All language subtitles for FIST.1978.BRRip.XviD.MP3-RARBG

Hey, hurry up.
Let's go.

All right, boys,
all I need is one guy.

You!

You're big enough.
What's your name?

Dombrowsky, Sir.

Huh?

Dombrowsky, Sir.
I'm Polish.

Polish! All right,
get in there, Polack.

Sorry, boys,
that's enough.

One more.

Come on.

My name is Mr. Gant.

Payday is every Friday.

All right, now,

You stay here as long as
I want you to.

If the, uh, delivery
don't get here

until 10:00 at night,
you stay till 10:00,

but you only get
paid 8 hours, period.

If you get sick,
that's too bad.

Do you understand?

Yes, Sir, Mr. Gant.

And if you drop
any of the stuff,

If you ruin the merchandise,
that's out of your pay.

It's company policy.

Yes, Sir.

All right, boys, we've got
a lot stuff coming in.

Roll it out!

Kovak, I want you
to put Mr. Dombrowsky here to work.

Hey, Kovak,

that don't
belong to you.

We get in there
at 5:00,

get out at 7:00,

end up
working 14 hours.

Work 14 and you
get paid for 8.

It's a living.

It's crap.

It's a crap life,
that's what it is.

It's a job,
Johnny.

To you it's a job.
To me it's crap.

I've been
working hard all day,

and I don't need to be hangin' around
with no sour bohunk.

And they got this buzzer, ma.

Buzzer?

Buzzer, buzzer, buzzer,
bzz, buzzer.

They got this buzzer.

Someday I wanna
tear that buzzer out

by the roots
and give it to you.

Don't break nothing!

They pay you the money.

We're gonna buy mansions
up in the heights, right, Abe?

Big heights.

Come on,
all the companies got buzzers.

You're a lot of help.

Don't start trouble,
Johnny.

Give it to him, ma.

Always some trouble.
Your friends never complain.

That's right.
He never complains.

What's the matter with you?

Your pa,

he never complained.

Oh, kiss my buzzer,
will you?

Dombrowsky, you havin' trouble
with your back?

No, Sir, Mr. Gant.

Then take more
of those crates.

Kovak, load him up.

Come on. Come on.

He can take more than that.
More.

All right,
now keep moving.

We haven't got all day.

That's 4 crates of tomatoes
out of your pocket, Polack.

- The company says...
- But you made me put 'em there, Sir.

You break 'em,
you pay for 'em.

That's company policy.

Did you hear me?

I heard you, Sir.

All right.

Get down there
and pick 'em up, boy.

And hurry it up.
We're runnin' late.

Come on,
we'll get 'em up.

Belkin!
Put the good ones in here.

Get back
to work.

Put the bad ones
in here.

That's bad.
Bad.

What do you guys think
you're doin'?

Get back to work!
All of you!

Samuels.

Didn't you hear me?

Samuels.

Samuels, you're fired!

Get your voucher,
you're through.

I...I didn't hear you,
Mr. Gant.

Get out! Get out!
You're fired!

Johnny.

Tell him, Johnny,

I didn't hear him.
I didn't.

Don't you think you'd better
get this fish inside

before it spoils?

What's it to you,
Mac?

The name's Monahan,
Mike Monahan.

Why don't you mind
your own business?

It is my business.

It's gonna spoil
if you don't get it inside.

What do we care?

I want
the wagon unloaded.

Why don't you come up here
and do it yourself?

Well, I'm the driver.
Hey!

Well, it's not
my job either.

What are you guys
trying to pull?

You know where that stuff goes.
Get it inside!

We don't need
any lazy bastards

around here,
you hear me, Belkin?

And you too, Kovak.
You're another...

you call me a bastard,
I'll lay you out.

Eh.

Well, I guess a job don't mean nothin'
to a rich man like you.

That's out of your pay,
Kovak.

What the hell do you think
you're doin'?

I wanna see
boss Andrews.

I'll give you Andrews.
You're fired, Kovak!

You get the hell out of here!

Go get Andrews!

Andrews! Andrews!

Andrews! Andrews! Andrews!

I'm glad
you told me about this.

You've got
some legitimate complaints.

Let's agree on this.

From now on,

Gant here can't fire anyone
without my approval.

How's that?

Well, how about havin' to pay for something
you dropped by accident?

From now on, anything
that's accidentally damaged,

you don't have to pay for.

What about overtime?

Being paid
waiting for deliveries?

I won't lie to you.
That's out of my hands.

I'll have to talk
to my superiors.

All right?

We'll try to be fair.

But to be fair all around,

you fellows
will go back to work

and move that load inside,
right away.

Wait, wait, how...how do we know
you're gonna talk to 'em

about the extra pay?
How do we know that?

You have my word.

By the way, Mr. Kovak,
I'd like to praise you

for bringing this matter
to my attention.

The problems
will be corrected.

Do we have a deal?

The idea is not to go
back to work until the...

I'll go along
with Johnny.

Ok.

All right,
we got a deal.

Here's to Johnny Kovak!

No, no.
Lincoln Dombrowsky!

Abe Lincoln!

How about
another round?

Looky there,
here's a new face.

What's your name?
Another round?

Another round.

Put it around, Johnny.
Put it around,

Yeah,
you break it,

you pay for it.

Look at those rosy cheeks.
Are you Irish?

What of it?
What of it?

Why don't you take
your hands off of me,

and be a gentleman
like your friend here?

Oh!

Gentleman,
are my hands no good?

You're a gentleman?

Hey, Johnny!
You come on now,

we wrestle.

Come on, for a nickel.

Well I'll tell you, Jugs,
it's been kind of a hard day,

but Abe is feeling good.

you wanna wrestle
Jugovich?

Come on, come on. Come on.
Come on.

Come on, Abe.

Ok. All right.
Put it down here.

Come on,
put the nickel down.

Who's on me?

- Come on.
- Go on.

I don't wanna
hurt you, Jugs.

I think you need a little bit more
arm there, Abe.

Get it down there.

All right.
Zigi, you ready.

Ok, fellows.
Are you ready?

Start it, Zig.

Go!

Look who is here:
Vince Doyle!

And look at that
big-shot suit he's got on.

Mm-mm-mmm.

You slumming,
Vince?

No, I just got
a little business

to talk over
with Zigi here.

Hey, Vince, you hear about us
at the company?

Listen, Vince,
Johnny had their backs to the wall.

We almost had
a walkout.

We won, Vince.

What did you win, kid?

Zigi, set these guys up.

Anything wrong,
Johnny?

The buzzer?

The buzzer.

- Come on!
- Where's Johnny?

Hey, Johnny!

They won't
let us in, John.

Number 7, number 8,
number 9.

What's goin' on
here?

What are you
doing here?

Hey Samuels,
where you going?

I gotta work,
Johnny.

Hey, I wanna get...
I wanna see Andrews.

Well, well, well,

Mr. Kovak wants to see Mr. Andrews.
That's right, Gant.

Well, Mr. Kovak,
Mr. Andrews is out of town.

But he left
a little message for you.

You're fired!
All of you!

Fired?

The winner.

Who asked you, Vince?

So you gotta go out
and try to save the world, huh, kid?

You know, it cost me
$20 to get you out.

He said
we had a deal.

A deal? Christ, Johnny.

You don't go screwin' around
with those people.

You got no push.

He shook my hand,
Vince.

He shook my hand,
he said we had a deal.

Yeah, sure.

Listen, kid, why don't
you come to work for me?

We'll make an honest buck
together, hmm?

Always lookin' out for me,
ain't you, Vince?

What's the matter,
you need another stooge?

Johnny, rest it,
will you? Relax.

You don't
understand this, Vince.

Johnny, come on.

Hey, kid.

Johnny! Come on!

� roll out the barrel �

Well, come on, you guys,
cheer up a little.

Thanks, Molly.

� We've got the blues
on the run �

Ah, hiya, Johnny,
do you remember me?

I'm, uh, Mike Monahan.

I delivered
that load of fish

at Fleckner Foods
the other night.

Yeah, the fish guy.
What do you want?

Oh, I was thinkin' maybe
you're lookin' for a job.

You did, huh?

What kind of work?

Well, you see,
I'm the president

of the Federation of Interstate Truckers,

local 302, Johnny.

The president is here.

- You heard of it?
- No. I...

He's talkin'
about the union.

Well, it's, uh,
it's not much of one, uh.

You mind if I, uh, sit down?

You know, I figure
we got about a 100 guys right now.

Look, Johnny,
I...I don't know

how you feel about unions,
but I...I saw you at Fleckner's

and, well,
you got a way with men.

Yeah, I did a lot for 'em.
Come on.

Well, look now,
the companies we work for

are filled with, uh, creeps
like your Mr. Andrews.

You know, they smile,
and then they stick it to you.

What do you want me
to do about it?

I want you to come to work for us
as an organizer.

You go out
to the warehouses

and sign up
as many guys as you can.

What about my lawyer here?
We work together. This guy.

I think
you both got a job.

How much?

Why, I can't
pay you nothing.

But I'll give you
a...a commission

for every guy
you sign up.

Look, I don't know nothing
about trucks, Monahan.

Well, I'll show you everything.
I'm not interested.

You'll get an office.

We might have a chance
to get even.

He ain't
paying nothin', Abe.

And you get a car.

Get a car?

Anna! Anna,
you remember me?

From the Christmas dance
last year.

I asked you to dance 3 times
and you didn't wanna.

Wait, look, wait a minute!
Don't you remember?

In case you're wondering
all the time

what my name is,
it's Johnny Kovak.

What's yours?

You know what it is.

No, your last name.
Come on, everybody's got one.

Zerinkas!

It's pretty. You Polack?

I'm Lithuanian.

Lithuanian. Sure not
many Lithuanians left.

I thought
most of them were dead.

You wanna go for a beer?

For breakfast?
I...I don't drink beer.

Well, then let's go
someplace and talk.

What do you wanna
talk about?

Me, I'll talk
about anything.

Baseball, books,
the bible. I'm game.

What do you know
about the bible?

Are you... what do
I know about the bible?

"An eye for an eye"
and all that. It's a great book.

Do you always lie?

If it'll help me get along
with stuck-up ladies, why not?

Hey, wait a minute!
Where you going?

To work.

Well, lady, I'll give you a ride
to the gate.

Come on.
I don't go for rides.

Come on,
it'll impress your friends.

I just washed the car,
come on.

You're embarrassing me.
You're making me look bad.

And can't you
even say goodbye?

Bye!

Hey, Anna, do all your friends here
know how stuck-up you are?

Ok, fellows,
what's your business?

We're with the union.

Federation
of Interstate Truckers.

Look, we just wanna
talk to the guys

for a few minutes,
all right?

Park this outside,
and I'll go check upstairs.

Thank you.

What're you
thankin' him for?

A couple of union boys.

You guys can go on in,
but I need some names first.

Abe Belkin.

Kovak,
Johnny Kovak.

Keep an eye on 'em.

...Benefits? How do we...

Good morning.

How are you?
My name is Johnny Kovak,

we're from
the trucking union.

Abe Belkin. How are you?
Nice meeting you.

Listen, we just
wanna talk to you about...

but we're
not interested.

Wait, aren't you interested in better
working conditions?

I said
we're not interested.

I know what you said,
but we just wanna talk to you...

you heard
what he said.

Yeah,
what is your name?

Richman.
Richman, ok.

Uh, Abe, why don't
we come back?

We'll talk to these guys later.
We'll talk to you, uh, well...

Who the hell
are those guys?

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Wait,
I'm Johnny Kovak.

We're from the, uh,
truckers' union...

give me a break,
will you?

We just wanna
talk about the pay...

I pay my dues.
Just leave me alone, all right?

We'll get you more money.
We'll get you better...

come on,
5 minutes.

We've got a meeting,
8:00, Friday night,

St. Stephen's basement.
I hope some of you guys show up.

Come on.

Come on, Johnny.

How long have
we been out, 14 hours?

13, 3 sign-ups.

We got 2 sign-ups
and one "maybe."

Any trucks been around?

I don't know.
It's been slow.

Where's the driver
of that rig?

I don't know.
I haven't seen him.

Is he inside?
I don't know.

Listen,
would you put in

about 60 cents' worth of gas
and check the oil? Ok?

- Sure.
- Wait up, Abe.

Am I beat.

That's some rig.

Yeah.

It's an independent.
Mmm-hmm.

Yeah.

"Higgins hauling service."

Hey, anybody in there?
Huh?

Get the hell away
from my rig.

Hey, we're from the union.
Come on.

Bullshit!
We're signin' up members.

Last time somebody
knocked on my door, they took my load.

We're not gonna to take anything.
Show him the card.

Federation of Interstate
Truckers, Abe Belkin.

That's right.

Ok, you're with the union.
Now get out of here.

Wait, don't you wanna
do something

about what the companies
are doin' to the drivers?

If you sign up
with the union,

they can't screw you so bad.
You know that?

Upside down
they can screw you.

And start
all over again.

Not if everybody
signs up.

Yeah? Well, I'll sign up when everybody else
has signed up. How's that?

We can give you more clout
with the company.

Now don't you
understand that?

You 2 guys?

No, the union.

Yeah. You sure
you and Abie here

just don't wanna
collect dues?

You can make the dues up
in the raises the union will get you.

Bullshit!

All right, you wanna end up
like Joe Harper,

that's your business.

What happened to Joe?

Joe Harper, pushing too hard
for the company,

went off the road,
cracked up, no insurance,

nothing
for his family.

As a matter of fact,
he had a rig just like this.

Wait a minute.

Hey, look, we got a meeting
Friday night, 8:00,

St. Stephen's basement.

Hey, what's your name?

Kovak,
Johnny Kovak.

What's yours?

Tom Higgins.
Everybody knows me.

I'll see you Friday,
won't I, Tom?

But I ain't gonna
sign nothin'.

Now, you guys know

that the companies
have been

putting it to us
worse than ever before.

And the only way
we got of holding 'em off

is by getting together.

That's what
a union's all about.

Hi, Joe.

Hi, Joe, how the hell
are you?

All right, you guys,
this is Johnny Kovak.

Good work, John.

John.

Most of you guys
know Joe Harper.

Joe Harper was
one of the first guys with this union.

Paying dues
more than 20 years.

Showin' up at meetings.

Doin' what he was asked.

Bein' a brother.

All his life he run
from one place to another

to support his family.

The only damn
the company gave about him

was to have him
run more and more.

Till he run himself
off the road.

Now the company
don't give a damn at all.

But I wanna tell you guys
something...

We ain't askin' the company
for nothin'.

'Cause we're gonna
take care of Joe.

We're taking care
of his doctor bills.

We're taking care
of his family.

'Cause Joe's
a good union man

and we're taking care of him
and the people he loves.

And I'll tell you
somethin' else,

you join this union,

we'll get you money
for overtime

and doctor bills.

And you won't have
to kill yourself makin' a buck

like you're doin' now,
like my old man did.

You join this union
and make it strong,

it'll make you strong.

And I swear to you,
as I'm standing here

that no company bastard
livin' up in the heights

is gonna come down here
and walk all over your lives.

I promise you that.

Come on, Joe, let's go.

Where do I sign?

Yeah. We're doing pretty good,
we're over 300 this month.

With this guy,
Vince Kiniwaski?

Yeah?
That brings it up to 300.

I think we'll be up to about 400
by 3 or 4 weeks.

Oh, yeah,
Abe is out right now.

We're going big,
aren't we? Uh-huh.

It's Abe's idea.
We take a billboard,

we split the billboard up

and explain exactly
what the F.I.S.T. Stands for.

Uh-huh, yeah listen,
yeah, Abe is still out.

I'll get back to you
in a minute, Mike.

Yeah, ok. Bye.

Mr. Kovak,
I'm Arthur St. Clair.

General counsel
for consolidated trucking.

I know who you are.

May I sit down?

It occurs to me,
Mr. Kovak,

that we have some concerns
in common.

In different ways,

we're both concerned
about truckers.

You for the union
and, uh, your commission.

And I... I'm concerned
with the company and our profits, of course.

Of course.

It's been brought to my attention,
Mr. Kovak that, uh,

you have a special talent

for communicating
with drivers.

I'd like to put that talent
to work.

Uh-huh?

How you gonna do that?

By hiring you to work for us.

Now think about it
seriously, Mr. Kovak.

Think of the good you can do
from inside the company,

helping our drivers.

What about the men?
What about the union?

Well, your associate,
Mr. Belkin could carry on for you.

Money, of course,
is no problem.

We'd be happy to double
whatever you're making now

in salary
and commissions.

It's not bad.

Very not bad, I'd say.

You know somethin',
St. Clair?

When I first took this job,
I had a feeling

that if I did
a good enough job,

sooner or later somebody would come
walking up those stairs.

Somebody like you.

And they'd sit in that chair,

and they'd tell me
what you're telling me now.

And I knew then
what I was gonna say, and I know now.

Why don't you get
the hell out of my office?

You're stinkin' up
union property.

As you get older, Kovak,

you'll find that
civility can be learned,

sometimes even taught.

When you change your mind,
give me a call.

You're 4 short,
Miss Zerinkas.

No.

What's the matter
with you?

I wasn't going
to touch you.

1, 2, 3, 4.
I'm not short.

Now if you wanna keep your job here
I'm not...

you'd better learn
to start cooperating, Miss Zerinkas.

I've never been short on my count,
Mr. Burke.

You know that!

Ae knows that.

Goodnight, George.

Anna.

What do you
want?

What's the matter?

Anna, are you crying?
What's the matter?

Nothing.

You look like
you're cryin'.

Did somebody do
something to you?

No.
What's the matter?

Don't you ever cry?

Ah, yeah, I cry
when I peel onions,

but you look like you're
a little bit more upset than that.

Want to grab some beer?

I told you
I don't drink beer.

How about some coffee?
Want to get some coffee?

No, you don't want
no coffee either.

How about some ice cream?

Come on,
everybody likes ice cream.

What do you like,
you like vanilla?

Do you like chocolate?
No chocolate?

How about strawberry?

Come on, I know
you like strawberry, right?

I can see you smilin' already.
You smilin'?

I know
there's a smile in there.

You want to get
some strawberry?

I know a great place.

Cheap, too.

Oh, no, no hands.

You mean, you don't
want me to touch you?

No hands, all right.
No hands.

I was thinkin', Anna,

it's gonna be very difficult
driving with no hands.

But we'll work
somethin' out.

You ever tried to shift
with your elbows?

I've never driven a car.

And maybe by the end of the summer
we'll be up around 500.

What we're trying
to do with the union

is make sure none of the guys
get stepped on

by the companies
anymore.

That's what
the problem is,

that's what it's always been
around here.

I was thinking that maybe we ought to go
see a show sometime.

Mmm. At the factory
where I work...

Yeah?

...2 of the girls tried to start a union,
and they threw 'em out.

Oh, that's rough.
That was rough.

I was, uh, reading
in the paper the other day

where they have Ginger Rogers
appearing nightly,

down at The Orpheum.

She's a good dancer.
You ever seen her dance?

No, and now they can't get a job
anywhere in this entire city.

Hmm.

That's rough. Maybe I can
talk to some people about that, help out.

Oh, would you?

Yeah, I was thinking,

the way you're sitting there
eating that ice cream cone,

you kind of remind me
of Ginger Rogers, you know that?

You do. Saturday night,
I'm free.

I got plans.

Got plans? Well, so do I.

Sunday night?

I got plans.

You sure got
a lot of plans.

What do you think
you'll be doing next Easter?

Hmm?

You always so pushy?

Yeah, when I really
want something. Hmm?

Maybe I'll check my schedule here,
see if, uh,

I got a cancellation
for next Saturday, 9:00.

Strawberry girl,
you could be available?

Hmm?

No hands?

No hands?
I'll make you a deal.

What?

No hands if, uh, I can
have this ice cream cone.

Ok?
- Ok.

Ok.

I'll call you up, ok?

How you doing, Bob?
How's the wife treating you?

We'll get back
in about 3 days,

I think everything
should be ok, all right.

Thank you
for your time.

Johnny Kovak,
take care of yourself.

Hi, George.
Hey, Johnny.

Hey, listen,
there's a guy over there

in a consolidated truck
wants to talk to you.

Uh-huh?
Yeah, he might wanna sign up.

All right,
thanks a lot.

Watch out for Myrtle's Coffee,
she's on the warpath.

Ok, will do.

Hey, you wanted
to see me?

Yeah, I was thinkin'
about signin' up.

Oh, good, good, good.
What's your name?

Jack.
- Jack. Jack what?

Jack...
- Kovak,

I wanna sign up,
too.

Oh, God!

Yeah?

Have you given my proposition
further thought?

Come on in. Show your cards
or your buttons.

Show your cards or your buttons.
Come on in and take a seat.

Uh, Tom, I...

you wanna
close the doors back there

so we can get
the, uh, meeting started?

Uh, we have with us here
tonight from Indianapolis,

a man you all know
or heard about.

He's gonna swear in
all you new members.

A man...Who's a real legend
in the union movement.

It's Henry Ford!

Come on now, Tom, now.

Let's...let's settle down,
guys, settle down.

Max Graham.

The national president
of this union.

First,
I wanna thank Mike Monahan

for the fancy introduction.

I wanna talk to you guys
about somethin'

I've been seein'
every place I go.

Skirts!

Any of you real smart guys
wanna crack wise,

get the hell out of here
and do it outside!

I don't wanna think
the company sent you in here

to disrupt this meetin'.

What I wanna talk to you about

is this business
of Bolshevik agitating.

Have you come across
any Bolsheviks?

- You know what I mean.
- Huh?

I seen 'em in Pittsburgh,
I seen 'em in Detroit,

and you got 'em
right here in Cleveland.

Fancy guys with smart words,
lots of talk,

they're trying to stir up good union men
against the system.

Now I know we got problems
with the companies,

but that's why we're here.
That's why we got a union.

That's why we pledge
to obey all the laws

and to aid
our member brothers.

To iron these things out
with our bosses, your bosses.

To make sure
the company makes a profit.

Now, you know
what I'm talkin' about?

If the companies don't make a profit,
we don't make a profit.

Now,

I want to talk to you about
getting your dues in on time.

Oh!

Get off your asses
and pay your dues.

How you doing, jugs?
Johnny, how are you?

Oh, thank you.

Every bohunk in here
know him?

Yeah, everybody
likes Johnny.

It's for you, Mishka.
Thanks.

Hey, Molly.
He wants to go out with you.

Who?

The gentleman you like,
Abe.

...Couldn't fix a damn truck.

She wants to go out
with you.

Come on,
how do you know?

I know.
If you don't, I will.

Yeah,
you would, too.

She's got
a great frame on her.

You're not a driver,
are you, Kovak?

Well,
not like you guys, no.

I didn't think so.

- She's...
- stirrin' all these men up.

All this
grandstandin'.

What grandstandin'?
What are you talkin', Max?

We've grown
since Johnny come in, right?

You mean he's grown.

You make a commission
on each one?

Yeah, I do my...
I do my job.

You makin' a name
for yourself?

You put money
in your mattress?

Hey, Max.

He never even
drove a truck.

I'll see you guys later.

Johnny, hey, wait!

Pretty soon, the company
will come along and offer you somethin'.

And you'll take. You'll take.

Johnny, come on.

Max, what the hell's wrong
with you?

Come on, Abe. Abe,
Johnny, come on back, have another beer.

You didn't
finish your drink.

Oh, Jesus!
I'm sorry, Molly.

That's ok.

I'm off Friday.

You're on.

Does Anna Zerinkas
live here?

Yeah, that's
where she lives.

Thank you.

Now get away from there.

Hi, Johnny Kovak,
from the union.

- Oh, yeah.
- How are you?

How are you?

Hi. Hey, hey, Anna, we've got a date.
What the...

today's Friday. Our date
is for tomorrow night.

Yeah, I know that...

I know that,
but today don't bother me.

Well, it...it bothers me.
I mean, uh...

No, don't worry
about way you're dressed.

So you're not
dressed to kill.

It's ok.
- What are you, drunk?

Well, I just had a little beer
with the guys

- down at the bar, nothing serious.
- Oh.

I don't think
you're funny.

You don't?

I think
you're funny.

What you mean by that?

Uh, I mean, don't worry
about the way you're dressed,

I can take you
some place dark.

No one has to see it.

Uh-huh, well,
I can't go.

Oh, you can't?

Well, why not?

Because, uh,
I... I've got a headache.

You got a headache?

From what?
I just got here.

Well, I got a headache
from some slob

standing on my doorstep
insulting me!

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Wait, wait.

Is your... is your mother home?

Why?

'Cause if I can't go out
with you,

I'd like to go out
with the original.

Ooh!

Should have waited till Saturday,
that's the problem.

Hey, looks like
a lockout, huh?

Hi, Johnny.

Hi, John.

Here, take the car,
will you?

What's the matter?
Where's your date?

Uh, she was late,
so I stood her up, you know.

Doesn't matter. Here.

He's crazy about you,
isn't he?

You got what it takes.
See you around.

Yeah.

Hey, Johnny,
where you going?

Yeah, where am I going?
Yeah, she looks a little like

Ginger Rogers,
don't you think?

Is he always
like that?

What do you expect,
he's a hunky.

Did you like
the movie?

No.

You didn't?

I'm just kidding you.

You're really a sucker,
you know that?

Goodnight, Abe.

Goodnight, Molly.

Goodnight.

Shit!

All right. You guys saw
what they did to Abe, right?

Yeah!

We can't just go
runnin' out and strike,

for Christ's sake,
just because somebody got hurt.

I didn't join up to lose my job,
Johnny. Uh, did we?

I don't wanna strike
no more than you do, Tom.

I don't want
nobody to lose jobs.

None of you guys.
What you gettin' from us?

Nothin'.

Are they paying you
overtime?

No.

They paying
your doctor's bills?

No. They sure ain't.

All we've been doing so far
is takin' your dues.

Look, look, look, what me
and Mike are gonna do,

we're gonna go in there
and we're gonna talk to 'em.

Oh, so that's Kovak.

That's him.

How many of our drivers
has he signed up so far?

About 60%.

I know these foreigners
around here.

They're a good,
simple people.

They like to have
a lot of laughs

and have a beer.

And don't take no crap.

Hello, I'm Phillip Talbot.

I'm, uh,
Mike Monahan and...

This is our organizer,

Johnny Kovak.
Kovak.

My father should
be here in a moment, gentlemen.

I'm sorry for the delay.

That's all right,
Mr. Talbot.

We got the time.

Sit down.
Sit down, Mike

thanks.

This is, uh, Mr. St. Clair,
our attorney.

Yes, we've met.

And Mr. Langley,
our comptroller.

Mike, why are you
sitting here?

What...what do you mean,
Johnny?

If he's gonna sit there,
then you ought to sit down there.

Oh, this is ok.

No, it's not.
Come on, let's do it.

Yeah? All right.

We're gonna sit
down there.

It's a good seat.
It sure is.

Sorry I'm late,
gentlemen.

Some of these meetings, you know, they go on.
Please, sit down.

Why don't you, uh,
move down here,

perhaps we can hear
each other better?

No, we can hear fine.
Unless you guys wanna come down here.

Oh, I think we can
hear just fine.

Ok.

Shall we begin?

This is Mr. Monahan,
the president of the local...

How do you do, Sir?

Mr. Novak.
Kovak. Chief organizer.

All right, Mr. Kovak,
what can we do for you?

Well, Mike here's the president. I guess
he knows better than me,

so why don't you
lay it out for 'em, Mike?

Ok, Johnny.

Certainly,
Mr. Monahan.

Uh, the thing of it is,
Mr. Talbot,

the, uh, the men
in our local are upset about a few things,

and, well, uh, we wanted
to talk 'em over with you.

Oh, I'm always willing
to discuss our men's problems.

I want the men
to be happy.

Well, the way
the men see it,

the company ought to pay
for the medical bills

when any guy gets hurt.

And, uh, set up some
kind of an insurance plan

for the family.

How do we stand
on that?

Our policy is the same as that
of the other companies.

We don't have
our own insurance program,

but as you know, we have, on occasion,
lent some of the men money,

at standard rates
for medical emergencies.

Some of the men
have already expressed

their appreciation
to me personally, win.

Oh, that's
very nice.

I was thinking,
Mr. Talbot,

not of your
lendin' the money,

but of payin'
the bills.

We're gonna cut 'em off,
pal, you know that?

What did he say?

I said we're gonna
cut 'em off, your balls.

And what exactly do you mean
by that crudity, Mr. Kovak?

I mean
we're gonna shut you down.

I see.

No, you don't see.

You don't see nothin'. You guys don't hear nothin'.
You don't feel nothing.

'Cause if you did,
we wouldn't be sittin' here.

You're out of touch.

I'll tell you what you're sufferin' from,
small eyes and fat asses.

Is he speaking for you,
Mr. Monahan?

Johnny's our organizer,
he knows what the men want.

Well, I think
I've heard enough.

No, you haven't heard enough!

Damn it,
if a guy works overtime,

why don't you
pay him overtime?

If he needs insurance,
why don't you give him insurance?

We don't like to come here beggin',
we're not askin' for charity.

We're not asking you
to be generous,

we're just asking you
to be smart businessmen.

Ah, I see.

Well, the answer is no,
Mr. Kovak.

No insurance.

No overtime.

No pay raises.

Let's go, Mike.

Come on.

Do you know how much money
you're gonna lose in a strike?

He's unbelievable.

I wanna talk to you.
Let go of me!

I want to talk to you. Why did you do it?
What?

Why did you
stand me up?

Nobody comes
for me drunk.

I was under control.
Who's control?

The gentleman...
I ain't got the money to be a gentleman, all right?

The gentlemen
who take me out,

they knock on my door very politely.
Is that right?

Yes,
they talk to my mother.

What can I talk
to your mother about?

The weather.

- The weather?
- The weather.

Jesus.

They escort me
to their car,

and sometimes
they even bring me flowers.

Flowers?

Flowers.

You know, you're nuts.

You know that, Anna?

You know that?

I look like
I got any flowers?

What do you think I am,
a pansy?

You think
I've got flowers on me?

Are those for me?

Good evening, my name is John Kovak,
from the union.

I have a date with Anna, and I'm looking
for Anna's mother.

I am Mrs. Zerinkas.
Come in, please.

Thank you.

Please.

Sit down, yes.

What beautiful roses.

Oh, thank you.
They were havin' a sale,

so I thought I'd...

buy 'em.

Maybe we should
put them in a vase?

Oh, if it's ok with you,
I'd just like to hold them here in my hand.

Yes. Just one moment
please.

Ok.

Anna!

Your friend is here!

I'll be down in a minute,
mama.

- Ah, please.
- Thank you.

This heat
is really somethin'.

The humidity from the lake,
I think.

Yeah.

I like it when it's cold
because you can feel yourself breathe.

And you don't sweat
through all your shirts.

This is one of the hottest spells
we have had in years.

That's very true.
Very true.

I was thinkin' about that.

You are not Lithuanian?

No, I'm Hungarian.

Hmm.

Catholic?

Oh, sure.
Since I was born.

What have you 2 been
talking about behind my back?

The weather.

Oh, Johnny,
what beautiful flowers.

You shouldn't have.

Well, they were havin'
a sale so I thought, well, why not?

Thank you.
- Hmm.

I just love it
when it's so nice and warm,

don't you, Johnny?

Yeah, I was saying I like it,
it opens the pores.

Mr. Kovak was just saying
how much he likes the cold.

Oh, what I meant is,
I like it, uh, both ways.

I like to be hot and cold
at the same time.

I guess
I'd better be going.

Well, have fun.

Yes, I'll try, mama.

Yeah, I'll have her back
in about a month or so.

Oh, I'm sure.
It was nice meeting you.

Bye-bye, mama.

We'll have
a good time. Bye.

Nice meeting you.
Nice meeting you.

Don't stay out
too late.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Goodnight, Anna!

Goodbye!

Boy, he's fancy dressed,
huh?

Sure is, look at that tie.

He came in
with flowers, too.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Oh, got it!

Don't breathe.
Don't breathe.

I do a great, great
train imitation.

I've been doing it
all my life.

Since I was a kid.

Wanna hear a train?
Sure.

Ok.

Let me see.

No. That's...

Hey, Johnny.

How are you doin'?
Hey, Vince.

I was just showin' Anna here
my train imitation.

Oh, yeah?

Well, you always were
a bit of an engineer.

I see you won
yourself a doll, too.

Oh, yeah, Anna,
this is Vince Doyle and Jocko.

I don't know the girls.

This is bonnie
and Rosie.

Pleased to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.

Boy, you always know
how to pick 'em,

don't you, kid?

Hey, Vince,
how about it, all right?

Sorry.

Hey, I hear you're
gonna take your guys out on strike?

You're getting to be
a regular labor leader.

Regular labor leader.
Well, I'm just doing my job.

You're whistling
past the graveyard, kid.

Well, I think I'm doin'
the right thing.

Nobody's gonna break
that old man's back.

Not in this town.

We'll see.

Well, we gotta go.

I bet.

Bye, doll.

Who is that man?

Oh, Vince?
Vince works for the church.

Oh, really?

No, he's just some guy
I grew up with.

Of course, Vince never had
good manners like me.

Hmm? Wanna go
spend some dimes?

- Ok, yeah.
- Want to hear my train imitation?

I heard it.

All right,
everybody gather around.

I want bright boy
here to hear this

so he knows the rules.
We're on strike.

That means
there's no trucks goin' in,

there's no trucks
comin' out.

This is the boundary.

Well, what did
the police say?

They'll be arrested the minute they
destroy any property.

I told you
we'd be back, Talbot.

I told you
we'd be back.

We're on strike.

You can't win.

That damn
Roosevelt.

What this country needs
is Douglas MacArthur.

Hey, Jack, Roger.

Rest of you guys
come on over here.

You need a hand?

What do you think?

Isn't that all right?
Watch it, it's still wet.

Take these
all over to Higgins.

Ok, let's go,
lift it up.

Watch it, don't tear
that canvas. That a way.

Good.

Tie it on
real tight.

That a away.

Campbell,
take that rope.

Where you goin'?

Campbell,
take that rope.

Sure, Mike.

Yeah, right up, right up
in the middle.

Father, you know
these fellows here.

How are you?

Hello, father.

It's a 3-ring circus.

Keep going, come on.

You said it wouldn't even
last a month, Arthur.

They can't hold out
much longer, Sir.

Well, that bohunk's
not gonna put

a circus tent
on my doorstep.

Call the law and order league.

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Thanks, ma'am. Thank you.

How you holdin' up?

Pretty good.
How about yourself?

Oh, I can go
another 8 hours.

You washed more cups?

I finally got you
something to eat.

- Oh, boy.
- It's not much but go ahead.

Thanks, lady.
- Ok.

� hey, let's go down �

Here's your coffee.

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There you go.
Thank you.

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Oh, hi, Molly.
There you go.

There's a truck.
There's a truck.

Block the gate.
Block the gate.

Mike,
they've got guns.

Hold it. Hold it.

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and join the union �

Hey, look...look out!
Get out of the way!

Go back that way.
Go on, now!

Abe, no!

Now, what you're doing
is illegal.

Come on!

What the hell's the matter
with you guys?

Come on.

Johnny, they're
burning the tent.

It's on fire!

Damn you, Talbot!

You and your lousy scabs!

No.

Johnny!

Let's go. Move.

You goddamn bastards!

You goddamn bastards!
Get out of the way!

Anna!

Get out of the way,
you damn butchers!

Mike.

Butchers!
Damn you to hell, Talbot.

Mike!

Oh, Christ!

Did I... did I...

Did I do this?
This is my fault.

This is my fault.

I know it's my fault.

No, no.

You know, Monahan
and my old man,

they used to tie one
on at Cassidy's

every Saturday.

"Whistlin' past
the graveyard,"

isn't that
what I said?

We're all in it now,
Vince.

It's got nothin'
to do with me.

Yeah,
what's in it for you?

Yeah, that's right.
What's in it for me?

Now, let me ask you
something.

What the hell is in it
for you?

Get off it, Johnny.

People buried
our people.

My people
is anybody who pays.

Our people.

Look, Johnny, what you need
is real push.

Real push is what I got.

I need it now.

Well,
that's gonna cost you.

We got a fund.

Well,

I'll see
what I can do.

Ok.

Thanks.

It's about time
you wised up.

I'll see you, kid.

Goodbye.

Don't do it, Johnny.

You wanna keep
burying people?

You bring Vince
and his crowd in,

I'm telling you, they're gonna
screw up this union.

They ain't gonna
be in it for life.

Johnny, Vince comes in,
he'll never get out.

We need help, Abe.

Without it
we ain't got a union.

We can do it.

We need push.

Then how we gonna know...
know what?

The difference.

What difference?

Between them and us.

All right now,
listen to me.

We've got a lot
of trouble here.

I'm gonna
straighten things out.

Hi, Johnny.
Good to see you.

You know Vince.

Long time, Abe.
How you doing, Vince?

Graham's here and he's talkin'
against the strike.

Let me talk to him.

What's the next...

What the hell's
going to happen next?

Don't worry.
I'll take care of it.

Johnny, I want my job.

What are you going to tell
these men now, Kovak?

I'm glad you came down,
Max.

Talbot's gonna
meet with me tomorrow.

Yeah.

You took these men out,
I'm gettin' their jobs back.

Let's go someplace
where we can talk, man.

I need your help
with something, Max.

Yeah, I bet you do.
Come on.

I'll see you men
in a couple of minutes.

We'll be back.

You should have
asked for my help

before you started
all this, instead of your grandstanding.

You're right, Max.
I can't argue about that.

Come on, guys.
Come on, break it up now!

What's on your mind?

What is this?

Get the door.

What is this?

Gonna see
Talbot?

That's right,
Kovak.

You're gonna sell us out,
Max, aren't you?

Make us go back for nothing.
Aren't you?

I don't have
to talk to you.

I don't have to tell you
anything.

I discuss this
with the men.

Train leaves
in an hour.

You're going back
to Indianapolis.

Like hell I am!
You crazy?

I'm the president
of this union.

No, Max,

you're a salesman.

You're gonna
sell us out.

You son of a bitch.
You're gonna sell us out.

Make us go back for nothin'.

But I'm telling you
somethin'.

This is our fight.
Our strike.

This is our local.

It belongs to us.

You're out of it.

All right,
you do it your way.

You wanna stand alone?

I'll see you
at the next funeral.

Let's go.

Settle down!

You guys without any seats,
stand along the sides.

You guys got seats?
Sit down,

and we can get
out of this sweatbox.

Order!

Thank you.

I just want to say
before we get started

that Max Graham got called back
to Indianapolis

on account of
sudden union business.

But he wanted me to tell you
that he's with us 200%.

Wait a minute.

And will help us
in any way he can.

All right?

Now, Abe here has a Western Union
he wants to read.

Abe.

It says:

"To our brothers
in local 302

"of the Federation
of Interstate Truckers.

"We stand behind you
with our hearts and bodies

"in the great and noble struggle
you must continue.

Together, the American labor movement
will never be vanquished."

And it's signed,

"yours in solidarity,
John I. Lewis committee..."

We also got word from Petey Marr
of the dockworkers.

He said that
whatever we need

out of their emergency fund
to tide us over,

we got it.

Till we rightfully get
what's comin' to us.

All right.
I just want to say one thing.

We're to go back out there.

They're not gonna
beat us down no more.

They're not gonna
burn us down no more.

They're not gonna
shoot us down no more.

'Cause if they do,
we're gonna do what Mike did.

We're comin' at 'em
with everything we got.

Yeah, that's right.

And I'm saying
to consolidated right now...

Yeah.

We got to do any more buryin'
in the graveyard,

they'd better
get out their shovels,

'cause we're through
takin' punches.

You don't win a fight
takin' a punch.

Nobody ever won a fight
takin' a punch!

And you see what this says?

This ain't a bunch of letters
like any other union.

It says "FIST."

And that's what we are.

Every guy in here. A FIST.

One FIST.

One FIST.

One FIST.

- What are you?
- FIST!

- What are you?
- FIST!

FIST! FIST! FIST!

FIST, FIST, FIST!

- All right.
- All right.

Ok, kid,
go ride your bike.

Vinnie,
a consolidated truck.

Just goin' over the bridge.

Ok. Al, lefty, lard,
go pay 'em a call.

Don't overdo it. Yeah.

Yeah. Ok. Thank you.
We got another one.

All right. Just left
terminal warehouse.

You and chuck
go get them.

Hey, you guys. Take it easy.

All right, fellows, keep those guys back there.
Keep them back.

All right, a lot of space between them, boys.
All right?

Hey, scabs!

Scabs, scabs.

- What are we? FIST.
- FIST!

- What are we?
- FIST!

- What are we?
- FIST!

- What are we?
- FIST!

Hiya, hank.
How's the wife and kids?

FIST! FIST!

- What are we? What are we?
- FIST!

FIST! FIST!

Car 47 to Cleveland P.D.

Need assistance at front gate consolidated.
Over.

Hold it. Hold it.

Anything wrong?

Hey, Vince,

Here they come!

Here they come.
Hey, here they come.

All right, come on, fellows.
Let's go.

Johnny.

It's time.

It's time!

Now, slow down.

Hold it here.

Come on.

Come on.

Jocko, Billy! Let's go!

Get that son of a bitch!
Get him!

Fire!

Come on!

Get them back,
come on, get them back.

Johnny!

Johnny.

Hey, scab.

Johnny!

Johnny, stop it.
Stop it, you're killing him.

Get on out of here. Get on!

Insurance, pay hike,
overtime.

It's all there, gentlemen.

You said before you were concerned
about the men's welfare.

Well, now we're satisfied.

Thank you.

Then it's a deal?

- Johnny.
- Abe.

Congratulations, kid.

Thanks a lot, Vince.

Um.

I hope we can work together better
in the future, Mr. Kovak.

Bank on it.

Ok.

We're on 68. Anytime now
it should change to 27,

outside of Lexington.

With the power
our union can bring you,

you won't be called
garbage men anymore.

You'll be called
valuable sanitation workers.

There's a difference.

You're men of Lexington,
you don't need Lexington.

Lexington needs you.
Do you get my meaning?

Lexington needs you.

Are you tired of having
somebody you never see

telling you
you can't have no overtime?

Tired of having somebody
you never see telling you

you can't have no insurance
for your families?

Tired of having
somebody you never see

telling you you can't have any clothes
on your kids' backs.

Well, if you're tired of hearing it,
you men from Dubuque,

join with your brothers
from all over the state.

And join with your brothers from Michigan,
from Indiana, from Kentucky

and the whole Midwest.

And for the first time,

this union is gonna give you something
to say about your own lives.

Everything on wheels
is gonna belong to us.

There's gonna be a day
when this union is so powerful

they're gonna shake.

I, Abe Belkin,

pledge my honor.

Pledge my honor.

To obey all
the laws of this union.

To obey all
the laws of this union.

Pledge my
complete loyalty to it

above all
other organizations.

Pledge my
complete loyalty to it

above all
other organizations.

I wonder when we'll hear
from Petey Marr.

I don't know. I don't know.
I haven't heard anything.

Good morning, boys.

Good morning, Vince.
What've you got there?

146 business agents,
12 states in the Midwest.

Oh, that's good.

And, uh, here's a little wire for you
from Graham.

Max Graham. Some president.
Is it collect? Here, read this.

Good morning,
everyone.

Good morning, Abe.

We've got almost
100% company sign-ups.

- Uh-huh. Almost.
- Who's giving us trouble?

One outfit in Chicago.

Some guy named
Vasko runs it.

Another hard-headed hunky.

- Vasko, huh?
- Mmm-hmm.

Why won't he sign?

I don't know. His guys don't
wanna join up, he says.

We got to do
something, Johnny.

Johnny, the guy's a nobody.
We don't wanna muscle guys to sign up.

That's where you're wrong, Abe.
They all got to join up.

It's for their own good. You know that.
Give Chicago local a call.

Find out more
about this Vasko. Ok?

Sure, Johnny.

Hey, let me handle it.

Ok?

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Looking good,
isn't it?

Huh, good.

Who's that?

� Santa Claus
is coming to town �

Frank Vasko?

Yeah.

Johnny Kovak,
from the union.

Mrs. Vasko,
I'm John Kovak.

How are you?

Good evening.
- Helen.

Take Aggie
upstairs awhile.

I want to finish the tree.

Oh, she don't have to go no place on
account of me, Frank.

Merry Christmas, Aggie.

� Santa Claus
is coming to town �

That angel
you have on the tree,

that's the same angel
we have back at home. Exactly the same.

My mother puts it
up there every year.

Wouldn't seem like
Christmas without it.

� Santa Claus
is coming to town �

What the hell
you come here for?

You can't scare me.

Those...those business agents
you sent down,

I had to put one of them
through a plate-glass window.

Well, you're a rough guy, Frank.
Anyone can see that.

But you got to
understand something.

This ain't
nothing personal.

And what the hell,
our folks probably come over

on the same boat together.
Am I right?

Then what are we
arguing for?

They don't wanna
sign up, Johnny.

They took a vote.

They don't wanna pay dues.

Look, we got our
own insurance.

I mean, my guys, they got the best
overtime in Chicago.

They got the best rate of pay
of anybody in Illinois.

What the hell they
want to sign up for?

'Cause there are a lot of other guys
with other companies,

you see,
that ain't got it so good.

We got to think about all the guys
out there on the road, Frank.

We got to have them
all sign up. Everybody.

Everybody doesn't
live like this.

We got to bring them
all together, Frank.

So as we got the push.
Look!

I'm not gonna force my men
to do something they don't wanna do.

We can't make
no exceptions, Frank.

Merry Christmas.

That's it. Now don't burn
yourself, Mishka.

What have we got here?

Oh, beautiful. Look at that.

Your presents.
That's for you.

Here, Mishka,
I'll help you.

Now, wait a minute.

Come on, everybody,
the duck is ready.

The duck's ready.

Thank you.

Open yours.

What, I got one?
Yes.

Get out of here. What did you get me?
Yes, yes, yes.

Which hand?
That one.

Merry Christmas, Anna.

Oh.
- Yes or no?

Oh, listen to him
giving the orders again.

Yes or no?

Oh, it's...it's not supposed to happen
like this, in here.

Try it on.
No this...

Oh, this one.

Johnny.

This one.

- Right?
- Yeah.

Where are they?

Let's go tell them.

No, let's just
wait a minute.

- Ok?
- All right.

Oh, Anna.

I'm gonna give it to you.

Merry Christmas.

How's the club doing?

Oh, fine.

Jocko's running it
for me while I'm away.

You gotta come by
sometime, you know?

I haven't seen you
in a long time.

Very difficult
for me to get away.

Big operation
going on here.

Big business,
Vincent.

Oh, listen, listen,

since the last time
we spoke,

uh, my wife had a baby.

No kidding!

Look at that,
look at that kid.

- Oh, Jesus.
- Is that beautiful, huh?

Oh, Johnny.

Has the most beautiful hands
I ever saw on anybody.

He looks
like you, Babe.

I should hope so.
I put a lot of work into it.

Everybody wants
dessert, huh?

Uh, fetch me a nice plate
of Zeppole Di San Giuseppe.

Zeppole di
San Giuseppe.

So, uh.

How about it, Babe?

Look, uh, what, you want me
to talk to this guy? What's his name?

Vasko.

Vasko? I'll talk to him.

For your friend here.

Well, Johnny and I figured,
you know,

this being Chicago
and everything,

it'd be better
if you took care of it.

Sure, sure.

Home team.

Just some talk.

You owe me.

He's gonna remember,
huh, Vince?

Johnny don't forget.
He's 100%.

100%, 100%. Nobody's 100%.

Nobody.

Salud.

Yes?

Mrs. Vasko?

Yes.

May we come in?

What do you want?

Let go. No, no!
No, God, no!

Get up.

No! God, no.

Tell Frank, next time,
we ain't gonna stop.

Mishka, don't you think you could start
halfway up, maybe?

Yeah.

And this is when
uncle Mishka steps back.

I know,
I know, father.

Goodbye, Mishka.

You, I...I know since
you were in diapers.

I'll see you at Zigi's.

And, Johnny, move up
to that side of the bride.

And follow their
steps to the altar.

We got to be there
by 8:00.

Why can't you pick it up
in the morning?

It'll only take a minute.
I'll be right out.

Yeah, yeah,
I've heard that before.

It's...it's really very simple.

We're not asking for much.

Your drivers, they don't
deliver liquor to any bar

unless that bar's got one of our company's
jukeboxes in it. That's all.

How many boxes are
you talking about?

How many?

2,000, 3,000,
at least.

Here, Michigan, Illinois.

It sounds like I don't
have any choice in this.

Oh, sure you do, Johnny.

But Babe did help us out
with that Vasko situation.

And we'll help your men,
the union in whatever way we can.

I got a lot of
respect for you, John.

Sure.

All right then,
we got a deal.

John?

Yeah.

Congratulations, John.

Vince, we'll talk.

Right.

Oh, John, I understand
you're getting married.

Oh, that's very nice.

I'd like to give you
a wedding present.

I don't need nothing.

Need?

Now, who's talking
about need?

You're becoming
an important man, John.

You got to start
living in some style.

Buy yourself a nice home.

That's my gift to you
and your new bride.

I said I don't
need nothing.

Uh, Johnny, I think Babe's
just trying to show his appreciation...

I know what he's
trying to do, Vince.

That's all right.
Vince, it's all right.

John, really, I was... I was
only trying to help you out. That's all.

Now believe me,
from the bottom of my heart,

I hope your
marriage is blessed.

Like mine has been.

To Anna.

Smile.

Swing it, Molly. Swing it.

You're stepping on my feet.

Swing it, swing it!

Hey, Mishka,
give a guy a break, will you?

You look very beautiful,
Anna.

Thank you.

Take good care of him.

I plan to.

I'm supposed
to stand around here

and watch a bunch
of hunkies dancing with my wife.

Nobody better have a cold.

Come on,
I wanna talk to you.

All right,
yeah, we'll talk.

Come on, Mishka.

Come on.
Dance, Mishka.

Here it is.
No, no, no.

What are you doing?

Not here.
I'm looking for the wine.

We got our own
wine downstairs.

No. Where?
It's not in there.

There it is.

It belongs
to the priest.

Oh, it belongs to God.

I know. I've been around this place
a lot more than you have.

Remember when ma
made me join up and be an altar boy?

I used to come here
every morning

and have a shot of
the priest's wine. Why?

'Cause it's the best damn wine
the priest drinks,

so I think it's good enough for me,
don't you think?

Here's to you and Molly,
I toast you.

Now wait a minute.

That frame of hers,
she must be wearing you out.

Now don't get mad at me.

You can tell me,
I'm a married man now.

What'd you do,
Johnny?

What?

Jesus, what did you do?

I got married. I...

You took, didn't you?

What are you saying?
You took.

I never took...

I had to stop off at the office.
I heard you.

You gonna buy yourself
a nice home as your wedding present?

Oh, listen, I didn't...
no, you listen!

You're gonna piss it
all away. Everything.

Everything we built up.

You and the punks you got working with you.
Pushing guys.

Doing things
they don't wanna.

Look, I didn't do nothing
except what's good for the guys.

Jukeboxes. That's gonna be
good for the guys!

Ain't gonna hurt nothing.

You sold out, Johnny.
Don't say that.

You sold out.
- Don't say that!

We had something clean.

Clean?

Why don't you go out
on the street and tell me what's clean, Abe?

Ain't nothing clean.

Ain't nothing clean.

But look what we
got the guys.

We got them more money,
we got them insurance.

Look, I don't like it
no more than you,

but we'd have nothing,
without Doyle and Milano. And you know it.

You know that.

I'm leaving tomorrow
for the west coast.

I talked to Graham.
He needs my help out there.

All right, so when
are you coming back?

No, we're moving out there.
Me and Molly.

Oh, Christ, Abe. Come on.

We're going big here.

I need your help.
This is where you belong.

I mean, you, me,

we built this whole together, Abe,
you're like my brother.

You're like my brother.

You're the only guy.
I...I can't trust nobody.

I'm telling you.

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the big black crow �

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Ah, Mr. Kovak,
welcome to Washington.

I'm Peter Jacobs,
head of public relations.

Guy with a hand. Nice hand you got there.
Thank you.

Bernie Marr, my assistant.
Mr. Marr, hello.

Uh, Mr. Graham
is expecting you in his office.

May I take your coat?

Gladly.

Johnny, great to see you.

Hey, you got to tell me
how you keep looking this fit.

Exercise, Max, exercise.
How you been?

You know Bernie Marr,
my assistant?

- Bern.
- Mr. Graham.

You know Mike Quinn,
northeast council?

Bob Wilson,
southeast council.

Bob, how have
you been?

Abe Belkin show up
from the west coast?

No. He's in Frisco negotiating.
Can't make it.

Nice setup,
huh, Johnny?

Yeah, very nice.

Hey, you want a drink?

No, it's too early
for me, Max.

Hey, uh, we got
a masseur downstairs.

You wanna freshen up a bit?

Your own masseur?
Ain't that something, Bernie?

It's impressive.

I was just checking out
the place here, it's, uh...

What is that, mahogany?

No, it's walnut.

Walnut.
Good for the image.

You know what
I mean, Johnny?

I know what you mean.
Excuse me, gentlemen,

the regional meeting's
about to begin.

Ok, uh.

How long you staying?

I just got here, you want to know
when I'm leaving?

No. It's just that after
the regional meeting,

the secretary of labor
is holding a press reception.

I wanna make sure
you're gonna be around.

Senator, how are you?

I'm fine. Thank you.

Senator.

The contracts you've gotten
for your men in the Midwest

certainly earns you
the respect of the entire trucking industry.

It's nice of you
to say so.

What paper are you with?
Washington Post.

Bernie, make sure we get
a subscription to The Post, all right?

Tell me something, Mr. Kovak.
Yeah.

How come you always manage
to get your men such good contracts?

And what paper
are you with?

- Johnny.
- Yeah?

This is Senator Andrew Madison
of Pennsylvania.

I see.

He's the chairman of the senate
rackets committee.

Is that right?
I thought it was a press reception.

Well, labor has always been
an interest of mine.

Is that so?
Are we on television?

You gonna answer
the question?

What question is that?

Well, I was curious how come you were always
able to get your men

such surprisingly
good contracts.

Well, I learned something
a long time ago, Senator.

You can get anything you want in this country
with a little bit of push.

That's good.
Oh, that's good.

Thank you, Mr. Kovak.
Excuse me.

Mr. Kovak
really talks simple...

What we gonna do about
this senate race here?

I don't know
nothing about this guy,

what the hell's
his name, Buford?

- No, Belford.
- Belford.

We've already got 3 letters
from judge Williams asking our support.

Look, I know that, Vince.

But the only time I met the guy
he shook hands like this.

Like a fish.
He's gonna lose.

Yeah, all right.

So what do we
give him, 5?

I wouldn't give him 5
if he was the last guy on earth.

Give him 2 as a favor to the judge.
And Vince.

Yeah?

You better get a receipt.

Ok.

Johnny, somebody here
to see you.

I told you no more
appointments today, Bernie.

That include
your best man?

Abe, how the hell
are you?

How are you, Johnny?

How are you?

But when you spend
as much time shopping as I do,

you just watch
the prices go up.

May I leave the table,
please, mom?

Yeah, when you finish your milk.
Yeah, finish it.

Don't you want
some more ice cream, Mike?

Let me give you
some coffee, Abe.

Kids today!
People starving don't have that much.

Mama, coffee?

No, no, no.

Uh, Abe, some cakes?

Uh, no... All right, just a little piece.
It's very good.

- Anna?
- Thank you, mama.

You're right, Anna,
the price of living has gone up 5%.

Well, I think when Johnny asks
for the national contract,

he ought to ask for
at least 8% raise.

You're going for
a national contract?

I'm thinking about it.

Oh, I think
it's a good idea.

No, you don't
understand, Anna.

To get 8%, you'd probably have to
sign a no-strike clause.

Without that,
we got no leverage.

Well, maybe you're right.

Here's to old times.

Good times.

Wish Molly were here.

Oh, she misses you all
and sends her love.

Yeah.

So every couple of years you miss me,
you come back.

What's on your mind?

Toys.

Toys?

You know that model truck
you got sitting on your desk?

Sure.

Every local
in the country's got one.

$100 a piece.

Over 1,000 locals
in the country.

That's a lot of
money, Johnny.

It is a lot of money.

How come you bought one?

My secretary got it.

You got one the same reason
my local got one.

'Cause we all got a letter from Max Graham
suggesting we get a couple.

Mmm-hmm.

You know who owns the company
made those toys, Johnny?

No.

Graham's wife.

You sure?

Oh, yeah.

It's right out of
the guys' pockets.

Wait a minute. You heard.

You have any proof?

Want me to forget about it?

Did I say that?
Let me look into it.

Then what?

Well, if it checks out,
I'll do something about it.

Like what?

Hey, Abe, do you think
I'd let that bum get away

with taking from
the guys, do you?

Let me handle it. Ok?

What did you and Abe
talk about?

He thinks that Graham
is taking from the guys.

Is he?

He doesn't have
any proof.

Wha-what are you
gonna do about it?

I don't know.

You know Abe, he's always
getting carried away.

Johnny?

Yeah?

Maybe you'd
better check it out.

I think I'll have
Bernie do that.

But first, I'm gonna
check you out.

Ah, oh, yeah,
I love you, girl.

Strike! Yeah!

All right!

Lucky?

All right,
you're up, Babe.

Oh, you're hot
tonight, kid.

I've been
working on it.

So, you had a nice time
in Washington, huh?

It's still Washington.

Hey, I saw you
on television.

Everybody in Detroit's
talking about you.

Yeah? What are
they saying about me?

They wish they had you
up there, to keep an eye on Henry Ford.

Strike.

Ah, John, John,
how are the boys, huh?

How's Mike
and, uh, Kevin?

Uh, they're still growing,
still growing.

Oh, that's nice.
That's very nice.

My boy, Anthony,
he's off to college.

Yeah?

West Point.

- West Point?
- Yeah.

Where do
the years go, huh?

They just go.

Oh, John, John,
my partners and I,

we had a little
discussion, um.

We, uh, need an extension
on that last loan.

Well, that's
gonna be hard.

Hard. Nobody said
life is easy.

How much more?

$2.5 million.

Yeah.

I don't think you have
that kind of collateral.

We got years of
collateral, John. Years.

You're up, Johnny.

That's some manicure you got.

Manicure?

What's the matter
with a manicure?

All these years, John.

All these years and
you're still a hunky?

There he is.

How you been?

Just between you and me...

we'll take care of it.

You were right about Graham.
It checked out.

You got the proof?

Well, Bernie's got
records showing that

Graham's wife owned
that toy company in Oakland.

That's misappropriation
of union funds.

When this gets out...

it's not gonna get out.

What do you mean,
it's not gonna get out?

Look, we don't need
any bad press.

Well, what about Graham?

Let me handle it.

Let me handle it.

We'll take care of 'em.

We got a great team here.

Johnny.

Uh, uh, uh, talk to Eddie.
Come in! Come in.

We'll, uh, finish
this up later, Karen.

We're not interrupting
anything, are we, Max?

It'll keep.

How you doin', Max?
Vince.

Good to see you.
How are you?

Bernie.
Mr. Graham.

- Johnny.
- How are you, Max?

- You're looking good.
- Thanks.

How about a drink?

Not before noon.

Bernie?

No, thank you.

Vince?

No.

Well,

I'll have one.
Here's looking at you.

You like
the ponies, Max?

What?

The track.
Do you like the track?

What do you mean?

Well, sometimes I see a race or 2, sure.
But, I, uh...

You sure you
don't want a drink?

Max, you own a horse
named Dancing Fancy?

Yeah.

You have a trainer
named Rafelli?

Danny Rafelli.

The trainer's on salary
as a business agent?

He looks after our
interests at the track.

You have a public relations firm
in Philadelphia?

I'm a partner, yeah, yeah.

John Gottlieb and associates,
that you paid $75,000 to last year?

That's legitimate
union business.

Most of that money was used on yourself
for personal effects.

Now, wait a minute.
Sometimes they bought me a gift.

"6 dozen undershirts,
8 television sets,

these are business gifts.

"Golf balls and clubs.

Sheets and pillowcases,
30 pairs of nylons, 2 lawn mowers."

What about that toy company
your wife has?

What did you
make off that, Max?

23 years ago, you said to me,
"you'd take, Kovak."

You should've
never said that, Max.

When I was first elected
president of this union,

we had 200,000 members.

Today

we're over 2 million.

The past 20 years
have been the best years of my life.

And so it's with a heavy heart

that I tell you

that because of medical
and family problems...

I cannot stand
for another term.

No!

I place in nomination

a man who has the respect
of every member,

the head of our Midwest council
for many years,

the only man capable of
leading this great union,

Johnny Kovak.

Kovak! Kovak! Kovak!

By joining hands

with your brothers
all over this country

and your brothers in Canada,

Puerto Rico,

Hawaii,

we'll see this international
moving together

as never before.

And with your support,

I will get you the biggest pay hike
in the history of this union!

You work hard,
you deserve it.

And I'm gonna see
that you get it.

I promise you that.

I promise you that.

Kovak! Kovak!

FIST!

God bless you.

And with your support,

I will get youthe biggest pay hike
in the history of this union!

And I'm gonna see
that you get it.

There were more
than 1,000 delegates

on the convention
floor as John D. Kovak

received an almost
unanimous endorsement

as the new
international president

of the powerful
Federation of Interstate Truckers.

Washington:
President Eisenhower told newsmen that...

Well, I'll tell you who's
a very happy man tonight: Babe Milano.

You know,
I think we should check into Kovak.

No, no, no.

You keep working
on Milano.

See what
you can dig up.

And I'm going to stay
very close to Mr. Kovak.

Do you have a car,
congressman?

Car? I don't even have
a driver's license.

Oh, that's too bad, you'll never get in
the union that way.

Oh, well, we can always
go back to the farm, can't we?

Hh, Senator, Senator.

You, uh... Mr. Kovak,
you know Senator Madison, don't you?

Sure, and what's the rackets committee up to
nowadays, Senator?

Well, we've been busy
investigating "push" of various kinds.

Oh, is that a fact?

That's a fact.

Well, "push" is something
that every politician, I'm sure, knows about.

Oh, come on.

Even the politicians
in the labor movement?

I'm no politician,
Senator.

That's right, you're not.

Goodnight, Mr. Kovak.

Goodnight, Senator.

Oh, uh,

give my regards
to Milano.

You know him?

Not as well as
you do, no.

Johnny.

Don't let him get to you.

I don't plan on it.

Gentlemen, the cost of
living increase is 5.5%.

You want 8% hike, Mr. Kovak?

We'll go 7%.

8%, the number is 8%.

We will go 7% only.

With a no-strike clause.

And a flat guarantee
you'll settle all wildcats within 48 hours.

You want guarantees,
then you'll pay the price, won't you?

The price is too high,
Mr. Kovak.

So are your profits.

All right, gentlemen,

after much deliberation,
we're willing to go

to a ceiling of 7.5%
across the board.

We think that's
more than fair.

Of course you do.

But the number,
gentlemen, is 8%.

7.5%.

8%.

7.5%.

8%.

Absolutely no way, Kovak.

I thought you were
smart businessmen.

But you're not.

You have any idea
how much revenue

you're gonna lose
on a national strike?

They went to 7%.

No!

7.5%.

No!

But you wanted 8%!

Yes!

I got you 8%!

I'm pleased that we're having

this closed executive session,
gentlemen.

Because I believe
that the rackets committee

should expand its investigations
into another area.

Now I say this with,
uh, some regret.

I have long had respect
for the labor movement

and its accomplishments,
but I find it frightening

that the head of one
of the largest unions in this country

may, I say "may,"
have ties to

the bosses of
organized crime.

So how about it, John?

Come on,
they can't prove anything.

It's business, John.

You make loans out of the pension fund
to all kinds of people.

You're charging us
the same thing you charge everybody else.

Nothing wrong with that.

It's not smart.

Madison's got subpoenas
in every local in the country.

Madison, Madison...
Come on, will you?

He'll grab a couple of headlines,
they'll fold the committee

and move on to
something else.

What do you say,
huh, John? Huh?

Our Dun & Bradstreet
is the best.

Call it a favor.

When do these favors end?

This is
the last favor, Babe.

What do you want?

This is a subpoena,

it requires you
to open all your files.

You just tell me
what you want.

I'll tell you what we want.

We want a list of local 302's
financial assets from 1952.

We don't have 'em.

A list of banks
where those assets are deposited.

We don't have 'em.

Names and salaries
of Midwest council business agents.

We don't have 'em.

Records of local 302's
property investments.

- "We don't have them."
- We don't have 'em.

And what about, uh, 302's
political contributions?

We don't have
those, either.

What do you mean,
you don't have them?

We had a burglary here last week,
they cleaned out the files.

Ain't that right, Bernie?

That's right, Vince.

A burglary?

Yeah.

It's a real bad element moving
into this neighborhood.

Robberies all over the place.

Well, I assume that you
made out a police report.

Did you, Vince?

Absolutely.

Anything show up yet?

Oh, not so far, John.

You give them a call,
make sure they're working on it.

Sure thing.

But, gentlemen,
I don't think you understand.

That subpoena gives us the right
to go through your files.

I want you to get
out of my office.

I'll leave your office,
Mr. Kovak.

But when I come
back next time,

it'll be with
a federal marshal.

Don't waste
the taxpayers' money, Senator,

we have a clean outfit here.

You wanna get a reputation?
Get it somewhere else.

Let's go, Daley.

We've got still
another problem.

What?

Abe's called
a wildcat strike.

What?

Yeah.

He can't do that,
we've got a national contract.

That son of a bitch.
What's he trying to do?

He says he doesn't care
about any contract.

He's going out in 48 hours.

What's goin' on here?

Abe Belkin?

You know
who the hell I am.

You got an unauthorized
strike here.

Uh, we've been instructed
by the national office

not to honor
this picket line.

Who instructed you?

"Vincent Doyle,
senior vice president."

You mean to tell me
that we're brothers in the same union

and you won't honor
this picket line?

You got an unauthorized
wildcat strike here!

I don't give a damn!

...Of the strikers
were hospitalized.

Here in Washington,
Senator Andrew Madison of Pennsylvania,

the chairman of
the senate rackets committee

said he will hold
public hearings to probe

alleged underworld ties
with the union.

Well, I think it's a sad day
for the labor movement of this country

when any union has
to resort to force

to deal with its
own rank and file.

Will you call
Mr. Kovak to testify?

You can count on that.

The Boston Herald
said today,

that vice president Nixon
is the overwhelming choice...

What the hell
did you do?

What the hell
did you do, Vince?

I didn't do
nothing, Johnny.

I said, "stop it."

I didn't say, "put them
in the hospital."

Nobody meant
to hurt nobody.

You think Madison's
gonna buy that? Do you?

Do you think the press
is gonna buy it?

I've just about had it
with you, Vince.

Babe, give us a comment.

How much do they
stand to lose in this?

It's a beautiful day,
isn't it?

It's a beautiful day,
Mr. Milano.

But you're gonna be
losing a lot of money

in these operations
that have been implicated.

I love your hat.

You're a friend of,
uh, John D. Kovak,

aren't you, Mr. Milano?

Mr. Milano?

Mr. Milano, please,
I said, uh,

you're a friend of
John D. Kovak, aren't you?

Well, I know him, sure.

How long have you
had this friendship?

Oh, I know him,

I don't know, I've known him
a long time, Senator.

A long time. Well is it
5, 10, 20 years?

20 years, I'd say.

Have you ever had
any trouble with the police?

A long time ago, Senator.

But I'm not gonna deny it.

Well, could you give us
a list of your arrests?

No, I can't recall.

You can't recall?

You can't recall "extortion, bribery,
suspicion of murder,

Suspicion of conspiracy
to commit murder"?

Now isn't it a fact,
Mr. Milano,

that you are one of
the leading figures

of organized crime
in this country?

No, it's not. I am
a businessman, that's all.

Besides, there's no
such thing as that.

As what?

That, uh, uh,
organized crime.

Whenever crime happens,
it's always pretty disorganized, you ask me.

I'd like to ask you
a question, Mr. Milano.

Isn't it a fact that you own
the major interest

of the Pyramid Enterprises Corporation
of Las Vegas?

It's all on my income tax form
you have, Senator.

And that corporation recently
secured a loan of $2.5 million

from the pension fund
of the Federation of Interstate Truckers?

Senator, that's no secret.

Did you talk to your friend, Mr. Kovak,
about lending you the money?

I talked to the trustees
of the pension fund.

Did you talk to your friend, Mr. Kovak,
about giving you the loan?

Nobody likes to negotiate
with him, Senator.

I'd rather negotiate
with you any day.

State your name.

I respectfully decline
to answer that question

because I honestly believe
the answer might incriminate me.

Are you trying to say that

you are afraid if you
give this committee your name,

that'll incriminate you?

It might.

Well, it must be very
difficult to have a name that's such a burden.

Isn't it a fact,
Mr. Doyle,

that without the consent
of the membership,

union funds are being used
to further the interests

of organized crime
in this country?

I respectfully...
I object to this line of questioning.

We've already...
answer the question.

I refuse
to answer that question

because I honestly believe that the answers
might tend to incriminate me.

Well, is there any question
that this committee

could possibly ask you
whose answer would not incriminate you?

I respectfully decline...

That's enough.

You disgust me, Sir.

We'll reconvene at 9:00,
Monday morning.

I'll tell you something,

all the trucks and all the horn honking
are not going to stop me

from putting
Mr. Kovak on the stand.

I'm worried
about this country.

I'm worried about the fact
that he paralyzed this city.

Well, he paralyzed
the nation's capital.

Doesn't that mean
anything to you?

Or does he own you, too?

What the hell are
you talking about?

I'll tell you what
the hell I'm talking about.

You work for Johnny Kovak

and he's owned
by Babe Milano.

It's that simple.

I work for the union,
nobody else.

We'll handle
our own problems.

When?

You see,

my committee's
ready to handle it now.

Not years from now.

Think about that.

Well, I...I could say that your silence
condones what's happening.

All we need

is a little filler.
Background.

Mr. Belkin, please.

Johnny, will you listen to
what I'm telling you?

Abe is going to testify.

He came here see Madison.

I don't believe that, Vince.

I've had a tail on him
for days. He was there.

I can't believe that.
Didn't I tell you?

Didn't I tell you, someday
that son of a bitch would turn on you?

All right, Vince, you told me, but
I can't believe that.

Well, Johnny,
you'd better believe it.

Listen, I think
we've got to get Milano to handle this...

No, I want Milano
out of it.

Johnny, you know
what's going to come out?

All the stuff about the jukeboxes,
the loans, everything.

They're gonna pin
a bribe on you.

Vince, I never took nothing in my life,
and you know that.

They're gonna ruin you
and they're gonna ruin us

and they're gonna
ruin this union.

Shut up! No one's
gonna ruin the union!

Tell him.

Vince is right, Johnny.

You know the kind of
heat we're getting?

I'm not just
talking about me.

All of us.

I can handle 'em.

The Justice Department,
The Treasury, F.B.I.

You're gonna handle
the whole government?

What do you want me
to do, Babe, run?

I don't know.

I was talking
to some of my friends.

Maybe you ought to
let Vince run it for a while, huh?

Resign?
You want me to resign?

You got to think
of the heat, John.

Look, you don't tell me
how to run my union.

Now listen, we've been
very good to you.

You don't tell me that,
all right?

Belkin testifies,
you're through.

He isn't going
to take that stand.

Don't even think it.
You hear me?

John.

Hey,

we've been friends
a long time.

We ain't never been friends.

Kovak, time to retire.

Can I help you?

Yes, I'd like
to talk to Abe Belkin.

Abe Belkin is not here now.
If you'd like...

Johnny.
It's all right.

Hello, Molly.

Johnny, you shouldn't
have come here.

Well, I gotta talk to Abe.

He doesn't
want to talk.

But it's important to both of you
that I talk to him.

Please, he doesn't...

Who is it?

It's Johnny.

Johnny.

Johnny! Remember me?
Babe, it's all right.

Sorry.

It's Johnny Kovak,
from the union?

What the hell are you
doing down here, Abe?

It's all right, Walt.

We've got nothing
to talk about.

How you feeling?

Fine.

Good.

What's that you're fixing?
A chair?

Yeah.

You always were pretty good
with your hands.

Johnny, say what
you gotta say.

All right.

Look, Abe,
you've got a family.

That's got to be the most
important thing to you. Am I right?

It is. It's your job
to stay safe.

So please,
we have problems.

Don't testify
for Madison.

Let's take it before
the union review board.

Johnny, you are
the union review board.

I don't want
to see you get hurt.

Are you gonna hurt me,
Johnny?

No.

I came to help.

I know.

All I want to do is clean it up.
Get it right.

Get rid of Milano, Doyle.

People like that who never should
have been allowed in.

Sorry, Johnny, you slept with them,
I didn't.

I don't owe them nothing.

Yeah, but I had to make deals,
you should know that.

I know, I know.

Do you have to do it?

Yeah.

Then do it.

You know what
the problem is? Hmm?

What?

We should never have left
the old neighborhood.

Yeah.

Come here.

Take care of yourself,
all right?

Are you sure you
don't want me to come?

No, I don't want you to be bothered
by all those reporters.

I can stay in the hotel.

No, it's best
you stay here.

Now, this won't be
a long trip, all right?

Ok, so you call
as soon as you land.

Sure, sure.

Where're the boys?

In school.

I must be growing senile.

I love you.

What brought that on?

It must be the heat.

You stay out of the heat.

Ok, this is a holdup!

Everybody down
on the floor!

Get down on the floor!

Everybody down
on the floor!

Everybody down,
nobody gets hurt!

Get on the floor.

Stay down on the floor,
nobody gets hurt.

Don't move.

Hurry up.

Don't look up here, lady.

Stop moving.

Run, Abe, get out of here!

Go!

Government used to use

goons and clubs against us,
now they use Senators.

Mr. Kovak, are you not

in connection
with Babe Milano?

Mr. Kovak, can we have
a quote, please?

You want to rise, Mr. Kovak?

Do you solemnly swear
the evidence you give before

this senate select committee
shall be the truth,

the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, so help you God?

I do.

Can we have quiet, please?

Can we have quiet?

I'm sure we all want to hear
every single word that Mr. Kovak has to say.

But, uh, before
we begin this hearing,

I'd like to express
my sympathy.

Abe Belkin,
a west coast union official,

who was scheduled
to testify here today

was killed less
than 12 hours ago.

Senator Madison,
Senator Madison.

Senator Madison,
in consideration of these events

I move for a postponement
of this hearing for at least 48 hours.

I am sure we're all aggrieved
by Mr. Belkin's demise,

but I don't see that
for grounds of postponement beyond belief.

Does Mr. Kovak wish
to have a postponement?

And if so, uh,
for what reasons?

Senator, I'm sure everybody here realizes
how close that mister...

I came to testify.
I'll testify.

All right, thank you,
Mr. Kovak.

Uh, just for the record.

You are the, uh,
international president

of the Federation of Interstate Truckers,
are you not?

Yes.

Would you speak up?
We can't hear you.

Yes.

And how many members
do you have in your union?

Nearly 3 million.

And what exactly is the scope of your
authority as president?

I represent the men.

Is that all?

In a recent article in a national magazine
you are quoted as stating:

"Everything on
wheels" is yours.

I represent the men.

But isn't it frightening to think of all that power
in the hands of one man?

No, Senator, it doesn't.

I see.

Isn't it a fact
that the Federation in your hands

gained a reputation
for, uh, strongarm tactics?

That's not true.

And isn't it a fact
that many of your members,

especially the business agents,
have criminal records?

Some.

Oh, you admit that?

Senator, because a man makes a mistake,
should his life be ruined?

I was arrested over 30 times
in strike actions

trying to get
a decent living wage.

Am I a criminal for that?

Do you think that,
uh, Vincent Doyle,

a vice president of your union,

should be
suspended from office

because he refused
to, uh, testify here

on the grounds of
self-incrimination?

If he takes the fifth.

That's right.

It's part of the bill of rights,
it's in the constitution.

It's what this
country's all about.

Now you make the laws,
Senator, I don't.

I can't go against that.

Do, uh, do you know
Anthony Milano?

I know him.

You're friends?

I know him.

Well, didn't your union recently give one of
Mr. Milano's concerns,

the pyramid enterprises
corporation of Las Vegas,

a loan of $2.5 million
from your pension fund

and additional loans
totaling $6.2 million?

Yes.

Did Mr. Milano ask you
to get him that loan as a favor?

He asked the trustees.

Well, you're one of
the pension fund trustees.

Yes, I am.

So then you voted
to give him the loan?

Along with 11 others.

How long have you
known Mr. Milano?

A long time.

Well, have you and Mr. Milano
ever been involved

in, uh, previous
business transactions?

There might have been one,
I don't remember.

I have here a sworn statement
by Abe Belkin stating otherwise.

And what about
the Haley Jukebox Company of Pontiac, Michigan?

Isn't it a fact, Mr. Kovak,

that when you headed the Midwest council
of your union,

you forced businessmen
to use Haley jukeboxes?

I personally never forced
anyone to do that.

Isn't it a fact that
you told bar owners

that unless they
used Haley jukeboxes

your drivers would never
deliver liquor to them?

Senator, at...at the time,
I didn't have a choice.

Oh, come on now,
Mr. Kovak.

We all have a choice.
Isn't it a fact that at the time

the Haley Jukebox Company was owned
by Mr. Anthony Milano?

He may have had
an interest in it, yes.

Yes. And isn't it true that

to convince you to help
his firm Mr. Milano paid you a bribe?

That's a lie.

That's...
get away from me.

A bribe in the form
of a wedding present?

That's a lie you dreamed up
for your headlines.

You're under oath here, Sir,

and I want
to tell you something.

I have tapes and I have depositions here
that says you're dreaming

if you think you can discredit
this senate hearing.

You are under oath, Sir.

I know what I'm under,
Senator,

I'm telling you I never
took anything in my life.

Nothing?

Nothing.

Did you ever kill anybody,
Mr. Kovak?

No, Senator,
I never killed anybody.

So your answer's "no"?

That's right.

What's right?

That's right,
that I never killed anybody.

Are you sure?

Isn't it a fact,
that in 1938,

in a strike riot led by you,

you killed a man
with an axe handle?

Senator,
it was self-defense.

And isn't it a fact
that you continually

and repeatedly beat him
about the head until you caused his death?

It was self-defense.

Answer the question,
Mr. Kovak.

Did you commit
murder in 1938?

Or more importantly,

did you conspire to arrange for the murder
of Abe Belkin less than 12 hours ago?

That's a lie!

I am not gonna sit here
and be accused of all kinds of things

without a shred of evidence.

Answer the question.

I tried to give you the truth. You don't want
the truth. Abe was like my brother.

You're not
answering the question...

We lived and
we built this union together.

What the hell do you know
about anything?

You just wanna see
your name in the paper

next to a bunch of goddamn lies.
Get off me!

You think I'm gonna sit here and let you
make a living off of my brother's blood,

you son of a bitch?
We can hold you in contempt.

You do whatever you want.
I am not answering anything anymore.

Well then, Sir, you are in contempt!
I hold you in contempt!

I hold this hearing
in contempt!

I hold Milano in contempt!

I hold myself in contempt!

Silence, please. Silence.

Kovak! Kovak!

What are we?

FIST!

What are we?

FIST!

What are we?

FIST! FIST!

You look tired.

Yeah, it's late, Bernie.

Thank you.

Listen, do you want to come in
for a drink?

Thanks, Johnny,
but I am really tired.

Sure.

Bernie, it's just that
I wanted to talk.

Do you want to talk?

Johnny, if it's ok with you,
I just want to go home and get some sleep.

Sure, I understand.
Good night.

Get some rest.

I'll see you in the office
in the morning.

Yeah.
Goodnight, Bernie.

Anna.

Anna!

Anna!

Anna, no!

Anna!