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Both Salvatore Maranzano and Joe the boss Masseria wanted Charlie as an ally in the

war, not as an independent partner with Ben Siegel and Michael Lasker.

Both mafia bosses failed to recruit Charlie, who chose to protect his friends.

Neither boss would give up.

What's the way, Charlie?

Don't you?

We started together?

We'll finish together.

You told that to Maranzano?

What Maranzano?

I didn't see no Maranzano.

I saw Julius Caesar.

Mr. Goodman's going to make him a hat with leaves that go around his head.

Charlie, I think I love you.

Mr. Army, how engaged my ring?

I didn't think you cared.

I think I'd stand you up for a bunch of success.

Yeah, I don't know.

You were pretty sore of me at the end of the night.

You were ready to dump me for Vito.

Hey.

I didn't grow up with Vito, huh?

Look how far we've come.

When I was a kid, I used to dream of being locked up all night in a delicate peasant.

Now we got our own keys, our leave is a nice spread so we can talk in peace.

That's because we got the most important key of all.

We trust each other.

That's why we got going, just like the banks.

What about the banks?

If the Irish still went to Irish banks, the Italians, to Italian banks,

the Jews, the Jewish banks...

The banking business would still be like a delicatussent.

They lend a new way in America, so did we.

That's why we're going to win.

You got the tapes you want to go over today?

No, no, not tonight.

Tonight, I'm going to show you how successful we really are.

When we get done here, I'm going to take us out for ice cream.

Delphino, soldier.

I don't understand.

I reset it.

Rather be a mistress than a wife.

But we're not married.

If we were married, I...

Sure.

We'll find him, Michael, please.

When he's got everybody on the street, Vito's

people left his bunch with the police, too.

All right.

See, I'm fine.

Did you, um...

Did you call Polly Atlas?

We found this car in front of the ice cream place.

He never made it.

He had a gun.

He always had a gun.

He'll be all right with a gun, won't he?

Won't he?

Tell him, will he go?

Damn, every damn one of...

I'll call Ruth.

She'll stay with you.

How you feeling, Charlie?

He's all right.

You can crawl.

Oh, hey.

Show us, Charlie, eh?

Show us how nice you crawl.

Where's he crawling?

Scroll in the sea, Susie.

There's Susie.

If you knew Susie, like I know Susie.

Eh?

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, what a girl.

Charlie, all finished now.

You can go home now.

When in doubt.

What?

Charlie.

Charlie.

Can you hear me, Charlie?

We got a message for you.

Julius Caesar, Charlie.

You remember Julius Caesar?

When Caesar took a prisoner, Charlie.

Even a king.

Caesar brought him home in a cage.

You see how lucky you are, Charlie.

No cage for you.

Only us.

We better fool him with you, Charlie.

And now we're going to get very serious.

Now we get sincere.

Hello.

Benny.

Yeah.

Inspector Reardon.

You'd better get over to Highland Boulevard and Staten Island right away.

They just found Charlie.

What happened?

I don't know, Benny.

They think he's dead.

I'm sorry, Benny.

Yes, sir.

Is he alive?

Well, yeah, he's sort of alive.

Charlie.

Oh, he loves you?

He's sick.

He's sick.

He come to see you.

All the presents you send him.

He keeps them out.

He knows they're from your heart.

He loves you, Salvatore.

You know he loves you?

They say you're going to be fine, Charlie.

You're the kind of mark.

You know what they're calling you out there?

Lucky Luciano.

Charlie lucked himself.

Hey, it's easy to took a prisoner, Charlie.

Even a king.

We better fool you with, Charlie.

Now we're going to get very serious.

Who did it?

Soon we'll make it, Charlie.

You win.

Soon we'll make it.

Everybody dances and you sit by the wall and watch.

The music plays.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

What do you think, Luciano?

Everybody dance, you sit on the wall and watch.

What is the music and play?

Blah, blah, blah, blah.

Everybody dance, even you.

You should have been a salesman, Charlie.

You would have made a great sense.

You would have made a great sense.

You would have made a great sense.

You would have made a great sense.

Up there they're killing each other pretty good, Charlie.

Maybe a couple of hundred already dead.

That's some more disgust on what he said.

Nobody touches you here.

Who did it to you, Charlie?

Say it.

Say it.

I'm glad we just part-time, Charlie.

Otherwise, I might feel bad.

You wouldn't want me to feel bad, would you?

Yes, I love you.

But don't take it seriously.

I was in Chicago, Charlie.

I was with Capone when they told him he laughed.

He said somebody saved me the trouble.

I don't know the way he said it.

Maybe he was Capone that did it.

Was it else, people, Charlie?

We never gave ourselves a chance, did we?

P.S., I love you.

But don't take it seriously.

I spoiled a long time ago.

P.S., I love you.

I'll do anything, Charlie.

Say it.

Let's spoil the long time ago.

Anything you ask.

Take it seriously.

Anything you ask, Charlie.

Anything.

You're very beautiful.

So are you.

I'm not surprised.

Has Charlie ever talked about me?

A little?

I've heard a lot about you.

Your favorite.

For a while.

Want a swab?

I'll take what I've got.

I do what I can for him.

I take chances.

I tell him things he has to know.

I don't think you could do that.

No, I couldn't.

What do you do for him?

I sleep with him.

Glad to be home, Charlie.

Yeah, brother.

And all the time you were getting better.

You were getting better.

How do you like all this?

There's a whole day like it doesn't he?

I'll tell you something, Charlie.

It's a lot better than a hospital.

What do you want to fix your plate?

I want to talk.

Let's go talk.

There were four men that night.

The one who sat me in the street and the three who did the job.

Who find him?

I don't have to find him, Benny.

I know who paid him.

Who paid him?

He didn't want to kill me, Benny.

If they wanted me dead, I'd be dead right now.

They just wanted to teach me a lesson.

Now I'm going to do a little teaching.

Charlie, who was it?

Caesar.

Maranzano.

Okay.

Benny, it'll be dead before then.

Benny, if I wanted a torpedo, I'd have told you in the hospital.

His house, his office is, it's a fortress.

You can't reach him.

Nobody can reach him.

Except you're the boss.

Rosarilla.

You're going in the war.

What the hell do you think I've been?

So, you joined Massadilla?

Massadilla tried to kill me, Charlie.

I know.

Our books, yours, pens, and mine, they're closed until I open them again.

You got no part in this, Michael.

I don't want to see you again until I send for you.

I want you to take a trip.

You've been talking about alcohol from the

Caribbean, go to Cuba and see what it's like.

Benny?

I'll call you when I need you.

Charlie called Massadilla's underboss Pete Morello

and told Morello he would no longer be his own man.

You'll give you something that's slob, Charlie.

Let's take what I need.

Okay, Charlie.

You said the next time we met, we didn't be friends or enemies.

Let's get out of here.

I'm going to be sick.

Tommy Luquese in Guetano Arena, two of my

Surias' young men, had defected to Maranzano.

Charlie wanted to protect his friends.

Tommy?

Guido?

Brother Bost knows about you and Reina.

Do you want to talk to him?

What's Charlie going to tell him?

Charlie told him nothing.

You think Maseri lived this long because he's just too mad?

He's as stupid as he looks?

I'll just relax, okay?

You're going to be all right.

All we want is that if you're going to jump to Maranzano, you make the jump now.

It comes from Charlie, broke time's take.

Thanks, Vito.

I'll tell Reina.

It's too late for Reina.

Maseri and underboss Peter Morello knew gang wars cost money.

They didn't know how to make cost into a strategy.

That's what Maranzano's taking on of Chicago.

The last two weeks, last month, the month before.

You want to reach Maranzano?

Cut off his money.

Cut off Joy Ella.

We'll do the work.

We'll need the funds permission.

All right.

You're going to Chicago.

You're talking to Capone.

You take care of it.

You do.

We got it.

We got it.

It's one more thing, Joe.

Killing man, it was a big mistake.

Oh, sure.

I should let him with double-cross of me, eh?

You think that's a better, eh?

You think I want to kill him?

He double-crossed me.

What am I supposed to do?

Joe, you were too greedy.

You wanted too much.

For a few thousand bucks, you could have

turned him around and let him go to Maranzano.

You could have had your own spy in the middle of his camp.

You see?

That's so easy with me.

He's got his head in the right to price it.

You're listening to him.

Smart.

You do what he say.

Learn the sum of things.

The Chicago business.

And what Joe Adonis now understands you.

They're going to work with Vito.

All right.

It's a good to bond you.

You take care of it.

You don't.

You're the boss of Luciano.

Marello, give him whatever you want.

Mamba.

Thank you, Joe.

Thank you.

I'll put it right there.

I need the Chicago longer distance.

Anastas, I'll kiss you much as goodbye.

You're going to Chicago, all right?

Adonis, hey, it's very empty.

Cut my hands and let's go, huh?

So Charlie's strategy would be indirect.

Kill Aiello, Maranzano's distributor, and Maranzano would be too poor to fight.

Aiello's still selling Maranzano's booze here.

The profits feeding his troops.

I don't need no important guns.

That's how come he's still walking around.

How many times you tried to kill him already?

It's like Joe the boss.

He dances through the rain.

He don't get wet so easy.

Luciano, I've got something for you.

Joe Aiello.

You better be right.

No, maybe I made a mistake.

I better not confuse him with my dentist.

Chris Brennan, you met her in Maranzano's.

Charlie Luciano.

I remember.

How are you, Miss Brennan?

Just fine, thank you, Miss Luciano.

Morning.

Nice seeing you again, Miss Brennan.

Alphonse.

So what does he want in Chicago?

I want a piece of work for me.

So you're a business, what he's doing anyway?

He looks interesting.

He looked interesting when you met him before.

Well, girls got to keep her hand in.

I don't know how long you'll be good to me, Al.

Yeah?

How long you want me to be good to you?

He spilled some juice?

Well, what does it matter?

I'm going back to bed anyway.

There's a hundred for last night, huh?

For this is for now.

For that I want to see a reflection.

This one.

That's for no more questions.

See, too many questions.

Could be bad for your complexion, huh?

Well, I said you were doing a job of work for him.

Do you want that?

What else did he say?

He wouldn't say anything else.

For a minute there, I thought he was suspicious.

Like he knew there was something going on between us.

Does he know?

No.

It was just his nature.

Charlie, you ever think about what goes on between me and Capone?

No.

You care?

Yes.

You still let me do it?

Maybe it's your nature.

Yeah, well, maybe it's your nature to kill people.

You know better than that.

It's business.

Just like your business.

Yeah, well, you go to hell.

Is that my pay, Charlie?

Money on the table?

You know when you came to see me in the hospital?

I remember.

He said maybe we never gave ourselves a chance.

Can I?

Can I?

Why, Charlie?

I'll deal.

Mr. I alone.

Alcohol can be made from sugar products.

America got his sugar from Cuba.

So, bootlegging money invaded our Caribbean neighbor.

What are you looking

at?

We load everything nice.

Show me what you're loading.

Show me what you're loading.

Salipe.

De y agar.

Ar el amelas.

Comelas, hallelujah.

Get it loaded, amigo.

Process.

De nada.

Buena.

Buena.

You're Cubans.

There's a lot of Cubans in Cuba.

You send our rum to the United States.

It's not the rum.

It's my last.

And ours is rum.

It belongs to us.

You pay us.

I've already paid for what I've bought.

You don't pay us.

Now you pay.

Who the hell are you?

Me?

I am

the one who gives you advice.

Him?

He is the one who's going to cut your damn throat.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Come on, come on.

They disturb you?

Almost.

My name is Lasker.

Michael.

Send the ship forward.

Thank you.

Please.

Those men.

They will not bother you now.

They think I speak for my child.

You know our president, my child.

I never met him.

They call him the butcher.

Those children.

They are very poor.

They have no schools.

Once I was like them.

The molasses you buy to make alcohol.

This is for yourself.

For myself.

I read the American newspapers.

I read you are the partner of Lucky Lucian.

You are a powerful man.

I buy for myself.

Not Lucian.

My name is Batista.

For Hensio Batista.

In five days, come.

And see me at this place.

Senor?

My wife is in New York.

Tell you what I made alone.

You have lead of a woman.

I have girls for you.

I am young and pretty.

I am not a country.

I am not a country.

I am a country.

Everything is going to hell in no red work.

Hey.

Are you listening to me or what?

He don't want to see nobody.

Except you.

Maybe you could talk with him, aren't you?

Talk with him, child.

Luciano.

You friend of Alaska.

I used to find out the way he is.

He is in a kuba.

I know he is going to business for himself.

I hear you make a lot of money.

Maybe you take a little bite out of him and do it.

Taking bites out of too many people, Joe, you are losing your troops.

That's all right.

With the bite I take, I buy more.

I know what I do.

Sit down.

You are going to eat.

I am not here because you are my uncle.

You know, I joined up because I want Maranzano.

Oh, you want to revenge, yeah?

I tell you, I know what I am going to do.

Listen.

I have a bunch of green honey coming in from essentially.

You will give him a gun.

They shoot the bang and bang.

That's terrific, Joe.

That's what you need.

More shooters from Sicily.

They can't even find Grand Central Station.

You tell them to shoot.

They shoot the wrong guy.

You are kidding yourself, Joe.

They eat.

They don't win wars.

A lot of talk-a-talk-a-talk-a-lushiana.

I know you have no advice.

What do you think I should do, maybe?

Let down the drop of dead?

Yeah, that's what I want, Joe.

Joe, pull our people off of the street, Greek group.

Stop giving Maranzano targets.

Joe, you keep becoming him.

So you let him come.

Let him come, Joe.

Let him think that he's one.

Then you nail it in.

Tell him you want to work out a surrender.

Then I got my naughty.

Go ahead.

Take a look.

He thinks that he's done everything his own way, Joe.

Then you bring out every gun that we got.

You nail him in his own house.

In his own house.

I like it.

I like it.

Come on, what do you think?

Go see Maranzano, right?

Who is it?

Who is it?

Let's go get some ice cream.

Charlie.

Billy.

I thought you forgot the address.

I told you I'd call you when I needed you.

You name me.

Pick some time and play.

What do you got?

Some cigars for Stella.

Is it for you?

No, you shouldn't.

One and a half a seat.

How's Stella?

Stella's fine.

The baby?

The baby's fine too.

Sit, Charlie.

Thanks, baby.

You hear from Michael?

He's in Cuba.

I hear Ruthie is pregnant.

That's good, huh?

It's nice.

I'm glad they made up.

Charlie's been great talking about old times.

Anything else you need for me?

Yeah.

I have to stop the war, Benny.

We need a peace with Martins Arnold.

You gonna kiss his hand too, Charlie?

Donnie, I said we need a peace.

Look, when Martins Arnold thinks he has a victory,

then we're gonna settle up with him for everything.

What do you want from me, Charlie?

I don't even speak the language.

I want you to trust me, Benny.

Because now I have to trust you.

You have to.

Benny, what I'm about to tell you is for you and nobody else, Kabish.

Kabish.

Somebody, an outsider.

Somebody has to pass the word to Martins Arnold.

I'm

supposed to tell you that Charlie and Joe the boss are looking for a way out.

What's that supposed to mean?

Me and from Martins Arnold thinks he got the world out of the tail.

He's gonna get a bullet in the air.

Will you sit with Maserria?

You're gonna be dead about two minutes later.

What are you telling me, Ben?

The official message is, they want to work out a surrender.

That's from Charlie.

The rest of it?

Well, it's any tracks that you get from me.

You do that to Charlie.

You did it to Maserria, didn't you?

When your outfits in the saddle, you owe me a couple of favors.

See you around.

Bonilla!

Sergeant Patista.

Mr. Asker, Sergeant first class.

There is no high rank for a poor man.

And for Richmond?

Generals, Colonel, the officers.

They are fools.

Many illusions.

I have no illusions, Mr. Asker.

This sergeant's run the army.

Perhaps one day we will run more than the army.

What's up, Lord?

Thank you.

I have prepared a document for you under the

authority of our butcher, President Machado.

If anyone bothers you again, show them these.

And now, perhaps, we will be friends.

By as you please, molasses, alcohol, you will return to buy more.

And would you buy enough?

Your friends will share each other's fortune.

That says it should be.

Have you worked at many jobs, Mr. Asker?

I was a tool and die maker once.

Since then, I've worked for myself.

I've been a clerk, a railroad worker, even a barber.

I am an ambitious man.

I will be more than a sergeant.

I will make my own power.

Now, if you will, excuse me, Mr. Asker.

I must prepare the papers to have a man executed.

What was his friend?

He spoke against President Machado.

When was that?

Mr. Asker.

He was with me from the beginning.

He was a true friend.

You know, one time I come in the office.

I let me share my shoe.

I make a big, big joke.

And they cut out of my oven.

You still got me, Joe?

You got a strong right hand?

Pete was on his way to make the piece.

It was the first meeting to make the piece.

So they knew.

They knew we were blowing smoke.

Every man, every gun that we got, I want him on the street.

Now, kill them all.

That'll come.

You let them think they were still hiding under the bed.

There's something else for somebody betrayed us.

You give me a few days to find them.

That's what I got.

I'll kill them with my own hands.

And I'll come out swinging with everything we got.

You do.

Kill them all.

Charlie took Morello's place as underboss, now owing his loyalty to the mafia.

But Charlie, Michael and Ben had a plan to

survive a war fought with guns and treachery.

Michael Laster and Ben Siegel were hardened criminals.

They lived in a violent world.

Like the others in that world, they lived by the gun

and by a cruelty that was someday to destroy them.