Talk.

Listen, son.

Some of these girls have got children. They're mums.

Now, how would you feel if someone behaved like you did in front of your

Right?

You're not suggesting, are you?

That you'd find my mother in a place like this.

Well, it's all now.

But she wouldn't be too pleased to see you here either, would she?

Come on.

Come

on,

on your bike.

Get back to the building site.

I'm a few bags of cement about, eh?

Sorry, mate.

Don't worry.

But don't come back.

You should have given him a whack, Terry.

Teach him a lesson.

Nah, if they don't get steamed up, they'll want their money back, don't

Some of these characters, they just don't know how to behave in the West

Still, thanks very much, Terry.

I'll have a word with Arthur later.

OK.

Terry!

Hello. Just to say thanks on behalf of the other girls.

Any time.

I mean, obviously some of the guys get carried away, but that bloke has been a

right nuisance.

Ah, sure, actually.

Turn them on, you can't turn them off.

You've been watching me, then?

Not many.

Like what you saw?

What happens here?

I'm on round the corner in ten minutes.

Oh, no, you might excite me beyond my control. It's too dangerous.

What time do you finish? About eight o 'clock.

You asking me for a drink, then?

Yeah, sounds like it, doesn't it?

I'm packing it in next week. I'm going to be in Oster.

Pairing in?

No, a sauna club in Notting Hill.

Yeah, all right. Then I'll see you at Dave's about 8 .15, right? Yeah.

So I just come in me working gear.

You don't wear anything when you work.

Ain't you the lucky one, then, eh?

Yeah.

I don't know why it's caught on the way it has. I mean, it's not like snooker,

is it?

Great dark -same skill.

When you're snooker, you have to use your brain.

Quite right, Arthur.

That's five on the trot. Do you want another one?

No, it's a kid's game.

Fiver?

He's joking.

We weren't playing for money.

I'll get you a drink. I don't mind getting you a drink.

Anyway, you've got to be moving. I promised Alpha you can't let him down.

I've got to meet with Sam. You'll be through by seven o 'clock. All he wants

to do is be with him while he empties the machines in the laundrette. You

have asked me. I've got a nice few bob in it for you. He usually has his boy

Franco do it, but you can't expect him to work on his wedding day.

Come on, let's drink.

What do you have in, Arthur?

It's very nice, Charlie. I just say to Terry, it's a long time since Charlie

a drink in.

Large vodka and slim lime for me.

What do you reckon in the big one?

I really appreciate this, Terry.

No, I think nothing of it.

Been keeping out of trouble these days?

With all character.

That's the way it should be.

That Arthur.

He don't chase, does he?

No.

Don't know what he needs a minder for these days.

He don't get up to any skullduggery, does he?

No, no.

Just makes him feel good, I think. He's a well -respected man, always has been.

Well, it did me a favour anyway.

Huh? What was that?

I don't remember now.

But he's always telling me he did me a favour, so I suppose he must have done.

I'll say we don't wash much around here then, eh?

Very clean neighborhood.

Okay, ma 'am.

Let's get baby some new shoes, huh?

dead man come

on

move it move it the man wants us to go through to the back room alright

He's a nutter. He'll use it.

Here we go.

Okay,

move it now. Get in there.

What the hell's the matter with you, man? Wake up!

Okay, Winston, get that door.

Oh, it's only locked, isn't it?

Hey, you, keys.

I ain't got them. Come on, give me the keys. What the hell are you busting

for? Look, empty his pockets.

Come on.

Run the back. Run down here.

He ain't got any keys.

Move away from him!

Winston, here, look.

Woman! Don't shoot me! Look, shut up, woman!

Too late now, anyway.

Okay, mister.

You make a move and I'll shoot anybody.

I don't care who.

We don't give ourselves up.

What are you talking about, give up?

Give up what?

Can't you see we've got three, um... Oxygen.

Yeah, that's right, lady. Oxygen.

Get back to work.

What are you doing?

I want to have a look, all right?

Okay. The rest of you, sit down!

Just do what he says. Sit down.

Here, Terry.

There. Look at the old blood, innit?

What you using, seven shot?

Well, the odds that matter.

I'm just interested.

Seven shot makes a bigger mess. Two shot makes a bigger hole.

I've got good news for you, son.

I'm gonna live.

Jones, is it?

Yeah, love.

Sorry about all this. It don't usually happen.

No, you're right. It's quite unusual for this place.

You, answer him.

Answer him? I couldn't even understand him. You heard me. Answer him! All

all right.

Okay.

Well, it's only an ordinary door. Just talk normal.

This is Chief Superintendent Gibson. Can you hear me?

Yeah, terrific.

Yes.

Now, listen very carefully.

The building is entirely surrounded.

No possibility of escape.

Many of the officers on duty here are trained marksmen.

I suggest that you open this door.

There are all weapons.

Come out of that room one by one. No one will be harmed.

Tell him bullshit.

Can you understand me clearly?

Yeah.

Bullshit. No, tell him this ain't no ordinary robbery.

Tell him this is political.

That's a great idea, Stretch, but you've left it a bit late in the day, don't

you?

All right.

Uh, this is not an ordinary robbery.

This is a political act.

What's that supposed to mean?

This is a demonstration for equality and freedom.

And if you don't move away from the door, you might get your head blown off.

Exactly what political group do you represent?

We more or less represent a broad spectrum.

Oh, yes. Irish?

Not so you notice, no.

Well, if we knew exactly what political group we were dealing with, maybe we

could get somewhere.

Over to you, pal.

Tell him the independent Rastafarian army.

Hey, turn it in straight back, all right? Shut up, Winston. Let me do the

work, okay?

Uh, apparently, they're the independent Rastafarian army.

And what exactly are your demands?

Well, look, there's an old lady in here who needs a cup of tea. We need a

doctor. All right, all right.

Uh... When we're ready to talk again, we're banged three times on the door.

OK, get back over there. Move!

Move! All right, all right.

Here,

Stretch, you never told me nothing about the independent Rastafarian, was you?

Look, you're wearing a Rasta hat, ain't you? Yeah, well, I thought he could

highlight the colours.

Yeah, he could be wearing his Fulham supporters woolly, couldn't he?

Yeah, you think it's a big joke, huh?

Well, let me tell you something, Mr. Hardman.

Your body's going to be the first one we fling out of here.

How about that for a joke, huh?

Well, you've got the shooter. Makes you top man, doesn't it?

Right on.

You haven't done too well so far, have you?

500 quid's worth of silver all over the pavement.

It's hardly the great train robbery, is it?

And you're the man who screwed it up.

How are we going to get out of this stretch?

I'm thinking about it.

What are you crying for? You ain't a baby.

Here, stretch.

I just thought of something.

What? That independent Rastafarian army.

You know how the initials come out, don't you?

IRA.

News, on the hour, every hour, from LBC.

Independent Radio News at 9, Douglas Cameron.

Police have now sealed off an area in West London where three people are known

to be held as hostages by gunmen attempting to rob the OK Laundrette in

Street. The gunmen were interrupted by a passing police patrol.

A police spokesman says that the gunmen claim to be members of a political group

that so far have not clearly identified the aims of the group.

The other news, the pound again raised 2 .5... UK Laundrette.

That's one of Alfa Cavallo's places, isn't it? To the party, in case.

Yeah, probably done the job himself.

Hi, sweetheart.

Vodka and slim lime, please, Dave. Coming up.

Hello. Great,

just been to a wedding reception.

Alfa Cavallo's boy.

Chug. Just been on the rise.

What, the wedding?

No, no, some firm turned over his laundry on Dalton Street.

They got hostages and all that.

I don't believe it.

Oh, look, by the way, is Terry coming in? There's a bird over there. I've been

asking for him.

Are you in for Terry, sweetheart?

Yeah. Did you say they got hostages?

Oh, that's what I said.

I'll see you in a minute.

You're Terry's mate?

Yeah. Did you bring one with you?

Well, I could have, but Terry said you'd be a bit old for my mate.

52? Young these days, sweetheart. Me and Paul Newman, same age.

You don't look the same.

Come on, I'll take you to meet Daddy.

He should have been here about an hour ago.

Are you all right, love?

Oh, yeah.

I was just wondering about the washing.

I mean...

The programme should be finished now. They should be in a tumble dryer.

Know what I mean?

I don't like to think of them just... lying there.

All soggy.

I think that goes for all of us. Look, no talking.

I've got to think.

Excuse me, sir.

Yes, sir. Just had a report from the CRO computer at the yard.

Alfred Cavallo is apparently the owner of the laundrette. No convictions for 20

years.

McCann, tenants of McCann, bit of previous there, sir.

Oh, yes.

Two years for GBH and a three for attempted robbery.

And he's supposed to be the hostage. Thank you, Sergeant.

Who are you? Who are you gunning?

Excuse me, sir. I'm serious crime squad.

Evening, super. What's the sport?

Who the devil are you?

Arthur Daly. You've got my boy Terry McCann in there.

Your boy? Right then, my associate. And I think I'm entitled... I am conducting

this investigation. Now, is there an incident van over there?

I want you to go and stand there, and in a moment, one of my officers will come

and interview you about any information you might have.

I don't normally have a lot to do with the police. I said, over there.

Got any two peas in your heart?

Um... Ten peas?

Oh, yeah, fine. Okay.

Hey, just leave it to stretch, all right?

Know what we're going to do?

We're going to ask for a helicopter.

Hey, Winston, answer it.

Hello?

Yeah, that's right. OK, Laundrette.

It's for you.

I told her never to ring me at the office.

Just see to it.

Hello?

Hello, Arthur.

It's Arthur Daly.

What?

Very well, thank you. How are you?

He heard it on the radio.

Apparently they've got TV cameras out there.

Well, it's a bit hard to say, really.

Apparently they want an helicopter.

Where to?

London Airport.

Then a jumbo jet to Ethiopia.

I don't want to go there. That's Africa.

In Africa?

Well, spiritually, there's a late Haile Selassie.

That used to be Abyssinia.

Don't tell me about Haile Selassie. I know all about Haile Selassie. He used

do a Mussolini before the war.

Hey, what are they in there? All spades?

Yeah, three of them.

What? You heard three dopey spades turn you over in the laundry?

What was your booze or something?

Hey, they got shooters?

Yeah. They've got a sort of shotgun, the three dopey spades. And they're going

to shoot somebody's head off unless you come up with a helicopter.

Got that? Got the message, Whitey?

Look. Just sit. Get back down there on the floor.

Right.

Ain't got much of a telephone manor as a young Arthur.

Just shut up.

Get down. All right.

All right.

I don't want to go to Ethiopia.

Oh, me neither.

Well, that's where we're going.

That's where everybody's going.

How are they all going to get helicoptered to land out there?

There's hardly room for my roller.

I'm not one of them.

Shows us what the people he's dealing with, doesn't it? I'm not one of them.

Terry, are you always doing this sort of thing? No, of course not. I look after

Terry. Don't worry about that.

He'll make a few bob out of this.

You and all, sweetheart.

Hang about.

Anyone interested in the latest developments?

Police? No, just say I am connected with the whole affair.

Yeah, and?

Well, basically what we have here is a hostage situation.

We know that.

Did you know three men had hijacked the laundry and want to fly it to Ethiopia?

What's it worth to get a picture of a girl who's going to marry one of the

hostages? Won't it? Yeah.

Keep quiet, it's worth quite a bit.

50. 100.

Just for us, then? Of course, just for you. Come on.

Who's the hostage?

Terry McCann.

Boxing man, eh? Oh, who is he? Very good middleweight in his day. One of the

best ever to get the title shot. Come on.

Stick out your boobs and look tragic. Go on a story.

Yes.

I'd go a drink.

Cool, you look rough, mate. How do you feel?

About how I look?

Here, Stretch.

How about letting Alfie go to hospital?

How about it? Come on.

He's a tough old bird, but he's lost a lot of blood.

What are they going to give me in return?

They said no deals.

Well, it's tough on Alfie, eh?

He could die, Stretch.

If we don't get some fresh air, we could all die.

Hey, you never told me you was going to use that gun.

You think it was just for decoration, huh?

I thought it was just to put the fighters on someone.

You two wanted to be gangsters, eh? Yeah, but I didn't want to kill nobody.

What's the matter with you? You going on their side?

I need some painkillers. I think my jaw's broken.

Hey, maybe we could get him a drink.

And some food. And some painkillers.

You two kids are really stupid.

Look,

you ask the pig for something, they want something in return.

They ain't gonna do us no favours.

At least we could ask.

At least it shows them. Show them what?

Shows them that we care about the other people. That we don't really want to

harm no one.

He's right, Stretch.

You're doing it the hard way, son.

Murder. You go in for life.

Attempted armed robbery.

Seven. Come out in under five.

How come you know so much about it?

I used to keep bad company.

Didn't I, Alf?

Yeah.

It's nothing these days.

You keep bad company too?

I was bad company, son.

Did all my bird 20 years ago.

It's when it was hard.

Look at him now.

All in the open university.

Big Bob Whitney.

You know he's got a bleeding degree.

I never knew that.

Yeah.

Sociology.

Still at the thieving, but now he knows why he's doing it.

It is funny, isn't it?

It is funny.

That's how come you're a hard man, eh, Terry?

Well, let me tell you something.

It ain't so easy for a black man to go straight.

It ain't so easy for a black man to make it the way you did.

Make it?

Me?

Oh, yeah, I've really made it, haven't I?

Minding for a bloke who's collecting money out of washing machines.

Yeah, I've really cracked it.

Still, you never know.

I might get a job at a post office at Christmas.

Where are you going?

I'm going to talk to the chief super.

He might have brought your helicopter and forgotten to tell us.

You haven't forgotten all about us, have you?

Don't worry, Mr. McCann. We're still here.

Yeah, well, we've got a few problems in here.

Mr. Cavallo's none the better.

There's a geezer in here who thinks his jaw's broken, and I think we're

suffocating.

Why, can you hear me?

Yes, I hear you. And the solution is quite simple. Just open this door.

Yeah, we know all about that.

Throw out the gun, come out with your hands up in the air.

The only problem is...

The man holding the gun doesn't want to do that.

Well, why don't you just let me have another word with the man who's holding

gun?

Oh, he wants to know where his helicopter is.

I thought I'd explain that quite clearly. You people are not going to fly

anywhere. Now, look, we've got medical attention standing by. Mr Cavallo will

treated the moment he is released.

Yeah, all right.

Well, what about some tea and food, then? I think it's all to eat in there.

Yeah, of course we have.

Got 500 packets of biological washing powder.

Well, perhaps if Mr Cabello is released, we can arrange to have some tea sent

in. How about it, then? No chance, Matt.

Well, what about letting the doctor in, if they agree?

Listen!

Listen, the shooting, it was an accident, really.

The gun just went off.

They didn't mean to kill anybody or anything.

There was a sore scuffle and the gun just went off.

Quite possible, but that's something that has to be decided at the proper

and at the proper place. Now look, why don't I just have a word with the man

who's got the gun?

Sit down.

Okay, mister.

You're talking to the main man now.

Hey, tell me something.

You're married?

As a matter of fact, I am.

Hey, missus.

Come over here.

Yes, come on.

Now, we've got a lady in here.

Say hello to the policeman, Mrs. Mayhew.

Hello, sir.

Good evening, Mrs. Mayhew.

Now, you think I'm fooling around, huh?

Now, you tell him, Mrs.

You tell him I've got a gun pointing right at your head.

You tell him to do a deal, because you don't want to die.

Go on, tell him!

Did you hear that, sir?

I think he means it.

Come along, just put that gun down.

You know very well we're not talking any deals.

You don't seriously want to hurt that lady.

So just put the gun down. We can continue talking.

I've got my finger on the trigger!

Take it easy, mate.

Look, I know you're fighting a war.

But she's not one of the enemy.

It's just a lady who came in to do her washing.

Now take it easy, man.

Look, I know you're hard, man.

But you don't want to shoot a woman, do you?

Oi, clock, Miss Sweetheart. Never mind page three, you're on page one. On the

front. The lonely woman who waits in hope. Not very nice of me, is it? Well,

you're distraught, aren't you?

And Terry's going to be well distraught, too, when he reads a bit about you two

getting married.

Yeah, I've only ever spoke to him twice.

All the women and kids are asleep, eh, Terry?

Don't you trust the other two with the gun?

Not if you're awake.

And...

It was going to be so easy, eh?

What the hell you have to mess it up for?

Wasn't your money?

No, it wasn't yours either.

So what?

He ripped it off from the people, I rip it off from him.

Listen, they put 50p in a machine and they sit there and watch their

go round and round.

They got a choice.

You come storming in with a shotgun, nobody's got a choice at all.

They really got to you, eh?

Well, you know what they really did?

They just kidded you into going straight.

Wrong.

They bored me into it.

I got fed up with people saying, three years, Wormwood Scrubs.

Someone loses a dog, I'm in the local nick for two days.

So now, I just throw a few drunks out of clubs, ask people to repay their

gambling debts, rent a muscle.

Easy hours.

But not a lot of what you might call job satisfaction.

You let them beat you, man.

And what are you going to be?

Al Capone?

Yeah.

Bigger.

Bigger!

You've got more chance than winning a pool, son.

It's got to be me, hasn't it?

Hello? Yeah, I thought it might be you.

Oh, terrific.

It's like an Egyptian brothel down here.

No, Arthur, I know I've never been to Egypt. What I mean is it's a bit close,

but we're suffocating.

They haven't even sent any tea in. They always send tea in, don't they?

What paper?

Now, this report up...

These papers prepared to pay a very handsome sum if he can do an interview

the phone. Oh, to Arthur?

I know all that, but look, just listen to me for a minute. We're talking about

real dough.

Be enough to pay for their defence.

A nice bit in it for you.

Terry, listen to what I'm telling you.

I'll be fair.

I put a lot of time in on this.

Don't be so selfish, Terry. I know your lives are in danger. That's the whole

point of the interview, isn't it? It's a big story, see?

Lizzie's got her photo on the front page this morning.

Leave who?

The bird you had a meet with last night.

What was he going to do with her?

She was upset. Think how I felt.

Look, we ain't interested in your girlfriends, all right?

Now, what are these people? What's he talking about?

Well, you talk to him.

You're the one who's running things.

OK, mister.

You're going to deal the make with me, all right?

Look, I'm trying to explain to Terry that as long as you don't talk...

To nobody else, this paper will pay you a... Hello?

Hello, can you hear me?

Hello?

Cut it off.

Sit down.

Do you think I wasn't going to be bigger?

Oh, that was the newspapers.

Good morning, this is Chief Superintendent Gibson again.

How are we this morning, friends? How is Mr Caballo?

He's okay.

He's in a bad way, Stretch, and you know it.

What about our helicopter?

Now, look, my friend, I've explained to you already. You people are not

travelling anywhere.

However, we are prepared to let you have some tea. Oh, stuff your tea, man.

Stretch, a cup of tea?

Yeah. Look, the meeting's over.

We have nothing more to say to you.

Very well, sir. We've got all the time in the world.

Look, Stretch, I don't see why I can't have a cup of tea.

You're really stupid, Winston.

They put a drug in. Then what happens?

Oh, I open the door.

And you know what they do, like they did to the German aeroplane? They throw in

a grenade, stuns everybody.

Truth is, Stretch don't care.

What are you talking about?

You don't care what happens to anybody.

And them out there, they don't care either, do they?

Because whatever happens in here, they're all right.

And all because you want to make a name for yourself.

Big -time gangster, that.

Big -time gangster.

Listen, son, you couldn't even break into a gas meter. Shut up!

Look, he's working for the Peds.

Oh, that crap's just for you two.

He's trying to make you go against me.

But he's right, isn't he? He's got no chance now.

He was always a coward, Cosmo.

Yeah, it's like Terry said, Stretch. The Lord don't care. They can wait forever.

Well, I ain't going to North Brisbane if I don't have a senior either.

Hey!

Get your facts on that gun, son, and you're in for life.

I'm the right body in there, son.

Winston, knock on that door.

Give me the gun, Terry.

If he so much as blinks, I'll blow the bastard in half.

That's all we need, isn't it?

Yes, what is it?

We want to come out.

Just a minute.

There will be a count of ten.

After which you may open the door and throw out all weapons.

There will be a further count of ten.

Then the hostages will emerge one by one.

Everyone leaving the room will have their hands above their heads.

You will obey to the letter all instructions as you leave the room.

they're a trained marksman watching your every move. Do you understand?

Right.

You get the stretcher on his feet.

Can you count to ten?

Start counting.

I'm opening the door.

Alfie, have you made you?

All right, love.

Listen, love, don't stop and collect your washing on the way, are they?

Sorry, mate.

Cosmo!

That jaw will be all right.

I'll just give you a cup of nice green for a couple of days.

Go on.

Keep your hands well up.

Right, come on. Out you come.

Get your hands up.

Right up. Come up.

Walk towards the railing.

Come up. Beating up.

They've all been up all right. Come up.

Across the patient. Come up. Hurry up.

Get off the cab.

Walk to the middle of the road.

Good morning, Sergeant.

That's it.

Next apart.

Stretch your arms out.

Okay, Jack, don't you... Come on, you. Keep your arms out.

Off the curb.

Slide out. Turn in.

Face first.

That's it.

I'm a champ on your toes.

I'll

tell

you what's happening.

Just as well you can't do a runner.

There's lots of blokes out there that wouldn't want your car to get broken.

Mr. Papers.

Well, that's a turn, isn't it?

Sorry? You're going to be a prosecution witness.

Yippee. Who told you?

Mrs. What's -her -name.

And Alfie Cavallo.

Quite the hero, they reckon. So we're going to need a nice, long statement.

Some other time.

You'll probably end up with a judge's commendation.

I wouldn't know what to do with it.

Oh, look, Terry, do yourself a few favours, eh? I mean, you could do with a

of credit rating round here.

Yeah, yeah.

But right now, all I want is a wash and a shave and a nice big breakfast.

And then I'm going to do what you do every day.

And what's that?

Sleep.

Hello. Oh, my darling. Take one, mister.

I don't know anything about what's going on.

That's it, love.

Now, closer.

Yes. And again.

Arthur,

what's all this about?

It's the joyful reunion, isn't it?

Lovely.

And again.

You know the mistake you made, Terry, don't you?

No, tell me, what was the mistake I made?

Should have stayed in the laundrette another couple of days.

Got more press coverage.

Oh, but we were dying in there.

If I'd stayed any longer, you would have got me married, divorced and done for

alimony.

Poor old Alf was on his last legs. What are you talking about?

Flesh wounds.

He was well pleased with you, though.

I should be able to get a bit more dough out of him for us.

Us?

Us? Now, why would you be entitled to more dough?

The aggravation I had, the worry.

I was up all night.

Oh, yeah. Of course you were, Arthur. I'm sorry I forgot about that.

Besides, you got all the publicity.

I've changed the situation.

Right people, right time, just the wrong location.

I've got a good idea.

Just you keep me near. I'll be so good for you. I'm

going to help you.

Love you like you want me to.

I do.