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You're out of bounds, Johnny.

Go fetch your ball, Johnny.

Hey, I just got in yesterday.

I didn't expect no brass
band or anything like that,

but at least a "come va?".

What makes you think ya
got the right, you son of a...

What? What'd you say?

You act like this is a morgue.

I guess I'll go
talk to Don Vito.

What makes you
think he'll talk to you?

Report to the warden's office.

28648, report to
the warden's office.

Hey, everybody out, quick!

I'll kill this guinea
bastard, so help me, God.

Open up! Open up!

Get me outta
here. I want solitary.

First, you let go of
that man, Valachi.

Like hell. I want a
promise of solitary,

or this knife goes
right through his neck.

Look, I can't stop him goin'
in the hole if he wants it.

Okay.

You got your promise, buddy.

Come on, come on!

You don't like our cookin'?

Maybe you think it's poisoned.

Listen, I want a meeting
with Vito Genovese.

If Mr Genovese wants to see ya,

he'll let you know.

All right, then. I want
to talk to a lawyer.

Sure, why not?
Tomorrow, after exercise.

You tellin' me it's easier
to talk to my lawyer

than it is to Don Vito?

36849, you have a visitor.

36849, you have a visitor.

Valachi, drop that pipe!

Valachi! Drop that pipe!

Valachi!

At least I got Salerto.

Joseph Saupp, you mean.
You hit the wrong guy, Valachi.

Saupp's a cheque
forger from Alabama.

No connection whatsoever
with your people.

I'm tellin' you,
Salerto tried to kill me.

A dope charge,
and now a homicide.

You bulls don't give me
protection, there's gonna be more.

You let an animal
talk like that?

No wonder we've got
trouble in our prisons.

- Who the hell you callin' an animal?
- You got a better word for it?

Father an alcoholic, two
brothers in insane asylums,

two others killed in a
gunfight with the police.

Screw you!

I don't need nobody
else climbin' on my back,

and you leave my family
out of it, you hear me?

I hear. You got me real scared.

Who the hell are you?

Ryan, Federal Board.

Oh, big deal.

I seen you some
place? I know you?

I know you.

So, you wanna dance?

I wanna talk.

I ain't a talker.

Like to bet?

D'ya hear what happened
to your friend Tony Bender?

- Who?
- Tony Bender.

He's an underboss of
Vito Genovese, that's who.

He's disappeared.

You call Lost and Found yet?

Word is out... rat.

Vito, what happened?

Vinny was there at the dockside.

Joe Valachi, Tony Bender.

Salerto caught a slug.

He was dropped, but
I hear he's doing fine.

The only two that got away

were Tony Bender and
Joe Valachi, capisce?

They're rats. An open contract.

No price. Anybody sees
'em, they can have 'em.

Vito Genovese. Nice voice.

Mickey Mouse.

Wanna hear the punchline?

Genovese thinks you
set them up to get busted.

Bullshit.

I'm the only guy can
save your life now, Valachi,

but I'm gonna wanna know about
Genovese, his drug operation.

Why don't you ask your friend?

He knows a model
prisoner when he sees one.

Okay.

Walter, looks like
we got ourselves

another shortsighted,
mobbed-up punk.

I told ya.

Take him back to the can,
and not solitary anymore.

If he meets up with
a knife on the way,

send him a dozen roses
with my compliments.

You wanna tell me something?

Yeah.

Screw you.

Come on, Valachi.

Where you takin' me?

You been askin' enough.
This time he's ready to see ya.

Genovese?

Mister Genovese.

Mr Valachi.

Don Vitone.

What did they ask you, Joseph?

Ah, the usual stuff.

Who do I work for?
Where's Tony Bender?

Of course, you didn't talk?

How can you ask
me that, Don Vito?

May God strike me dead.

That Tony, guys like him,
they can't take the time.

Between ourself,
Joseph, I think he talked.

What do you mean?

What does it matter?
He disappeared.

Hell, Tony was a sick guy.

To have to take orders from
a sick guy like that, Joseph,

can be a very bad experience.

So who gives him
the orders, huh?

Listen,

Bender promised me
a deal for five years.

I pulled fifteen.

Now...

they're gonna give me life.

Bender was wrong.

All I know is he tells me
about some narcotics job,

and suddenly there's
cops all over the place.

Vinny's arrested,
Frank's arrested, Salerto.

Then I find out you're arrested.

I figure, what the hell
is this world comin' to?

That's what I'm asking you, Joe.

All this time, I
don't know anything.

Nothin'.

After my 30 days in quarantine,

I enter the population,
and he tries to take me.

I say I gotta see you.

Once I see the right man,

maybe I'll know what the
hell's goin' on around here,

and 'cause you're the only one
who could put a stop to them.

Joe...

Sometimes, I have
a barrel of apples,

and one of these apples stinks,

so it has to be removed, or it
stinks up the rest of the apples.

Capisce?

If I've done something
wrong, Don Vito,

show it to me and
leave me the pills.

I'll take them in front of you.

Who said you did anything wrong?

Il bacio delta morte.

Joe, how many kids you got?

One.

How many you got?

Six.

That's a good thing to know.

You just made up my
mind, Don Vito Genovese.

$20,000 for Joe Valachi.

Pass the word.

All that for my protection, huh?

Hell, no. It's for mine.

All right, you
guys, keep movin'.

Come on, don't stand around.

- Break it up.
- Geez...

You know the rules.

I ain't stood like this and
looked out a window in months.

That's very expensive, Valachi.
It'll cost you all you know.

For a start, take a look
through these mug shots.

What the hell's the hurry?

I want this over.
The sooner the better.

Place and date of birth.

Place and date of birth.

Born in New York.

September 22, 1903.

School?

I went to the seventh grade.

After seventh grade?

Hey, what the hell is this,
some "who's who" kinda bullshit?

I thought we were
gonna get Genovese.

Talk, Valachi.

After the seventh grade, I
worked on the sandboats...

for one of your potato-breaths.

The O'Brien Brothers.
30 South Street.

So far you're battin'
a thousand, wop.

You ever finish school?

Yeah, didn't you?

Where?

Sing Sing.

My name's Tony Bender.

That's my bed.

Those are my things.

Be polite.

Introduce yourself.

My name is Joe Valachi.

- You happen to know Joe the Boss?
- Joe the what?

You've never heard
of Joe Masseria?

Don't lie to me,
Valachi. I hate a liar.

I never saw him before.

Okay.

The Gap looks after you.

Tony Bender's a
strong-arm for Mr Maranzano.

We gotta be careful
you're not a Masseria man.

Ah, I don't know what the hell
all this crazy war talk is about.

In my gang, the gang
I got, everybody's pals.

Joe the Boss has been
moving in on Maranzano.

A nice pal.

Some Mustache Pete
from the old country.

Some time I'm gonna
tell ya about my outfit.

Very big, huh? You got a
lot of men workin' for ya?

Yeah.

I got seven guys.

They call us the Minutemen

because it only takes
us a minute to pull a job,

and it takes the cops two
minutes, maybe more, to show.

And what do you do?

You go out and throw
milk cans at windows?

Bender's boss has
400 guys in his gang,

most of them torpedoes.

And that Mustache Pete
you were talkin' about.

Let's see, he's got 600.

As the paper says,
there's a war on.

Guys from Sicily,
guys from Naples.

Anytime you wanna
mob up, ask for the Gap.

Paradise Restaurant.

Times change,
Joey, and awful fast.

The Gap was sure right.

Times were changing.
One week out of Sing Sing,

I got a tip on a silk
factory in Brooklyn,

so I pick up a couple Irish guys

to fill in part of my gang
that's been arrested,

and away we go.

All right, lady, let's have
your dough, and your watch.

What the hell's
the matter with ya?

I take you out on a job,

and you act like
a couple of kids?

Stupid bastard, son of a bitch!

You know the police had radios?

They cut my time
in less than a minute.

You haven't been out a
week, and already in trouble?

- I'm on the run.
- I got eyes.

Come on.

What's all this?

I met that guy in Sing Sing.

Who is he?

A friend of Gap's.

Who is he?

A friend of Gap's. They
met him in Sing Sing.

Why he's wet?

Mr Maranzano wants
to know why he's wet.

I don't know why he's wet.

Why's he wet, Gap?

I don't know.

He don't know why he's wet.

Oh.

Salute.

You gentlemen are
looking for something?

Sorry to disturb
you, Mr Maranzano,

but did you see a man
come in here dripping wet?

He had horns. Like this?

Nice.

This wet man,
what... what he do?

He tried to rob a silk shop.

We chased him a coupla blocks.

Racked up one of our cars.

Ditched his in the
river, and got away.

I sincerely regret I have
not met with such a man.

Well, if you do...

What do you think?

I give him a job.

Good night, Officer.

Good night, sir.

The first contract I worked on

was to hit a guy
named Steve Ferrigno.

He was one of the lieutenants
who worked for Joe the Boss.

Ferrigno? We were onto
him for at least five killings.

Bender got me to
rent an apartment,

same place where Ferrigno
lived, on Pelham Parkway.

One month's rent
with a different name.

There's Ferrigno's apartment.

Right across the courtyard.

First floor opposite.
Quelle con le tende gialle.

Like I said, I got a tip-off
he moved in there last week.

Make some coffee, will you, Gap?

Sure, I'll make coffee,
spaghetti, meatballs, anything.

You expect a little
music, or what?

You look musical.

You think so, huh?

Oh, er... Buster,

why don't you go take a look and
see if the view's right from there?

That's no problem.

Buster from Chicago.

Go easy with him.

To date, nine killings.

- Oh, yeah?
- Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da!

Still looks musical to me.

Okay, Tony, this
one's gonna be easy.

Hey, none of my business,
but I rent this apartment.

If he shoots him from
there, they trace it to me.

Now, everybody's seen me.

The neighbours, the doorman.

Okay.

We'll use this place as a stakeout,
and we'll hit him from somewhere else.

Staircase, window,
corridor, anyplace.

So?

Come on, Joe. You go upstairs.

The corridor outside
Ferrigno's apartment.

And give us the sign
when they come in.

Oh, er... you got
those pictures?

Yeah.

Here's a little
homework to memorise.

Joe Masseria and family.

I never knew anybody could
have such an organisation.

Masseria's outfit went
as far west as Chicago

with Capone.

And how in hell

Maranzano ever expected
to destroy Joe the Boss,

that was beyond me.

Hold it!

What floor you want?

Punch yours.

Holy smokes, holy
smokes, guess what?

What's wrong?

I just saw that guy
Masseria and these other two.

These other two.

Luciano and Genovese.
Oh, it's not possible.

- Yeah. Yeah!
- No, impossible.

- They got on the elevator with me.
- No, impossible.

I pretended I was
going to the third floor.

They went up to the sixth.

Come and take a look.

They pretended
to go to the sixth.

Full house.

Must be havin' a meet.

Easy aces. What the hell,

why don't we cross over that
side and take Ferrigno in the back?

Hey, Mr Bender, if you ask
me, why don't you take 'em all?

You and I can hit
him from the top.

And, Gap, you can take
him from the downstairs.

But they're all up
there in that one room.

All you have to do
is spray the place.

You wanna be the boss?

Okay, I make a call
to Mr Maranzano.

Keep him quiet, Gap.

I'm getting restless.

Boy, oh boy!

You oughta think
it over, Mr Bender.

You're only the
wheel man, capisce?

When I give the word, you
bring the Packard out to the front.

Until then, I don't wanna
hear another word outta ya.

Please.

Okay, Joe.

Have the engine
running, doors open.

Hold it a minute.

You run up and tell the
boss the coast is clear.

Boy!

Whew!

What's the matter?

Ah, nothin'.

Somethin's botherin' this guy.

Why do you talk?

Let him drive, Tony, huh?

I want to know why
he said "boy" like that.

Joey, why do you
say "boy" like that?

Because we really
had a chance to hit.

Hit everybody!

Luciano, Genovese, Joe the Boss!

What the hell is wrong
with you, Bender?

Only the new guy,
he has the thought.

Why you didn't listen?

You said hit Ferrigno,
so we hit Ferrigno.

I believe in iniziativa.
Dominick, come si dice?

- "Initiative."
- initiative.

What organisation,
it means anything

without its people
have initiative, eh?

Valachi, he's a good driver?

'Course he is.

You said "get the best".

I get the best.

You got a suit and tie?

Sure, Mr Maranzano.

Go away. Come back two hours.

- Yes, sir.
- Hey!

I swear by this man Tony Bender.

You understand?

He was right to
do the wrong thing.

He was thinking what's
good for the organisation.

But you were a
little more right, eh?

From this day on, Joe Valachi,

you live by the
knife and the gun.

You die by the
knife and the gun.

Throw a finger from one to five.

Well, Joe,

Gaetano Reina, he's
now your goombah.

He is responsible for you.

You have a problem, you see him.

With what finger you shoot?

Give me your hand.

With the spilling of
the blood, Joe Valachi,

we are now one family.

Dammi la carta.

Now, repeat after me in
the language of our fathers,

or otherwise in English.

"Così morirò..."

"This is the way I will die..."

"Se tradisco il segreto
di Cosa Nostra..."

"If I betray the secret
of the Cosa Nostra..."

"Brucerò come il
fuoco dell'inferno..."

"I will burn like
the fires of hell..."

"Se la mia lingua
parlerà come Giuda."

"If my tongue
speaks like Judas."

This being a time of
war, I make it short.

Two things the most
important to remember.

First, to betray secret of Cosa
Nostra means death without trial.

Second, to violate any
member's wife, the same.

And never use violence
with anyone in the family.

We help you.

Because of this,
now you are family.

Your job is to be a personal driver
for my under-boss Gaetano Reina.

He is a fine man
worthy of respect.

We are here together
because Joe Masseria

has sentenced us to die.

So now, whether from
Castellammare or not,

we are all one today.

What happened at Pelham
Parkway has got them confused.

They don't know how
we discovered their meet,

so now we concentrate
to get their main bosses,

Luciano, Genovese,
but the most important...

Joe Masseria himself.

He say he will
make no deal with us.

So until we kill
him once and for all,

the war, it goes
on and on forever.

Geez, Bender, you missed one!

That same afternoon,
we hit Dino Roselli

and Peter "Brown Eyes" Allione.

Next day, we took,
er... Charlie Ansaldo.

He had a nice car.

It's a shame we had to spoil it.

That's Frankie Baretta. "The
Enforcer", they called him.

Nice day's work.

Sometimes it was
straightforward and easy, no sweat.

You let Masseria come in
and take over our machines.

Mr Maranzano won't like that.

I didn't want no trouble.

You know the number
you have to call.

We're ready to service
our machines day and night,

unless you want to
change your supplier, huh?

Okay, Joe,

put back the Maranzano stickers.

Like that, my dear friend?
You can sleep better nights.

That right, Charlie?

Tell me, who came calling?

Who was it left his card?

You don't have to talk.

You only have to deny
it was Carlo Torrio.

Pity.

Carlo Torrio is a nice boy.

Doesn't look so nice there.

And with him, Johnny
"Golf Bag" Ponti,

Sam Petrelli.

But these were our boys
who were getting it, also,

Johnny Buono, Pete Gianola...

but somehow we
managed business as usual.

Oh, that was big of ya.

Well, sometimes you guys
gave us a little help yourselves.

Only two cases?

That's all.

When do we get some more?

Next week.

All right, break it up.

Screw you, mister.

This son of a bitch did a
hundred bucks' worth of damage.

Look here, mister, break it up!

You can see yourself.

Okay, okay.

Clear the road. Clear the road.

- Clear the road. Go on. Go on.
- Okay, okay.

Get 'em running!
Get 'em running!

Come on! Come on!

Settantasette. Seventy-seven.

Coscie di donne.

La paura. Novanta. Ninety.

Forty-seven. Quarantasette.

Come on!

Twenty-two. Ventidue.

I got so as I knew
every bank in the city.

Before, I could do the
Bronx with my eyes closed.

Now, it's like I am very
capable on Wall Street, too.

28.128 napkins, 43 tablecloths.

And they say they
served only 73 dinners.

Some people ain't honest.

Chez Aldo.

Second time they gave
us the wrong count.

Someday we go
beat 'em on the head.

Hey, hey, hey, can't you see
this is private? Move! Move!

Next time, the right
count, understand?

Tomorrow, when I call you,

have the counted
money ready. Remember.

Very reasonable, Valachi.

What are you talkin'?

We were dealing
straight, and they wasn't.

I mean, for instance,
take the fish market.

This guy Tony, er...

I forgot his last name.

He paid for protection.

Some of Masseria's honkies
start to lean on him pretty good.

He gives us a call...

Break it up!

And we deliver.

Just like the cavalry and
the Boy Scouts, Valachi.

Hey! Hey!

Just like the cavalry
and the Boy Scouts.

You know, we hit nearly
35 of Masseria's men

the first couple of months?

The Castellammarese
War, they called it,

and Joe the Boss was gonna
get every guy from Castellammare.

Any guy who was
Sicilian, that is.

Must've been bad for business.

It was terrible.

Car!

Signora! Signora!

Come on. Bring him
in. Put him on the couch.

They got Papa! Papa! Papa!

Put him there.

Dio mio!

- Oh, God. Papa.
- Be silent!

Show dignity.

They hit us just when your husband
was gonna open the garage door.

You are my husband driver?

You are Joseph Valachi?

Yes, ma'am.

Papa.

Remember this, Maria.

Always he lived with death.

Always he wait
for this to happen.

I have learned to wait with him.

La festa mia è chiangere.

Festa mia è chiangere...

Buongiorno.

We know who do
it, Donna Letizia.

Don Salvatore, I have lost him.

Bring him back to me.

I cannot bring back the dead,

only kill the living.

Cara, my love for your
father was without end.

I don't stop until I find...

Assassini! Bastardi!
Ammassastevu a mio marito!

Perchè, siete venuti
a cane?! Bastardi!

Ammassastevu a mio
marito! Perchè? Bastardi!

Too many good men are dead.

These killings,

very bad.

For everything.

With all respect
for the widow...

we did not seek this war.

Who sent you, Mr Luciano?

Nobody sent him.

Is true, Mr Luciano?

Like he said.

Salvatore, we are
from the same country,

and now we've...

come to kill each
other far from home.

It's our people who died,

the blood of our blood.

And, with the cops on our tail,

it's hurting all the business.

So, even if Joe Masseria
doesn't want to talk about peace,

Mr Maranzano...

we do.

While Joe Masseria live...

no peace.

Please believe
me when I tell you

I held your husband
in the highest respect.

My condolences.

Hurry!

No!

They come in peace.

Look at that Anastasia.

He wants somebody
to start something.

He's nuts.

Charlie, Lucky and Genovese
said they came for peace,

and one day at Scarpato's in
Coney Island, they set out to prove it.

How about a game
of cards, Mr Masseria?

Yeah. We play Tressette.

Oh, I have to go to the john.

Vito, there's a deck in the car.

Why don't you go get it?

Don't you think
someone should, er...

call the police?

So that's how Joe the Boss died.

We never knew for sure.

Is that so?

Well, don't expect me
to do no more talkin'.

Anyhow, I'm tired and
I'm gonna get some rest.

- Sit down.
- What the hell...

We got a lot more talking to do.

I ain't gonna eat that.

So starve.

- How do I know it ain't poisoned?
- You don't.

You taste.

How do I know you ain't
eatin' only the good part?

I wanna do my own cookin', Ryan.

Maybe. If you keep on talking.

And I want a hot plate
and I want a refrigerator,

and, like I said, I'm
not talkin' anymore.

My rules, Valachi.

You wanna starve here or go back
to where you came, be my guest.

What happened after
Masseria's death?

What the hell's that got
to do with Genovese?

- Ryan, I wanna get Genovese.
- My rules!

All right. We got organised.

- Organised?
- Yeah.

In the borgatas.

Territories.

Big deal. You know Italian.

That make you an honorary wop?

One territory for each family.

That's right,

and all the families were
responsible to the capo di capi.

The boss of all the bosses.

And it is with humility,

I accept this title.

But, as a father, I'm
also obliged to remind you

that all of us here are
in a foreign country,

and if we don't help
each other like brothers,

nobody will.

While we were killing,

others outside were
making their moves.

The Irishmen, they
own the politician,

the Jews like Lepke, Shapiro,

they tie up the Garment
Center and the unions,

and the Dutchmen, they
beat us to the numbers.

So what we do?

We sit still?

We hit them. We hit them!

You're right, Anastasia, but
first we prepare ourselves.

From now on, we divide
to form new families.

Each borgata will
have capo, a boss,

sotto capo, under-boss,

and then comes lieutenant.

Under them...

It's a nice setup, like an army.

Yeah, except their
own guy is on the top.

In each city will be one family.

I already spoke with our
friend John Gianola in St Louis.

Capone will be in.

Sam Carollo in New Orleans,

and Pirelli in Detroit.

Only here, in New
York, will be different.

Because we are so
many, we'll be five families.

Charlie Luciano will head one,

Tom Gagliano another,

and the others will
be under Joe Prof act,

Joe Buona, and Vince Mangano.

Think of it that we will
provide service for the public.

Everything what
the public wants.

Women, the best.

To gamble, the
horse, the numbers.

Everything what the public
wants, and we give them a fair deal.

Everything except...

la droga.

The drug, it can destroy all,

all what progress we make.

Sure. Afterwards,
we go and get laid.

And remember, what
happened in the past is finished.

If your own brother
was killed in this war,

you don't look to find
out who did it to get even.

You do, you pay with your life.

From now, it's forgive,
forget for my family.

You soldiers want to
see my sotto capo...

you see Tony Bender.

Now I pick for my
bodyguard, the Gap.

There goes my spare time.

And for my driver,
I pick Joe Valachi.

- Congratulations, Joe.
- Thanks.

- You have questions?
- Very good. Very good.

Hey, didn't we meet
somewhere before?

Vito Genovese.

I don't remember,
but nice to meet you.

- Fine.
- The future, it lie ahead.

With the help of God,

let us bring success
to ourselves,

and to this thing of ours,

great honour.

Onoriamo Cosa Nostra!

"Capita singula praedae
nomine distribuit."

"From the captured spoils,"

"he distribute one"

"to each of the
soldier of the Army."

It's from Giulio Cesare.

That's the way you
learn the real command.

Everything I learn,
I learn from Caesar.

No kiddin'?

You remember what Caesar say

when he destroy
the tyrant Pharnaces?

Oh, can't say I
do, Mr Maranzano.

It... It slips me.

He say,

"Veni, vidi, vici."

"I came, I saw..."

"I conquered."

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

Oh, that's terrific. Mmm.

Never know when a line
like that might come in handy.

- Buona sera.
- Teresa.

Do you... You mean you read

all these books, Mr Maranzano?

Yes, when I was
studying to be priest.

Oh, yeah. I heard that
some place, Mr Maranzano.

What kind of language is this?

Oh, it's Lucretius. Is in Greek.

Greek? You speak Greek?

I speak seven language.

Er... Mr Maranzano,
who are all those guys?

Oh, this is Caesar as
the high priest of Jupiter.

This is Caesar as
the Roman consula,

and this is Caesar as the dictator
and architect of the Roman Empire.

Which remind me, boys.

Tomorrow I have a meeting
with Genovese and Luciano.

I want you both
to be there, huh?

In case.

Maybe we don't make, er...

arrangement, eh?

They betray their own boss.

If you were the
boss, you trust them?

Why didn't you break
up the family at the meet?

It would start another war. I
don't know yet who's on their side.

But tomorrow, I find out.

You no tell anyone, yes?

Good.

I no like guns in my
office, but tomorrow...

And tomorrow, Tony Bender,
he pick me up at half past one.

You meet me in the office
a little before two, huh?

Yes, sir.

And here, read this book.

Roman Civil War. In English.

Thanks, Mr Maranzano.

Don't I get a book?

Some men are born
to read, some not.

Oh.

You found me out, Mr Maranzano.

Some things are hard
to find out, some not.

- Good night.
- Good night.

Night, Mr Maranzano.

Bet you can get five bucks
for that book, the leather alone.

What the hell's the
matter with you?

It's a present. From him.

I don't read so good,
but I'm gonna try.

For him? Tell me all about
it when you finish, please.

You got a cock for a brain.

So I'm a genius. What can I do?

Open up! Open
up! It's the police.

Yeah, yeah.

It's about time.

You're late.

Veni, vidi, vici, kiddo.

Jane, Mary-Lou, meet Joe.

- Hi, Joe. Greetings.
- Hi, Joe.

Wait, wait, wait!

We're supposed to be in
Maranzano's office at two.

Don't worry. The
meeting's called off.

Mary-Lou, make breakfast on him.

Boy, am I hungry!

I don't believe you.
I don't believe you.

Relax. Tony Bender will tell ya.

You better get rid
of that chewing gum.

Lay off, Jane.

Baby, I'm ticklish.

Hello, Tony? One second.

Tony? Hi.

The meeting's cancelled.

Yeah, I'll let you know
when the old man needs you.

- Have a swell time.
- Yeah, okay.

- Take it off, Jane.
- Hey, you're right.

Me, Jane. You, Tarzan.

Hey! Hey!

Okay, Mr Maranzano.

Salerto...

Remember, you and the Mad Dog,

you wait at the
drugstore telephone.

I give the order.
You hit, no miss.

Or we go back on the
mattress again, eh?

I hope you don't
decide to call it off.

Genovese's boys took my brother.

Valachi, the Gap, they're late.

On their way over.

I just got through
talking to them.

I don't like they're late.

When they come in, send them in.

Yes, sir.

Well, what've we got here?

Mad Dog Coll and Steff
Salerto out for a walk?

There's a law against that?

Move.

Try me.

I'll cover him.

Where's Maranzano?

Sit down.

That's what I ask.

What do you want?

You got a warrant? Let me see.

You're not cops.

Come on!

Aah!

I said "no guns"! Come on.

Aiutami.

Aiutami.

Help me, Judas.

Make the cross.

I no want sins on my children.

In nome padre...

in spirito.

So who really killed Maranzano?

I guess you could say it
was Luciano and Genovese.

They hired the Bugsy
Siegel boys to pose like cops.

Hey...

when those phony cops
stopped Salerto and Mad Dog Coll,

they were on their way to do the
same thing to Luciano and Vito.

Yeah.

A matter of timing, I guess.

We always called
him "Lucky Luciano".

Yeah, yeah. Go on.

First, I eat somethin'.

Okay, Valachi, you've had
your new toys I promised ya.

I'm in a hurry, so
let me remind you:

maybe you're 99% safe.

That doesn't mean your wife is,

or your kid, what's his name?

You son of a bitch.

Magician, Valachi.

You start talking or I'll pull
some more rabbits out of the hat,

like these letters
from home, maybe.

You hold back
letters from my wife?

Well, it's nice to
know you care.

Do you care about
their safety as well?

I want a guarantee
they'll be safe.

That's up to you, Valachi.

Now, I was asking you...

All right.

After Maranzano, there
was no more capo di capi.

Just Luciano, the Mangano boys,

Prof act, Benuto Galliato.

The under-bosses were
Genovese, Anastasia,

Charlie Calesi, and
the three Franco boys.

The lieutenants were
Johnny Gardena, Tony Bender,

Mick Moretti,

and Joe Adonis,
you heard of him.

Good. Okay.

Now, after Maranzano's murder,
which family did you go with?

What kinda dummy are you?

After the murder, I ran.

- Mrs Reina?
- Yes?

You remember
me? I'm Joe Valachi.

Yes, I know.

They shot Mr Maranzano,

and your husband
was my goombah, so I...

Come on. Come in.

Be careful, Mrs Reina. These
steps, they're pretty steep.

Let me help you, Mrs Reina.

Yes.

Thank you.

Hey, this is terrific.

Eh, it will do for the moment.

Just until things quiet down.

We will bring you food.

Oh, you don't have
to do that, Mrs Reina.

I can always sneak out
and get something to eat.

Ah, even the windows have eyes.

Hey, yeah.

And Joe Prof act is my brother.

Joe Prof act is your brother?

Mmm, and he always eat here.

I see what you mean.

Thanks, Mrs Reina.

My husband would do the same.

He was a good man.

Those pictures really
told me a lot about Maria.

You know, I never knew a
kid could do all those things.

I mean, have all those hobbies.

When I was a kid, I
was just Joe Cargo.

Cargo?

Yeah, 'cause I used to make
these carts out of soap boxes.

"Cargo," get it?

You know, I hardly
knew my father.

Only saw him when
we went on trips.

But I did have a lot
of respect for him.

Oh, me, too.

Everybody had
respect for your father.

Even the men that killed him?

Oh, sure, they had respect.

You really are a good
soldier, aren't you, Joe?

Yeah, I try to be.

Maybe it's a feeling you don't
understand that I have for these guys.

It's like we're all
pieces of one another.

They make me feel like I belong.

Before now, you might
say I was a nothin'.

Oh.

Maria!

- Maria.
- Oh, God.

Go to your room.

- Mama, I'm not a child.
- Vattene, ti ho detto vattene!

Sit. Finish. Sit down.

Maria is no toy, Mr Valachi.

I wasn't playing
with her, Mrs Reina.

Flora, vai aprire.

Come on.

Yes?

Good evening, Mrs Reina.

- I'm looking for Joe Valachi.
- I don't know anybody called...

He's the guy who's been living

in your attic, Mrs Reina.

Mr Joe Valachi.

What the hell do you want, Gap?

You, Joey. Put the gun down.

It's okay. You're back
in the driver's seat.

Who says?

Come with me. I'll show you.

Proof.

The proof is I could have shot
you in the back a week ago,

been a big man on campus, okay?

Okay.

Andiamo.

Uh-huh.

No, no.

No.

No. Domani, più tardi.

Charlie, this is Joe Valachi.

Ask him what he wants.

- Right now I'd like...
- Er... we talked it over.

He and the Gap
want to go partners

on the numbers and
the slot machines.

Give him twenty machines.

But for the numbers,
they need the bankroll.

Okay. Hand them ten Gs.

Mr Luciano is giving you
twenty machines, his own labels.

That means no
police interference,

and the credit for a month.

You plan them,
pay us fifty per cent,

and they are yours.

Any problem, talk
with Tony Bender.

He's your lieutenant.

That's pretty good.

I already got a few places
picked out in East Harlem.

Thanks, Mr...

Mr Genovese.

- Bye, Charlie.
- Oh, wait a minute.

I got a call from Joe Prof act,

brother of Gaetano
Reina's widow.

According to him, Valachi
has been seeing the daughter,

and he's not
stated his intention.

- Can I talk?
- Yeah.

I gotta be straight.

I don't know nothin'
about my intentions,

but I sure would
like to marry that girl.

Very fine!

A nice Italian girl,

and the good blood
doesn't go wasted.

Yeah, but the mother,
she thinks I'm a nobody.

Not now, she won't.

Now you're one of the family.

Nice ring.

Very nice ring.

Paid for?

Yes, Donna Letizia, paid for.

Cash or with the credit?

Cash.

I always pay cash.

I got a receipt.

No need, no need.

Genuino, questo
Rosolio. Che piacere.

Fatto in casa.

Made by the hands
of my daughter, Maria.

Ottimo. Veramente ottimo.

My friend and I,

we drink to the gracious
ladies of this house...

To the gracious ladies.

It's time for me to speak.

I speak now for the future,

not for the past,

which has sometimes been, er...

unhappy.

From today, Donna Letizia,
I wish to be your friend,

for friendship is everything.

Friendship...

Friendship is more than beauty,

more than talent,

more than government,

more than anything
except the family.

And perhaps, one
day, Donna Letizia,

you and, er...
your fine daughter

may have need of friendship,

need of a friend.

A friend rather than a lawyer,

who will lead you in
circles and take your money.

Or the police,

who will end up only by
offending and upsetting you.

And, if such a day should come,

I trust that you
will turn to me,

a friend of Joseph Valachi,

a member of your family,

and the man whose friends

can be counted among
those who have respect,

not only in this
city, in this country,

but beyond the seas.

Donna Letizia,

I await your answer.

Damn it, Mama! Say yes.

Yes.

Mr Genovese,

you'll never know
today what you just did.

I know anytime you
give an order, that's it,

but if ever there's
something special...

Maybe there is
something special.

I want you and
Gap to make a hit.

A special hit.

Ah, there's my ladies.

Ah, you eat now, eh?

Nice, nice.

All right, my ladies,
Daddy's going to feed you.

Maybe you oughta
leave, Mr Genovese.

The lights will go
down in two minutes.

Hold them.

Don Vito, we saw the doctor.

Ah, did you?

Yeah, it's bad news.

I don't think our
friend's gonna recover.

As a matter of fact,
he's gone already.

Natural causes, I hope.

Oh, yeah, you might say that.

Shortage of breath.

Sit down, boys.

Vito, I don't think
you ought to stay.

No lights.

Mmm, relax.

Tonight, I want to see the show.

♪ Love is just around the corner

♪ Any cosy little corner ♪

Er... you know her husband?

No.

Oh, sure you do, Joey.

No, I don't.

The special hit.

♪ When you keep me on a corner

♪ Just waiting for you

♪ Venus de Milo

♪ Was noted for her charms

♪ But, simply between us

♪ I'm cuter than Venus

♪ And, what's
more, I've got arms

♪ Let's go cuddle in a corner

♪ Any cosy little corner

♪ Love is just around the corner

♪ And I'm around you ♪

♪ Love is just around the corner

♪ And I'm around you ♪

I have no long speeches.

Just want to drink a
toast to Joseph and Maria.

Happiness, long life,
and male children.

Thanks. Thanks. Grazie.

Mama, thanks.

How about some
nice gifts, folks, huh?

To set up this
tremendous couple, huh?

Thank you.

Salutiamo.

Why'd you do that, huh?

Stronzo da vicende gradiva
pezza di merda che non sai...

Anche cosa stai
diventato! Rispondi!

Albert, what's going on?

Excuse me, please. Excuse me.

The service is lousy.

People always bumping into me.

Behave yourself, Albert,

or we won't let
you out at night.

It's just I don't like
people crowding me.

Mrs Valachi.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

Good luck, Valachi.
Long life to the both of you.

Like I said, Joe,

you've showed
you sure got taste.

Thank you, Mr Luciano.

Shall we cut the cake, honey?

Sure. Sure, sure, sure.

This way, please. Hold it.

Bella! Bella!

Hey, Joey, you remember
these friends of ours?

Hey, what's the matter with him?

He don't recognise
you with your clothes on.

Oh.

So Lucky Luciano
became the boss?

Nah, he appointed a commission,

a kind of board of directors.

Was he a good leader?
Better than Maranzano?

I was doin' okay, so
I guess he was good.

How okay?

I was pullin' 2,500
a week on the slots.

Oh, yeah, and this new DA,

he gets a hold of Luciano
and gives him thirty years

for running cathouses.

Can you believe it?

I figure that was a frame,
'cause Lucky wasn't a pimp.

So, after Maranzano,
there was Luciano? Then?

Genovese. But,
before we knew it...

I'd give him half an hour, tops.

The judge is about
to give out the warrant.

Benedetto, would you
come here a moment, please?

- Ciao.
- Yes, Mr Hewitt?

It's official.

We'll have the court
order in half an hour.

Hewitt. Hewitt.

It's the only name
I hear these days.

Hate that son of a bitch.

I'd like to have one
shot, so help me.

- I can nail him myself...
- Donna, do you have my bags?

- Give me a minute, huh?
- We don't got a minute!

Calm down, Albert! Valachi's
running me to the docks.

Then I'd better bring
the car around now.

What can the son of a
bitch get you for, Vito?

Everything's legitimate.

Legitimate!

He figures somebody
has to be minding the store

now that Charlie Luck is
gone, and he figures me.

You ought to know, Albert,

even if they nail
you on a technicality,

they still nail you.

Tickets.

Tickets!

Where's these tickets, Tony?

In your coat
pocket, Vito, honey.

You just sew up the courts
and keep the politicians greased.

I'm seeing Naples and Marseille.

When I come back, we'll
have a whole network for drugs.

I want to walk
across that border.

But we don't need
the drugs, Vito.

Even Charlie Luck,
he had to admit.

Don Vito, you
gotta get outta here.

Albert...

I want a good report.

You make it nice and easy
when I return. Capisce?

Darling, anything you want,

you talk with Albert,
and he will get it.

Jesus, will you go already?

All right, all right, all right.

Good report, huh?

Come on.

At least I don't have to see
any unemployment in Italy.

My good friend,
Benito Mussolini,

he could talk some
sense into that Roosevelt.

Well, ciao, everybody.

Ciao, caro.

Well, I guess that
makes me the boss.

But Genovese stayed

in Italy till after the war,

so the drug thing didn't
get started till '46 or '47.

You tired?

Mmm. Think I talked too much.

Too much, too much.

Well, then let me go on for ya.

In the war, you
were a loan shark.

You muscled in on
one of your customers.

Guy named Matty,

ran the prospect Dress
and Negligee Company.

They set it up for
you so that, er...

Local 25 didn't bother ya,

as long as you
stayed in the Bronx.

So, now you were a
legitimate businessman.

You bought into the
old Paradise Restaurant.

Did all your shylocking there,
peddled all your gas-ration stamps there.

Big profits.

You bought a new
house in Yonkers,

on Shawnee Avenue.

The house cost forty-eight grand.
Later on, you added five rooms.

How much did that cost?

Ten grand.

The awnings cost 2,500.

Then you went into horse races,

which is known in the
trade as "the big fix".

I never threw a race!

'Cause that'd be crooked.

Son of a bitch.

Your information's so
tight, you go ask anybody.

My Knight's Duchess was one of
the best horses on the East Coast,

and I ran her fair!

Starring Margaret O'Brien.

Goddamn it, listen.

Salerto came to me
one day with orders

from Tony Bender
to throw a race.

You think I listen?

I wouldn't pull that horse!

Knowing you to be the
sportsman's sportsman, I wonder.

You wanna hear
what I said, or don't ya?

All right, Valachi,
what did you say?

You son of a bitch!

I don't pull a horse for nobody!

Joe, you don't lay
a hand on a friend!

- Those are the rules!
- It ain't rules to throw a race.

You tell Bender
he can go to hell.

You tell him.

There's gonna be a table, Joey.

There's gonna be a judgement.

And Anastasia's
gonna be the judge.

Send those bastards
in, and quick!

Now, everybody knows
that Anastasia, he's crazy.

With him, it's
always, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Hit 'em! Hit 'em!"

Boy, I didn't think I'd have
a chance at the judgement.

- The hell's wrong with you, Valachi?
- I'll tell you the way it was. Salerto...

Shut up!

You've been in this
life for last 20 years.

You should know better
than to hit another guy.

- I know that, but Salerto...
- You don't know shit!

A rule's a rule.

Takin' a swing at
one of the family.

He said that Tony
wanted me to fix a race.

You told Valachi
to go fix himself?

I had fifteen grand
on that race, Albert.

For fifteen grand, you tell
your own soldier to fix himself?

Well, we all done it for less,
Albert, one time or another.

Not funny. You are gonna
pay Valachi fifteen grand.

- I...?
- And you owe Salerto an apology.

Sure. Hey, Salerto, I'm sorry.

- Ah, it's okay.
- But... But this is a sol...

Shut up, Tony. Shut up.

Lucky you're Vito's man.

I had a lieutenant talk
back, I'd have him hit.

- Yes, Albert.
- Now, out! All o' ya.

Valachi, come.

I wanna talk to you.

I got a message from Don Vito.

Oh, from Italy?

Mm-hmm.

He's been hearing
rumours about Donna,

and wants you
boys to look after her,

starting this
evening at the club.

Story is that she's
been screwin' around

and I'd like to
see her put away,

but that's not my business,

so forget I ever said it.

You understand?

You understand?

Nobody ever knew

why Anastasia was in
such a good mood that day,

But of one thing he
was right about, though,

it was that girl of Genovese's.

She was trouble.

So?

Good evening, Donna.

I'm an agent for Phil Spitalny
and His All-Girl Orchestra.

We're looking for
a cymbal player.

Get the hell out!

Actually, I'm your
new bodyguard,

and I promised Don Vito I
wouldn't bite off more than I could.

Jesus Christ.

I gotta ask you a question.

How can ya do it?

I mean, physically?

With another dame? Huh?

I follow the bouncing ball.

Boy, oh, boy.

I'll be out in the car.

Er... I mean,

lookin' at it my way,

I can only think of
me in the middle.

Come back tomorrow, honey.

We'll put on a show.

Come on, baby snooks.

Get up.

- Say good night to your snookums.
- Donna!

- Next time, pick on somebody my own size.
- Get your hands off me!

Call Eddie.

Tell him to throw
these bums out.

Okay.

Baby, you... you don't
have to worry about the Gap.

For one thing, I...

I wouldn't know how
to explain it to Don Vito.

For another, he'd
have you killed.

All of a sudden,
the son of a bitch

sends me a goddamn watchdog.

Oh, you know how it is, honey...

when you have a bitch in heat.

Oh!

Everything okay, folks?

Sure.

It's all "Emily Post",

you schmuck.

Ain't that right, little flower?

That's right.

Right.

Right.

Boy, oh, boy.

That all you can say?

I can say a lot worse.

As far as I was concerned,

that girl was a black widow.

You know what I mean?

Gap became so far
gone, he didn't even care

whether he was seen
in public with her or not.

Where's Gap?

Where's Romeo?

Romeo!

Ciao, Stefano. Come va?

Excuse me.

Everythin' seemed
to be goin' great.

Everybody was into legitimate
rackets, politics, unions.

Anastasia, he was
happy playin' the boss.

None of us ever thought Genovese
would come back from Italy.

But, er... you guessed.

- Hello, darling.
- Ciao, honey.

- Go wait in the car.
- Okay.

Hello, Bender.

You look pretty good and fat.

Trying to look our
best for you, Don Vito.

What are you doing
with our friends?

Lots of things.

Name five.

Well, er...

Who do we get to
make drug connections?

Geez, Don Vito,

Albert's kind of told
us to lay off drugs.

- Hello, Valachi.
- Don Vito.

How's business?

I got a restaurant, some horses.

Ah. How many
horses he got, Tony?

I don't know.

You should. You're
his lieutenant.

How about you, Gap?
What have you been up to?

Oh, you know, coupla numbers.

That's what I've been hearing.

We shall have to lose a
lot of weight around here.

Don't like it.

A shame Anastasia, he
didn't come to meet me.

All right.

A lot of time to make up,

but I'm in no hurry,
even if it takes years.

We got to get back like it was.

You are a good friend of
the Gap's, aren't you, Joe?

Yeah.

Know where he is?

Geez, Don Vito...

When you see
him, give me a call.

Sure. Sure.

You're involved in
this thing, too, Joseph.

Get out of here with respect.

I want to hear that you saw him.

Shall I hit the
lights, Mr Valachi?

No, I'll take care of that. You
lock the back door on the way out.

- Good night, Mr Valachi.
- Good night.

Joey!

Joey, please let me in!

Joey, it's the Gap. Please!

Please let me in, Joey!

Joey, please!

You must be crazy. They
gotta know you'd come here.

Lock the door.

That goddamn
broad told everything.

Yeah. What the hell
did you expect from her?

Now Vito has an
open contract on you.

I had a shoot-out with Bender.

Can you believe it? With Bender!

- Holy hell, Gap. Holy hell...
- Oh, it was crazy.

Like 30 years ago
had never happened.

You know I'm
supposed to hit you?

Do me... Do us a favour.

Leave the country.

Right on Pelham Parkway.

Remember once when
we hit Masseria's boys?

It's bad for me. It's bad
for my wife and my kid.

You just can't believe it, Joe.

Jesus. I get off the
I, and there they are.

How about for me?

Hey, goddamn, Tony. I
don't want shooting here.

You can only help
the guy just so much.

Then you're outta line.

♪ Dum-da-dum-dum! ♪

Look, Bender,

we've been together for...

Christ, how many years?

Twenty? Thirty?

At least give me a choice.

What choice?

Dead is dead.

The way you're gonna
hit me. Wanna shoot me?

Get it over with.

Oh, shooting's terrific.

You always loved playing
with guns, eh, Tony?

Not having any friends and all.

Yeah, I'd just as
soon shoot you, Gap.

If it were up to me, I'd say,

"Okay, whatever you want."

But Don Vito wants a
present for a girlfriend of his.

Shoot me!

Come on, Salerto, shoot me!

No! No! No!

Cut it off.

Oh, Jesus, no!

Better apologise to Don Vito.

No!

No!

Can't leave him like that.

There's his gun.

Use it.

Jesus Christ, Gap.

Christ, Gap. I'm gonna
take you to the hospital.

- No.
- Let's go.

- No.
- Yeah.

- No way.
- Come on.

Leave me alone!

They're gonna fix
you up. Come on.

The gun. The gun, please.

They'll fix you
up. Come on, Gap.

The gun.

Joey, the gun.

Oh, hell, Gap. I told
you about that broad.

- You should have stayed away.
- Jesus. Anything else?

The gun! Please!

The gun!

Joey, shoot me, please!

Oh, God. Joey, please shoot me.

Holy hell, Gap.

- Holy hell.
- Joey.

Joey, please.

Mommy, it hurts.

Ah, it's gonna be
okay. It's gonna be fine.

How long has he had the
fever? And what about the doctor?

He said he'd be
back in the morning.

I wanna sleep.

Yeah, that's right.
You sleep, boy.

Go ahead. Sleep.

Me and your mommy are
gonna be right here all the time.

You go ahead and
sleep. I'll leave this here.

You and the boy get
out of here, go away.

Just for a short time.

Take the boy and go some place.

It'll be good for you.

They're closing in
on you again, Joe?

You don't tell me I'm wrong.

Jesus.

I don't know who the
hell's side I'm on anymore.

It used to be so good.

The feeling, everybody
workin' together,

and belongin' together.

Oh, Joe, once and
for all, get out of it.

Would your mother ever
say that to your father?

My father was a lieutenant.

Like you said yourself, Joe,

things were different
in those days.

Now...

every time you try to build
something, they take from it,

some kind of self-respect
when somebody's

- telling you how to live your life.
- I'm not gonna bother explainin' it

because you don't
know anything about it.

I try not to.

What the hell's that
supposed to mean?

Joe, there are days you
come in and there are nights...

I know your hands have
been covered with blood.

Does Mr Genovese
or Mr Bender give you

some kind of magical power

so you don't feel anything?

I never hit nobody
that never deserved.

Honest to God, Maria.

We only hit the guys
who cheat on the family.

What do you want me to do?

Do you want me
to say, "Hey, Vito,

"I'm only gonna hit
the following guys"?

You can't do that.

You see, if you believe in
the family, then you fight for it.

It's no different than
being in the Army.

Then why are they closing
in on you again, Joe?

Jesus, I don't know.

You don't?

Honest, I don't know.

That's why I want
you to take the boy,

when he's feelin' better,
and you go to your cousin's.

And I'll call you after.

Fine.

After what, Joe?

After what?

A... After it's over.

Son of a bitch.

Now I'm gonna tell you
why it was necessary

to hit Double-A.

Before I went away,

we had an organisation,

a structure.

Everybody had a place.

Everybody had a position.

Everybody was
responsible to everybody.

And when I come
back, I learned that

nobody knows what
anybody else is doing

'cause nobody cares.

And when nobody cares,
that's how people get fat.

That's anarchy!

Ssh!

Anastasia commercialised
this thing of ours.

Brought in launderers,

'cause they were
willing to pay money

for the privilege of belonging.

Anybody.

Lot of nobodies.

But I can only tell you this,

I wouldn't pay a
nickel to join this outfit.

I look upon it, I look upon you

without respect.

Don Vito!

Shut up!

First...

I want to see these people out.

Get rid of them.

Give them back their
money. They don't belong.

Next...

Anastasia was shot because
he made a second mistake.

I'm talking about drugs.

With our influence
in the unions,

in the courts,
and with the cops,

we can walk right
in and start to deal.

I got suppliers from China to
Maastricht waiting for the word.

So, starting right now...

Get out! Get out! Everybody out!

Quick! Police!
Police! Get movin'!

Don Vito, come on! Hurry!

Valachi!

Don Vito, we gotta
get away. Come on.

- Hurry.
- Where is Valachi?

Valachi!

- Valachi!
- Come on!

What the hell's going on?

Somebody tipped
the cops, Don Vito.

I wanted to meet in Chicago,

but that goddamn Magaddino
said, "Upstate's cool."

It's cool, all right.

They disgust me.
They've got no dignity.

I am not gonna lose my self-respect
because of small-time yokels.

Hold it. Where do
you think you're goin'?

All right, let's get
your hands up.

Come on, letts go.

Hands over your
head! Get 'em up.

All right, stop.
Stop right there.

Hold it. Hold it.

Hold it right there.

What's the problem, Officer?

Did you just come
from that house?

As a citizen of
the United States,

I am aware of my rights
under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,

and Fourteenth Amendments
of the Constitution.

Unless you have
an arrest warrant,

I can sue you for
infringing on my rights.

Drive on, Joe.

What the hell did he say?

Jesus Christ.

No matter how hard they lean,

no matter how hard they
squeeze, you just took it like a dog.

When they made you kill your
best friend after they cut his balls off,

you just pointed that trigger
and called it an act of charity!

Oh, what the hell
do you know about it?

And what'd you ever
have that was any better?

Nothing, Valachi.

My parents travelled
steerage just like yours.

They went through
poverty just like yours.

I fought every day before,
during and after school.

Big deal. Instead of
being called a wop,

I was "Paddy", I was a mick.

The difference
between us, Valachi,

is that I stopped
spreading my legs.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

And then you joined Hoover's
team and became Jack Armstrong,

All-American Boy.

Screw you, Valachi.

I don't have a wife
who's goin' into hiding.

I don't have a son who
doesn't know who his father is.

I don't check the windows
before I leave my house.

If I ever had to kill
to save my own neck,

I'd make goddamn sure
I killed the right man.

Face the facts, Valachi,
you're one dumb guinea.

Shit. You were a snap to break.

What?

I'm the guy that started
squeezin' you from the other side.

Don't you remember?

After Apalachin, we
were pickin' everybody up.

We got over a hundred
guys. Nobody would talk.

I still don't get it. What
are you talkin' about?

We wanted to know about
Vito and the drug operation.

I figured we had to
start at the bottom.

I'm the guy that sent those
two agents to visit you.

Yeah.

Er... we notice you're
enlarging the restaurant.

It's illegal, huh?

You got a record. You
have to have a licence.

Licence ain't in my name.

Then you won't care one way
or the other when it's revoked,

will you, Joe?

First, you find some tax
clause to close my dress factory,

now you're hustlin' me
about the restaurant.

What have I ever
done to you guys?

Tell us about the Vito
organisation, his drug network,

and we'll forget that licence.

Yeah. Come on.

How much?

Everything you know.

I don't know
anything about Vito,

and I don't know anything
about any organisation.

Okay, all you don't
know. What is it worth?

Five thousand.

Fifteen.

- Shit.
- Apiece.

Tell them we're
closing this place down.

Give me a call when you've
thought it over. Come on, DiSavio.

My boys did a good job on ya.

You thought they
were really on the take.

Wouldn't be the first time.

Some bunch, I'm tellin' ya.

Puttin' the squeeze on a
respectable businessman.

Oh, sure.

Anyway, you didn't have the $30,000,
so we guessed where you'd have to go.

Hey, Bender.

I'm in a bind. I need
thirty grand by tomorrow.

Okay, if you do me a favour.

Sure, I'll do you a favour.

Meet me at the docks,
Monday at three. Capisce?

Tony, if you're gonna
connect with a shipment,

and that's where the money
is, then I'm gonna stick with you.

Okay.

That's how you got into
the drug business, Joe.

I gotta thank the
FBI for that, huh?

No, I'll give you
credit for initiative.

I'd rather be drivin'
the car, Tony.

Shut up, and let me handle it.

The one with the
red mark, that's it.

Okay, take it away!

It don't smell good.

Shut up.

Come on. Let's go,
let's go. Come on!

Beck, the one with the
red stripe. Put it in the car.

Hey, where's Tony?

Gee, I don't know.

Aah!

Open up. Come on, open up there.

Hurry up. It's the police.

What do you want?

We got a search warrant.

Search warrant for what?

Narcotics.

Push it.

Oh, come on, come on.

Just lay off my stuff, guys.

I'm very neat.

He's the slob.

High grade.

- Donna?
- Yeah? What is it?

Somebody stashed
that. Who was up here?

Nobody.

Yesterday, Tony Bender

and Joe Valachi.

Bender...

Joe Valachi.

It was all too pat.

Looked too easy.

Good thinking, Joe.

I guess it was you.

Sort of.

We had a tap on
your line all the time.

Wasn't too difficult to find that
the meeting was at the docks.

Son of a bitch.

You guys are twice
as crooked as we are.

Casualties or
damage. New York City.

This morning, government agents
arrested Mafia kingpin Vito Genovese.

Reported to be directing the flow
of drugs on the eastern seaboard,

Genovese is being questioned
about the pre-dawn shootout

on Pier Two in Brooklyn.

Police officers state that half a
million dollars' worth of heroin

was seized in
Genovesets apartment,

and $2.5 million worth
was found on the docks.

Arrested were Stef Salerto,
Vincent Mauro, and Fred Velacha.

Foreign news. Tehran
University Geophysics Institute...

- Hello?
- Hey, Bender.

Call me at six o'clock
at the old lady's.

About 310 miles west of Tehran.

The quakes, one measuring five on
the Richter scale and the other four,

struck only a few minutes apart
after five p.m., the Institute reported.

Earthquakes of 4.5 and
up on the Richter scale...

Hey, Maria.

Just talk. Say anything.
I wanna hear your voice.

Why, hello, Helen. How are you?

I didn't know you were back.

We're all fine, honey.

Take care of yourself.

All I could do was drive around
until I got through to Bender.

My own line was tapped.

There was no tellin'
who they'd picked up.

All but Tony Bender.

- Hey, Tony.
- Where are you?

- In the country.
- Where?

Outside Hartford.

What's your number?
I'll call you back.

It's, er...

642-3948.

Boy, there'd been so
many new guys in the family

comin' and goin', could've
been anyone squealint.

All I thought about
was tryin' to keep cool,

keep from gettin' burned.

Somebody set us up.

Don Vito says, if he's arrested,
wants everybody with him.

What kind of
crazy order is that?

Don't worry.
You'll get off light.

It's already arranged.

Oh, no, Tony, I'm not takin'
the rap for somebody else.

Therefore, this court
sentences Joseph Valachi

to the federal penitentiary,

there to serve not
less than fifteen years

from this day forth.

You get me an appeal.

I can stand for five,
but if that fifteen sticks,

I'm not goin' to the can alone.

You tell Bender that.

What do you have to
do before you fight back?

Told you everything
I had to say.

Your books are up to date.

That's not enough, Joe. Think
about Apalachin for a minute.

Think about all those heroes
runnin' through the woods.

Yeah.

I thought about that a lot.

Stand up, for God's sake.

Joe, listen, there's a
Senate hearing commission.

They can make a law.

That law will cut them down,
prohibit their activities once and for all.

But you'll have to speak, Joe.

Have to tell 'em
what you told me.

What's in it for you?

The same thing that's in it
for you, a kind of a peace.

You wanna stay in
hell, that's your business.

I'm offering you a
way out the other side.

All right.

Suppose I talk to
this, er... commission.

Then what?

The law goes on the books,
and I guarantee it'll be enforced.

Yeah, and I'm still in solitary
confinement the rest of my life.

But at least you
won't go in there blind.

What about Maria
and my kid, huh?

Wherever she wants to go,

I give you my personal guarantee
that she would get there safely

with a new name, a new passport,
and enough money for the rest of her life.

You think it'll really happen?

What do you think
I've been after, Valachi?

Christ, everything you say

has tremendous implications
for the Justice Department,

for the country itself.

You can make a break, Joe,

not only for everybody
else, but for yourself.

You can get out of it.

- When do I take the bath?
- Tomorrow.

Okay, Ryan,
looks like you're on.

See you later.

When did you become a
member of this organisation?

19... 30.

Nineteen hundred and thirty,

What's the name of it?

Cosa Nostra.

In... In Italian.

Cosa Nostra, in Italian.

I think that's an
important question,

that there is no particular pattern
which would make you feel that

crime is in any way a problem

associated with those
of Italian extraction.

Senator, I'm not
talkin' about Italians.

I'm talkin' about the Mob.

Continue.

He gave me this,
er... piece of paper.

I was to burn it.

Demonstrate what you did.

In other words, I took
this piece of paper.

And it's, er... burnin'.

It's lighted in your hand.

And that was symbolic of
the fate that was to befall you

if you betrayed
the organisation?

Senator, what I'm tellin' you,

what I'm exposing to you,

to the press and to everybody,

this is the promise
I'm breaking.

Even if I talked,
it... it's, er...

I shouldn't tell you this.

Hey, Ryan, this
thing's fabulous.

They're tryin' to make
a monkey out of him.

I hope they nail his
ass ten times over.

They're after headlines,
for God's sake.

They're after votes.

So, Genovese was your godfather?

No.

"Godfather" is different.

When you, er...

When you go to the
church, you baptise a baby,

This is godfather.

The sworn testimony
you have just heard

came from the lips
of Joseph Valachi,

lips that were supposedly
sealed more than 33 years ago

when he joined the Cosa Nostra.

But today, before a nationally
televised Senate hearing,

the 60-year-old convicted
burglar, dope peddler and murderer

talked in such a way

that he seemed to draw
the sympathy of the crowd

and the Crime Committee.

Valachi said he was talking
because he wanted to,

but it's possible
that he is talking

to protect himself from his
syndicate boss, Vito Genovese,

who had ordered him
killed as an informer.

But how safe do you feel?

How do I feel now? Right now?

How safe do you feel?

- Now, at this moment?
- Yes?

I feel... fine.

How would you feel if
you were back in prison?

I would have to protect
myself against them, Senator.

I would have to
kill, or be killed.

Now, would it be fair to say
that, if you went back to prison,

that you would be a dead man?

If they got to me,

I wouldn't be in
prison five minutes.

Two.

Now, here we show
you the Genovese family,

broken down into its various units,
demonstrating the wide range...

Listen carefully.

$100,000 for Joe Valachi.

Hold it.

You were fine.
No fault of yours.

Oh, from your wife.

- Room's clear, sir.
- Cheer you up.

Pattern

which would make you
feel that crime is in any way

a problem associated with
those of Italian extraction.

Senator, I'm not
talkin' about Italians.

I'm talkin' about the Mob.

Continue.

In other words, I took
this piece of paper.

And it's, er... burnin'.

It's lighted in your hand.

That was symbolic of the
fate that was to befall you

if you betrayed
the organisation?

Senator, what I'm tellin' you,

what I'm exposin' to you,

to the press and to everybody...

Didn't have time to see it all.

You were lucky.

It was kinda ridiculous.

Like a bad comic
strip. That's what it was.

I'll see ya.

Guard! Guard!

Help! Get in here!

Take the weight off his legs.

Get the chair up.

- I got his legs. Got him.
- Cut him down. Cut him down.

You have him? Slowly. That's it.

Easy.

- Steady now.
- Put him on the table there.

Put him on the table.

Where's the doctor?

- All right. Right here.
- Get the doctor!

Okay, boys. Thanks a lot.

Attaboy.

Come on, buddy.

Open up.

- Joe?
- Okay, I'll take care of him.

- Come on, buddy.
- Move over.

We gave him some
letters from his wife,

but he just tore 'em up.

Look.

You knew he was in a depressed
state. Why wasn't he given sedation?

Look, Mr Ryan, I
can't have a doctor,

a psychiatrist, and 24 guards

watching your canary
for the rest of his life.

I know you can't. I'm
sorry. Wait a minute.

He'll be all right. He's
as strong as a bull.

As soon as he feels better,
take him down to the infirmary.

- All right, Doctor. I will. Thank you.
- Thank you.

Come on, Joe. Let
me give you a hand.

Take it easy.

Get over on the bed.
Come on. Let me help.

Come on. I'll help you.

Here.

Joe, I was just...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- You were just followin' orders.
- Joe, I don't make the laws.

Christ, don't look to me
for any more alternatives.

You got burned, Ryan.

You wanted a law, but
they wanted a gangster story.

I thought maybe you
had somethin' better.

I admit I've been had all along.

Yeah, well, you
weren't the only one.

I've been taken, too.
Believe me, Joe, I'm sorry.

Well, it's like you said.

I'm gonna spend the
rest of my days in prison,

but I don't go in blind.

Anytime you wanna come
visit, we'll crawl together.

Well, at least you get
Genovese on the run.

Hear he's got
$100,000 out for you.

Anybody else, it
would be a million.

Genovese, he's a cheap guy.

Joe, you son of a bitch,

you know what
you almost just did?

Yeah.

No, no. You almost
took your own contract.

If you had committed suicide,

that bastard wouldn't have
had to shell out a nickel.

Hey, Ryan, you scored 100%.

Listen, Joe. I'm gonna keep
you alive just to spite that punk.

And that's not a
bad reason to live.

Sheer goddamn spite.

Joe, let's get you
to the infirmary.

I'm okay.

I say you're not.

Guard!

First thing we do is
get you back in shape.

I'll have you moved, Joe.

Somewhere in the country.

I'll handpick the
guards myself, Joe.

Make sure none of those Cosa
Nostra bastards ever gets at you again.

That's gotta be the
one thing I do, Joe,

make sure you live long after
Genovese's dead and gone.

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