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You must have been up there for a week. Oh, a week or a day. I'm going to dabble

your eyes out.

Ed, I thought this was supposed to be a business trip.

Do you think we can pull it off, Ed?

The chief seems to think so.

A lot depends on the opposition.

Chief Hineside's office.

Yes, sir, we're all set. Did he... Okay, we'll meet you there.

What's up?

The chief met with the commissioner again.

He's giving us his support, but officially the department never heard of

Oh, well, then we're on our own. Except to call Reese.

Come on. Chief wants us to meet him at the airport.

Good afternoon.

Harry Blocker, you have my reservation?

Oh, yeah.

Mr. Blocker and Mr. Raskin, the ambassador suite, and Mr. Lacey, room

Is that the best you got?

The suite?

Two bedrooms overlooking the pool?

Is it the best?

Well, the presidential suite is slightly larger. I'll take that one.

I'm sorry, Mr. Blocker, but it's already occupied. Mr. Woodward checked in this

morning. Look, I wired for the best.

The best.

Available, sir. Come on, Harry, it's not that important.

Woodward, where is that street?

East wing, top floor.

Mr. Blocker? Save your breath. Wait here.

You're making a big thing out of nothing, Harry. No, nobody pushes me

Yes? I want to see Mr. Woodward. Come in.

Well, afternoon, afternoon.

I guess one of you must be Mr. Blocker. That's right. My attorney, James Reskin.

Attorney?

We're not going to go to court about this, are we? Manager called you?

Yeah, you sure got him sweated up.

I reserve this suite.

But I got it.

Where I come from, possession is all the points of the law.

Mr. Woodward, I'm in town on business. I'm going to be meeting a lot of people.

I need the room.

Well, I'm from open country, and I'm used to a lot of space.

I want this suite.

Frances, am I behaving myself?

My father has a nasty habit of losing his temper.

Come on, Harry, forget it.

You take the other suite. I'll pay for it.

Hey, now.

You're really fixed on getting this place, ain't you?

Well, nobody can say old Ben Woodward never gave a man a chance. Tell me, you

sporting man?

Another habit my daughter keeps trying to break.

What I'm trying to say, Mr.

Blocker, you like to gamble?

You name it, I play it. A man after my own heart.

No? You're sweet.

That's it. That's the take.

You call it. Heads.

It's tails, Mr. Blocker.

May I?

That's a lawyer for you.

Okay, Mr. Woodward. Sorry I bothered you.

No bother at all.

Kind of livened up the day for me. Bye, Mr. Woodward.

Say, Mr. Blocker.

You got any time outside of all that business of yours?

Maybe we could get together over a deck of cards.

Yeah, maybe.

Nice to have met you, Miss Woodward.

Goodbye.

You're a pretty good actor, Chief.

Old Ben Woodward scored a few points.

And learned a couple of things in the process. Mr. Blocker has a low boiling

point and Mr. Raskin won't be fooled.

I still don't see how you could be so sure he'd want this suite.

According to the file from New York, Blocker bullied his way up from the

Now, to a man like that, anything less than the best is a sign of weakness.

Well, you know enough about him now.

You still want to go ahead?

Definitely.

Call Reese.

Oh, Joey, who'd have thought it? Out.

What's the beef, Reef?

Looking for a suspect.

Male, black, about six feet, about 30, 170 pounds, wears a gold ring and is

right here. Hey, wait a minute.

Wanted on suspicion of assault and robbery.

Who'd have thought it was my old friend Joey Montanique?

No way, man.

It's a bum rap. Let's go downtown and find out. I got a plane to catch.

There'll always be another one. Move.

Enjoy your stay, Mr.

Martinique. Yeah.

Hey, Judd!

Call us someplace?

What's it to you? I just don't want you to get in trouble, that's all. You know

the position.

Come on, what are you, Ralph? Do it! I got a plane to catch.

Everybody's got a plane to catch. What is it, the Exodus?

It's clean, Lieutenant.

He has put his car in.

You think this is oregano or grass?

Come on, you guys planted that.

If it's oregano, you got no problem, right? Let them know downtown. We're

bringing in Jack Dubin. Right.

Mm -hmm.

Anything else I can do for you, Mr. Dubin? No, thanks.

What's the idea?

The other room you reserved, Mr. Dubin.

Enjoy your stay.

Where have you got them now?

Dubin and the Eighth, Martin Eakin and the Fifteenth.

You can move them.

Mm -hmm.

But how long do you want me to keep tossing them around?

Through tomorrow, at least.

Chief, you're crowding me.

Meeting at night, nine o 'clock, blogger tweet.

The chief wants to see you right after.

Gotcha.

Hey, hello, Pete.

Joey.

Hey, man, how's it going?

Listen, I'm down here for a couple of days to get out of here to the track.

You got anything else on it?

My key, the presidential suite. Yes, Miss Wood.

Thank you.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. Excuse me. It's on, nine o 'clock.

Come to the suite afterwards. One thing, Dubin reserved two rooms connecting.

There you go. Thank you.

And he's no idea who the other room is for.

No, but both rooms are reserved in Dubin's name.

His wife, maybe?

Even with women's lib, married couples generally share the same quarters.

Well, we can only worry about one thing at a time. And that meeting tonight

heads the list. That's right.

There you go.

Scotch and water, but bourbon and water.

Scotch on the rocks, and sorry it took so long.

There you go, Mr. Dubin. Thanks.

Your colleague is late.

Collie. Mr. Martinique.

You're both from San Francisco.

He's got his territory and I've got mine. We don't mess with each other

we have to.

Sounds rather inefficient.

I hope we can rectify that situation.

Martinique.

That isn't necessary, Mr. Martinique.

Hey, nobody touches me.

Cops or hoods.

Just a precaution. My apologies.

Fix him a drink.

You know Mr. Dubin, I believe.

That's why we're not colleagues, Mr. Raskin. He can't talk without that

He delivers the message.

Gentlemen, Harry Blocker.

Sorry to keep you waiting, fellas.

Good to see you all.

Harry, I want you to meet... Never mind that. Now, look, I'm going to get to

know each and every one of you face to face. But right now, I just want to tell

you how great it is that you're all here.

Now, I know it's going to work.

We are going to have ourselves one solid organization.

Organization? That's right, organization.

All of you cooperate with me, and we will have the entire state of California

our back pockets.

Roberts from San Diego, Jason from Los Angeles, Fallow from Oakland, and Benson

from Fresno. And nobody recognized you?

We've got crime in this state so localized they hardly know anyone

own territory.

Lucky for us.

What about Sacramento, Johnny Larkin? He's in the hospital with a slight case

broken legs.

Funny thing, too.

Happened right after he turned down Blocker's invitation to the meet.

He plays rough.

Inside that $300 suit beats a heart of nails.

You know, you mix a metaphor almost as well as the chief.

Well, looks like you figured it on the button. The East is trying to move into

the state again. One central organization with all the juice and the

And the tape. And giving a percentage back to the local outfits.

How much of a percentage?

No details yet.

Tonight's meeting was just to get acquainted.

Yeah. We're all going to be real friendly.

Well, Chief?

We stick to the plan, play along.

Find out all the details, whether the others will go along with Blocker.

Yeah, but they've been running their own turf a long time. They don't want

anybody else taking over.

But they're afraid of Blocker.

He's his own worst enemy.

We'll have to work on that.

All right, let's get some sleep.

Francis, anything I can't abide is leaving clutter.

See you tomorrow.

You know, it's going to be tough for Carl to keep Dubin and Martinique on

He'll think it was.

Good night.

Lieutenant, Martin's lawyer's on his way.

Who ever heard of a shyster getting up so early?

Come on, move, move.

You can't do that to me. It's against the law. Don't get a lawyer.

Where to, Lieutenant?

Cross town to eight.

That's the way for Dubin. So? Well, pick him up and bring him back here.

It's called musical jails.

Fine. Glad to hear it. I'm mighty comfortable in mine.

Oh, Mr. Blocker.

How about our card game?

Any night you want.

Sorry, I'm pretty busy.

You change your mind, you let me know.

See you around.

You hear?

Tell Mr. Rainey Sheriff Harrison is here.

Read to stay away.

We've got a problem with the manager.

But, Sheriff, they're all gangsters, hoodlums. They're turning my hotel into

another Appalachian. You took the reservations, Mr. Rainey. I didn't

mean, this is too much. Sheriff, you have to do something.

Now, if they haven't broken any laws... If you can't handle it, I'm certain the

state police will. Mr. Rainey.

Oh, good morning, Mr. Woodward.

What can I do for you?

My name is Robert Ironside.

San Francisco Police Department.

And you can stop making waves.

We're being watched.

You remember me, don't you? Yesterday, I just about knocked you over.

Oh, yes.

Nice to see you again.

May I? Oh, please.

And I called to meet Blocker after lunch. Go over details.

Mark got a call for 1 .30.

They're picking us off one by one.

You know what to do.

Uh -huh.

Push.

Well, nice seeing you again, Miss Woodward. Maybe we could get together

for a drink.

Call me.

We've worked it all out very carefully, Mr. Dubin. We're sure that you'll find

the terms equitable for all parties.

50 -50.

I keep the whole take now.

But you have very large expenses, which we will assume. Believe me, you'll be

ahead.

Hey, Joe, are you going for this?

Don't sound like a bad deal.

I'll think about it.

What's to think?

Everybody else is going along.

I'm not everybody else. Come on, Dubin. I'm a busy man. I can't waste time. I

get all the time in the world. Now, listen. It is an important decision,

for us as well as for Mr. Dubin.

But with time to consider all the ramifications, I'm sure he'll agree to

proposals.

He's right.

Sorry I crowded you. Maybe we can get together again tonight, hmm?

Yeah, make it tomorrow morning.

I'm trying to line up a poker game for tonight.

Poker? Yeah, there's a pigeon here, a meatpack or something, just itching for

game.

Mr. Woodward?

Yeah, you know him?

We've met.

You seem rather friendly with his daughter.

You make it where you can. She's all I got to know about her father.

What to do when you are here on business, you know?

Mr. Raskin, poker is my business, too.

And Woodward's ripe.

I tell you what, I'll cut you both into the game.

Nope, afraid not. Yeah.

Harry, we've got work to do. It can wait.

Besides, he owes me.

All right, I'll set it up. Hey, you got a chair open for me?

Joey, you don't play poker.

I do when there's a pigeon.

Yeah, well, we got one.

Definitely. Okay, pot's right in everybody's hand. Looks like it's going

fighting hand.

About time. I'm tired of all this piddling around.

Stop complaining. You're ahead.

I don't like chewing a man to death, Mr. Blocker. One big chomp, that's the way.

Come on, son. Peel him off.

Guards.

One. One card.

Mr. Woodward.

I will play these.

You didn't raise me when I opened. Drive out everybody else?

That's stockyard poker, my friend.

Joey.

I'm dead, but give me three.

May I freshen your drink, Mr. Blocker? No. I'll have another, Francis.

Dad. A game without a full glass is like chili without beans. You know that.

Right, Mr. Blocker? Whatever you say.

Your bet.

Make it 100.

Well, bitten right into me, huh?

Let's see now.

One card draw.

Could be a flush.

Straight, maybe.

Or it could be a full house.

Come on, come on. Are you calling me?

Imagineer 500.

That does it.

I'm out.

I'd like to stay, but... Leave it to you and me, Mr. Blockham.

You're bluffing.

Only cost you a big five to find out.

drink, Frances.

It's coming. And don't drown it like you always do.

All right.

You know,

you surprised me, Mr. Barker.

I thought you'd put up more of a fight than that.

You didn't pay for that privilege, my friend.

Seeing as how this is a real friendly game.

That's just what I like.

Stockyard poker.

Hello? Mr. Ironside, please.

Who? I mean, Mr. Woodward.

Who's calling? This is Rainey, the manager.

Oh, well, my father is busy at the moment. May I help you?

He asked me to notify him right away.

About what?

The other room for Mr. Dubin. A young lady's just arrived, and she's checking

into it.

Well, you can say that again.

I thought that... Somebody

else is supposed to be in this room. Really?

I guess I made a mistake.

You know, the death clerk told me that these were Jack's rooms.

Jack?

Jack Dubin. He's a friend of mine.

Oh, there's no mistake.

Now, wait a minute. Jack called me in Dallas and he told me to come here.

he must have some kind of a phone bill because I was in Miami.

Well, what kind of a freak does that punk think I am?

I don't know.

Frankly, your name never came up in the conversation.

I gave up a really terrific weekend for this.

Yeah, I'll tell him. Oh, you do that. Yes, you do that. And you can also tell

him to forget that he ever knew me.

You can also tell him that you can go to hell.

Get a bellhop up here right away.

I'm checking out of this crummy joint.

Coffee's over there.

Thanks. I don't focus too well at six in the morning. Well, Blocker and company

aren't very likely to be prowling around at this hour.

Blocker will probably wake up with one big fat headache.

Stockyard poker.

Gave us the last answer we needed.

We can be bluffed. Then we forge ahead with all deliberate haste.

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning.

I told you to sleep late, young lady.

Well, I heard everyone talking and I didn't want to miss anything.

Hey, that sure was some fast thinking last night. It was pretty close. I

changing in the hall.

Only one thing bothers me.

Did I lose out on anything?

No, not really.

She wasn't your type.

She was a girl.

Well, when do we start putting the blast of locket?

After breakfast.

It's unsportsmanlike to hit a man on an empty stomach.

That's supposed to be funny. I'm not laughing. And I'm not Milton Berle.

You stole me, you roped me into a lousy poker game, and now you tell me no deal?

The percentages don't add up. They add up the way I want. Just a minute, Harry.

Mr. Dubin, you're a man of experience.

I'm sure you realize that partnership agreements are negotiable. There is

nothing to negotiate.

What's your idea of an equitable arrangement?

90 -10, my favor, of course.

90 -10.

You really are Milton Berle. But I'm sure if we discuss it, we can come to a

reasonable compromise.

No discussion, no compromise.

Now look, punk, who do you think you're talking to? We didn't just walk off the

farm. Then stop acting like it.

You have any better ideas, call me.

Excuse me.

Stick around till tonight.

You said you had them all sewed up.

Signed it amenable on the phone.

I'm sure we can arrange a compromise.

Not me, no deals.

Harry, he's bluffing.

Didn't you learn your lesson last night?

It's time to call New York and give them a progress report. Do you want to do it

or shall I?

You talk to them.

Tell them everything's okay.

Get me long distance.

Good morning, Miss Woodward.

Hello, Mr. Dubin.

You mind if I join you?

Not at all.

I hope you enjoyed your game last night.

Sure did.

But Blocker didn't enjoy the game this morning.

Wait till Mark gets into it.

No way, Mr.

Blocker. No way at all. Now don't give me that. We made a deal. Yesterday when

everybody's cut was the same. It's still the same. Not the way I hear it. You've

been talking to Dubin.

Listen, Nick. Jack likes to shoot his mouth off. I thought that you and he

rather unfriendly. Now that is an understatement, Counselor. Now you're

with him. No.

I just don't take less than what he gets.

Does he really think that he can stand up against our organization?

Looks like he is to me.

He'll change his mind.

It's just a matter of discussion.

Persuasion. Well, when you get him persuaded, you just let me know.

Yeah, well, we'll persuade him, all right.

Well, you had better.

Later. Maybe.

Well, that's the first. Now there's going to be a whole parade in here.

Relax, Harry.

There had to be some resistance.

I'm surprised it only came from one man.

Yeah, well, I'll take care of him and the rest will fall in line.

When are you going to learn?

The days of Tommy Guns and baseball bats are gone.

It worked with Larkin. He's in the bag. You do it again and the police will put

two and two together.

Now, no waves, Harry.

Those are our orders.

Our orders are to nail down this territory.

There's room to maneuver.

We can afford to give a little. Not me. Yes, you.

I'm going to have a little private talk with Dubin. Yeah, well, you talk all you

want. Lacey, get your bags packed. You're going to San Francisco.

Why? Dubin and Martinique hate each other's guts. Now I need some kind of a

lever to parlay them off against each other. Harry. If you do it your way,

do it mine.

Get started. Find out what's going on up there. Right.

All right, Jack, open those baby blues. We're moving. Okay, Reese, look, I'm

tired of you pushing me around. You are violating my civil rights.

Tell it to your mouthpiece.

All right, where is he? I want to see him. I'm sure he'd like to see you, too.

17th.

You're going to get into a lot of trouble, Lieutenant.

I've got worse problems than running out of jails.

Let's go.

Hmm.

This is the kind of duty I really enjoy.

Enjoy it while you can.

Can't you make it last till tomorrow?

Blocker's got to make a move soon.

Telephone call from Mr. Dubin.

Mr. Jack Dubin.

That may be it.

It was Raskin.

He wants to talk to me. We're getting some action.

Maybe more than we want.

That's Lacey.

He's going somewhere.

Better tell the chief.

I checked with the hotel manager. All he knew was that Lacey called down

inquiring about flights to San Francisco.

When is the next one? 3 .15.

That gives us an hour.

Give me the county sheriff's office. I want to speak to Sheriff Harrison

personally.

Who is it?

James Raskin.

You're a careful man, Mr. Dubin. That's how I stay alive.

But audacious.

An odd contradiction.

Are you here to analyze me or talk business?

To the point.

Your demand is impossible. Of course, you know that as well as I do.

I'm prepared to compromise.

You or Blocker?

I'm speaking for both of us. Go ahead.

60 -40, your favor.

75 -25.

Out of the question.

Mr. Raskin.

This deal is important to you, isn't it?

To the organization.

Well, then why'd they send a musclehead like Blocker? A job like this requires

finesse. Blocker's very capable.

You want to take over a territory, you use somebody who knows it.

More audacious than careful, I'd say.

Yes. Yes, Sheriff, I'll tell him. And thank you very much.

Sheriff Harrison just picked up Lacey before he got on board a plane to San

Francisco. Can he hold him?

Well, he's being charged with carrying a concealed weapon, and his license for

it isn't valid in this state.

Braskin can get him out of that easy.

Yeah, but it'll take time, and we've kept Lacey out of San Francisco.

How much more can we crowd them?

We've already got Blocker Furious.

Hey, Braskin take the bait?

Well, I think he got the message, but as far as what he does with it...

Hello? Carl!

You're not supposed to call us here. I know, but bad news has to come fast. Let

me talk to the chief.

Well, he's not in right now. What's wrong? Dubin and Martinique?

On the money. Their lawyers caught up with them and sprung them.

Where are they now?

Downstairs, clearing up some paperwork.

Do you happen to know when the next plane down here is? I just checked. 6

All right.

I'll warn the chief.

And tell the chief I... I have no way of busting him again.

Right. Talk to you later.

Our timetable's been shortened.

We only have five hours to put Blocker out of business.

My key, please. Yes, Miss Woodward.

There has been four calls from San Francisco for Mr. Blocker.

From Dubin and Martinique? Yes. We didn't put them through, of course.

The operator just took the messages. But, Miss Woodward, this situation is

becoming very difficult.

Mr. Rainey.

Enjoy it now.

It can only get worse.

I've got to handle them individually, so the timing is vital.

You'll only have one crack at it.

Well, I'm ready to take my swing.

Make it good.

Hello, the ambassador's suite, please.

Something wrong?

I'll be glad when the job is over, then you can take that earring and put it in

your nose.

Hello.

Hello, is Mr. Raskin there, please?

Who wants to talk to him?

Jack Dubin.

Oh, are you changing your mind, Dubin?

Let's say it's still open. Is he there?

It's for you, Dubin.

Yes, Mr. Dubin?

We never finished our last conversation.

There's nothing more to say.

There might be.

Interested? Of course.

My room in five minutes.

I'll be there.

I'll be back in a little while. What's going on?

Negotiations, Harry. I may be able to save you yet.

I'm sorry you got the wrong idea, Mr. Raskin.

I hope I haven't wasted your time.

I don't think I got the wrong idea.

Since you won't change your position on the cut, you must have an alternative.

For us to do business, I mean.

You heard me this afternoon. You said I was, uh... Audacious.

Mr. Dubin, the people I represent are very powerful.

They don't deal with... Excuse me.

Small -time hoods.

But this small -time hood is shorting all that power.

We only have to change the fuse.

Which will create a lot of fireworks if you read me.

And the people you represent don't want any noise.

You're serious.

On the line.

Blocker cannot do the job you want. I can.

Cheers, Counselor.

I don't know how you Eastern Jews operate, but the way Dubin's been

to you, I thought you'd do something.

Dubin can't stop me.

I told you he's got a big mouth.

Now he's got foul and leaning and Roberts.

They never said anything to me. And they won't. But if you don't show them

something soon, they're going to be long gone.

Dubin, louse.

I learned when I was a kid the only way to get rid of lies.

Yeah.

At least he's gone up north.

So? Look, Frisco's big, but there's still not enough room for me and Dubin.

Now, sooner or later, one of us is going to have to run it alone.

Why don't you make it sooner?

You'll bag me?

All the way.

Dubu's probably down at the bar now, saucing it up. That makes him careless.

How's he talking to you?

Evening, Constable.

What was he doing here?

We had a meeting.

About what?

Think you're the only one who can make this deal work?

I checked at the airport.

The plane from San Francisco left on time.

Gives us about two hours. Where's Ed and Mark? They're in the bar, both of them.

And Ed's doing his heavy drinking act.

I hope it's in the line of duty.

I'd better call New York.

Later. They expect everything to be wrapped up tonight. They'll want a

They'll get it when I'm ready.

Yeah?

Mr. Blanca?

Yeah. Just thought I'd tell you, if you want to see the action for yourself,

take a look out of your window down to the pool.

No, not here.

Diamond Tide and all their jazz, Mr. Block.

Now, wait a minute.

Come on, let's take a walk.

What's going on? Nothing.

I'll take it.

New York.

Hello, Al. I was just going to call you.

Yeah, everything's going along just fine.

Nothing to worry about.

Ed, will you loosen up, man? You're supposed to be smashed.

Supposed to be.

Uh... Well, you know the way these things are.

Got a snag every now and then, but nothing we can't handle.

Well...

Okay, Blocker can see us from here.

Anybody around?

Nah.

You ready?

Yeah, but don't get carried away.

No, no.

Harry's right on top of it. It'll be all right.

We're leaving here sometime tomorrow. We'll let you know exactly when.

Right.

Good night, Al.

New York's getting worried.

Call a meeting.

Everybody.

Now? I want to wrap this up tonight.

No, we can't. They're too shaky. I need more time to talk to Dubin. Talk, talk.

You've been talking all day. We're reaching an understanding.

Forget it. Now we've got to do this my way.

Has somebody given abroad a hard time?

That's some break, eh?

Do you realize what you've done?

Nothing. I've been here with you.

You ordered that hit. I don't know anything about it. He was probably drunk

fell in. We were told our orders. No trouble, no way. There is no way from

tie as in...

What

are

you doing here?

Just checking it. Okay, satisfied?

Shut up.

You fool. You stupid fool.

Wait a minute. What are you going to do? Call New York. You're through. Out.

Now. You've ruined everything. You're too stupid for this job. Put down the

phone. Get me long distance. I said put down the phone!

He's had it.

Mr. Blocker, you are on your own.

Pete, it's Dubin and Martinique.

Well, Francis, vacation's over.

Back to the stockyards.

Thanks for calling.

Word from the East. They've all clammed up. Nobody's even heard of Blocker.

Well, that takes care of him.

Went a little farther than I planned. I only wanted to scare Blocker away.

You scared everybody away. For the time being.

Whose bed?

You open?

Five cents.

I raise you five.

I'm in.

I'd raise, but I'm too much of a gentleman. Call.

I'm playing a cold hand and you all call me? Well, we are not playing stockyard

poker now.

You can bet on that.

When I use my own money, I play my own game.