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I left you in trouble again, hey!

Hey, you see that kid?

What kid?

The lucky kid.

No, I don't see nobody.

Please don't shoot me. I admit it. Here.

Line up.

Toes up to the mark.

I want you to repeat the code of honor.

I will not lie.

I will not lie.

I will not cheat.

I will not cheat.

I will not steal.

I will not fight.

What's the matter with you? Speak.

I will not fight. Louder. I will not fight.

And I will obey the law.

I will obey the law.

Good to see you out.

A year.

What's a year?

What'd your old lady say?

Nothing. I don't hear from her anymore.

She went away somewhere. I don't know. Colorado?

I'm on my own now.

It's two of us.

So, go around.

Everything all right? Things are good.

This war in the old country is making people over here a lot richer.

So, things are good.

Ready for another heist?

Yeah, why?

Tonight. Toes up to the line.

Okay, Lettke.

Let's hear you.

I will not lie.

I will not cheat.

I will not steal. I will not fight.

I will obey the law. Okay?

Mrs. Shea, it's me. My name's Louis Buchholz. I used to live here.

Third floor, Lepke. Lepke, do you remember?

Oh, sure.

I remember.

How are you? Okay. How you been?

Fine. I heard your mother and the girls wound up in Colorado.

Oh, yeah, right.

Where have you been?

Oh, I've been around.

What can I do for you? Well, you got a room?

Well, I ain't got nothing for nothing. Not like him and them oldies. Well, I'm

going to pay you. I'm going to pay you. In advance.

You got any money?

Mrs. Shea, I just got into town. I'm kind of broke. Give me a week, will you?

Come on, what do you say? For old times' sake. Come on.

Thanks.

as it should. They just moved out last night. But I'll clean it tomorrow.

Well, Merry Christmas.

What? Merry Christmas. Yeah, right. Merry Christmas.

Who's the nice gift for you, girl?

For me.

Oh, you bought yourself a present. That's nice.

Good night.

Good night.

Okay, okay.

Nice to see you. Excuse us for a minute, will you? We've got a minute.

Sure.

It's good to see you. How you been?

Hey,

look, it's horrific.

They've been treating you all right, huh? Cut the crap.

Okay, what is it?

I can use some money.

You got it. You ain't got enough there.

I want some action. Who you working for?

Augie Augie.

Little Augie. Oh, yeah, right. I heard about him up in the joint. What's his

angle?

Strike breaking, protection, you know, that kind of bullshit. Can you deal me

in?

You got it.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow you meet little Ogie. Now.

Okay, we're on strike. Everyone go home.

Come on, get out of here.

Get out of here!

Wait!

Wait.

It was all agreed.

I gave the raise.

Everyone is happy.

Tell these men, Silverman. Yes, we're happy.

They're not happy, Mr. Stern. Come on, go home! Get out of here! Get out! Get

out of here!

Wait! Wait!

I'll settle it! Go, go!

What was the problem, Mr. Auger? I paid last month.

You're supposed to pay every week, Mr. Stern.

We are your partners, remember?

35 % is too much.

I can't afford it, Mr. Ogden. From now on, it's 50%, and you've got to afford

it. I don't have it, I'm telling you. Then you're going to get it.

No, I won't pay. I'm telling you, you're going to pay.

No!

Why'd you have to kill him?

Now we'll get nothing.

When are you going to start using your brains instead of your kishkas?

Now everybody in the neighborhood is going to pay.

What was that again?

You want me to do what?

Give him back the money.

Why, for God's sake?

Look. The guy's in politics. He's thick with the unions. We do him a favor, he's

going to do us a favor.

Shut up with your crap.

Strike ends tomorrow, Lepke.

I say it's a big mistake.

50 ,000 bucks is a mistake?

You're out of your mind.

I run this joint, and don't you forget it.

Anybody else want to hear him say?

Anybody else want to say something?

Ruben? Hey, Tannenbaum, how about you, babe?

Nothing wrong, huh?

Mm -hmm. I figured it.

Well, I think Lumpy's right.

You aren't here to think, Luciano.

Remember that.

Okay, let's go.

All right, I said let's go!

Maybe if little Augie wasn't around, huh?

Nobody talks to little Augie that way. He's going to sit you up for a hit.

How long have we been working for him?

Oh, a couple of years.

Thanks, Diamond, and this whore.

Where there's late diamond, there's all the organ.

No, no, no.

Taxi! Taxi!

Come back!

Nice and easy.

Taxi!

Thank you.

It's amazing what money will do.

All the witnesses lost their memories. That ain't good enough.

I want them all out of the way. Okay, so I'll kill them all for you. No, we run

a clean business.

You know, you're driving me crazy, Lepke.

Is it yes or is it no?

Yes and no. Call Brooklyn, get Mendy on it.

Mendy, you want to see Mendy?

No, I don't want to see Mendy.

So I'll see him. No, I don't want you to see Mendy.

I want you to see Ruben.

Ruben. Ruben will tell Schwartz and Schwartz will get the message to Mendy.

Mendy. Open the shorts.

Two contracts.

Three.

Oh, thank you, sir.

Good evening, sir.

Good evening, ma 'am.

Nice to have you with us.

Harry, you're Matt?

Yes, sir.

Got a light?

Yes, I do. You bet I do.

It's a rough night.

Not nearly as rough as last night, sir. Oh, really? What happened?

Got a shootout here. One of my best customers. Right against the wall.

A second witness to the gangland slaying of little Augie Organ.

Underworld character Legs Diamond was found this morning floating off Coney

Island Beach with an ice pick in his heart.

First came the doorman of the Topsy Turvy Club, now Diamond.

Can it be a coincidence that the latest victims were all witnesses to Augie

Organ's murder? It is rumored that Organ's gang has split up between

of Lucky Luciano and one Mr. Louie Bookhalter, alias Lefty, and his

-based boss.

Both Lefty and Luciano in there.

questioned by the district attorney in connection with these brutal murders.

Police are also searching for a third witness, an unidentified young lady seen

frequently in the company of local gangland figures.

Is it true that you and Mr. Luciano are splitting up now that the organ's dead?

Will you take over as head man of your organization now, Mr. Lemke?

My board of directors hasn't decided that. Well, how do you feel about Mr.

Luciano? Mr.

Luciano and I are in different lines of work. Right, Mr.

Luciano? Well, what's the question? We're in different lines of work, you

me. Well, of course we are.

Wouldn't happen to need a lawyer, would you?

Now, why would I need a lawyer? The charges against me were dismissed.

Well, I just thought I'd ask for old -time St. Louis.

Name's Lepke.

Don't forget it. Lepke. Spell it right.

Wait a minute.

Where do I know you from? Get out.

called me Cohen, Lewis.

Cohen? You remember Cohen? Oh, yeah, right.

Cohen, huh? Well, look at you, a big -time mocker now, huh?

A lawyer.

Keep it up, kid.

Lewis.

Surprise. Sit down, please.

I wish I had a drink or something to offer you. I wish I had an office

to work in.

Yeah. Sit down.

Right.

What can I do for you?

Are you a good lawyer?

A man with your business interests, yeah.

You must have a whole team of lawyers.

True. But all the guys working for me, they're goners. I can't trust any of

them. You're clean.

Obviously.

Look, I'd like to pay you to watch after my affairs, you know? Look after these

guys. I need somebody that I can depend on, somebody that I can trust.

What do you say?

Can I think it over for a while?

How much time do you need?

You haven't changed at all, Lewis.

How much time do you need?

What is it?

There's a young lady out here to see the counselor.

You've got business.

You can't keep business waiting.

I'll just be a minute, Bernice, okay?

I don't mind waiting.

Oh, we were just leaving.

Shapiro, get the car.

Are you

sure you're finished? Oh, yes, absolutely.

It's, uh, I'm ready to be.

Well, no more too hard, Cone.

You look at me as if you know me.

Do you?

Do I?

Um, Lewis, I'd like you to meet, um, Bernice Greenbaum.

Bernice, I'd like you to meet Lewis Buchalter.

He's an old friend.

Well, Bobby's known me all my life. How come we never met?

Um, I was away a lot. Oh, at college?

Well, sort of, yeah. Well, I got a good education.

So I'll hear from you, right? Yeah, right. See you around.

I can't believe this.

You've never been in a joint like this before?

Papa always wants to know where I'm going. He wouldn't believe it if he

see it.

I mean, a place with your own feet and... I'll give you a key to the world

you want.

I'll take you to places that your papa wouldn't even believe.

I'll take you to the top.

Miami Beach.

Hollywood.

How would you like that?

You don't have to do all that for me.

I'll not be just getting out of Brooklyn once in a while.

Hello,

Lefty.

Albert. Your taste is getting better.

Thanks.

Anything else you want?

Introduce me to your friend.

I'm Albert Anastasia.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Anastasia.

Italian? Yes.

But the food is good.

And so are the manners.

Come on, Bernice, we're leaving. No, don't go. Philip, a bottle of Chateau

Marble for them, please.

Where are you going?

What's the matter?

You kite bastard.

You know, you join a fancy private club like this, you think you keep riffraff

like that out of here? Here.

I'm awfully sorry, sir. We've cried.

These days, you never know who's going to have a key to your private club.

I thought he was a friendly. My friend. I need him like a locking cup. Give me

that cup.

I never want you to know anyone like him. Why?

Never mind.

I'll take that.

David? Mm -hmm.

How did you find out about him?

Have you ever known anybody that's been up the river?

Up the river? What does that mean?

Prison.

Lou, everyone has a past.

I thought we were planning our future.

Future.

Well, what did he say?

Oh, Papa's so orthodox.

He wants me to wait a while longer.

Your husband's been dead over a year now. Isn't that long enough?

Well, I think so.

Lou,

there's only one way to do it.

You're going to have to come to my house and formally ask Papa for my hand.

Ask for your hand?

It would be worse than talking to Lucky Luciano.

Who? No, no, just somebody I know.

Bernice?

Okay, I'll do it.

Yeah, you set it up with your father.

I'll come by and talk to him anytime you want, anytime he wants.

I don't know what there is about you.

It scares me, but I think I'd go with you even if Papa said no.

Yes? Hello, I'm Lewis Bookhalter. Oh, please, come in. Thank you.

Papa's waiting for you. I bet he is. Pardon?

You must be Bernice's beautiful mother. Oh. Yes.

So nice to meet you.

Oh. Oh, hello, David.

Hi. Got a little present for you.

Want to know what it is?

What? It's a red fire engine.

A red fire engine?

Yeah.

David!

So, Mr. Buchholter, you love my daughter.

Uh -huh.

You know, she was married once before.

Yes, I know.

It was a bad marriage.

Bad, bad.

That man came here just like you did.

I made a big mistake.

You follow my meaning?

You may love my daughter, Mr. Bookhalter, but you will never love her

I do.

You understand?

Yes, I do. I don't want it should happen again.

It's not going to happen again.

Oh, what more is there?

Ask me.

Ask you what?

For my daughter's hand in marriage.

I want things to be kosher, correct.

Do you understand?

Yeah, right.

Mr. Meyer, I... Stand up.

Go ahead.

Mr. Meyer, may I ask you for your daughter's hand in marriage?

Okay, good.

Granted.

You mean you give me your consent?

I just said so, didn't I?

You want me, I should spell it out for you? No, it's okay.

Oh, another thing. Yes, sir.

I want the ceremony should be in shul.

Shul. You never been in one?

Well, when I was a kid, I... Shul's a synagogue.

You've never been in a synagogue, have you? Oh, yes, yes. When I was a kid,

Good, good. Because I want the marriage should be really under rabbinical law.

You understand me?

Absolutely, sir.

Mazel tov, young man. Mazel tov. Mazel tov.

Enterprises, I like it there.

So you work for the enterprises, huh?

That's good.

Carl, Albert, Luciano.

Hi, Lewis.

Good to see you.

Oh, it's very nice, very nice.

Hello, man.

How are you?

Bugsy, good to see you.

And the butcher.

The butcher, he comes to a meeting, right? Good.

I love that. Oh, sure.

Sure, Dutch. Here I am.

Hey, how are you, Costello?

Ah, molto bene. Grazie.

Gino. Ciao, Luciano. Come stai? Yeah.

Nice rug, eh?

All right, gentlemen. First on the agenda is Thomas E. Dewey.

Our member, Dutch Schultz, has raised a few questions about Dewey, and he has a

few pertinent remarks about the subject. So, Dutch, please.

Ever since this guy Dewey came to New York, he's given me nothing but

I'm unhappy.

My boys are unhappy and they can't work.

Right, Harry? Right.

Now, I say we do something about him.

Yeah, well, what do you got in mind?

Kill the son of a bitch.

Dutch, you can't kill the D .A. and get away with it.

Why not?

That dirty son of a bitch, everywhere he goes, he's saying he's going to clean

up New York.

He's treating us like a piece of shit.

Listen, Dewey is a political man.

He's an ambitious man.

So let's use him. Use him?

What's the matter with you? Can't you see that?

He's using us, right?

Right. So we buy him.

You can't buy Dewey.

Anybody can be bought.

We just don't know his price yet.

What do you think, Judge?

I think we ought to put it to a vote.

All right.

All those who go with Schultz, raise your hands.

Four -four.

Those against.

Four apiece. How about you, Judge?

Lepke's always for the hit.

Killing Dewey would be bad for business.

Bullshit!

You guys don't go with me on this.

I'll do it myself.

Come on, let's go.

What do we vote about? I don't know what you vote about.

We're part of a syndicate, you know. Good, you be a syndicate. Me, I'm going

kill the little bastard.

Bullshit!

Are we a syndicate or aren't we a syndicate?

I move we take steps to protect Dewey.

That meeting was a bunch of bullshit as far as I'm concerned. And a little

bastard is going down to Tubes tomorrow.

Boy. That's what I'm telling you.

Yeah, okay.

I really like the food, huh?

Wonderful.

Come on, you cheap bastard, give me the money.

Buy your kids a toy.

Behold, Bernice, thou art consecrated unto me with this ring according

to the laws of Moses and Israel.

And now that you have spoken the words and performed the rites which unite your

lives, I do hereby in conformity with the faith of Israel and the laws of the

state of New York, Declare your marriage to be valid and binding.

And I pronounce you to be husband and wife before God and man.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, you please break this glass to commemorate

the destruction of Jerusalem.

With your right foot, please.

Are you happy, Mama?

You?

I don't know.

Hello, Charlie.

Albert. Hello, Louie.

Hello, Mrs. Bookalter. How are you?

I'm marvelous.

It's a marvelous day.

Won't you come in?

Why, certainly.

What do you think, Albert?

Sure, why not?

I'm looking for you, Bernice.

It's our dad.

Well?

Now that we're all one big happy family in the syndicate, I thought maybe you'd

send us an invite.

Marty, you like Italians?

I thought a heap wedding would bore you.

Well, maybe, maybe it will.

Huh? Right.

Well, come on in. Let me take your coat, sir. Give me a hug, Albert, Charlie.

What do you think?

Have a drink. Sure, we'll have a little fun. Come on.

Let's put this book on. We can have the dance floor.

Well, I don't...

Well, want to salute?

Maybe pretty soon a couple of pampinos.

Oh.

How about Albert, huh?

Oh, Mr. Boccaggio, let me in on... Well, well, well. This is certainly a

beautiful spot you got here.

My money does wonders.

Lewis, thanks for coming. That's okay, yeah.

Robert, what are you having in mind?

Look, I don't have to tell you how much I appreciate everything you've done for

me. You know how much I love you and Bernice. Yeah, I know. You know, this is

getting to something more serious.

What do you want? Sit down.

I want to go to Washington.

You've been subpoenaed?

I've been offered a job in the Justice Department.

The Justice Department? You're kidding.

You want to be a cop?

No, I'll be working in the legal department. That's still a cop.

Hey, I hope you don't come running after me.

Lewis, I'm asking you to let me go.

I've got one life to live, and I just want to see if I can make it on my own.

That's all.

Hey, look, you'll visit me in Washington. It's not that far from New

You bring Bernice and David, what?

Visit what?

Your house, your office?

It's gonna be shit.

You think that bastard Hoover's gonna pay you as much money as I've been

you? Is that what you're after, more money? I'll give you more money.

What, are you trying to bribe me, Lewis?

I don't like remarks like that, Constable. Oh, come on, come on now. You

was only joking.

What kind of work are you gonna be doing in Washington?

Well, it looks like I'm gonna be in narcotics.

Narcotics? Excellent.

Wonderful. Lewis, I hope you understand.

Always remember you got a friend in New York City.

Good night, honey.

I love you here. I love you. What's this one for? That's...

Because you get more beautiful every year.

You? Yes.

Oh,

there's Mr.

Reuben waiting for you in the living room.

Max? Here?

Give us five minutes, will you? Fix me some Jell -O.

See you in a minute. Okay.

God damn it.

How many times have I told you not to come to my house? Sorry, boss. It's an

emergency. What is it? We need your signature on this contract to make it

Give me a minute to read it.

Settle it, right?

The bakery truck is local.

Agreed. We get a penny for every loaf of bread they deliver.

A penny a loaf?

There are seven million people living in this city, and they all eat bread. I

figure our cut will come to about $30 ,000 a week.

Yeah, well, when you put it that way.

All right.

Max, don't come to my house again.

Bernice, I'll get it.

What is it, Lou? Who are these men? These are detectives without a search

warrant. What are they doing here?

Who's she?

My wife.

Would you mind waiting in the other room, lady? Come on. All right, raise

Bert, frisk him.

My lawyer's gonna shoot the shit out of you.

If you don't like it, file a complaint.

Well?

He's clean. You sure?

I'm sure.

All right, let's go.

Hey, Frank.

Huh?

Why don't we nail him with a vagrancy charge?

The guy's got millions.

He may not have any cash in the house.

This enough for you?

Good night.

Bernie, stay here. It's all right now, dear. They've gone. Everything's all

right. Well, it was a case of mistaken identity. That's all, my dear. Those

Yes.

If they're policemen, they should be punished or reprimanded or something.

they will be, dear. Believe me, I'm going to call my attorney first thing in

morning.

I'm going.

Hey.

What the hell was the rush, you coming here?

I should really get you killed.

Look, boss, I can explain...

Excuse me for a minute, Bernard.

Somebody else was manipulating our bread. Who?

Give me names or shut your mouth.

Maybe Joe Rosen.

He's just a trucker, but he's big in the union.

All right, Max. Joe Rosen.

I want you to drive that son of a bitch out of the union.

And then I want you to keep an eye on that bastard. And if I should ever

that name, you remind me. Now get the hell out of here.

Bon appetit.

Grimberg downstairs?

Yeah, right.

That Felton owes me a favor.

I want to check those books anyway.

Just tell him the sky is 30 % now, that's all.

What the hell was that? Someone knew he was coming?

Yeah.

Gino, Gino, let him out.

Yeah, yeah, that's the problem.

The guy in the black suit, that

Gino, Luciano's man.

The election's moving in on us.

Oh, God.

I paid you already, didn't I?

Why? I can't pay those wops, too.

Tomorrow the Irish will come. So what the hell was you? Take everything.

Kill me already.

Gara.

That wop, Gino?

Yeah. Pumpermore.

Didn't you, Gino?

Your spaghetti, senor.

Gracias.

Hi, Gino.

Is it Albert? Albert who?

Stay here.

Okay, I'll call you back.

Albert, what the hell is the matter with you?

What are you doing honing in on the Lepke's protection territory?

I want this whole city to blow wide open.

It was the big shot from the Union.

What big shot?

Rosen, he came to me.

He said Lepke's deal is dead and he needed protection.

And there's a lot of money in protection.

A lot of money? It's a shit of money.

When are you going to get it in your thicker head that Lepke isn't a

He protects the bakers. He protects the garment.

That's his territory.

We're part of a syndicate now. The board of directors told us so, and we agreed.

Lepke's a sore.

Lepke is a goddamn sore.

Lepke's too damn grabby.

He's not too grabby, huh?

I have promised to Lepke that if he stays in his backyard, we will stay in

backyard.

We got the waterfront.

We got the prostitute. And that smart kike is making all the money. All the

money, all the money is in a dope. What's the matter with you? I got a

dollar deal all over the country in a dope.

You're dealing in a couple of loaves of bread for a couple of pennies.

Dope, dope is what a future is.

Dope. We got it in spades.

Mr. Chang, you got a deal.

The deal's on.

I can't figure you out, look.

I mean, you got it good. What the hell are you pushing for?

Where the hell is it going to get you?

The top of the heap.

Miles above them Italian gunifs. I tell you, you don't know what good is yet.

By the way, you're taking a boat to Shanghai.

Shanghai? Yeah, and you're taking Schwartz with you.

Schwartz, me?

Shanghai.

Where the hell is Shanghai?

China. China.

Shanghai, me, Schwartz.

What the hell do you think I am, this whop Christopher Columbus?

That's Napoleon Putz.

Napoleon Putz.

Oh, by the way, you're leaving tonight.

Bon voyage.

I think he wants a letter.

Letter.

For Lin Fu. In English.

English.

English.

I'll be a son of a bitch if he reads English.

I think he wants the money.

Oh, no.

First you give me the merchandise, and then I give you the money.

Now what?

I think you better give him the money. Are you kidding? It's 150 grand. Look, I

don't trust you, you son of a bitch.

I want to put a hole in your head. Now you give me that merchandise, you

cockamamie.

What are you smiling for? This is a 45.

I can blow your head off with this. What do you want? Look who's here.

It's just a toy.

Like I said, I better give you the money.

Notice how they go down at the pier. No trouble at all, boss.

Schwartz, the customs?

They were drooling. They want more.

If they want more, we'll give them more. This is a cheap investment.

Lefty, looks like baby powder.

I told you, we spent too much money for this garbage.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Mr. Lefty, this baby powder's gonna get you a cool

million on the street.

Please, Mr. King, go right. Thank you.

Mr. Dewey. Nice to have you with us in New York. Thank you. It's good to be

back. Have a seat, please.

Mr. Hoover tells me you were one of his best men.

Really? I understand you're an expert at narcotic.

I've worked at it a lot.

I could use a good man like you.

By the way, sir, sorry about the election.

Oh, they were right.

Good man never wins the first time out anyhow, I understand.

But seriously, Kane.

I'm not the governor now, but I'm still the district attorney.

And I aim to clean out the rackets of this city by every means available.

And you can help me.

Well, I'll do my best.

Bobby!

Hello, Bernice.

It's so good to see you.

It's good to see you, too. But it's been too long.

I know.

Who is it, Bernice? A surprise.

Well, this isn't a big man from the FBI.

Oh, don't just stand there. Come on in.

Hello, Lou.

Hello, Robert.

Well, when are you going to take over from Hoover?

I'm back in New York.

I'm with Dewey now.

Is that so?

Well,

how is it you don't come and visit your loved ones? I mean, where have you been

hiding? Actually, I was hoping I'd get a chance to talk to Lou for a few

minutes.

I'll make some coffee.

No.

I was going to take my evening constitutional anyway.

Shall we go?

Bobby, now that you're back in New York, I hope we'll be getting together.

I hope so, too.

What's your problem?

Something we heard worried me.

Who's we?

Dewey's in the picture now.

Dewey, huh?

Yeah.

Lewis, are you in dope?

The junkie dropped your name.

I don't deal in dope. You know me better than that.

I'm glad to hear it.

I'd hate it if they came after you.

Maybe you'd get to like it. I wouldn't. Come on, there's more to it than just

that. There's Bernice, your son.

Hey, look, counselor, don't grate me. Leave my family out of this.

All right.

Goodbye.

Boss! What do you want?

The feds. They're here. They're at the front door.

Let him in. But he can't... Let him in.

All right, open it up.

What do you want?

Mr. Bookhalter, please.

Jack Lansing, United States Attorney's Office.

You come with me.

Mr.

Lewis Bookhalter, that's it. Jack Lansing, United States Attorney's

I have a warrant for your arrest.

What's it for, Sonny?

Federal grand jury has returned two antitrust indictments against you, Mr.

Bookhalter. You're under arrest.

You come with me, please.

Antitrust? What the hell is that?

It's a gimmick. It's a new gimmick.

It's nothing but a joke.

You're laughing already.

Call Bernice.

Tell her I'm going to be a little late for dinner.

Oh, Gerard, call our lawyer.

Hannibal, for Christ's sake, will you stop pacing? You're driving me crazy.

Where is he already? He'll be here. Don't worry. It's seven o 'clock. He

ever been so late. You want a bagel?

Sit down and shut up.

Well, is there any news? No, have a bagel.

Thanks.

Like you said, it was a joke, right? This ain't no joke.

It's no joke? What do you mean?

I'm out on bail.

Bail? Yeah, bail. How long will it take to get to court? Two weeks.

Two weeks?

Jeez, that's no time at all. That's long enough.

I'm fed up.

Some son of a bitch has been talking.

Who's been talking?

Who's been talking? Rosen.

Joe Rosen.

He's been saying all over town that he's going to see the hot shot DA, do he?

Rosen, Rosen, Rosen. I don't know no Rosen. Who the hell is Rosen? Don't you

remember the bread deal?

Rosen's the baker that crossed us. You told me to ease him out of the union. I

did, and he saw. What is he doing now? Well, he's got a little newsstand in a

candy store over in Bronzeville. Mendy.

Where's Mendy?

Where's Mendy when I need him?

Where? All right, Tannenbaum, now look. I want you to shut up. I want you to get

to Mendy. Tell Mendy to go see Rosen and buy a newspaper. I want him taken care

of. Shut up, girl!

Leave me alone! I'm going to kill him!

I'm going to hit him!

Tannenbaum, what are you hanging around here for?

Get out of here! Get Mendy!

I want that Rosen killed!

Get the judge on our payroll. The judge? Yeah, the judge.

But it's 7 o 'clock. Where am I going to get a hold of him now? All right, all

right.

Whoever else is talking, I don't care who.

I want him out of the way.

Sure, Lep.

Just calm down, huh?

Lep, do you have any idea what you just did?

Everyone in this room.

Robin, Tenenbaum, Hesh, Skinny, every one of them.

You never did that before.

I was the only one that knew.

Every one of those guys can corroborate the hit.

They wouldn't dare.

Ah, good morning, Mr. Rosen.

And a good morning to you. Thank you, sir.

Here's your papers.

Nice morning.

Thank you.

Morning, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea. Let's

to press.

This is Walter Winchell.

Half an hour ago, while most of you still slept, our city already

the news of last week's release on bail of labor and narcotics racketeer and

rumored mastermind of the so -called Brooklyn Murder Corporation, Louis

was further outraged by the cold -blooded murder of law -abiding

Joseph Rosen.

When will law enforcement agencies bring him to justice?

Come home now, darling.

If he's twice a widow and one lifetime is too much, Bernice, leave him.

He is an evil man.

I only know the part of him that lives with me and David here in these rooms.

It's not the man they're talking about.

How can you live with one half of a man and pretend the rest doesn't exist?

Why not?

I'm not kidding myself.

I'm not trying to defend him.

But if there's any good in him, that's the part I've got.

It's a lot more than I had before, believe me.

My daughter is a whore, that's what.

She is bought by the jewelry, the furs, the presents.

You're a whore.

A filthy whore.

Papa, I wish I was.

I wish I was a whore, then I could walk out of here with you.

But I can't.

I just can't leave him, Papa.

I love him.

I think we should send David to a school.

Out of town.

Maybe Miami, yes, Miami. He loves the beach so much.

What good will that do?

Well, at least he won't be around to hear all the dirt that they're heaping

me now.

Bernice, I want you to go, too.

But you're staying here, aren't you?

Why should we leave and you stay?

We can afford to go anywhere in the world altogether, Lou.

You'll be safe there, Bernice.

I've always taken good care of you, and I always will.

But I cannot take care of my business when I'm far away.

So that's the way it's going to be.

How can you want to stay here?

You can't even pick up the phone without doing a tap on the line.

What kind of life is it?

My lawyers will protect me, don't worry.

It's not the legal thing I'm worried about.

Lou, don't make us go.

I know we'll never be the same again if we're separated.

Oh, not from you two.

You've got a headache. I'm going to... Lou, listen to me. I want to know.

Lou, tell me. Why can't we all go away together?

What is it that keeps you here that you love so much that you need more than

your own family?

Will you stop yelling? You're going to wake David.

I don't care who hears as long as you do.

Lou, I just want you...

Alive and with us. I don't care about anything else. Now, will you stop it?

Don't argue with me.

I'm not leaving.

This is the one. Oh, gross.

Is that the boss?

Must be.

Boss, is that you?

Angelo.

Look what they've done.

Those guinea bastards, they stole my dope.

Bep, you've got to disappear.

What?

Bep, do you want to wind up like these poor bastards?

It's more than the wops.

It's Hoover. It's Winchell's publicity. It's the whole picture.

Don't you feel that some second -rate hood is going to come after you just to

get the cops off of his own back?

You've got to take a powder.

I'm not going on the land. Come on.

Our projectionist is Mr. Joe Himes.

Can I show you the room?

You better.

Why do you think I'm on a lam, huh?

Well, to stay out of jail. Well, what do you call this place?

Well, it's better than jail.

What am I going to do here?

You can see movies.

Free.

What's your own today?

TV. Ah, get on it.

Who is it?

Oh, he's our new button.

Kid Twist Rellis.

He takes care of the projectionists, whether they like it or not.

He's the guy that got us this dump.

Yeah, I hope you're pleased, Mr. Lepke. Yeah, yeah, it's all right. It's all

right. We could do with better pictures.

Maybe you've got a love story or something, right? Instead of this

shit. Thank you.

Well, sit down, fellas. Sit down.

Hey, uh, Yellis, you sure this place is safe? Sure, I tricked it out.

Two tickets, please. I'm sorry, we're all sold out. Sold out? What do you

sold out? We're sold out. Listen, lady, I just saw three guys go in there.

What's going on out here?

I'll cover you. Okay, I'll get the car.

You got the money? Yeah, boss.

It's drying up. Why?

No one moved in on me when I was on the outside. Nobody's going to do while I'm

on the land.

Dewey, he's pressing the boys.

He's put a reward out for you, boss.

It's all over town.

Every joker's got to get a picture hanging in his kitchen.

25 grand.

Is that all he thinks I'm worth?

You saved his life once, sir. I hate to tell you, boss, but that stupid Hoover's

only putting up 5 ,000.

That's all he can afford.

A nickel a stickle.

Five grand.

Now I guess he wants a piece of me. What piece, Lep? My putz, I guess.

Don't give it away, boss.

Mrs. Waller?

Mr. Smith.

It's all right.

Thank you. My pleasure.

Don't you miss your wife?

You know I do.

Do I look a little something like her?

Nothing.

How long's it been since you've seen her?

Too long.

It was so goddamn hot.

Will you stop acting like a dirty tramp?

Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea.

Let's go to prep.

On this sizzling July 10th, 1939, the race to bring hunted racketeer fugitive

Louis Lipsky -Bukhalter to the hands of justice is keeping our city of New York

busy. Little old ladies have discovered a new pastime, searching for Lipsky in

every dark corner of every attic and...

Even a Lepke with horns has been seen.

But the real rivals in this historic contest between good and evil are the

of Hoover's FBI, who want him on narcotics charges, and the New York

prosecutor, Tom Dewey, who has announced he can put him away for 500 years.

The Persian.

All right, get out of here.

What?

What is it?

Syndicate wants to see me.

You're not going.

You know the rules. I got to show up.

There's one thing I want to do before I go there. I want to see Bernice and the

boy. You can't.

I want to see Bernice and the boy today.

It's been so long.

David.

How big you got, David?

You'll be as big as me pretty soon.

Taking good care of your mother? Yeah.

Lou, what's going to happen to you? Oh, nothing.

Everything's going to be fine.

Just the way it used to be.

Believe me.

Just the way it used to be.

Come on, cheer up, will you?

That's it.

Did somebody ask?

Come on, get in there.

You're getting out of here.

Well, what about Jim? Never mind about me. Come on, relish, relish. Get over

here. Take them home.

Get them out of here.

If I was a wop, you wouldn't frisk me.

Hey, Mario. What are you doing frisking my friend?

Come on in, Judge. Come on in.

Come on, sit down.

Have some pasta.

How much pasta do you want? I don't want no pasta.

to switch the judge being judged.

Nice to see you, Lepke.

You mean alive, don't you?

All right, what do you got in mind?

What do you want?

Ever since you've been on the lam, business has been bad.

So what's the verdict, huh?

What are you going to do? Pour some cement and drop me in a river?

We are friends, and we respect you.

And we want to protect you.

But in return, you have to protect us, too.

And how can I protect you?

You got a choice.

You either give yourself up to the DA, or you give yourself up to the federal.

It's up to you.

I don't want to elect Dewey, so I'm going to take the feds.

I think you made a good choice, Lewis.

Come on.

Let's have some vino.

I'm gonna miss you, Lewis.

Like you miss Gara?

You're a liar, Lucky.

Nothing but a goddamn liar.

Go ahead, kill me.

Yes,

kill you.

But the organization needs you.

They need you and Stur to get the heat off.

You're going to die in a jail, Lewis.

Nice and slow.

I'm going to enjoy it.

I'm really going to enjoy it.

I'm going to need somebody to make a deal with the feds.

Who's going to stand for me?

The organization's already taken care of that.

Right, Albert?

I talked to Walter Winchell.

He's close to Hoover.

He says he can make a deal for you.

All right, go get him. I'm ready for him.

Mr.

Bookholder? Mr. Winchell.

I think he's got good news for you.

Great Walter Winchell, huh?

Voice of the 20th century.

Hey, best cognac for Mr. Winchell over here, huh?

I figured you'd be taller.

Why don't we drink to that deal you made, okay?

It's set for tomorrow.

Dewey doesn't touch me, right?

Well, Hoover gave his word he won't turn you over to New York.

How many years?

Twelve, at the most.

Come in.

You're trembling.

Sit down.

would have done anything to have a life with you.

But you shut me out.

We haven't been together for two years.

I just can't understand that.

I don't want to say goodbye this way.

Then go.

Then just go.

Mr. Hoover, this is Lepke.

Twelve years.

No New York rap.

That's what we agreed.

That'll be up to the judge.

Well, what are we waiting for?

The sooner I get there, the sooner I get out.

Will the accused please rise for sentencing.

And so that the record is clear, I wish to state that the defendant, Lewis

Bookhalter, in addition to his sentence of 12 years for conspiracy to violate

the narcotics law, will serve an additional two years on the antitrust

indictments. At the completion of those 14 years, he will be removed from

Leavenworth Penitentiary and turned over to the state of New York.

for further prosecution.

This court is adjourned.

He'll be in prison for the rest of his life.

Maybe that's for the best.

Don't look at me like that, Bobby.

When he was with me, I shut my eyes to the truth.

I never tried to change him when it might have been possible.

Nothing could have a change, Lou.

I'll never know, will I?

Will you get that for me? I don't want to talk to anyone.

Hello?

No, I'm sorry. She can't come to the phone. This is Robert Cain speaking.

You can tell me.

Bobby, what's the matter?

There was a district attorney's office.

They released him from Leavenworth and turned him over to New York.

Now they'll charge him with murder.

Rellis with his goddamn big mouth. He's been talking all over town.

Rellis. Hey, Rellis.

What are you worried about him for? He's going to take a leap. He's dead

already. Nobody's got anything on me. Nobody.

They must have something loose. He wouldn't be here.

Rather, Canary or something.

They can't pin anything on me. I'm going to get out of here.

There's Ali Tenenbaum, but there's also Max Rubin. Max Rubin. You're telling me

Max Rubin, my Max. You're going to tell me Max Rubin's going to go stool on me.

You're crazy.

You're nuts. Not my Max, never.

Sorry, Lewis. He's already told them. He's going to testify in court to

everything he knows.

Has everybody gone crazy out there? What's going on?

They're trying to save their own skins, Lewis.

Things have changed since you've been away.

Even politicians can't be born.

We're not going to kill you. We're going to protect you. We're going to take you

on a vacation so you'll be healthy for the gods.

Come on.

Mr. Tannenbaum, on that Friday in Lepke's office, what did he say? What

exact words to you? Tell me, what were his exact words?

Can't hear you.

Speak up. Speak.

He said, I want Rosen hit.

I want that son of a bitch dead.

Now, tell us, Mr. Tannenbaum, who else was there that could have heard what you

just said?

Like I said, Guru Shapiro was there, Big Hesh, Skinny,

all of them dead now.

Who else?

Mr. Rubin was there.

He's dead, too.

Thank you, Mr. Tannenbaum. That'll be all.

The witness may be excused.

They can't do anything without a second witness.

Is this the last witness for the prosecution, Mr. Dewey?

No, Your Honor, we have one more witness I'd like to call with your permission.

Let's proceed.

I'd like to call Mr. Max Rubin.

Mr. Dewey, are you calling spirits to our courtroom?

Your Honor, Mr. Dewey is mocking the court.

Rubin was shot in Brooklyn last month.

Everybody seems to know that. He was shot in the head and died.

Max Rubin did not die, Mr. Lepke. In that case, we would like to see your

witness. Would you bring in Mr. Rubin, please?

Mr.

Rubin, please.

Clerk, please swear the witness in.

Place your right hand on the Bible, please.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,

help your God?

I do.

Mr. Dewey, you may proceed.

Now, Mr. Rubin, we don't want to keep you now. Just take your time and tell

court, if you will, please.

Were you there when Lepke Buckhalter gave the order to kill Joe Rosen?

Speak up now. We can't hear you.

Yes.

Hello, Counselor. Come on in.

One apiece?

The, uh... The warden gave me special permission to see you.

So if... We've been turned down.

Yeah, I know.

This is a good stake, I tell you.

That son of a bitch, Dewey.

I should have let Dutch Schultz kill him.

I, me, I saved his life.

You sure we can't buy him?

Lewis, somehow I...

I just feel I failed you, my friend.

Why? You gave me two extra years, didn't you?

I just want to tell you, for needing you, son, I'll take good care of them

you.

Yeah, I know that.

Thanks.

You sure you want to have a piece?

Mr. Byrne!

Sorry, sir.

It's barber time.

Mindy, are you all right? I'm not feeling too good. Mindy.

I'm sorry, boss. If I could get my hand on those canaries, they'd do more than

save me.

Ain't this the shit?

You married me, Rabbi.

You promised with my boy.

Are you going to bury me?

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul.

He guideth me in straight paths for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no

evil, for thou art with me.

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.

Thou hast anointed my head with oil, my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall

dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea.

Let's go to press.

This is Walter Winchell with the late news.

Most Americans today are concerned with the war in the Pacific against Japan.

But, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to report to you this evening on an

event of major significance on the domestic scene.

One which many Americans believed would never happen.

Tonight, March 4th, Saturday night, the lights were on in the death chamber of

Sing Sing Prison.

referred to as the dance hall by those in the know.

At 11 .30 p .m., Louis Bacalta, better known to you as Lepke, and two of his

henchmen, Mindy Weiss and Joe Capone, were electrocuted for the murder of

Rosen.

Lepke is the first of the gang lords of the so -called syndicate to be executed.

To me, it represents a giant step forward in our war against the

mobsters, and punks who defile our great and good land.