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Hey, Fred.

You got a dime to help an old soldier?

Well, I don't have a dime. How about five bucks?

Feeling better, Charlie?

How are you feeling, Charlie?

He's all right.

You can crawl.

Hey, show us, Charlie. Show us how nice you crawl.

Where's he crawling? He's crawling to see Susie.

Where's Susie? If you knew Susie like I know Susie.

Oh, oh, oh, what a girl.

Charlie, all finished now. You can go home now.

When in doubt...

Charlie.

Charlie.

Can you hear me, Charlie?

We got a message for you.

Julius Caesar, Charlie. You remember Julius Caesar?

When Caesar took a prisoner, Charlie, even a king, Caesar brought him home in

cage.

You see how lucky you are, Charlie?

No cage for you.

Only us.

We've been fooling with you, Charlie.

And now we're going to get very serious.

Now we get sincere.

Hey, they say you're going to be fine, Charlie.

You're the kind of man.

You know what they're calling you out there?

Lucky Luciano.

Charlie Luck himself.

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

Otherwise, I might feel bad.

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

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

Maybe a couple of hundred already dead.

It's some war, this Costello murder signal.

Nobody touches you here.

I was in Chicago, Charlie.

I was with Capone when they told him. He laughed.

He said somebody saved him with trouble.

I don't know the way he said it. Maybe it was Capone that did it.

P .S. I love you.

Who did it to you, Charlie?

Was it house people, Charlie?

Say it.

Sooner or later, Charlie.

You wait.

Sooner or later.

I'll tell you what I believe, Mikey. I believe this whole damn country is going

to jail.

Either that or a lot of people are going to get very rich selling bootleg boots.

I hear Arnold Rothstein's got warehouses full of them.

Arnold Rothstein may be a big brain, but he's not the only one who's got a

warehouse.

I'm a businessman now, Charlie.

No more warehouses of two in the moon.

Mikey, I'm talking about in broad daylight.

Who's really got all of the liquor tied up?

The government?

The government of the United States.

They made all of this, Michael. They made it just for you and for me.

All right, turn it off.

Not so bad. Where'd you find it, Benny?

Point me and find it. I built it myself.

You do very nicely.

Yeah? How much, Mike?

For you, not a dime. It goes in the pocket.

You bring the money?

You sure you guys didn't bring me in for a stick -up?

Yeah. You with the stick -ups. Me? I got a gun in here.

Yeah. Marty, take the plate. Come on.

Hi, Charlie.

Benny.

The famous Bugsy Segal got us the truck.

Thanks, Benny. That's all right. You know, Mike, I don't mind anything with

but out there, I don't want to hear any of this plugsy business, okay?

You better be caught. He's shooting already.

I surrender.

Here's my share.

What kind of business are we running here? You don't buy from a warehouse.

bust it.

You give me a couple nights, and I'll figure a way to break the place.

It's a federal warehouse, Benny.

I know that, Mike.

It's not nice to bust a federal warehouse.

Try to make friends, not enemies.

Money's on the table.

Every cent we own.

We worked hard for this. We took risks for it.

Now, let's grow up and face some facts.

First, nobody's looking for trouble.

If it happens, Benny, I'm going to need you.

But until then, I want you to keep your gun in your pants.

Charlie, what I had in mind was to go shoot the mayor.

Now, when we get down to the real business, I'm going to be out there on

point with Masseria. Benny's going to be with me. I know that's not for you, so

you're going to get the rest of it together.

I'm not an errand boy, Charlie.

Michael, I didn't say that.

I'm saying you're smart, so you think for us.

I'll take care of us.

As soon as we get the alcohol, you're out of it.

I guess the firm's in business.

Let's find out.

Come on in, sir.

How do you like it to introduce me to this

nice young man?

Joe, the boss.

Mr. Masseria.

Rusciano. I know I see you a long, long time.

Since the time you get pinched by police.

We're both different people now, Mr. Masseria.

Why, sure. You grow up.

We ought to grow up.

You know Lucchese?

We used to play baseball when we were kids. We called him Three Finger Brown,

like the pitcher.

I learned to use just one finger now.

Bang, bang.

Bang, bang.

Do you know him?

No, I haven't had the pleasure.

It's Umberto Valenti.

He's my friend, my protector.

Everybody's my friend.

Luciano got a proposition for us.

950 gallons, pure alcohol, straight out of a federal warehouse.

Well, who need?

Half of the people in little Italy, they make my stuff for me.

The people, they sell off their home brew a little here, a little there.

soon, there's not enough to go around. This thing's just beginning.

Soon, Arnold Rothstein's gonna take his cut.

Mr. Massadio, I come to you because you're Joe the boss.

You got an oversupply?

I'll go elsewhere.

Respectfully. What's your price?

How much you want?

Expensive.

But with respect, what kind of delivery? How long you take?

A few days.

Order yourself tomorrow for my good friend, Mr.

Maranzano. I sell where I want.

That's not nice.

That's a sum amount you got, kid.

I'm in business.

I got the best merchandise.

You like to play cards?

Sure. I play pinnacle.

Come on, you sit down.

We talk.

You good, boy.

We negotiate.

So far, so good. Best phony certificates money can buy.

National export, 950 gallons.

Certificate to withdraw.

What are you guys trying to pull?

Something wrong?

There's a right way and a wrong way.

Next time, give us a couple of days' notice.

We'll handle it for you this time.

Bring it over to the loading area.

All right, that's 750.

Now get that going down around here.

Let's take a look at it.

It's all there, Charlie.

Deal's done, Joe.

Everything here, just like you say.

But, uh... Why, uh...

Why I should pay you, Luciano?

Why not just to take what you bring me?

Now, how you think I become a boss of all the boss?

I'd kill him myself for 33 men.

Who's he going to stop for me? No you and no you.

I guess I can live with that deal, Joe.

Are you sure you can?

He's going to blow your brains out. Do you believe that, Mr. Mazarin?

Un porto. Drop the gun.

Drop it!

Pick up Mr. Luciano's money.

Put him in the box.

You kids.

All a bunch of hotheads.

I'll make a joke.

Why you no laugh?

You ought to hear me laugh at the movies, Joe.

All right, all right. Forget about it.

We'll take a glass of wine.

Another time.

Benny will take it.

Bugsy Siegel, crazy like a cockroach.

If he knows you, I'll put him into working for me. I'll give him his job.

You forgot one.

After the payoffs, all expenses, we took 18, almost $19 ,000.

One week.

I don't believe it.

This is for openers, Mikey.

Openers.

Open as nothing. The cards haven't even been dealt yet.

Mike, it can't be this easy.

Would you listen to him? He practically had to shoot his way out of Masseria's

place. He calls it easy.

Bugsy! Pozzo!

Everybody to the rest!

Relax,

Benny.

Benny.

Say hello to Legs Diamond.

He works for Arnold Rothstein.

That's some nice nervous habit you got with that thing.

Pretty soon they'll be calling you Bugsy.

You say it a couple of times, see how it feels.

Well, you're a big success, and the brain would like to meet you.

You won't need Mr.

Siegel.

You can meet him when it's convenient.

Please thank Mr. Rothstein.

Tell him I'll be glad to talk with him tomorrow.

Now, I mean convenient for Mr.

Rothstein. That's going to be in 20 minutes.

Yeah, it's one of Mr. Roth's things.

I'm glad you admire my club, Mr. Lasker.

Seems to me there are three kinds of people in this world.

Those who never gamble, those who enjoy gambling, and those who own the tables.

The fact that you ran a two -bit crap game doesn't put us in the same

I also have interest in speakeasies and the distribution of alcohol products.

We enjoy about the same relationship there, too.

You see, you are not in the liquor business.

You don't sell to Masseria, you don't sell to Maranzano, you don't sell to

Gordon. You don't sell to anyone.

I hope you understand that.

Because if not, Legs Diamond and his associates will explain it to you in a

far more sincere than I care to demonstrate here in this office.

And that goes for your friend Siegel, too.

Do I make myself understood?

You make it very clear, Mr. Rusty.

Good.

Good, I try.

Two of your joints got raided last week.

I don't run joints.

Michael's got a way to keep the federal agents out.

You gonna teach me now about the care and feeding of politicians?

You still get raided, Mr. Rothstein.

They padlock your speakeasy, and that means they never open again.

Not for you, not for anybody.

You can make that work for you.

How? Set it up.

Arrange the raids on your own terms.

Let it go to court without enough evidence. When the judge throws it

You can apply for an automatic injunction against that kind of

The authorities can never do it again.

They can never raid you again.

You got an injunction?

You got a license to sell all the liquor you want.

Did you figure that out?

He reads a lot, Mr. Rusty.

Yeah?

So do my lawyers.

Evidently, they read different books.

Legs, give him some cigars.

Legs have got a great sense of humor.

Local supplies are going to dry up.

I'm buying scotch from Canada.

What would you do with the scotch?

If I had it, I'd sell it.

Cut it with alcohol, like Masseria's wine?

I'd sell scotch uncut, the best guarantee.

You're a damn fool. You can cut it three times, triple your profits. Who'd know

the difference?

Is that the way you run your business, Mr. Rothstein?

By cheating the people who trust you.

Thanks for your time.

And the cigar.

Luciano.

The Jews and Italians have been fighting each other ever since they got off the

boat. You and your friend Lasker here seem to have worked that out.

I'm impressed.

I'd like you to try working for me.

My father's been a laborer all of his life, Mr. Rothstein.

He hired out his body to anybody who'd buy it for a day's work.

I don't do that.

My own father was a cotton merchant.

When my life displeased him, he sat shiver for me as if I were dead.

There's a shipment of scotch coming down to the Canadian border. You could buy

it for $30 ,000.

Mr. Rothstein. Look, I happen to know you and your friends made almost $20

on the Masseria deal.

I'll put up the extra $10 ,000.

I expect it back at 20 % interest.

We both sell the scotch wherever you want.

I get 25 % of the profits.

Got a deal?

I enjoy meeting new people.

Michael, wake up.

What? Put it down. What's this?

Prohibition control agents will have to ask you to get out, please. What for?

Routine truck inspection.

You got any papers?

Yes, sir. I got documents in the car.

Well, let's see them. Be right back.

Rough night, huh, boys?

Yeah, rough night.

Get out.

Here, I'll take it.

Next time we bring Benny.

All right, six is the number.

Seven loser.

I pass.

You got hijacked. Somebody else got the whiskey.

I'm out of the deal and you owe me 10 ,000. Is that what you're telling me,

Charlie?

Telling you what happened.

Oh, I didn't realize that's what you were telling me. Well, I want it back.

You know, maybe you were hijacked and maybe you went into business for

but I want my 10 ,000 back.

I want the whole load back.

And I intend to get it back.

With your great comfort, who are you going to get it back from?

People who took it.

Hey, Charlie, I don't want any smart answers. Who took it?

You did.

You set us up.

If that torpedo of yours takes anything out of his pocket, it better be a

sandwich because Benny's going to make him eat it.

You and I are going to have an eating contest, Bugsy.

All right, Legs.

Take Mr. Siegel downstairs.

Buy him a drink.

I stay with Charlie.

It's all right, Benny.

We'll work it out.

That's a lot of working out we gotta do, Charlie.

Where do you get off talking to me like that?

You knew the road, you knew the time, you knew what we were hauling.

Look, let me put it this way, Mr. Rothstein.

I've already been through the song and dance with Joe Masseria. Either you give

the whiskey back or I'm gonna take it back.

How?

The same way you took it from us.

Only I'm not gonna be so nice about it.

Easy, easy.

It's my tailor's business card.

Get yourself some new clothes.

I don't like my partners dressing like cheap gangsters.

See, Charlie, we had to get to know each other.

You know, we had to feel each other out.

Now we know.

Now we begin.

If we're going to be making money for each other, then there's some things

you're going to have to learn.

I just taught you the first lesson.

This is a power business.

You never travel without power.

There's protection with muscle and protection with cash. You've got to

use them both.

You use politics.

You use your head.

You just got it all back.

All of it.

And no more games.

Not between you and me.

Captain Reed.

Young Michael Lasker. Merry Christmas, Captain. From Charlie and Ben and all of

us.

Is it a tie?

It's like a tie.

Count it in good health.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lasker.

Certainly if you could write.

Good personality.

Thank you.

How much did we sell?

We didn't sell anything, Vito.

We just bought the place.

What the hell's the matter with you?

What's the matter with this? I'm going to blow your head off.

Oh, hi.

Hi.

I'm Joy.

Joy, I'd like to introduce you to my friend Charlie Luciano.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Cleveland? Yeah.

Mayfield Road map came through. Charlie, we're selling everywhere.

We're gonna need more help, Benny.

She's

nice.

She's healthy and strong.

You'll meet her, Michael.

The father, Mr.

Silver.

That's right.

You know, Ma, every time you say a nice, strong, healthy girl, you know what you

mean?

You mean she's got a weight problem.

I have to catch my train now, Papa.

Oh, Ruthie, so soon?

Next week I'll bring you all the papers. Just relax.

Enjoy yourself.

I enjoy myself. When you're here, I enjoy myself.

Michael.

What's the matter?

No, not a thing in the world.

Excuse me.

I couldn't help hearing. If you're going to New York, miss, I'm driving tonight.

I could give you a lift.

If you'd like to spend some more time with your father, I'm Michael Laskin.

that's my mother.

I know.

My daughter, Ruthie.

It'll be no trouble. We could ride together.

Thank you.

Your father's talking to my mother. My mother's talking to your father. I'm

talking to your father's daughter and you're stuck with my mother's son. So,

old is the captain?

I don't understand.

It's a joke.

Like a puzzle without an answer.

I... I think they've been planning for us to meet.

We should have met last month.

What if we did?

I'd know you a month longer.

We would have seen each other in New York. We would have gone out a few

I could hold your hand.

I could tell you how lovely I think you are.

Maybe I'd even kiss you.

We haven't known each other a month, Michael.

I don't even know who you are.

I went to school all the way through the eighth grade.

I learned the tool and dye trade, and now I deal in cars and trucks.

The transportation business.

I work for my father in the produce business.

I believe in God.

I believe in love, and I don't like puzzles without answers.

This business with the Italians, this mafia thing, the old country mustache

piece.

Joe Masseria is the boss of bosses.

Sooner or later, Maranzano's going to crowd him.

When the time comes, when the guns go off, we stay out.

After they kill each other, maybe we pick up the pieces.

Same thing goes for Capone in Chicago.

Killed O 'Banion, he killed Weiss.

Pretty soon he's going to tie it on with Moran.

You sell Capone your ideas, sell him your whiskey, and deliver what you

promised.

But make no alliances, you know? Keep it in the family, Charlie.

Just stick with your friends.

And watch out for Maranzano. Ah, keep your head.

Two pleasures in one day.

A new book on Caesar, and you come to my home.

Julius Caesar.

You study such things, Charlie.

I never went to school much, Mr. Maranzano.

Ah, this Piaget, too bad.

I was lucky.

My education in Italy, even the seminary.

But, Charlie, the world of affairs won me from the church.

Come, come.

My guest from Chicago, Al Capone.

Charlie Luciano.

Charlie? Well?

I'm afraid I forget the young lady's name.

This is Chris.

Chris Brennan, Mr. Luciano.

It's a pleasure, Miss Brennan.

Thank you.

Forgive us.

But I have a very fine library.

Perhaps you would care to see my books.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

No offense, Al, but...

This Grace, I know what she does.

She sells herself to any man.

Such a person should not be invited to my home.

Sure.

No offense.

It's important for you to meet that we make an understanding.

This Giuseppe Massaria, this pig...

Soon it comes to a war.

I send back his whole tribe to Sicily.

In boxes.

And that's so.

I make my plans.

I prepare my campaign.

Now, you are both prudent men.

I ask no decision now.

I ask you only to consider...

Your interests.

But I tell you, I will make the victory.

A Caesar's victory.

Capisce?

Salute. Salute.

Salute.

Sit, sit.

I got my own problems in Chicago with Moran.

You gonna help me with Moran?

I serve my friends.

How can I serve you, Charlie?

I'm a businessman, Mr. Maranzano.

People want a drink, we sell them liquor.

They want to gamble, we're interested in that too.

They're looking for protection, we offer them protection.

I understand.

Al.

Mr. Maranzano tells me you're bringing in a new shipload from Scotland.

We're syndicating.

Mr. Maranzano is taking your share.

Who else is buying?

Whoever pays the price.

Moran?

I'm talking to Al. Pone, if I deal with you today, I don't deal with your enemy

today. And tomorrow?

Tomorrow's tomorrow.

How much a case?

175.

Landed, uncut.

All right, I'd take delivery in Chicago if I'd buy. How much a case in Chicago?

225.

He's kidding me.

Sorry we couldn't do business.

Mr.

Maranzano.

Prego.

Luciano.

225.

Delivered. 2 ,000 cases.

If Moran tries to bite off a piece, that's your problem.

I guess it is.

Ben Siegel will see in Chicago.

I want to sit down.

I loved you, Charlie.

In my way.

My ways haven't changed.

I knew I was pretty and I got to be beautiful.

We both got to be a success.

Business is terrific.

You mind?

It's not my business, Chris.

What about you and Capone?

Oh, he likes something on his arm sometimes to speak.

He doesn't like you.

I've never met him before tonight.

Yeah, well, he knows you're important.

He has people watching you.

I've thought about you a lot, Charlie.

Sometimes I'm in New York.

I work around.

Maybe we'll see each other.

I can help you.

How?

How do you think?

Well, I'd better go and admire Mr. Maranzano's books.

Now that's the way to travel.

How'd you like to drive an airplane?

Yeah, you bet.

I got a wife with two kids who thinks bowling is dangerous.

Stop it!

Bugsy Siegel see Mr. Capone?

You seeing him?

You got your whiskey.

Ah, that's nice.

How come you're late?

We lost three trucks.

The Moran gang jumped us.

The Moran gang?

That's right.

Couldn't be the Moran gang.

That don't make sense, huh, Paulie?

We got no enemies in Chicago.

Paulie, why don't you introduce Mr., uh...

Siegel. Siegel, yeah.

Introduce Mr. Siegel to the Moran bunch, huh?

Who knows? Maybe, uh... Maybe they got a message for Charlie Luciano, huh?

Meet

the

Moran gang.

They all got sick this morning.

Must have been a Valentine's Day breakfast.

Michael and Ruth Lasker, I think you're married.

I called a little while ago about an important meeting. Can you see if you

get yourself free from the ladies?

I'll be right back.

Joy, I've got some business. I'm going to drop off Arnold Rothstein and then

I've got a meeting.

Will I see you later? Not tonight. Not for a little while.

Call me?

I'll call.

phone killed off the Moran. So if it wasn't the Morans who shot up the truck,

who was it? And he didn't recognize anybody that day.

Masseria?

Masseria, Maranzano's woman, take your pick.

Who would you pick?

Masseria.

Nothing's gonna get better, Charlie. It's only gonna get worse.

We'll talk about it tomorrow, huh?

I'm gonna be late for my meeting.

favor, will you? Hold on to this.

What for?

Because I don't need it anymore tonight.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure. It's better this way.

We'll talk tomorrow, huh?

Sorry, I'm late.

Hey, honey, I don't think those earrings go with your coloring. Here, why don't

you try mine?

Hey, Charlie.

Charlie, it's been months.

Hey, listen.

If I'm going to buy you a liquor, you've got to come visit me more often, huh?

You look fine, Molly. Shouldn't you be at a wedding?

Still going on.

Well, I'm glad you like my girls better.

Will you excuse me? Sure, have a good time.

Hello, Charlie.

Chris?

Lovely party.

Can I see you alone?

Thought you'd move around.

Hey, Luciano!

This is some candy store they got here, huh?

I've been up there three times already.

And who are you?

Chris Brennan.

Say hello to Dutch Schultz. Charlie, everybody knows Dutch Schultz.

You hear about Capone and Moran?

It's a miracle they didn't blame it on me, huh? Dutch Schultz kills again.

You know my real name?

Flegenheim.

You try putting that in the headline, huh?

Is this what Mata Hari felt like?

Mata Hari didn't have to deal with Al Capone.

He talked about Mr.

Maranzano and you.

And he wants to know which side you're going to go with if there's a war with

someone named... Masseria.

Which side does he want me on?

He thinks he's going to have to fight you sooner or later. That's all I know.

I said I'd help you, Charlie.

Here you have, Chris.

Thank you.

Charlie?

You don't have to leave.

Luciano.

Excuse me. I thought you'd like to know.

Somebody just killed your friend, Rothstein.

I want you to pick someone up on this one. Not Almighty Michael on your

night. It's all right. What did you tell Ruth? Right.

She understands.

They got him in his hotel suite. Three shots.

Whoever did it threw the gun out the window. We found it by the service

entrance.

Frosting got rid of Legs Diamond a year ago. I want to know about Diamond.

He's in Cleveland, Charlie. We checked already.

We'll do everything we can.

I'm sorry, Ben. Thanks, Inspector.

You know anything?

Not yet.

Anything I can do.

What do you want to do? Kill somebody? Who are you going to kill? Maybe.

Hey, Charlie.

Rothstein's dead. There's nothing we can do about that.

A lot of pieces belong to us.

The club, the casinos, everything.

If we can hold on to it.

Rothstein taught us to stay out of the wars.

A damp fight, then pick up the pieces.

How you doing, Allie? Charlie.

Hello, Anson. Hey, Charlie. How's it going?

Hey, Pete Morello.

Hey, Luciano. Come on, Charlie.

What do you think?

You want to insult her or something, huh?

Come on.

Allora, come on.

Joe, the boss. He's waiting for you.

Ah, Luciano, finally coming to see you, my son.

Sit down, sit down. Have a glass of wine.

I see you no bring your Bugsy Sigler.

That's good.

That's smart.

I don't like him.

I never forget what he do to me.

But you no bring him.

Prove you got the trust for me.

Like I think I trust you, too.

Like I trust him.

My friend, Doreen. I used to make him a boss.

I make all the bosses now.

All right, all right. What do you think? Luciano going to shoot me or something?

I know him since he was a little, little kid. A long, long time.

Go ahead. About Saturday, I'll just stand there. Will you pile out in

with my friend?

Remember when we first did business?

I tell you, I know you're going to become an important man.

Well, is it true?

You do business with me, everybody, long, long time, and you're still alive.

That's an important man.

Things are changing now.

You know, I'm in a bigger, bigger war between me and Maranzano.

You know, you're stuck in the middle.

Maranzano, he making me crazy.

Because he's crazy.

Cesare is, como se dice en ingles, Julius Caesar from Casa La Merda del

He make the Casa La Merda war, not me.

He think he's smart, but he's not smart. He's stupid.

I'm smart.

I got plenty good boss like Rainer.

I got New York sewed up.

I got my good friend Al Capone in Chicago.

He back me up.

So pretty soon, I'm going to get my revenge on this new Caesar.

I'm going to make a grave for Maranzano and put him in a hole.

And you're going to be there with me.

When I was a kid, Joe, a wise man gave me a piece of advice.

He said, Charlie, whenever you go for revenge, you better dig two graves.

One for your enemy.

And one for yourself.

This isn't my war.

It don't have to be your fight. You're still stuck in the middle.

What do you think, Luciano?

Everybody dance, you sit on the wall and watch when the music starts.

Everybody dance, even you.

Now, I like you very, very much.

I know you long, long time.

I tell you this.

Bring in your operation.

Bring in your gun.

Bring in your brain. I make you my number one boss.

Bigger than the rain.

Bigger than anybody.

But to me.

You, with me, Lusharco.

With me.

I'll talk it over with Michael.

Michael who?

Michael Esker?

He's no one of us.

But neither am I, Joe.

This honored society thing from Sicily, the boys from this town against this

village, that's not my way of life in America.

Your life in America, in Sicily, all are the same, friend or enemy.

You're with me or you're with them.

The next time we meet, Luciano, you're my friend or you're my enemy.

And in the end, I win.

Mr. Joe DeVos!

You're late, Michael.

I'm sorry.

I'll go get you dinner. I want to talk to you.

There's nothing to talk about.

Do you believe I love you?

Yes.

Did you love me before we were men?

Yes. The day we were men? Yes. And the night after that?

But not now.

I'm married, but no love.

Someday, will you love me again?

I don't know.

Two years, six months. Can we start with that?

Start with it.

End with it. I don't care anymore.

That's enough, Ruth.

Are you going to shoot me, Michael?

See the plug?

There. Only for my hands.

Whatever the world is out there, I don't bring it into this house.

You don't care anymore, then I'll have to care enough for both of us.

I chose you for my wife. You accepted me.

We share the same house. We should share the same bed.

Go to bed.

To bed, Michael.

What kind of a man do you think I am?

You're my husband.

Have a right.

You're not my wife.

When you ask me into your bed, then you'll be my wife again.

Don't scream. Don't scream.

Somebody here. I'm standing.

It's all right.

It's all right.

It's all right.

It's nothing.

It's nothing. It's only a scratch. Oh, God.

All right.

It's all right.

She was afraid.

For me.

There was a doctor with the police. He gave her something to sleep.

Lunatics.

Michael's house.

His own house, Benny.

Where the hell were you?

What was I supposed to do? Stand outside with a gun?

Somebody should have been here.

Charlie's not never into the business.

He shoot at you, he shoot at me. I didn't think they'd try to take Michael.

He's right, Charlie. Be reasonable.

You just saw how right he is. And don't talk to me about being reasonable. Now,

from now on, I want this place protected 24 hours.

You buy the house across the street, you buy up the whole block if you have to,

you do your job. All right!

I'll put my hands in the fire before it happens again. All right, Charlie?

Get that.

Michael, from now on, you carry a gun, capisce?

Who was it, Vito?

I saw the body, so there's no question, huh?

It was Doc Covelli.

He belonged to Joe the Boss.

Masseria.

Masseria.

You still gonna stay out of the war, Michael? You still gonna do that little

trick?

Where's the prophet, Charlie?

Revenge?

You're going to take revenge to the bank?

How do I put it on the books? A credit?

We tear apart everything we built for this?

I'm Michael in the meeting with Massidy. I told him I wanted to talk it over

with you.

He said you're not one of us.

He's right, Michael. You're not.

Staying clear of the war is going to create its own war.

Vito and me are going to take care of that. From now on, you're out of it.

Now, are you going to take care of his guards or is Vito going to do it?

I'll take care of it.

Good.

You've met with Massari?

Yes, I have. Good.

Let there be truth between you and me.

Joe, the boss.

The boss of the pigs. The boss of nothing.

Now, he offered to make you a big man. Ma, you're already a big man.

You think I don't know that?

Why do you think I court you like a bride?

Now, Charlie, you want to hear my offer?

I'm a guest in your house.

Everything you have, you keep.

Everything. I want nothing.

Everything I have, I give you a portion.

What we make together, we divide reasonably.

This I offer you to join with me.

Your offer is very generous.

I take my profit from your strength even more after we make our victory.

And if I still choose to stand alone?

Alone is alone.

There are many considerations.

Come.

Hello, Charlie.

Gaetano Rena.

From the camp of Joe the Boss.

You too, Tom.

Yeah, Charlie, we're coming over.

We'll bring our shooters.

When? When Don Salvatore gives us the word.

Until then, we stay with Mazari.

He's going nuts, Charlie.

Like he eats, that's how he deals with us.

There's never enough.

These two, they are my secret ambassadors. There are many others also.

Diplomacy. Diplomacy, Charlie.

The force of arms.

To be wise.

And the ruthless.

Who can resist us?

We want you to understand.

So that you'll know.

We're all together.

Hey, our lives are in your hands.

I give you my word. I won't betray your confidence.

We know that.

If you ride the carousel, Charlie, ride the white horse.

Now it's for you to speak.

If we make a deal, terms you offered, we have to work out the percentage. You'll

be satisfied, I guarantee it, Don Luciano.

There is one additional requirement.

Your... Come a sedici, associates.

Lasker and Bogsy Siegel.

Get rid of them.

Get rid of the Jews, Charlie.

Which way, Charlie?

No deal.

We started together, we'll finish together.

You told that to Mon and Zana?

What Maranzano? I didn't see no Maranzano. I saw Julius Caesar.

Think I'd stand you up for a bunch of Sicilians?

Yeah, I don't know. You were pretty sore with me the other night.

You were ready to dump me for Vito.

Hey, I didn't grow up with Vito, huh?

Look how far we've come.

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

peasant.

Now we got our own keys, Art leaves us a nice spread so we can talk in peace.

That's because we got the most important key of all. We trust each other.

That's why we're going to win.

Is that the tapes you want to go over today?

No, no, no, not tonight.

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

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

Falcon hole soldier?

Well, I don't have a dime. How about five bucks?

Hello. Benny. Yeah.

Inspector Reardon.

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

just found Charlie.

What? I don't know, Benny.

I think he's dead.

Oh!

All right, buddy, just stay back.

I'm Michael Aston.

Yes, sir. Is he alive?

Well, yeah, he's sort of alive.

Charlie?

This is Benny. Who did it? Easy, Benny. Benny, easy. Take it easy.

bleeding, as long as he's bleeding, he's still alive.

Or this one's over, the whole world's going to be bleeding.

Hey, they say you're going to be fine, Charlie.

You're out there kind of marked.

You know what they're calling you out there?

Lucky Luciano.

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

Maybe a couple of hundred already dead.

It's some war this cost all of us.

I don't know the way you said it. Maybe it was Capone that did it.

P .S. I love you.

Who did it to you, Charlie?

Was it house people, Charlie?

Say it.

Sooner or later, Charlie.

You wait.

Sooner or later.

very beautiful.

So are you.

I'm not surprised.

Does Charlie ever talk about me?

A little.

I've heard a lot about you.

Your favorite.

For a while.

Want a swap?

I do what I can for him.

I take chances.

I tell him things he has to know.

I don't think you could do that.

No, I couldn't.

What do you do for him?

I sleep with him.

Glad to be home, Charlie.

Yeah, but all the time you were getting better.

You were getting better.

How do you like all this? There's a whole delicatessen here.

I'll tell you something, Charlie. It's a lot better than the hospital.

What do you want? I'll fix your plate.

I want to talk.

So we'll talk.

There were four men that night.

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

We'll find them.

I don't have to find them, Benny. I know who paid them.

Who paid them?

They didn't want to kill me, Benny.

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

They just wanted to teach me a lesson.

Now I'm going to do a little teaching.

Charlie, who was it?

Caesar. Maranzano.

Okay.

Benny. He'll be dead before then.

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

His house, his offices, it's a fortress.

You can't reach him.

Nobody can reach him.

Except Joe the boss.

Maseri.

You're going in the war.

Where the hell do you think I've been?

So you joined Maseri.

Maseri tried to kill me, Charlie.

I know.

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

You got no part in this, Michael.

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

I want you to take a trip.

You've been talking about alcohol from the Caribbean. Go to Cuba, see what it's

like.

Benny?

I'll call you when I need you.

You'll give yourself to that slob, Charlie?

Take what I need.

Okay, Charlie.

You said the next time we met, we'd either be friends or enemies.

Let's get out of here. I'm going to be sick.

I know the boss knows about you and Rayna.

Luciano told him.

What's Charlie going to tell him?

Charlie told him nothing.

You think Mazarie lived this long because he's a stunard?

He's as stupid as he looks?

Well, just relax, okay? You're going to be all right.

All we want is that if you're going to jump the mountains, I know you make the

jump now.

It comes from Charlie.

For old time's sake.

Thanks, Peter.

I'll tell Ray now.

It's too late for Ray.

Luciano, your friend Alaska.

I used to find out where he is. He's in Cuba.

I know he go into business for him myself.

He make a lot, a lot of money.

Maybe we take a little bite out of him, too, huh?

Taking bites out of too many people, Joe. You're losing your troops.

That's all right. With the bite I take, I buy more.

I know what I do.

Sit down, sit down. Hey, Joe, I'm not here because you're my uncle. You know,

joined up because I want Maranzano. Oh, you want a revenge, yeah?

I tell you, I know what I'm going to do.

Listen, I got a bunch of greenhorners coming in from Sicily.

You give them a gun, they shoot.

That's terrific, Joe. That's what you need. More shooters from Sicily.

They can't even find Grand Central Station. You tell them to shoot, they

the wrong guy. You're kidding yourself, Joe. They eat. They don't win wars.

You're allowed to talk, talk, talk, Luciano. I don't hear no advice.

What do you think I should do, maybe let down a drop of dead? Yeah, that's what

I want, Joe.

Joe, pull our people off of the street. Regroup.

Stop giving Maranzano targets.

So you let him come.

Let him come, Joe.

Let him think that he's won.

Then you nail it in. Tell him you want to work out a surrender.

When he thinks that he's done everything his own way, Joe, then you bring out

every gun that we got.

You nail him in his own house.

In his own house.

I like it. I like it.

It was a good trip.

Will it change things?

I think so.

Maybe a lot of things. We won't know for a while, though.

Michael.

I can feel him move.

How do you know it's a hymn?

You wanted a son. It's a hymn.

Hello, Lucy.

I'm sorry to interrupt you, especially now.

But I have to talk to Michael.

So soon? It's all right.

We'll have the date again.

So, Cuba okay?

Sure, it's fine.

Congratulations, the baby.

What is it, Charlie?

I

want

you to spend the day with Ruthie.

Don't stay in the house.

I want you to go someplace where there's a lot of people.

Let them see you.

What happened to Benny?

It's time we had a talk.

Three days, Joe.

Nobody get it. I don't need you, boy.

Luciano take care of me. Don't you hear, boss? No, I'm going back to the office.

Hey,

Naka, como estas?

You want to eat a palada in private, eh?

Excuse me.

Three days, Joe.

In three days, we throw a hundred guns at Maranzano's house.

That's good.

In three more days.

You prove it to me you're a true friend, child.

I owe you.

I'm going to pay.

You never regret.

I prove it to you.

The other one has given me what I really want.

I'm grateful to you.

Three more today.

When Maranzano's dead, you taste revenge in your mouth like good wine.

Sweet.

Come on, Charlie. You're working too hard.

I'll tell you what. Let's play some card.

I got a lot to do, Joe.

Oh, come on. One hour, and I'm going to kill you. I'm too much alone.

I mean, we ate, drank a glass of wine.

I play cards. What else are you working for, huh?

Come on.

One hour, and I'm going to hurt you. Put up your money.

Look at this mess.

Good luck.

Brand new suit. What are you worried about?

You're so formula.

Look like I wet my pants.

So I'll be right back, huh?

I gotta go clean this up. No cheating while I'm gone.

Nah, I don't cheat you.

It wasn't Maranzano.

It was Masseria.

The Sicilian brain of his.

Make it look like it was Maranzano who sliced me up to drive me into his arms.

That's where I went.

To Joe DeBosch.

There were four men that night.

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

Bring me back any maracas?

Joe Mazzarie is dead.

Oh, he's dead.

Is that what the newspapers meant? I thought that's what it meant when I read

in the papers.

Nobody's in the mood for jokes.

Joe DeVos is dead.

Tell Maranzano this comes from Charlie.

Charlie held back the troops. He made it easy on your bunch.

The war's over now.

It's finished, Tommy. No more guns. You tell him.

If he as much as touches a hair on the head of one of our enemies, we'll fight

him to the last salt.

Tell him to quit while he's ahead.

Do I tell him that's an order from Charlie?

It's a suggestion from Charlie.

And you.

Okay, Charlie.

Ah,

benvenuto. An auspicious day, Charlie. A day for a fruitful meeting, eh?

My friends.

Frank Castle.

Hello, Charlie.

Joe Profacci. Tommy Gagliano.

Michael Lasker.

And Ben Siebel.

I am pleased.

How do you do?

We're all friends here. Perhaps my friends can buy your friends a drink

talk, Charlie.

Michael talks with me.

I'm thirsty, Charlie.

I'll take that drink.

Your friend is a sensible man.

I said the war's over. What's all the artillery for? You also go with

protection, Charlie.

Nothing is finished.

Until you and I say it's finished.

Now, you are the successor to Joe Massarilla.

Once I made offer to you, everything you have in part to what I have. After

that, you stand first by my side.

I work for nobody.

You work for no man, huh?

Then work for what you respect.

Together, we break the guns.

Together, we make the power to stop the killing.

We make a quiet world, Charlie.

We handle our business in peace. Nobody bothers us.

We sleep the sleep of the just.

Only two men have the power to do this.

You and me.

You and me.

And my friends?

Lars can see a lot of your affair. They stand with you.

I'm not opposed to this. They have no meaning in my life.

So, do we break the guns, Charlie?

I don't know.

The way he said it, he was threatening you, Charlie.

I don't want you going back to Chicago.

Where should I go then?

I'm going to talk to Michael. He's got some hotels in Miami.

I'll find a place for you there.

All right?

I hope I'm intruding.

An old friend.

We met when you were in the hospital.

We're old friends, too.

I see.

Well, I have a business meeting.

Nothing personal.

Too bad.

We're going to have fun.

Can I drop you someplace, Chris?

No.

I don't think I like this idea.

Who cares what you like?

I think you better leave. You never could stand the sight of blood.

Yeah, well, try not to get it on my rug.

Uh -huh.

Capo di tutti capi.

Captain of captain's boss of all bosses.

Such is the burden that rests here.

like the lightest of laurels.

I am in the company of honorable and forceful men.

From the Roman Seneca we learn that a great fortune is a great servitude.

Our honored society has been shown a great fortune. Our duty now is to act

to obey.

Our discipline will be the discipline of the Roman legionnaire.

All will accept without question, without fear.

None among us will speak of the honored society or of his own family.

No word shall pass to those who are not part of us. Not even our wives.

To speak is to die.

Nor will any one of us, upon pain of death, strike out.

at the comrade, no matter what the cost.

We enter now upon a new world, gentlemen.

Let us make it a world of our own choosing. As men, we obey. As

men, we act.

So what's on your mind, Joe?

I can't pay.

Why can't you pay?

Too many winners.

So?

I can't cover.

You can't cover?

The man books numbers and he can't cover?

Okay,

we'll cover for you.

For that, we take two -thirds of the Harlem action.

I thought, uh, we could work it out for partners.

Even.

You got to hear it, Rubble.

Mr. Risson.

You don't pay your...

I think you're gonna be walking around.

and be well.

I promise a new world, Charlie.

What do I get?

Dutch Schultz.

He kills my man and he takes my money. All right.

So we kill one of his so we know what happened.

Now we know what to do.

First, the Dutchman.

Blood is still wet from the last war.

Right now the score is even.

One for one. For every one of ours.

Twenty of his.

First we ought to be sure it's not one of our bunch who started it.

I'll talk to Dutch about the money.

Sure. Talk to him.

I'm a reasonable man.

Whisper in his ear.

With an ice pick in his heart.

Talk, talk, talk all you want.

These books, Mr.

Maranzano, you can show them to anybody. Fine, fine, leave them.

The Dutchman.

You understand me, Charlie?

Women talk.

That's your second mistake.

I make mistakes, do I?

The first was muscling Maranzano.

Maranzano! Oh, Don Salvador!

Boss of all bosses!

King of the Guinea Hill!

I don't eat that garbage, Charlie!

Your boss's outfit's falling apart.

How long do you think he's gonna last?

How long do you think you're gonna last?

Come on, Charlie.

We're the only kings that count!

because somebody puts up a stop sign and everybody lie down and play dead.

You gonna keep coming at us?

Oh, Charlie.

You're really with him, aren't you?

Now you got a real problem, don't you, kid?

You keep coming at us.

You might as well try and kill me now.

You wanna try for it, Dutch?

It's just the two of us.

One way or the other, we're going to take care of my problem.

What's all this talk?

Shooting, killing, who needs it?

You made your point, Charlie.

You tell Maranzano he should live forever.

Like me.

Huh?

Like me.

Maybe I'll see you around Paliathus.

Dutch will pull back.

Where did you talk to him, Charlie?

Near the docks.

Alone?

Alone.

How close did you stand to him?

We were talking.

As close as I stand now?

Yeah, that close.

He walked away.

He no longer threatens us, huh?

All right, Charlie.

Maybe you're right.

Dutch shelf.

I should have killed him that night.

Machine guns in the streets.

Two women hit.

A kid dead.

Rothstein said shake hands with our partners, death and destruction.

You want me to make a move?

What have you got to do with it, huh?

Maranzano's already moving.

That's all we need is another war on our hands with the Seabury Commission

bringing in indictments.

They'll be laying for us, Benny.

What's wrong, Michael?

I've got a message from King Solomon.

Your friend Maranzano, he's planning to kill you.

You and Vito.

Who?

An outsider.

Vinnie Cole.

Maranzano wants to keep the Italians out of it.

I don't know when.

Who told Solomon?

Let it go at that, Charlie.

Solomon says that's all he wants you to know.

Hey, Michael, I want to know who. We're not playing games here. I want to know

where it came from.

Tommy Lucchese.

And that's as inside as you can get.

Why would anybody want to kill me? I don't understand here.

Yeah. A sweet guy like you, you know.

Okay, I'm leaving, Charlie.

Listen, you want to be cute, you be cute with your Jew friends. This is me,

Charlie. Now something's going on around here. I want to know what it is.

Who says that Maranzano wants to hit us?

I got that from you, Charlie.

That's the word from a friend. Now, this friend thinks that he owes me his life.

Maybe he thinks that, and maybe he doesn't.

He says that Vincent Call is going to be the shooter, while Call is scrapping

around with Dutch Schultz, just like Maranzano.

Now, wouldn't that be a nifty little trick, Vito?

Dutch Schultz turns us loose on Call and Maranzano at the same time.

So this Dutch Schultz, he's a regular German Machiavelli, right?

What you're telling me, Charlie, is that Schultz is pitting us between Maranzano

and Call, right?

You said it.

What's our move?

We wait.

Yeah.

Charlie.

Hello, Sal.

These must be very busy times, Charlie. I don't see you for a few days.

Yeah, well, like you say, these are busy times.

Santee, this Dutch shows business.

We make a plan once and for all, huh?

I want to see Vito, too.

Maybe drop by the office tomorrow.

Three o 'clock, all right?

Three o 'clock sounds fine.

Vito, too, huh?

See you then.

Take care of yourself, Charlie.

Mr. Maranzano, I just got a call.

Contact at the tax office. They're sending some people over to look at the

books. Tell them to come back another time, huh? Not today.

I can't do that, Mr. Maranzano. They're already on their way.

I don't need this today.

Tell them I'm not here, huh?

Tell them to come back.

Yes, sir.

Maury, you sure the books are all right?

The all right books are all right.

Then you better get out of here.

The Federals, uh, tell a little Casey Gagliano to get rid of them, huh? Yes,

sir.

All right, that's enough for today.

Just leave it.

We got some tax people coming over. Mr.

Maranzano doesn't want us hanging around.

Federal agents.

Pressure. Put your hands up.

I said put up your hands.

What's going on?

What do you want?

We want to see Salvatore Maranzano. He didn't come in today. I got an

appointment with him at his home.

A user comes?

Yes, sir. One of them. We better keep your meeting. He's got a little visit at

home, too.

Here, sign this.

Sign what? For what? Sign that we took your guns.

Do it, Tommy.

You got a warrant?

We'll show what we got to Mr.

Marzano. You don't mind if we look inside?

All right, let's go.

Come on.

Marzano, we got some people from the Treasury here.

I see.

You honor my place of business.

All right.

The government is always welcome here.

Here's a subpoena for your books.

A subpoena?

Have I committed a crime?

We'll let you know after we look at your books.

Of course. I will respect your opinions.

This is not necessary, gentlemen.

We have nothing to hide here.

The tax collector and the citizen.

Even in the time of imperial Rome, they faced each other with drawn daggers.

The mark of civilization, gentlemen.

The decree that we must always face each other as enemies.

Suspicious at best, violent at worst, and stand before

the law.

Render unto Caesar...

That which is Caesar's.

Closing his federal agents.

Pretty clever, Charlie.

That was the only way we could get to him.

So here we are.

Here we are.

I thought you went to Florida.

I guess I got bored.

And back to Capone.

Well, girl's got to make a living.

Nobody else is waiting for me.

Let me help you with that.

I don't want you here, Chris.

Where do you want me?

Whoops, sorry.

So, how's, what's her name?

Joy. How's Joy?

She's fine.

Good.

Nice girl, your girl.

Whose health shall we drink to? Chris.

She's a nice girl, too.

I don't think Al's going to fight you, not with Marizano dead.

He didn't even squawk about Michael and Ben coming here.

And that's your last message from Mata Hari.

Thank you.

Yeah.

All right, I'll be right there.

Thank you for your help.

Charlie,

you don't have to tell me that you love me.

Just tell me that you like me.

You've been generous. You've been more than generous.

Your gifts, these envelopes, this money that you bring.

You bring me the fortune of an emperor.

Like your tribute to Salvatore Maranzano, the last Cabo di Dutica.

But our friend has passed away.

And I suggest to you that this... This

poem.

This title.

Boss of all bosses, be buried with him.

All the good men who died in the Castellammarese War.

They did not go to their graves to give me such a power.

Today, there is no boss of bosses.

Nobody will pay tribute.

The money will be returned with gratitude.

Today, the books are closed.

No group, no family is going to make itself stronger without the permission

all of us.

That goes for your outfit too, Charlie.

That goes for all of us, Dutch.

Maranzano made a law that no one would turn a hand against another member.

He said the punishment for that would be death.

Now, he decided that for himself.

If we decide that, if we all agree on that, we can make it a good law.

That'll finish the wars.

That's a nice world you got there, Charlie.

But we got enemies outside this room.

If we had them before, we'll have them again.

What if we have to go for the gun?

Then we decide on it.

When it's necessary.

When we all think it's necessary.

You've got a lot of power in New York, Charlie.

What if you decide different?

My voice isn't any stronger than anyone else's. It's one vote, Mo.

One vote.

If we all say yes, then it's yes.

Then the offended party is out of it.

No one executes his own enemy.

But the work will be left up to somebody else.

A special group.

Experts with no personal connection.

That's a lot of power right there, Charlie.

Who you got in mind?

Three leaders.

Ben Siegel, Lepke Buckhalter, Albert Anastasia.

Siegel's your own man.

Is he working for you or is he working for us?

All right, Al.

Your point is well taken.

Lepke and Anastasia.

I've made my proposition.

If anybody feels that there's a better way, I'll listen and I'll be guided.

If anybody disagrees, tell us now.

Then it's done.

of raging Castellamarese gang wars, Charles Lucky Luciano emerged as a

leader with a promising plan.

There would be a cooperative national combine of criminal groups in the United

States. Discipline would be enforced by professional killers. Murder

incorporated. There were two threats to Luciano's plan.

The smoldering rivalry of Al Capone and the open defiance of three rebels, Legs

Diamond, Vincent Cole, and Dutch Schultz.

We'll see.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming.

Charlie, thank you. You did it, Charlie.

Sal, you're a big winner. Joe, thank you.

You know why you're a winner, Charlie?

Why am I a winner, Al? You're a winner because you're right.

First you had to take care of Maranzano Mazzuria.

Now it's right.

Sure.

All this kicking each other around. Had to stop somewhere.

Now any one of us turns against anyone else, he's a dead man. I like that,

Charlie. You know what you got?

You got my respect.

I want to do something for you.

This girl, this Chris, you like her, huh?

We've met a couple of times.

She's yours.

Yeah, my gift. Me to you.

A present. Boredom paper, huh?

You enjoy it.

Come here.

You, uh, have dinner with him.

Maybe you can teach him a few things, huh? Some other time, Al.

We're leaving tonight.

Charlie, don't.

Chris.

Chrissy, what happened?

You missed all the fun.

Owen's friends, they were here.

hitting me. He wanted to hurt me. This is the only way he could do it.

I've never asked you for anything, Charlie.

I'm asking you now.

Do it to him.

Do it the same way to him.

I can't.

I can't, Chris. Things are changing. Everything is changing. I can't explain,

but if I hit him now, I lose everything that I've built.

I lost you, Charlie.

get up to you.

I'll make it up to you.

You're going to get everything that you need, Chrissy.

I don't want it that way.

Just leave me alone here, all right?

You can do that for me, can't you, darling?

We look beyond 32, the end of Prohibition. We look 5 and 10 years

where do we want to be in 1941, 1951?

Well, with what's just happened in Chicago, we have a chance of going into

gambling on a nationwide scale.

Not just a chance, Charlie. We'll do it.

We've got to organize the lending of money.

It's no problem.

We already got more money than the banks.

And the muscle that we're not wasting on gang wars, we can now take with us into

the labor wars.

That's right.

What about Dutch Schultz? What's his story?

It's pretty obvious at the meeting.

He couldn't have cared less whether we failed or whether we succeeded.

I don't think we can ever expect him to fall on the line. He's going to be like

Vinnie Carl, Waxy Gordon, and Legs Diamond.

You know, Charlie, they can screw up everything you just did in Chicago.

Don't worry about them, Ben.

The law is going to take care of them all.

Michael's right.

The government's going to take care of them.

It's not our problem anymore.

Now, the other thing I want to explain now.

The family of our late friend, Salvatore Maranzano.

I've decided that his family be divided into two families.

One to be headed by Joe Profaci.

The second to be run by Joe Bonanno.

So now we're going to have five families in New York.

That's right.

Bravo. It's a great idea, Charlie. I think they're both ready for it.

And I think Tommy Lucchese should continue to help Gags run their family.

I'll do a job.

Best I know how.

I know you will, Tommy.

I thought that would please you.

You do a great job, Tommy. Thank you.

Tommy. Vito.

Benvenuto.

I'll let everybody involved know what's been worth it.

Grazie, Vito.

Buona sera.

I've never seen him before.

Oh.

You could have brought him in.

Find out one way or the other.

Nick, Nick, we've got to get you to a hospital.

Can you hear me?

Yeah, I'm here. Get me out of the city. I will. I can't.

I will. I will, I promise.

When did it happen, Chief?

Maybe an hour ago now, Charlie.

Hold on a minute.

Somebody pumped five of the best in the legs of diamonds.

Is he going to make it?

Yeah, so far.

Listen, Charlie, I'm going to have to send a couple of detectives over to

you and Ben in.

Routine questioning.

I don't suppose that could be helpful.

Thanks, Chief.

Yeah, we'll see you at the precinct.

You know who got him?

Two Latins, not Italians. No IDs, nothing.

Could be Spanish Raymond.

He collects numbers for Schultz up in Highland.

We're going to send him up a couple of detectives. We've got to go down to the

precinct for questioning.

Oh, God.

Charlie, Legs would have to pick today to get hit.

Charlie, we're going to be in that precinct house all night.

Doesn't anything ever go right around here?

I know it's inconvenient, Ben. Why don't you just have a drink and relax?

Somebody almost did us a favor.

You want one?

Benny, you know a couple of guys, maybe Red Levine's people?

Somebody young, bright, who can run a quiet investigation for me.

Yeah, sure. Where do you want investigated?

I want to find Chris Brennan.

Ben, didn't you see her in Chicago?

She's not in Chicago.

You asked for the meeting, Brad.

All right.

Let me see.

Somebody did a job on you.

Yeah. One of Al Capone's people.

Capone found out you work for Charlie?

Yeah. I thought maybe you told him, Dutch.

Hmm. There may be a lot of things, but I'm no think.

Drunk, a little crazy, I'm still no think.

Does Charlie know?

Yeah, he knew.

He was in Chicago.

He did nothing.

I don't know.

Charlie's building an empire.

Maybe he needs to use Capone a while longer.

Now... What do you want from me?

You want to get Charlie?

I can help you.

I can trust you.

You worked for Charlie for a long time.

The scars.

You can trust the scars.

Okay.

Now, do you still think you need that .38 pointed at my stomach?

.25 automatic.

No, it's not.

Okay.

Let's go.

That would have been something, huh?

After all these years guys shooting at me and then to have had it come from a

woman I'd have died laughing

That Ben Siegel seat?

Who wants to know?

Paul Weinberg, as if you don't know Davey Levine.

You getting anything off the bug set tips?

You don't call him that.

That joke does well enough by me. I can afford it.

You'll let me know if you ever want to.

Let's go.

We'll let this man think in peace.

Who was that you were talking to?

A little Ibo Weinberg to me.

Some guy was asking where's the Museum of National History.

Now, there will be a slight scar, which you'll be more conscious of than

anybody. Yeah, that's right, Brennan.

It's the same thing with me.

Now, I got three or four of these things.

I know.

The first couple months, I thought you could see it right through the overcoat.

No, but then you don't even notice it.

The situation is somewhat different with a woman's face, Mr. Schultz, but your

point is well taken. I hope so.

You also took an arm and a leg along the way. I'm sure you're going to feel the

money was well spent.

Uh -huh.

Now, I want you to stay here for a few more days. I'll be in every day.

But if you feel that you want to call me at any time, just pick up the

telephone. Okay?

Okay.

Now, I'll leave you two people alone.

We don't kill this one.

Louie, you got a hell of a lot of lead in you.

But you're probably gonna make it.

Last long enough to tell Charlie Lucky Luciano that Legs Diamond sends his

regards. All right, Frankie, you got somebody with the families of those who

were killed or wounded, right?

Good, I'm gonna get back to you as soon as I talk to Michael.

Yeah, he just walked in.

Yeah.

What the hell's happened?

We just took a bad hit on a load that went in the unit.

Several men killed, we lost a few.

We lost some trucks.

They left Louis Palmer alive so he could send us diamonds regards.

Charlie, we gotta make a move. He's hitting Schultz's trucks, too. He needs

money for all those high -priced lawyers, you know? What the hell

does that make? He's been hitting the Dutchman, he's got money problems,

an excuse? It's an explanation we have to consider.

Oh, consider mine.

Michael asked.

I hear you people having a few problems out there.

Nice and peaceful here in Chicago.

Oh, we had some liquor hijacked, Al. It's not the end of the world.

Yeah, I guess it still happens, huh?

Well, Legs must have gotten out of his sickbed to pull this one.

Well, he's on his last legs in any case.

That's a good one, Charlie. I like that. I guess you'd like it, too, if you

weren't having so many other problems, like Schultz and Vinnie Cole and old

out there in Jersey.

You're right, Al.

Is there our problems?

Look, Charlie, he sold us a bill of goods in Chicago.

He said everybody puts away his guns and we all make money.

We all get our houses in order, but it looks like your house is in a hell of a

mess.

Maybe we ought to forget the whole thing, Charlie. I'll handle it, Al.

I'll do whatever I have to to handle it.

Thanks for the call.

Sure, any time.

Capone is talking about pulling out of the Chicago deal altogether.

What did I tell you?

The phone pulls out, the rest of the country is watching. What do you think

they're going to do, Charlie? He won't pull out.

He's needling.

New York's a mess.

Chicago's under control. He's looking better than the other look, but he won't

pull out.

Mike, what's it going to take?

Diamond took us for 80 grand less than a year ago. He was supposed to buy liquor

for us. Then he tried to buy dope and he winds up with nothing. So you want to

kill somebody for 80 grand? All right.

All right, Michael.

What do you suggest?

Dewey already has a federal conviction on Diamond.

He's looking at four years and a federal pen.

Governor Roosevelt's brought in a special state prosecutor trying for

kidnapping, robbery, and murder.

That could put him in a chair.

Federal charge is under appeal.

Legs has beat the state rep once already.

He won't beat it again.

That's what the special state prosecutor's for.

How long before he's convicted?

If he's convicted?

I'd have to check, but I'd say the case will come to the jury by the end of next

week.

Great.

Our friend's in Washington. They haven't forgotten about Capone, have they? He's

going to jail, too.

It may take a little bit longer, but it's all part of the same federal

We'll wait. It may take a little longer. Not to worry.

It was simple in the old days, you know. You get hit, you hit back.

You think you might get hit, you hit first.

I was better off in an alley with a lead pipe.

It's too late for lead pipes in alleys.

You've got to realize that.

I'll be there.

I'll be there.

All right.

we get out of here.

Thank you.

I'm a little scared to go out there.

Of course.

But you'll make it.

Yeah. I always have, huh?

Well, thanks, Doc, for everything except the bill. I need you myself again. I'll

give you a call.

Used to be a little sharp when I was a kid.

Come on, Storm.

Hello,

Mr. Cutler.

I used to come here a lot when I was a kid.

Remember me, Benny Siegel?

My daughter's not here.

She doesn't work here now.

I don't believe I've ever met your daughter. And I'm married to a very nice

girl.

I'd like to meet my brother -in -law, Davey.

Hi.

I remember another Benny.

My daughter remembers every day of her life.

Mr. Cutler, if you and I do business together, you tell me if you want this

other one found.

You tell me personally.

But why do you come here now?

You're looking to sell it to buy.

To make sure your business runs in peace.

I want to talk to you about labor relations and the union here.

I won't have a union.

You just might be better off.

I want to talk to you about something I want you to consider.

What's with you, him, and his daughter?

Nothing. He remembered wrong.

Stella doesn't have to know about an old baker remembering wrong, right? Right.

Look out.

Look how they drive.

Benny, uh, all the stuff you saw Cutler about the union officers being ours?

They're not ours yet?

No, I know they're not ours yet.

See, codlets say no if I told them they weren't ours yet.

Look, Davey, I can't give you this unless you learn how to think.

If you can't think, I gotta give it to Green.

Right? I can think.

All right.

I guess you got the word, Mr. Dewey. Legs Diamond did it to them again.

Innocent on all counts. Yes, I heard Tony.

Okay, we're going to have to move fast on this one. Call the clerk of the

Federal Court of Appeals. Have him move the date of Legs' appeal hearing up as

fast as possible. Right.

I want to get him into a cell in Atlanta before someone finally gets to him.

What about the press?

Draft a statement this afternoon.

We'll get it to them before the late additions.

Now, there are two points that we have to make.

First, Diamond was accused of kidnapping... robbery, and murder. And

country is sick and tired of seeing these gangsters walking out of our

scot -free.

I'll rough out a draft right after I call the appeals court.

Thanks, Tony.

I tried it your way, Michael. This time it didn't work.

Yet if somebody got to the jury, there's no end to legs. I don't know.

Whichever way, I made some phone calls this afternoon to Chicago, Detroit, and

Boston.

It's going to be settled within the framework that we agreed on in Chicago.

You mean Lepke and Anastasia?

Murder Incorporated.

I don't want to hear that term again. You set up a thing like this, Charlie,

it's like a genie, you know? You might not be able to get it back into the

bottle. Mike, listen, if Charlie doesn't use those other troops, I'm going to

whack legs myself.

You know Louie Palmer, Rochag and Trevito?

He just died after another go around on the operating table.

We know what room he's in, Lepke.

I had enough trouble finding the hotel.

We're in farm country, you know.

I know. Come on.

I know

you're

throwing a party for me, but what can I do? I'm still with the attorneys.

I can't tell. Probably half an hour.

Look, the whole idea is that we may try to have my federal bail revoked now that

I beat the state.

I'll be there just as soon as I can.

I love you too, Ellis.

I'm sorry about your wife.

And the party.

But you asked me to come all the way up here.

And then we have only had a few hours together during this trial, and the rest

of the time I have been staring at these four walls.

Come here.

What's the problem, Lepney? You should have been finished hours ago.

Well, the problem is that he's still in there with the girl, and you said you

don't want to hit.

I mean, if you want me and Al to go in there, we can do it that way, Charlie.

But I think she's going to have to go, too.

No, I want you to just hang in there. He'll be out.

It's already 5 a .m.

We'll get him, Charlie.

I thought things would be easier with Legs gone.

Why should Seabury care about somebody like Legs Diamond?

Seabury cares about riding the headlines.

And Legs Diamond's death gave him a banner headline.

Charlie, I'm going to have to retire.

Come on, what are you talking about?

A retired assistant chief of police won't give Seabury a headline.

But doesn't Seabury understand that what he's trying to ruin is the only thing

that's ever made politics work?

Family used to say, reformers is like morning glories, they bloom and die.

Just our bad luck. Seaver is in full bloom now. Tell me something, Leo. Who's

after, us or our politicians?

The politicians.

But the reform movement may get out of control, go beyond the politicians to

guys. You ought to back off, Charlie. I ought to back off? Why don't you go tell

that to Dutch Schultz? He goes gunning for Vinnie Call and all of a sudden

reform people come down on our head. All we need now is some ambitious

politician. That's Tom Dewey, the assistant U .S. attorney. I introduced

him once. Watch out for him, Charlie. He's a hungry man.

I'm not that worried about him, Leo. If he ever gets high enough to reach his

hand, that will take care of it. Maybe, but while he's climbing, he's dangerous.

Politicians.

He's crazy.

But that's some fun.

Good night, lady.

See you later.

Bye -bye.

Hey, Martha.

Yeah, Pete.

your brother Dutch Schultz has his regards.

You have a good time at the club?

Yeah, a very good time.

It's good you like this place.

You can't get to the Dutchman and get to his people.

Now. Hey,

kid, what's the matter with you? You get away from the car or you stay away from

the car?

Do you drive this thing?

I guess so. Why?

Because I bought it for you.

How come?

How come?

Yeah. Why not? It's how come.

Oh, don't kid me, Dutch.

You want Charlie to see me driving by myself in a car so he'll follow me back.

Let me tell you something. Everything ain't about Charlie Luciano.

I just wanted you to go for a ride in the country if you want.

It's really for me?

Every bit.

I know he never bought you anything he didn't want to use for his business.

That's not even why I got it for you.

I bought it for you.

Look, it's even got carpet in the trunk.

Paul used ice picks on him.

This man's my soldier. He should have shot him.

Oh, what difference does it make?

It makes a difference.

They're rules.

Yes, I make right myself.

Oh, rat wick.

Dr. Philp.

Mother of God, Mr. Dewey.

He has brass guts.

So many familiar faces.

So few politicians.

Seabury's scaring people out of all the speaks.

He's a real pill, isn't he, Charlie?

The Seabury Commission is loaded with pills, Dutchick. It's very expensive

having politicians cry all over your shoulders.

Maybe you pay too much for your clothes.

Worse things may happen to you, Charlie, than the Seabury Commission.

Would that be all right with you?

Why don't you ask me if and when?

If you were around.

You look very beautiful tonight.

Oh, and you like it? Do you like it, Charlie?

Yeah, I thought you would.

You like all your old memories, don't you? All your old friends.

I had people try to find you.

Whatever for, Charlie?

Let's say for old times' sake.

Oh, you're just a sentimental guy.

Are you Charlie?

Yeah, didn't you know? We'll do anything for old times' sake.

You're here to talk old times, that's...

I'm here to take your money.

I'll tell you what.

You've got a chance at my tables.

And if you win, you can buy some candles to light for the guy that Cole stuck in

your car.

Vinnie Cole.

He's a terrible man, Charlie.

Have a good time at the Partridge Club.

Put the gun back in the drawer. You're not going to have to use it. I didn't

bring it.

What are you talking about, you didn't bring it? What were you going to do if

got noisy down there? Stare him to death? Come on, Charlie. You wouldn't

that happen. And you didn't.

Did it look like I backed down?

No. The troops won't think so either.

They'll think you controlled it because you did.

They think that I'm so much in control that they drop their guard and they let

Schultz come walking into this club.

Schultz and Chris insulted me, Michael. You wanted to make it a personal matter.

You didn't let him.

He lost downstairs.

You want him to win up here?

In your head?

What are you doing here? I'm slumming.

Slumming is any way you are.

Bugsy Siegel.

You picked quite a night to take me on a tour of the underworld.

What about the third owner of the Partridge Club?

What's it, Lenzer? Michael Lasker.

Probably in the office.

You know, Mr. Dewey, the most remarkable thing about Schultz going in is that he

came out.

You mean to tell me you were here and he walked out alive?

I tell you what this no -shooting rule is for Schultz to license to rub our

noses in it. Would you stop being such a sin?

Where were you today?

Took over a bagel bakery downtown.

Collars. Sold Collier a union that wouldn't ask for higher wages. I

the union jobs.

It was easy.

Green didn't have to hit anybody at all, except one union guy.

He was a commie anyway.

That's what I did.

What do you know?

Somebody had a good day.

What do you expect to take? Talk business later.

Look, I want to know after Schultz comes in, who's next to have an open house at

the Partridge Club?

Buster from Chicago with his violin case?

Jesse James and his horse?

Yes.

Thanks.

Have any call?

No, boss.

Jolly.

Schultz's just was.

We didn't want him. We don't want you.

You can go out any way you want.

Oh.

You're one hard, hard heave, huh?

Come on.

It's your rug your guts will be all over.

And you'll do since I just missed Dutch Schultz. You got to turn at the wheel,

come on.

Just missed a call in the house if nobody...

You guys are all crazy.

His people made the snatch already.

Yeah, Vinnie, I'm listening.

Uh -huh.

How much time do we have?

Yeah, I understand, then.

Won't be any of Gagliano's people.

Right.

Tommy's okay.

A hundred grand, get them back. Otherwise, we have to fish them out of

river. That's it.

Charlie, we gotta pay.

Relax, Gags. We're not going to lose Tommy, okay?

Cole's got us. We pay. We pay.

Not $100 ,000?

No. Michael, this creep is going to hack us. Sure he will.

Cole's been in the red for months.

Grabbing Tommy for ransom only proves how badly he needs the money.

I'll settle for $30 ,000.

Okay, I'll handle it then.

Myself.

Cole doesn't want you or any of your boys involved.

Tommy's your underboss. We understand how you feel, but it's no good. Look,

important thing is to get Tommy back, all right? Now, Cole doesn't want

in your family to deliver the mail. The best man for the job is Benny, all

right? Right.

I'd appreciate it. We know that, guys.

You make the arrangements.

I'll get in touch with Cole. We'll work something out, all right?

Thanks. Yeah, one of the things Cole says, he wants to see one car, two

That's it. I want you to have somebody good with you. I got Davey living.

Stella's brother?

Yeah. He doesn't have the experience, but... He's a good driver, Mike.

The rest I'll take care of my own, all right?

Look, Gags, I said I'd take care of you.

Take care.

How much further?

Not far.

Keep your eyes open.

This is crazy.

How do we know Lucchese's even alive?

I didn't know Carl wasn't waiting there with 50 grand.

They could take us out and still keep the money.

That's what I would do.

It is, huh?

Sure.

Let me tell you something about Vinnie Carl.

He's crazy, but he isn't stupid.

Killing us would be the dumbest thing he could do.

It would mean an open war, and he hasn't got the guns or the money to go to the

map with Charlie and come out alive.

All right, stop here and kill the engine.

All right, you turn the lights out and stay in the car.

Hello, Benny.

You all right, Tommy?

I'm okay, Ben.

A couple of bruises.

Got the 30 ,000?

Right here.

We need him.

First time he goes to the car.

Sure, I don't want to catch them on you.

Go ahead, Tom.

want to do a thing like that.

You don't think I trust Charlie Luciano?

Yeah.

What's the matter? Don't you want your bonus?

Well, it depends on what it is.

20 grand.

You hit Schultz.

20 grand?

To do a job that I do for nothing?

Andy, that doesn't sound like good business.

I'd hate to take a look at Charlie's books.

You forget Charlie's books.

Schultz is dead, right?

Schultz is dead.

Michael, go get some ice cream. I'll be down in a minute.

Hello.

Yes.

This is the man who works for your uncle in Washington.

I thought you'd forgotten all about us.

It's good to hear from you. What can I do for you?

I just wanted to tell you that Al Capone was arrested tonight at about 8 p .m.

by a combined force of IRS agents and the Chicago police.

You'll be reading all about it in the papers, I'm sure. Thank you. It's very

thoughtful of you to call me.

Good night.

Capone, they just picked them up.

Why fight your enemies when you can arrange to have the government fight for

right?

Ah, Davey.

Take the blindfold off.

That's a long time coming over, Davey.

It's not so easy.

We're talking about my sister and her husband.

Is that what we're talking about?

I thought you had some information I'd be willing to pay for.

You want me down on my knees, Dutch?

You've been there long enough.

What is it, Davey?

Charlie Luciano is giving Vinnie Call a contract to hit you.

That keeps it outside of families.

That's it.

Well, I can't exactly say I'm surprised, Davey.

Bam.

That's a terrific plan Charlie's got, Davey.

The only trouble is I'm going to hit Cole before he hits me.

And then when it makes sense, I'm going to hit the Guinea Luchano, too.

That might not be so easy.

Charlie's a careful man.

Well, I'm a careful man too, Davey.

Careful and patient.

We'll be in touch.

Poor stupid crumb.

You may have a gangster union behind you now, but I can still fire you for

coming in late. I'm sorry, Mr. Kotler.

Two gorillas grabbed me on the street and told me, tell Kotler the Dutchman

doesn't like his bagels.

They tell me, tell everyone.

Greeny, how would Schultz know Kotler was mine?

Only our people on Lepke knew that.

Get off the line so I can call Charlie.

Just like one of them. Vinnie went in for some ice cream.

You know, sometimes I think he's cold -blooded.

Hello, ladies.

What'll it be, sir?

Telecom.

Coming right up.

Evening mail.

I'll have to press this.

I'd like to see the look on Schultz's face right now.

We're lucky you missed.

We were lucky. How about Vinnie Call?

Call's gonna go after him even harder and faster now.

Yeah, with three fewer soldiers, Charlie.

Well, I gotta get back downstairs.

A lot of action on the bike jack table tonight.

No, no, not tonight.

Cole's probably got himself locked up in a hotel room with a .50 caliber machine

gun.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, it is tough luck.

Soap pajamas.

I never wore soap pajamas in my life.

Didn't I tell you how much help I'd be to you, Dutch?

Yeah.

Speaking of help, maybe it's time you made a phone call.

Whatever you say.

Whatever I say.

Remember Luciano's phone number? Oh, sure.

Hello.

Charlie, uh, hello. This is Chris. Listen, please.

Uh, Dutch is drinking and crazy again. He's, he's slapping me around.

Bullgun him out of here.

When he's drinking, he starts saying things like, I'm spying for you. He

it's like when I was living with Capone but working for you.

Can you get out of there?

I don't know.

I couldn't go to friends, Charlie. Dutch would kill anyone who hides me. I had

to call you.

I'm glad you did.

Thank you.

Where should we meet?

Make it by the fountain in Washington Square.

That's Vito's territory.

Right, Washington Square by the fountain.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah, I better go.

Thank you.

Hey, listen.

When you're in Washington Square, you stay seated on the fountain. Right.

You stay out of the line of fire. Don't you get up.

She's scared Dutch is going to kill her. Yeah, I gathered that.

You going?

I owe her, Michael.

You owe it to her to go to the village without any cover?

Sounds like a setup, Charlie.

Maybe it is, and maybe it's on the level.

And while I'm making up my mind, Schultz could kill her.

Maybe you're letting your personal feelings make the decisions for you.

Maybe Chris and Schultz know that.

I'll have cover.

Call Vito after I leave. If Schultz has soldiers there, there'll be a little

war. We can't afford that, Charlton.

We're paying a lot of cops. Let them check out the situation.

If Chris is on the level, they'll let us know. They'll even protect him.

You talked me into it.

Pause the call when it's over. It didn't happen. I didn't get to her phone. What

do you mean?

I was sitting at the fountain like we said.

And instead of Charlie, Johnny Broderick's squad of detectives came in.

Did Broderick hurt you? What did Broderick do?

It was like someone said not to see me.

Luciano.

And Broderick's cops beat your boy's bloody Dutch. Beat them bloody in front

me and then arrested.

And Johnny Broderick himself tipped his hat to me.

Put me in his car.

Drove me here.

He said Charlie Luciano said the book is balanced.

Broderick's a cop. Of course Charlie's gonna tell him that.

But Charlie'll fix himself an alibi and he'll work on you himself.

No, no, you don't understand, Dutch.

He owed me one.

He let me walk away because he owed me one.

That he's a guy who knows you set him up and all he's gonna do is let you get

away with it?

Oh, Luciano.

Maybe hitting Charlie head -on was wrong.

Maybe the way to take care of him is from his side, hit his friends.

Lasker.

Lasker. Lasker's just a bookkeeper.

Siegel.

Bugsy.

The Bug.

He's got my kind of guts.

And he's the one to hit, and I got his brother -in -law right in my pocket.

Yeah, who's this?

Yeah, Chink.

How's Waxy Gordon doing by you these days?

Oh, I left Waxy's outfit.

Waxy's got the outfit gunning for me. My own friends, eh?

Yeah? How come?

Ah, on account I stole his books.

You want to put your hands on his money?

The books say where it's hid.

I ain't big enough to make that play.

But you are.

Well, why me, Chink?

I mean, it's not that we just shoot at each other. We're not even friends.

Friends, man.

Friends is the guy who actually got gunning for me.

You got the guts.

And the rep.

Your word's good.

Where are you?

Broadway, near 20th.

Can you come down here to meet us?

Oh, uh -uh.

I feel like these books is ten feet wide and everybody's looking at me.

I want to find a dark place and hide, huh?

Okay.

Broadway and 20th.

Southeast corner, half an hour.

What'd he say?

The bug says, stay right here.

Do that.

The rest will be boarded.

Uh, 600 ain't a lot of money.

You do better somewhere else. Be my guest.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Dutch, somebody should be with Stella.

Now she gets the word.

That's very nice. We'll drop you at Grand Central.

Relax, Davey. We all got to go sometime.

Your sister's going to be a rich widow.

Who needs somebody nice?

Rob, where are you going?

Huh? Come on, Davey's got the flu. He's my brother -in -law and I love him, but

why should I make him drive with us today and get it infected?

these armor plate doors.

Yeah, well, if Chink's not on the level, you won't hate the armor plate.

Baby likes to drive this thing?

Sure, why not?

Let's go.

The bugger's in the front seat, man. We're in luck. Damn.

Hey, look at this. This thing really is bulletproof.

What's the matter with you, Father?

I'm hit, Ben.

Hit? How'd you get hit?

Well, I got blood on my butt. And offhand, I don't know where else it

come from.

Probably ricocheted up to the floorboard or something.

Look, you slide over. I'll run you down to St. Vincent's. All right?

I read this thing's supposed to be bulletproof.

Sorry, school don't know it. All right, Ben.

All right.

Thank you. We'll keep in touch.

Where's Charlie?

Downstairs. Would you mind getting him for me, Ben?

No problem. Something big happening?

Very big. Especially for Charlie.

What's big for Charlie?

That was Washington.

The judge in Capone's tax trial in Chicago just threw out the first set of

jurors brought in a new, absolutely pure panel.

Capone bought the first jury, huh? The judge seems to think so.

He's mad as hell. Capone's lawyers are very upset.

Al's looking at at least ten years in the federal pen in Atlanta.

That's great. That's just what we wanted.

You don't look too thrilled by it all.

I suppose that's a victory, Michael.

For doing things your way.

I thought it was our way.

You weren't there that night.

You didn't see what Capone had done to Chris.

So what?

Ten years in the federal pen isn't vengeance enough for you?

What do you miss, Charlie?

Bread, the wine, and the blood?

What do you miss?

Who knows?

You're sure?

I'm sure.

Call phones his lawyer, same time every day.

Now, we got this from the lawyer's secretary.

Same phone. You get that from the telephone company?

We paid a phone guy that traced the call.

Oh, Vinnie.

Vinnie called.

Yeah, he should know better than to use the same phone.

I sure hope Charlie paid him a large advance.

Vinnie, put him on, will you?

Yeah.

Well, that Schultz seems to be demanding our attention by killing Vincent Cole.

That's rather too bad.

Why too bad?

Schultz is as bad as they come.

Yes, but while he's demanding the attention of this office...

Mr. Luciano gets a chance to burrow deeper unchecked.

Now, who's the greater menace? In the long run, Luciano.

Well, let's not allow that.

We'll need more staff to go after Luciano and Schultz. I realize that.

We'll let Mr. Lucky Luciano think that the starched -shirt boy prosecutor from

Owosso, Michigan is going to go exclusively after Dutch Schultz.

But I'm going to hit Mr.

Luciano, too.

Where his political friends will be afraid to help him. That's narcotics and

prostitution. And those are not Luciano's businesses.

Tony, I think that you bought the Broadway columnists and the nightclub

version of these thugs. That they'll sell numbers, but not women. That

sell illegal booze, but not narcotics.

I don't believe that.

I think that people like Luciano will do anything they can to make an illegal

buck, and I'm going to prove it.

Sorry, buddy Mike. How are you?

Uh, Mr.

Segal, if I just... Maybe we can fit Benny's suits a little later, huh? Oh,

Mr. Lasker. Thank you.

Where have you been?

Home with Stella.

That's not true.

I called Scousdale just before I came over here.

What the hell for?

Why the hell not?

Where were you?

In Brooklyn, Jersey, a couple other places.

You looking for Tony Fabrizo?

That's right.

Seems like he dropped off the edge of the earth.

Ben, Charlie's trying to tell you something, and you're not listening.

In a few days, we're going to be in Chicago.

We have a chance to put the man that we want into the White House. We have a

chance to elect the President of the United States, Kabish.

Hmm.

Well, what does that have to do with me and the thug in Jersey?

What it has to do with you is that while we're gone, you're going to be running

the store with a little help from Tommy and Lep.

What good is it going to do is to have a crazy man running around New York?

All right.

Maybe crazy is the wrong word, huh?

Excuse me, lad.

I've got to look my best when I'm lining the store.

So the latest from little Davey Levine is that Charlie Lucky and Mike Lasker

will go to the convention.

Ben Siegel will stay here and run the Partridge Club all by his lonesome.

I'm beginning to think little Davey's becoming a better and better investment

all the time.

Tony Fabrizzo is still aching to get his hands on Ben Siegel for killing his

brothers, I imagine.

I would think so, Dutch.

Let's see if we can be of help.

I figured you could use this kind of a reception room. You know, you want to

talk to some of the politicians, give them some drinks, some fun.

Very nice, Pauline.

Everything's on now.

Pardon me, miss.

Do you find politics extremely interesting?

Well, no, sir. I wouldn't say I was much of an expert on politics.

Then maybe you could excuse us for a few minutes.

We can fix our own drinks, thank you.

nice, Paulie. Pleasure. You know, I have the feeling that politics you want to

discuss are New York politics.

And I only know a little bit more than the girl.

I'm going to be seeing a lot of you guys in the next couple of days.

Thank you for your help. Call you when I need you.

My pleasure.

Everything's fine.

We're getting a lot of action on the election.

Look, let me know if things change so we can adjust the odds.

All right, we'll let you know.

You sound like you have things pretty well in hand over there, huh?

Everything's fine.

Tapes at the club are good, too.

You sure you don't want us to stay out here in Chicago for good?

No, Mike, look, give my best to Charlie and everybody else, too.

Let me know if you decide on a president.

All right.

Take care.

I'm going to have to get lunch. Oh, wait a minute, Dave.

Tom, you call it. What's it going to be?

I could use some Chinese. We ain't got Chinese in a while.

Chinese it is.

I got that. No problem.

No, here, Dave. I got it.

You sure?

That's the first time he's ever gone out for lunch and never asked for any

money.

And then boom.

No, no, we're all right.

Could have been real bad, but we were lucky, Michael.

Aside from a little dust and smoke on our clothes, we should be all right.

Is there any reason why Ben didn't call himself?

The reason is a very nice nun here is taking his temperature.

He was the closest, Michael. They're checking him out more than the rest of

Somebody just bombed the office.

Everybody's okay. You can grab the other phone.

Hello, Mike.

I didn't think I'd be talking to you so soon again.

I just barely got off the phone with you to send Davey out for Chinese and bang,

bang, you know?

You should see the poor office.

Forget the office. Are you okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Look, let me talk to Charlie, all right?

I'm right here, Benny.

We asked you to mine the store, not let it blow up.

Yeah, I guess I got my wires crossed.

You have any idea who did it?

Oh, no, I was in the ambulance.

Lepke got down the street right after it happened.

Thinks he saw a car with Tony Fabrizzo in it taking off about 60.

Benny, are you all right?

Still on our way?

Yeah, she'll be here in a minute.

So will the doctors.

Nunn said something about I gotta stick around for a couple days for tests and

observation.

That's good. You do just what they tell you to.

Well, they're running the show here, I guess.

Charlie, don't tell Mike this.

These guys weren't messing around.

Convention or no convention, I'm not taking this laying down.

I understand, Benny.

Good luck in the convention.

You take care of yourself. You do what the doctors tell you, and we'll see you

soon, all right?

Night night, Benny.

Remember, the sister checks in every 20 minutes.

No problem about time.

Look, you gotta ditch these sleeping pills. I gotta spend the night and take

care of the details, alright?

Sure, Ben.

Want me to try?

Maybe later. Let's just get out of here. Get in.

Is

he

asleep? Those pills put him right out. Good.

Where's his brother -in -law?

Here to go.

Away on me.

Mr. Siegel is very still.

I marked him as a restless sleeper. Maybe those pills are too strong. No,

sister.

He's a restless soul.

I think he's peaceful here.

It is usually peaceful here, Mr. Lucchese.

You've thought of everything.

This is perfect.

Yep, I've thought of everything.

Not tonight, Lott.

I want David to graduate.

It's about time.

Fabrizio? Anthony Fabrizio is my son.

You wait here, officer.

Antonio!

Tony! Antonio!

Tony! Tony!

It's the police.

Please, talk to them, Tony.

Maybe they can help you.

For you, Papa. For you.

They will see you, officer.

You look hungry, Davey. You want to start with some Chinese?

The last thing I expected was being hungry.

I know you're hungry.

Hey, Davey, the last time you went for Chinese, that lovely Fabrizio put a bomb

down the chimney, right?

Ben, you got to get back to the hospital.

I never left.

I want you to walk up a ways and drop these in the canal, all right? And I

you to keep watching.

Okay?

Sure.

We haven't got much time, Davey.

We've got to trade her.

No.

That's impossible.

Lepke. Lepke is a traitor.

Somebody told the Dutchman that I took over Carlos' bakery and he blew it up.

Only we knew.

You told Lepke, didn't you?

Somebody told Schultz that Charlie Hyatt called to hit him.

Genvisi wants to be more than Charlie's underboss.

No, it wasn't Vito.

It wasn't Father Cohen, either.

See, Father drove my car the day I got ambushed.

I was sick, Ben.

And I come home, and you're there with Stella, and you feel okay.

Two days ago, you went out for Chinese food. You didn't ask for any money, and

while you were gone, a bomb comes down the chimney.

You come back.

There's no food.

I'm supposed to bring food to a blown -up building?

I asked myself the same question.

Then I asked, how could you have known it was the Partridge Club if you weren't

close?

You never bought any food, baby. We checked.

You're family, baby.

Now you tell me what to do before Lepke gets back.

Benny, I'm sorry.

I swear to God, I'm sorry.

Will you tell me why?

Does it matter?

I'll tell Lepke I'll handle it myself.

Then let you walk away and disappear.

But you gotta tell me why.

That's... Promise me, eh?

Piece of the numbers business.

That's what he offered me.

But you didn't ask for it.

No.

Look, you got any money on you?

You got enough to take a ship someplace, disappear?

No, man, I'll be okay. I'll make it on my own.

I'm sorry.

I'm just so sorry.

It's all right.

Look, you take off, all right?

You get on a ship, you go someplace, you disappear, all right?

Seems to be resting very well.

Yes, ma 'am.

Sister.

You know who he is, don't you?

Yes, Mr. Lucchese, I know.

You know who I am?

What we do with our lives?

Yes, I do.

Well, considering all that, I appreciate your kindness and your courtesy.

I belong to a nursing order.

In any case, God makes the judgment on all of us.

Thank you, sister.

Bet you never thought you'd see this happen, huh, boys?

Big Al in the electric chair.

The only place in this relic that's big enough or private enough for me to get

anything done.

Treating you all right, Al? Oh, yeah, treating me all right. Cost a little

but that's okay.

You boys want something to eat us a drink, I'll have the turnkey bring it,

No, thanks.

We're in Chicago for the convention.

We thought maybe you'd like to tell us what the setup will be.

If, uh, if, uh, if, uh... If I go to Atlanta.

Well, the setup is exactly the same.

I come from Chicago, from Atlanta.

You have any problems, something comes up in a hurry, you call Pauli Rico,

Nitti, huh?

I hear they're having some problems of their own.

Yeah, yeah.

Having a few problems.

Damned Internal Revenue Service.

Well, you got the best lawyers, Al.

Yeah, you know, I got the best lawyers and the worst luck.

Only sometimes...

I'm not so sure it's just bad luck.

What do you mean?

Well, your friend Michael here got a lot of friends in politics in

Washington.

That's only to protect our interests in New York, huh?

I understand, I understand. But still, you know, sometimes I wonder about a few

things.

Like how an IRS agent gets into us.

The little Davey Esposito?

Esposito's your own man, right? Yeah, sure, sure. I understand.

Guess the IRS fooled him too, huh?

Sure, I guess.

Only now you see I hear that little Davey Esposito has got some ideas about

going to New York.

I hadn't heard that.

Yeah?

If I hear he gets any more ideas... You'll take out your baseball bat?

Yeah.

Yeah, maybe I should, right?

Maybe it's a good way to find out just why the little pimp is so anxious to

leave my town and to go to New York.

It's not in our interest that anything happened to you, Al.

We hope your appeal is successful.

It will be.

You boys, you enjoy yourself while you're in my town, all right?

If you need anything, you just let me know.

Take it easy, Charlie.

Suit's here.

I almost forgot.

Chris Brennan stopped by the Partridge Club a couple of weeks ago.

She sends her regards.

Wait.

Come back here.

You bastard.

You dirty Sicilian bastard.

Roger Fliegenheimer.

Federal officer.

I have papers to serve.

Uh, there's nobody here by that name. You must have the wrong apartment.

Oh, come on, will you?

It's just a subpoena for records. It's not an arrest.

If that ain't true, your last words is a lie.

By yourself, brave guy?

It's just a subpoena for record, that's all. I'm only doing my job, okay?

What do you want, a tip? Get out!

Don't shove me. You don't have a free pass on that.

Get out.

Get out!

Lawyers don't write plain English. You read it.

As far as I can tell.

Federal grand jury said you didn't pay your taxes in 1929, 1930, and 1931, and

they want your records.

1931? I only haven't paid my taxes for last year by a couple of months.

They're trying to do what they did to Capone to me.

Who does he think I am?

I'm not Charlie Luce...

stay there until I tell you to move, you understand?

Joe, I got an idea. After Dewey nails Schultz for income tax evasion, why

we sue him for dropping that bomb down the chimney at the Partridge Club?

No, forget it. I'd rather have him killed in jail. Forget it.

Why don't we sue him first? Don't worry about it. It's perfect. The government

gets the phone for us and now Dewey's going up to Schultz.

That was Lepke.

The Dutchman wants to hit Dewey and very soon he's got his apartment staked out.

Now, that's not a bad idea, really. That's not bad.

It'll bring the government down on all of us and destroy everything that we've

built.

Unless we hit Schultz first.

Okay, Lepke and Anastasia, right?

Tell them to find fresh faces, good shooters.

And I don't want anything to happen to Chris Brennan when they go after

Charlie, listen, will you forget about that woman? You don't owe her nothing.

Hey, Benny, you heard me.

I'm not deaf, Charlie.

I'm just saying you may regret it later. That's all I'm saying.

How are you, huh?

Oh, honey, I got to call Bo Weinberg. I'll be right back.

I got the prettiest girl in the world.

Hey!

That's what you get for being a nice guy, Charlie.

Schultz is dead and Dewey's alive. I could have gotten them both in one shot.

What Charlie thought?

Ever since we were kids, we had a plan for everything, right? Right. To take

care of each other.

That hasn't changed.

If Dewey gets me, he's going to come after the two of you. You can count on

that.

Benny, I want you to go to California. Get into the movie business.

Get into gambling in Las Vegas.

Michael, buy us the casino in Cuba. Get us into real estate in Florida.

That way, Dewey won't be able to lay a hand on either one of you.

90 counts of compulsory prostitution, Charlie. Sounds like a bunch of shit to

me.

Dewey hasn't even got a case. He's just looking for the headlines.

Hookers.

I've done a lot of things in my life.

But hookers.

Prostitution. It's the one thing that I have never done.

Come on, stop worrying.

You've got the best lawyers, right?

Delano.

Dewey's too smart to go this far.

He's got too much at stake to lose this one.

He's got something. He don't care if it's honest or not.

And he's got something.

Or somebody.

I killed her, Charlie.