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Good evening.

This is not to symbolize

my expulsion from an exclusive club.

It is a mode of transportation.

This is just the vehicle

for those of you who have always longed to see Niagara Falls...

from the bottom.

This is the first two-passenger model

for that couple that enjoys living dangerously,

even on the honeymoon.

It is also attractively decorated.

I don’t understand why we don’t sell more of them.

And speaking of sell,

we’ve had complaints that our sponsor’s sell is so soft,

viewers have the feeling

something is being left out of the commercials.

For them, here is the uncensored,

uncouth version.

Cut it out, Larry.

I said cut it out!

If you wanna wrestle, why don’t you go down to the gym.

[chuckles]

You kill me, Larry.

[laughing] You really kill me.

Listen, Angie, you don’t play games with me.

I’m not fooling around about this.

-I wanna marry you. -I’m not fooling either.

I’m no kid anymore.

It’s about time I settled down. I told you that.

Oh, yeah, you told me that.

Only money comes first, right?

So what’s so wrong about that?

A girl’s gotta think about money.

A lesson I learned from Mama.

Your mama never heard the price of a beer.

That was the lesson.

Well, that’s what I came over to tell you, Angie. The money’s gonna come.

-Plenty of it. -Oh, yeah? Where from?

I quit Patsy’s this morning.

I ain’t taking no more bets for him.

-He can find himself another boy. -You quit Patsy’s?

What for? You going to give him some competition, maybe?

No, nothing like that.

I don’t like horses. They make me sneeze.

Besides, I got smarter ideas than bookmaking,

big ideas.

I’ll get the money, Angie.

I’ve been thinking about it a long time.

How?

How?

I made an appointment this afternoon.

Tomorrow morning I’m gonna meet with a guy named Stephan Bregornick.

He runs a big importing company. Head man.

-He’s gonna give me a job. -What makes you so sure?

Because I know it.

Him and my pop were buddies when they came over from the old country.

So?

So it’s like a debt.

Long before my pop died, Bregornick used to tell him to send me around.

Why didn’t he, then?

Because my pop didn’t like the way he did his business.

Bregornick wasn’t too careful about what he imported or where it came from.

You knew my pop, Angie.

He was the original Honest John.

All right. So he gives you a job.

What’ll it pay?

Not much, I guess.

-Sixty, seventy bucks a week. -What?

You’re making a hundred and fifty with Patsy right now.

-I got my reasons, Angie. -What kind of reasons?

There’s money in that operation. Big money!

If I stick it out long enough, some of it’s coming my way.

You think I’m gonna sit around for 25 years until you get a gold watch?

Uh-uh.

It won’t be that way, Angie.

It won’t be that way, sweetheart.

What’s the matter?

Don’t you have any faith in me at all?

Money, Larry.

That’s what I got faith in.

Money.

Hello?

I’m Larry Chetnik. Is Mr. Bregornick in?

What do you want to see Mr. Bregornick about?

It’s about a job.

He’s expecting me. Would you tell him I’m here?

Mr. Bregornick? There’s a Larry...

Chetnik here to see you.

-[Bregornick] Send him in. -Yes, sir.

You can go right in there.

Mr. Bregornick?

Sit down.

So you’re Jan’s boy?

I suppose you want something.

No sir, I just thought I’d look you up

like you once told my pop I should.

Your pop was a fool.

You know that?

Him and me, we came to this country the same day.

For 27 years he broke his back on the construction gangs.

So what happens? He starves.

He raises his family in a lousy neighborhood.

He gets hit with a steal beam and he dies.

Am I describing a fool, or what?

-He was a nice old guy. -[chuckles]

Nice guys are stupid.

Are you stupid, Larry?

No, Mr. Bregornick, I’m not stupid.

But I try to be a nice guy, too.

You speak any other languages?

-No, sir. -You go to high school?

I quit just before graduation.

You know how to write out orders,

keep neat records, files, that kind of stuff?

I had a year of business administration.

Can you handle yourself?

I mean...

what do you do if a guy pushes you around?

I push back.

You dress pretty good.

Got more than that one suit?

Got another one just like it.

You willing to work any hours?

Night sometimes?

-Sure. -You know anything about the importing business?

-No. -Good!

I know that lousy neighborhood you come from.

Patsy and those cheap punks.

You mixed up with them?

I used to work for Patsy, but that’s all.

OK. You got a job.

Seventy-five bucks a week

and maybe a bonus at Christmas if I like your style.

Only remember, I do a lot of business out of my apartment.

That’s where my customers come.

You be there when I tell you to be there.

-Right? -Sure thing, Mr. Bregornick.

Thanks a lot.

You all set, Larry?

Yes, sir.

-[knock on door] -They’re here.

-Miklos. -[Miklos laughs]

It’s good to be with you again, my friend.

Please, come in.

Miklos,

I wish you to meet Larry, my cousin.

My pleasure.

And this is my cousin.

-Please, let us sit down. -Thank you.

[Bregornick] Larry, a drink for the gentlemen.

No, no. No drink for me. [coughs]

-Oh, but a little wine, perhaps. -Wine is good.

Anything for you?

My cousin doesn’t drink.

[Miklos] Well,

and how is the importing business, my friend?

Business is like always.

[Miklos laughs]

The market is only people.

If people want something,

the market is good.

If not...

[Bregornick] You are right as usual, my old friend.

Thank you.

Now, tell me, my friend.

Is it true that the wine business is much improved?

What do you think the market would be

for 900 cases of Romanee-Conti...

’49 vintage?

I think it would not be bad, Miklos.

Depending, of course, on the suggested price.

Well, my partners abroad suggest

$7,000 is a fair amount.

What would your company say to that?

Do you like the wine, my friend?

[chuckles] It is very good.

Do you like the price, my friend?

The company accepts the terms.

Four months.

I’m four months older.

You think that doesn’t mean anything to a girl?

What do you want from me?

I want some action. That’s what I want.

You’re the guy with the big plans.

The big money man.

Seventy five bucks a week. [scoffs]

All right, you wanna know about the deal, I’ll tell you.

Go ahead, I’d love to hear it.

Then sit down and shut up.

I told you about this guy Bregornick. He’s an operator, a big timer.

He makes more quick imports than anybody on the East Coast.

You know why? Because he deals in cash.

No papers, no books, no nothing.

I figure he must keep a hundred, 200 grand in that apartment of his.

So what are you gonna do? Swipe it?

No, it won’t be that easy.

Bregornick’s no dope.

I figure I’m making one big haul and I’m taking my time about it.

And we’ll have enough dough to skip the country,

live it up big someplace-- South America, Rio.

Rio?

Yeah, any place you like.

But when’s it gonna be? When’s it going to happen?

I don’t know, I can’t be sure.

It might be six months from now.

It might even be this week.

There’s been a rumor around the office about some foreign typewriters.

Typewriters?

Yeah.

Stolen goods.

I don’t know how true it is,

but I heard that our old friend Miklos is in on the deal.

And if it clicks,

price could be big.

How big?

I don’t know.

I’ll have to see.

And you really think you could get the money?

Oh, I ain’t been thinking of anything else

for months.

You sent for me, Mr. Bregornick?

Yes.

You and me, we got a date tonight.

-Your apartment? -That’s right.

Big stuff tonight, Larry.

Wear your best suit and keep your eyes open.

Yes, sir.

-Will Miklos be there? -Yeah, that’s right.

Our good friend Miklos and his cousin.

I don’t know what time they’ll come in, pretty late, maybe.

You come to my place 10:00, 10:30.

I’ll be there, Mr. Bregornick.

Well?

There’s been a rumor going around about some typewriters.

-Is that the deal, Mr. Bregornick? -I don’t like rumors.

Sometimes they’re true. Now, get outta here.

[woman] Bregornick Importing Company.

[imitating Miklos] Mr. Bregornick, please.

[woman] Just a minute, please.

[Bregornick] Bregornick.

[coughing like Miklos] Stephan?

[coughing continues]

Who is this? Miklos?

[coughing] Yes. The chest is very bad today.

Maybe I cannot leave the house tonight. [coughing]

That’s too bad.

We will make it some other night then, Miklos, when you feel better.

[imitating rough voice] No, no.

Business is business.

Perhaps if someone could bring the money over to my house tonight?

About 8:00.

Someone?

[coughs] Yes, your cousin.

Larry...

He’s trustworthy, no?

Yes.

But we haven’t yet agreed on the price.

Is the 30,000 agreeable to your partners?

[rough voice] Yes, yes. It’s agreeable.

All right, then.

I’ll send Larry with the money.

Hello, Mr. Bregornick. I got your message to come here early.

Yes, our plans for the evening have changed.

Come in, Larry.

My good friend Miklos called me this afternoon.

He can’t make the meeting tonight,

but he wants to complete the transaction.

So I’m sending you over to his house...

with the money.

Could I have his address, sir?

It’s on the envelope.

Should I go now, Mr. Bregornick?

In a minute.

Sit down.

I’ve been thinking about...

Eva,

your mother.

-My mother? -Yeah.

To you, she was just a-- a nice old lady.

Cooked you meals and sent you to school and junk like that, right?

My mom died before I was 12, Mr. Bregornick.

Yeah, sure. I remember.

Only maybe...

you didn’t know something about your mother.

Her and me,

we were engaged to be married once,

back in the old country.

A family thing, an arrangement, you know?

And then, she...

met your pop.

And that made things different.

You ever know about that, Larry?

No, sir.

I could’ve been your father.

I wouldn’t have minded that, Mr. Bregornick.

Yeah. You were better off the way you were.

Don’t get any wrong ideas.

Your pop was the best guy on earth.

Stupid but the best.

Sure, Mr. Bregornick.

Don’t you ever forget it.

All right, beat it.

[knock on door]

-Who is it? -Let me in, Angie.

I was doing my hair. I look a mess.

You shouldn’t walk in on a girl like that.

Sit down.

-So what’s with you? -Sit down!

You always thought I was a nothing, huh?

That’s what you thought, didn’t you?

Just little Larry from around the corner, running errands for the big boys.

[laughing] Taking bets...

What’s the matter? You drunk or something?

Huh?

How much?

-How much is it? -30,000 bucks.

$30,000?

I’ve never seen so much money in my life.

30,000 bucks.

Go on. Count it, Angie.

Count it.

I never thought you could do it.

I never thought you had it in you.

-[Larry laughs] -Oh, you sweet babies.

You beautiful things, you.

Mama’s gonna take good care of you.

I want a hundred pair of shoes, Larry.

I’m crazy about shoes.

Good shoes!

$30,000.

Think what we can do with it.

I’ll pack tonight.

It won’t take me long. I’m not gonna take much.

We can buy new clothes when we get there.

Summer clothes, right?

It’s always summer in Rio, ain’t it?

-Give it back, Angie. -[laughs]

-All of it. -[laughing stops]

Oh, come on, honey.

Let me keep just little.

A little for pocket money?

I said all of it.

Oh, I can pack in 15 minutes.

There won’t be any packing.

You wait right here until I call you.

-Understand? -Where you going?

[chuckles nervously] You ain’t leaving me, are you?

Oh, no. You couldn’t walk out on me just like that.

Let go of me, Angie. I know what I’m doing.

Larry, please.

Hey. You-- You are coming back?

You are coming back!

Hello, cousin.

Tell your cousin to lay off, huh?

Where is the money? What have you done with the money?

I’m sorry for all the trouble I caused you.

Here it is, mister.

Go on, it’s all there. It’s 30,000 bucks.

You see?

He was the one who called you.

Not I, Stephan.

The boy is a thief.

He’s right.

I’m a no-good crook.

I was the one that called you, told you the meeting was off.

I thought it was going to be easy. I was all set to hop a boat to South America.

Then why didn’t you? Why did you come back?

Because I forgot something.

I thought I was being real smart getting all that dough.

But I forgot about my old man.

I tried to rob you, Mr. Bregornick.

So you can do whatever you want to me.

But I began thinking about what you said about my father.

I began to remember things about him.

He was a pretty dumb guy, all right, just like you said.

But I loved him.

I couldn’t do this to him. That’s why I came back.

Larry.

Come back here.

Angie.

[patting] Angie.

Larry?

You came back.

I never thought you would.

I never thought I’d see you again.

-I told you, didn’t I? -Where you been?

I’ve been to Bregornick’s place.

-Bregornick? -Mm-hm.

I gave him back the money.

You... gave him back the money?

Every nickel.

Why, Larry?

Why?

What’s so funny?

What’s so funny?

Don’t you get it?

Don’t you get it, you dope?

30 grand’s OK, but it’s no fortune.

I got something better than that.

Much better.

Something that’ll pay off in a hundred grand some day soon.

[scoffs]

I got his trust.

Well, I was so glad to see Larry get over

his preoccupation with money.

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