1 00:03:03,541 --> 00:03:05,487 What happened out there, Billy? 2 00:03:05,543 --> 00:03:08,854 - My clutch stuck. - Yeah, I saw what stuck your clutch. 3 00:03:09,347 --> 00:03:11,088 See you tomorrow night at Lou's? 4 00:03:11,148 --> 00:03:14,891 No, sir. No poker for me. Taking my wife to New Orleans this weekend. 5 00:03:14,952 --> 00:03:16,363 You gonna see the fight? 6 00:03:16,420 --> 00:03:19,299 No, just take in some shows. Do a little dancing. 7 00:03:19,357 --> 00:03:23,203 What kind of dancing you gonna do with them two left feet you got there? 8 00:03:23,261 --> 00:03:25,002 Two flat left feet. 9 00:03:26,030 --> 00:03:30,809 If you don't watch it, you may find a flat left foot in your navel. 10 00:03:31,002 --> 00:03:33,608 - You and who else? - Just me, chump. 11 00:03:34,672 --> 00:03:37,710 And a flat left foot in your navel. 12 00:03:38,442 --> 00:03:41,082 Look out. You'll get your clutch stuck again, up your... 13 00:03:41,145 --> 00:03:42,419 Watch your lips. 14 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,587 They may get you into something that your behind can't get you out of. 15 00:03:46,651 --> 00:03:50,258 And you may have two left feet dead in your sternum. 16 00:03:50,488 --> 00:03:54,595 - I think we can get it on right now. - What? 17 00:03:54,859 --> 00:03:57,703 Right now. Because I am tired of you, man. 18 00:03:57,795 --> 00:04:00,833 Every time you come around, it's been words back and forth. 19 00:04:00,898 --> 00:04:04,175 I'm sick of it. I don't care how much you swell up. 20 00:04:05,136 --> 00:04:07,047 Keep an eye on him, now. 21 00:04:07,438 --> 00:04:08,473 Now. 22 00:04:09,006 --> 00:04:12,283 Wait. Don't throw no punches. I wanna talk to you for one second. 23 00:04:12,343 --> 00:04:15,916 Let me tell you something. Before we get it on, I wanna say something. 24 00:04:15,980 --> 00:04:17,982 This is all... I love you. 25 00:04:41,706 --> 00:04:43,743 Come here. 26 00:04:47,445 --> 00:04:49,425 Go on. Go and say hello. 27 00:04:51,115 --> 00:04:52,287 Come here. 28 00:05:00,391 --> 00:05:03,338 Sea? There you go. 29 00:05:06,797 --> 00:05:09,209 You write "1. 30 00:05:10,201 --> 00:05:13,307 Do. 31 00:05:18,709 --> 00:05:20,086 She got me. 32 00:05:27,184 --> 00:05:29,630 Thank you. She's all finished now. 33 00:05:43,167 --> 00:05:45,169 Mr. Williams, Mr. Foster? 34 00:05:50,474 --> 00:05:51,817 I'm sorry. 35 00:05:57,248 --> 00:05:58,852 - You got to do it. - I said no. 36 00:05:58,916 --> 00:06:01,658 - It's the end of the line. - There's got to be another way. 37 00:06:01,719 --> 00:06:05,030 "There's got to be another way." Tell you what it is. You got to! 38 00:06:05,089 --> 00:06:07,660 You're crazy. I haven't done it since I was in the Army. 39 00:06:07,725 --> 00:06:10,467 - You did at Joan's birthday last year. - That don't count. 40 00:06:10,528 --> 00:06:12,872 - I was fooling around. - It was beautiful. I saw it. 41 00:06:12,930 --> 00:06:14,238 I got it all figured out. 42 00:06:14,298 --> 00:06:17,802 I'm taking Beth to New Orleans this weekend to celebrate our anniversary. 43 00:06:17,868 --> 00:06:21,213 You and Dee Dee come and help us celebrate, and while we're there... 44 00:06:21,272 --> 00:06:22,717 - No! - Listen to me! 45 00:06:22,773 --> 00:06:26,016 Some of these lodge members have been there for 60 years or more... 46 00:06:26,076 --> 00:06:27,817 and they're our responsibility! 47 00:06:27,878 --> 00:06:31,951 You better change your pants before people think you can't hold your water. 48 00:06:32,516 --> 00:06:34,154 You got to do it! 49 00:07:06,283 --> 00:07:10,732 - We're running an hour late already. - Maybe their taking so long is a good sign. 50 00:07:10,888 --> 00:07:14,233 - I'd better tell them to start the meeting. - Go ahead. 51 00:07:20,598 --> 00:07:23,670 Clyde, honey, the world is not run on CB time. 52 00:07:23,767 --> 00:07:27,305 - You two will be late for your own funeral. - I hope so. Billy ain't here? 53 00:07:27,371 --> 00:07:29,112 - No. - What they say? 54 00:07:38,349 --> 00:07:42,593 Billy Foster, will you hurry up? Everybody's in there waiting on you. 55 00:07:46,423 --> 00:07:48,960 - Where is our car? - I sold the car. 56 00:07:49,026 --> 00:07:51,302 - Why did you sell our car? - I sold the car. 57 00:07:51,362 --> 00:07:53,603 Is it our wedding anniversary tomorrow... 58 00:07:53,664 --> 00:07:55,974 or is it not our wedding anniversary tomorrow? 59 00:07:56,033 --> 00:07:58,013 - So what? - So, for 14 years... 60 00:07:58,068 --> 00:08:01,811 you've been working your fingers to the bone from sunrise to sundown... 61 00:08:01,872 --> 00:08:06,184 and I never had a dollar to spend nothing on you, so I sold the car. 62 00:08:06,243 --> 00:08:09,452 I'm taking my wife to New Orleans for the weekend. 63 00:08:12,249 --> 00:08:16,561 A man can always get a cheap car, but he can't get a wife. 64 00:08:22,626 --> 00:08:24,867 - Ain't that sweet? - Yeah. 65 00:08:25,129 --> 00:08:27,609 - They are up to something. - I know it. 66 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:31,135 - I am. - Yes, you are! 67 00:08:31,201 --> 00:08:33,613 - And I'm gonna be. - Yes, you will! 68 00:08:33,771 --> 00:08:35,978 - Triumph have I? - Yes! 69 00:08:36,173 --> 00:08:38,050 - Steady of heart? - Yes! 70 00:08:38,108 --> 00:08:40,850 - No valley of sorrow is deep enough. - No! 71 00:08:41,045 --> 00:08:43,252 No mountain of pleasure is high enough... 72 00:08:44,081 --> 00:08:48,154 to cause my feet to stumble one step in our everlasting journey... 73 00:08:48,218 --> 00:08:51,324 - to the righteous side of life. - Praise to Him! 74 00:08:51,422 --> 00:08:54,232 And marching out at the head of our great multitude... 75 00:08:54,291 --> 00:08:56,168 to show us the way is our founder... 76 00:08:56,226 --> 00:08:59,901 the great grand warrior of the Kingdom of Shaka. 77 00:08:59,964 --> 00:09:01,807 Praise to the kingdom! 78 00:09:01,932 --> 00:09:06,711 He stamped his feet on the ground that is Africa, and the Earth trembled. 79 00:09:06,770 --> 00:09:10,149 - To the evil, he shows no mercy. - No! 80 00:09:10,207 --> 00:09:13,711 - To the deceitful, his blows are swift. - Yes! 81 00:09:13,777 --> 00:09:17,088 But to the pure in heart, he is love. 82 00:09:17,414 --> 00:09:20,952 Love, brothers and sisters. He is our leader. 83 00:09:21,018 --> 00:09:25,194 The great grand warrior of the Kingdom of Shaka. 84 00:09:25,255 --> 00:09:27,963 All praises due to our founder! 85 00:09:28,025 --> 00:09:31,700 All praises due to the Kingdom of Shaka! 86 00:09:50,047 --> 00:09:51,958 Brothers and sisters... 87 00:09:53,350 --> 00:09:55,352 another day has dawned... 88 00:09:55,853 --> 00:09:59,164 and though we are here in our good health and strength... 89 00:09:59,223 --> 00:10:01,533 today is not a good day for us. 90 00:10:02,259 --> 00:10:06,765 The city has refused to grant us the extension that we wanted. 91 00:10:07,931 --> 00:10:11,037 And so I guess the best way to start this meeting... 92 00:10:11,101 --> 00:10:15,982 is with a financial report on our situation from our treasurer, Brother Billy Foster. 93 00:10:21,412 --> 00:10:24,791 We all know the situation. We have known for the past three years... 94 00:10:24,848 --> 00:10:29,092 that the city was gonna tear down this section, commencing next year. 95 00:10:29,486 --> 00:10:33,024 In six weeks, we've got to be out of this building. 96 00:10:34,525 --> 00:10:38,063 Two years ago, you all made pledges to the new building fund... 97 00:10:38,128 --> 00:10:41,405 and you've fulfilled those pledges, but that's not enough. 98 00:10:41,465 --> 00:10:43,945 Brothers and sisters, for the past two years... 99 00:10:44,001 --> 00:10:47,744 we're raking and scraping, but it is not enough! 100 00:10:49,039 --> 00:10:51,747 The initial cost of the construction... 101 00:10:51,809 --> 00:10:53,846 is $55,000. 102 00:10:53,911 --> 00:10:57,358 That means we got to have at least that before we can start. 103 00:10:58,382 --> 00:11:02,626 And so far, in the kitty, we've got $18,000. 104 00:11:05,422 --> 00:11:09,268 Now, what are we going to do about it? 105 00:11:09,326 --> 00:11:12,535 - Fight it! - Tighten up and dig deeper. 106 00:11:12,629 --> 00:11:16,907 Now, I know it's gonna be rough. It is now or never! 107 00:11:19,803 --> 00:11:24,411 Now, the sons and daughters of Shaka have always thrived on adversity. 108 00:11:24,508 --> 00:11:25,748 That's right! 109 00:11:25,809 --> 00:11:28,949 - We live to overcome suffering. - Yes! 110 00:11:29,079 --> 00:11:32,390 We live to create light where there was darkness. 111 00:11:33,383 --> 00:11:36,387 - We have got to put our heart in it. - Yes! 112 00:11:36,453 --> 00:11:39,263 - We've got to put our soul in it. - Yes! 113 00:11:39,323 --> 00:11:42,270 - We've got to put our spirits in it. - Yes! 114 00:11:42,359 --> 00:11:45,203 And we've got to put some more money in it! 115 00:12:59,436 --> 00:13:02,178 - That money should be in a bank. - It was. 116 00:13:04,875 --> 00:13:07,685 - We can go to jail if this don't work. - It's gonna work. 117 00:13:07,744 --> 00:13:10,350 - It's been a long time. - But you still got the touch. 118 00:13:10,414 --> 00:13:13,486 'Cause I remember, at Sister Joan's party, with Victor Brown... 119 00:13:13,550 --> 00:13:17,794 you had him going around there, crowing like a rooster in a hen house. 120 00:13:20,524 --> 00:13:22,003 That's right. 121 00:13:22,059 --> 00:13:24,835 - How much is that? - $2,000. 122 00:13:25,596 --> 00:13:28,543 Mortgaged my furniture, sold my car, closed my bank account. 123 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:31,842 $2,000 from me. $18,000 from the lodge. 124 00:13:32,102 --> 00:13:33,809 $20,000. 125 00:13:39,176 --> 00:13:41,986 No, man. I'm a milkman. You're a factory worker. 126 00:13:42,045 --> 00:13:44,719 We don't look like nobody who'd come up with no $20,000. 127 00:13:44,781 --> 00:13:47,421 - We gonna look like we got a million. - How? 128 00:13:47,484 --> 00:13:50,863 You just leave that up to me. I'll take care of that. 129 00:13:58,762 --> 00:14:01,504 Our women must never know nothing about this. 130 00:14:01,565 --> 00:14:05,377 Never. They're just going to New Orleans to have a good time. 131 00:16:18,969 --> 00:16:22,610 That's for showing me one of the nicest times I've ever had in my life. 132 00:16:22,672 --> 00:16:26,677 - Is that all I'm gonna get? - That's all you gonna get in public. 133 00:16:28,845 --> 00:16:29,949 Stop! 134 00:16:31,515 --> 00:16:32,994 You fresh thing. 135 00:16:33,050 --> 00:16:35,462 - You know you love it. - Yes, I do. 136 00:16:37,354 --> 00:16:40,597 And tonight I'm gonna lay a blockbuster on you. 137 00:16:40,657 --> 00:16:43,968 Yeah? I'm gonna have a block for you to bust, too, baby... 138 00:16:44,027 --> 00:16:46,200 so you better bring a whole lot of hammer. 139 00:16:46,263 --> 00:16:48,334 Have hammer, will travel... 140 00:16:48,398 --> 00:16:51,436 and go deep into your crevice. 141 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,751 - It's the truth. - I know, but I certainly wish... 142 00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:03,257 you two would stop putting your business in the street like that. 143 00:17:03,313 --> 00:17:05,384 Are you gonna sit there and act all proper... 144 00:17:05,449 --> 00:17:08,521 like Clyde ain't been hitting your switch regularly? 145 00:17:08,985 --> 00:17:12,296 - I ain't in it. - I could say something, but I won't. 146 00:17:14,091 --> 00:17:16,571 Of course Clyde and me have relations. 147 00:17:16,626 --> 00:17:20,768 We certainly don't let the whole world know about it. Do we, honey? 148 00:17:20,897 --> 00:17:24,470 Me and Dee Dee, we don't make no noise. We whisper a lot. 149 00:17:29,573 --> 00:17:31,143 "Oh, baby." 150 00:17:34,144 --> 00:17:36,488 We're all grown. And we know what's happening. 151 00:17:36,546 --> 00:17:39,755 - Besides, it's our anniversary. - I know that. 152 00:17:40,383 --> 00:17:43,489 But suppose somebody who didn't know you heard you talking. 153 00:17:43,553 --> 00:17:44,827 What would they say? 154 00:17:44,888 --> 00:17:47,095 They'd say I was having a horny conversation... 155 00:17:47,157 --> 00:17:50,627 with a man in a fancy restaurant, and he was picking up on my vibe. 156 00:17:50,694 --> 00:17:52,435 Picking up on them. 157 00:17:57,067 --> 00:18:00,537 - Dee Dee, I didn't know you were a prude. - I am not a... 158 00:18:01,438 --> 00:18:03,076 Lam not a prude. 159 00:18:03,673 --> 00:18:07,314 But there are some things that I won't do, and that's all. 160 00:18:10,113 --> 00:18:11,456 La-di-da. 161 00:18:40,377 --> 00:18:42,516 Baby, that was a good lunch. 162 00:18:42,846 --> 00:18:46,487 Now I'm ready for a nap, but first I'm gonna go take a wee-wee. 163 00:18:46,550 --> 00:18:49,827 Dee Dee, come on and go to the powder room with me. 164 00:18:51,354 --> 00:18:52,856 Come on, girl. 165 00:19:04,334 --> 00:19:06,245 - You tell me why? - Why? 166 00:19:12,909 --> 00:19:14,911 The fella with the pink flower... 167 00:19:14,978 --> 00:19:18,221 the biggest of the bigtime gamblers in Louisiana. 168 00:19:18,548 --> 00:19:21,495 Kansas City Mack. Owns this restaurant, right here. 169 00:19:21,551 --> 00:19:23,531 Your books don't look good. I don't like it. 170 00:19:23,587 --> 00:19:26,534 22% off can only mean one thing: Bad management. You. 171 00:19:26,590 --> 00:19:29,696 You got to start increasing your volume in all your operations... 172 00:19:29,759 --> 00:19:32,740 especially in gambling, joy houses, and the liquor business. 173 00:19:32,796 --> 00:19:33,900 Boss, inflation... 174 00:19:33,964 --> 00:19:36,706 That ain't bothering Biggie Smalls in Kentucky and Alabama. 175 00:19:36,766 --> 00:19:39,110 They're rolling along, heading in this direction. 176 00:19:39,169 --> 00:19:41,080 It's your territory they'll grab first. 177 00:19:41,137 --> 00:19:44,448 We're pushing as hard as we can. We're on top of it seven days a week. 178 00:19:44,507 --> 00:19:47,283 That's not good enough. You got to come up with new ideas. 179 00:19:47,344 --> 00:19:49,881 That's why Biggie Smalls keeps beating us to the punch. 180 00:19:49,946 --> 00:19:52,927 Young college-educated fagots are doing his thinking for him. 181 00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:56,362 Maybe y'all are too old. Maybe y'all need to take a walk. 182 00:19:58,154 --> 00:20:02,102 Maybe I ought to get some young college-educated fagots to think for me. 183 00:20:05,962 --> 00:20:08,738 - How are things looking on this fight? - Not so good. 184 00:20:08,798 --> 00:20:11,904 We're getting action on 40th St. Black, but nothing on Farnsworth. 185 00:20:11,968 --> 00:20:14,847 That figures. Even his mama ain't dumb enough to bet on him. 186 00:20:14,904 --> 00:20:16,042 Look, use your heads. 187 00:20:16,106 --> 00:20:20,486 If there ain't no Farnsworth money around, close your books and set this one out. 188 00:20:35,925 --> 00:20:38,337 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the training camp... 189 00:20:38,395 --> 00:20:40,306 of the Middleweight Champ of the World... 190 00:20:40,363 --> 00:20:43,572 who will defend his championship the night after tomorrow... 191 00:20:43,633 --> 00:20:47,604 right here in the fabulous city of New Orleans, at the Sports Center. 192 00:20:47,671 --> 00:20:51,813 He is now coming to the ring to spar in three rounds of boxing... 193 00:20:51,875 --> 00:20:53,445 for your entertainment. 194 00:20:53,510 --> 00:20:56,184 The Middleweight Champion of the World, 40th St. Black! 195 00:20:56,246 --> 00:20:58,783 Let's hear it, ladies and gentlemen! 196 00:21:33,616 --> 00:21:37,154 Anybody running into him better be driving a Mack Truck. 197 00:21:55,572 --> 00:21:57,984 - Okay, let's go see the challenger. - What's his name? 198 00:21:58,041 --> 00:22:00,817 - Bootney Farnsworth. - Bootney Farnsworth? 199 00:22:03,947 --> 00:22:06,325 Come on, keep your right up, protect yourself. 200 00:22:06,383 --> 00:22:10,490 Protect yourself! Move! Jab with your left hand. Jab! 201 00:22:10,553 --> 00:22:13,090 There you go! Throw them punches in. 202 00:22:13,156 --> 00:22:14,726 Move, Bootney! 203 00:22:17,394 --> 00:22:20,170 Honey, Bootney Farnsworth is knocking out his fellas, too. 204 00:22:20,230 --> 00:22:23,074 No, dear, that's Bootney Farnsworth, there. 205 00:22:29,939 --> 00:22:31,282 Look, kid. 206 00:22:34,444 --> 00:22:37,982 Move. Use your jab, understand? Don't try to slug it out. 207 00:22:38,047 --> 00:22:41,358 If you get tagged, clench. Keep your gloves up high, protect yourself. 208 00:22:41,418 --> 00:22:44,297 - Okay. Let's go, come on. - Go get him. Take him. 209 00:22:46,289 --> 00:22:49,998 Punch! Cover up! Move it, move! 210 00:22:55,765 --> 00:22:58,678 40th St. Black is gonna kill that poor baby. 211 00:23:06,409 --> 00:23:09,219 - Here's your press card. - Where'd you get these? 212 00:23:09,279 --> 00:23:11,281 I printed them up myself. 213 00:23:29,232 --> 00:23:33,442 You guys got one minute, and that's it. My fighter has to eat and get some sleep. 214 00:23:33,503 --> 00:23:37,383 Based on your last fight, do you feel you deserve a shot at the title? 215 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,977 Martin was a pushover. Bootney was carrying him. 216 00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:43,024 - I hear your sparring partner decked you. - He slipped. 217 00:23:43,079 --> 00:23:46,424 Word's going around you're not in shape. What do you say about that? 218 00:23:46,483 --> 00:23:50,124 - Lies, propaganda! - Then why are you a five-to-one underdog? 219 00:23:50,186 --> 00:23:52,792 Because we fight in the ring, not in the newspaper... 220 00:23:52,856 --> 00:23:56,303 - like that big-mouth, empty-headed sissy. - Can we quote you, Bootney? 221 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,771 Yeah, you can quote him! You tell the world... 222 00:23:58,828 --> 00:24:02,708 when we're through with 40th St. Black, he'll look like 30th St. Yellow. 223 00:24:02,765 --> 00:24:06,076 Any truth to the rumor that you're developing a secret punch? 224 00:24:06,135 --> 00:24:09,548 Don't answer that, Bootney. Everything in its proper place. 225 00:24:09,606 --> 00:24:12,951 - If you lose, what are your plans? - We can't answer that. 226 00:24:13,076 --> 00:24:15,420 Losing's the last thing we think about. 227 00:24:15,478 --> 00:24:18,118 - How long will the fight last? - It won't go the distance. 228 00:24:18,181 --> 00:24:20,525 If you win, will you be an active champion? 229 00:24:20,583 --> 00:24:24,360 - We'll fight anybody, anywhere. - One little personal question. 230 00:24:24,420 --> 00:24:26,229 How's your love life? 231 00:24:27,290 --> 00:24:30,601 How's his love life? 232 00:24:31,828 --> 00:24:33,808 He's got his hands full. 233 00:24:34,998 --> 00:24:38,445 Okay, it's time to give my fighter some rest. So up and out, let's go. 234 00:24:38,501 --> 00:24:40,708 You know what to write, what pictures to print. 235 00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:44,377 I appreciate you coming down. See you when we win the championship. 236 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,388 Out you go, fellas. Thanks a lot for coming by. Appreciate it a lot. 237 00:24:58,588 --> 00:24:59,999 Mr. Ellison? 238 00:25:02,225 --> 00:25:06,139 - You really think I got a chance? - He's gonna beat your brains in. 239 00:25:13,269 --> 00:25:16,546 You've got something, but we just can't seem to... 240 00:25:18,541 --> 00:25:20,851 You do have a chance, son. 241 00:25:22,078 --> 00:25:25,287 - But not a good one? - Not a good chance. 242 00:25:26,983 --> 00:25:28,724 But you never know. 243 00:25:29,986 --> 00:25:32,330 Come on, kid. Get some rest. 244 00:25:33,156 --> 00:25:35,966 We've got another day's work ahead of us. 245 00:26:10,126 --> 00:26:12,663 Bootney Farnsworth, can you hear me? 246 00:26:20,503 --> 00:26:23,006 Listen to the rhythm of the chimes. 247 00:26:23,072 --> 00:26:25,484 Listen to the rhythm of my voice. 248 00:26:25,541 --> 00:26:28,249 You are going into the deepest part of your sleep. 249 00:26:28,311 --> 00:26:30,848 Deeper and deeper. 250 00:26:34,717 --> 00:26:37,254 Now your subconscious belongs to me. 251 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:45,696 Open your eyes. 252 00:26:51,668 --> 00:26:54,171 In the innermost reaches of your heart... 253 00:26:54,237 --> 00:26:56,808 you are a tiger. 254 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,815 Tiger. 255 00:26:58,875 --> 00:27:03,415 You are capable of great feats of strength and courage. 256 00:27:03,579 --> 00:27:06,389 Strength and courage. 257 00:27:06,849 --> 00:27:09,762 You can beat any fighter in the world. 258 00:27:09,819 --> 00:27:12,595 You will win the championship. 259 00:27:14,590 --> 00:27:16,763 - I will? - Yes. 260 00:27:18,661 --> 00:27:20,140 Out of sight. 261 00:27:21,831 --> 00:27:23,708 Tomorrow at your sparring session... 262 00:27:23,766 --> 00:27:26,747 you will demonstrate all the power you are capable of... 263 00:27:26,803 --> 00:27:30,876 and on the night of the fight, you will win over 40th St. Black. 264 00:27:31,374 --> 00:27:33,752 - Win. - Win. 265 00:27:33,810 --> 00:27:36,723 - Invincible. - Win. 266 00:27:36,979 --> 00:27:39,391 - Mean. - Win. 267 00:27:39,449 --> 00:27:42,760 Downright nasty with strength. 268 00:27:47,757 --> 00:27:50,863 Now go to sleep. 269 00:27:54,864 --> 00:27:56,275 Go to sleep. 270 00:27:56,766 --> 00:27:57,938 Sleep. 271 00:28:04,907 --> 00:28:06,011 Win. 272 00:29:07,537 --> 00:29:10,416 - What are we gonna do now? - The fire escape. 273 00:29:58,287 --> 00:30:00,995 What are we gonna do? How do we go down? 274 00:30:06,162 --> 00:30:09,575 - What are we gonna do? - We're gonna put knots in these sheets... 275 00:30:09,632 --> 00:30:12,340 throw them out the window and climb down. 276 00:30:14,003 --> 00:30:16,711 You're crazy. We can't go down there on these. 277 00:30:16,772 --> 00:30:18,046 Are you crazy? 278 00:30:18,107 --> 00:30:21,384 Do you know what they'll do to us if they catch us? 279 00:32:15,024 --> 00:32:17,061 Keep moving, fool. 280 00:32:50,059 --> 00:32:52,665 Will you get your foot out of the way? 281 00:34:35,297 --> 00:34:36,537 Oh, boy. 282 00:34:40,970 --> 00:34:42,313 Come here. 283 00:35:57,313 --> 00:35:59,520 - Who are you? - Just as I thought. Who am I? 284 00:35:59,582 --> 00:36:02,495 Do you realize how many rules you've broken... 285 00:36:02,551 --> 00:36:06,294 regarding a single-occupancy room in the state of Louisiana? 286 00:36:06,355 --> 00:36:09,529 Do you realize how many laws you've broken, sir... 287 00:36:09,592 --> 00:36:11,902 since you've entered this room? 288 00:36:12,127 --> 00:36:14,573 - Who are you? - Who am I? 289 00:36:15,064 --> 00:36:17,476 Who am I? 290 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,644 I work for this hotel. Lam the house detective. 291 00:36:24,039 --> 00:36:27,350 And this is my assistant, Frank... 292 00:36:27,409 --> 00:36:30,982 and Frank will read you... Read him his rights. 293 00:36:31,046 --> 00:36:32,719 - His rights? - Yes, the rights. 294 00:36:32,781 --> 00:36:33,885 Rights. 295 00:36:34,183 --> 00:36:37,528 Anything you say may be held against you. 296 00:36:37,820 --> 00:36:41,529 And it doesn't matter, because we've got enough against you. 297 00:36:41,690 --> 00:36:45,832 Now, you, young lady, I'll get to you in a second. 298 00:36:46,095 --> 00:36:50,202 But you first. Now, what is your name? 299 00:36:51,166 --> 00:36:54,170 - Rufus Isaacs. - Rufus Isaacs. 300 00:36:54,670 --> 00:36:56,650 - Are you married, Rufus? - No. 301 00:36:57,906 --> 00:36:59,886 Okay. Where do you work? 302 00:36:59,942 --> 00:37:01,819 Right herein the hotel. 303 00:37:01,877 --> 00:37:04,881 Then, Rufus, it's gonna really be heavy on you. 304 00:37:04,947 --> 00:37:08,952 - Now, what do you do here in the hotel? - I'm the house detective. 305 00:37:10,019 --> 00:37:11,498 House detective, I see. 306 00:37:11,553 --> 00:37:15,023 That about closes this whole thing up, doesn't it? Yes. 307 00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:18,471 You got us. 308 00:37:19,194 --> 00:37:21,367 I guess you wanna put the handcuffs on us... 309 00:37:21,430 --> 00:37:23,967 take us on down to the manager's office... 310 00:37:24,033 --> 00:37:27,913 and explain to him how you caught us behind the sofa... 311 00:37:27,970 --> 00:37:31,417 while you were in here making love to a married woman. 312 00:37:32,308 --> 00:37:34,151 - Wait a minute now. - What? 313 00:37:34,209 --> 00:37:37,679 - Now, just wait a minute. - I don't understand what you mean. 314 00:37:37,746 --> 00:37:40,226 We have to go down and talk to the manager. 315 00:37:40,282 --> 00:37:41,386 - No. - What? 316 00:37:41,450 --> 00:37:43,225 You know, it's cool. 317 00:37:45,321 --> 00:37:47,301 - It's cool. - It's cool. 318 00:37:47,356 --> 00:37:50,132 - Rufus said "cool." - Rufus said it's cool. 319 00:37:51,126 --> 00:37:53,436 I knew he was hip, with the name Rufus. 320 00:37:53,495 --> 00:37:55,805 - Rufus. - You wanna take us down? 321 00:37:56,365 --> 00:37:58,402 Forget about it, you know. 322 00:37:59,702 --> 00:38:02,080 We will now have three rounds of sparring... 323 00:38:02,137 --> 00:38:05,778 between the challenger, Bootney Farnsworth, and... 324 00:38:07,142 --> 00:38:08,951 Hell. What's the use? 325 00:38:10,045 --> 00:38:13,049 Nothing but horse the rest of the way, fellas. 326 00:38:14,316 --> 00:38:15,954 That's all. 327 00:39:22,017 --> 00:39:25,055 We believe in change and we're prepared for it... 328 00:39:25,487 --> 00:39:28,195 with new techniques and new approaches. 329 00:39:28,724 --> 00:39:30,328 And as for our part, we feel that... 330 00:39:30,392 --> 00:39:33,839 you're the best pieces of manpower available in this whole region. 331 00:39:33,896 --> 00:39:36,604 - Thank you, Mr. Smalls. - Call me Biggie. 332 00:39:37,065 --> 00:39:40,444 We hope to be able to move into this area peacefully. 333 00:39:40,669 --> 00:39:42,080 No violence. 334 00:39:42,504 --> 00:39:45,383 But if Mack and his boys prove stubborn... 335 00:39:45,607 --> 00:39:49,054 then what has to be will be. That's where you come in. 336 00:39:49,745 --> 00:39:52,157 And if you're as good as your reputations... 337 00:39:52,214 --> 00:39:55,320 then we can look forward to a smooth transition. 338 00:39:55,584 --> 00:39:56,824 Come in. 339 00:40:07,796 --> 00:40:10,333 Excuse me. Get the brothers a drink. 340 00:40:17,139 --> 00:40:21,053 - Mongo Slade from New York? - That's right, Biggie Smalls. 341 00:40:21,443 --> 00:40:25,255 - What can I do for you? - I hear you're taking bets on a fight. 342 00:40:25,514 --> 00:40:26,788 Big bets. 343 00:40:37,926 --> 00:40:39,599 I like Farnsworth. 344 00:40:41,129 --> 00:40:42,369 $10,000. 345 00:41:04,753 --> 00:41:08,166 Mr. Slade, sit down. Let's have a talk. 346 00:41:18,133 --> 00:41:21,979 Sir, there's a man outside who wants to see you about placing a bet. 347 00:41:22,037 --> 00:41:24,347 Tell him this is a restaurant, not a bookie joint. 348 00:41:24,406 --> 00:41:26,545 I did. He said, "Big money." 349 00:41:28,110 --> 00:41:30,613 Okay, let's see what he looks like. 350 00:41:59,608 --> 00:42:01,815 - You wanna see me? - Yeah, I wanna see you. 351 00:42:01,877 --> 00:42:04,414 - About what? - My name is Mongo Slade. 352 00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:06,823 I'm from out of New York City... 353 00:42:06,882 --> 00:42:10,295 and me and my boys want to make a bet with you. 354 00:42:10,419 --> 00:42:12,797 Why don't you take it to one of the local bookies? 355 00:42:12,854 --> 00:42:15,528 Mainly because when we go to the local bookies... 356 00:42:15,591 --> 00:42:20,040 ain't none of them gonna take your bet unless you say it's okay... 357 00:42:20,095 --> 00:42:22,439 so we're just coming to see you. 358 00:42:22,497 --> 00:42:26,673 - How much you wanna bet? - Who are these people here? 359 00:42:27,336 --> 00:42:29,213 These are my partners. 360 00:42:29,538 --> 00:42:32,485 Bubbletop Woodson, Fish an' Chips Freddie, Jody Tipps. 361 00:42:32,541 --> 00:42:34,077 How much you wanna bet? 362 00:42:34,142 --> 00:42:36,247 I wanna bet $10,000. 363 00:42:38,146 --> 00:42:41,093 Five-to-one odds, Farnsworth to win. 364 00:42:41,316 --> 00:42:45,492 We would have bet $20,000, but we don't wanna overload your circuit. 365 00:42:46,855 --> 00:42:48,596 - Count it. - No need. 366 00:42:49,758 --> 00:42:51,135 Mongo Slade. 367 00:42:53,495 --> 00:42:55,702 - New York City. - That's right. 368 00:42:56,398 --> 00:42:58,503 I think we can do business. 369 00:42:59,434 --> 00:43:01,345 You see, Kansas City... 370 00:43:02,337 --> 00:43:05,045 when we lose, we pay off. Dig? 371 00:43:05,140 --> 00:43:06,949 Now, when we win... 372 00:43:07,009 --> 00:43:10,718 we don't wanna have to go chasing y'all all over Louisiana. 373 00:43:11,046 --> 00:43:13,652 - You understand? - You win, we'll be here. 374 00:43:13,715 --> 00:43:15,194 That's right. 375 00:43:16,852 --> 00:43:18,957 Now, everything will be cool... 376 00:43:20,622 --> 00:43:21,862 for now. 377 00:43:33,735 --> 00:43:38,275 And now, ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event of the evening. 378 00:43:38,340 --> 00:43:40,445 Fifteen rounds of boxing... 379 00:43:40,642 --> 00:43:44,590 for the Middleweight Championship of the World. 380 00:43:44,646 --> 00:43:49,493 Judging at ringside will be Cecil Bethel and Billy Adams. 381 00:43:49,651 --> 00:43:52,962 Third man in the ring, your referee, the man in charge... 382 00:43:53,021 --> 00:43:55,695 Larry Rozadilla. 383 00:43:57,159 --> 00:44:01,733 Introducing in this corner, the challenger... 384 00:44:01,797 --> 00:44:05,267 weighing in at 155 pounds... 385 00:44:05,333 --> 00:44:08,371 wearing white trunks with a black stripe... 386 00:44:08,437 --> 00:44:12,146 from Possum's Paw, Alabama... 387 00:44:12,207 --> 00:44:15,347 Bootney Farnsworth! 388 00:44:23,585 --> 00:44:27,624 And his opponent, defending his title and his crown... 389 00:44:27,689 --> 00:44:31,136 and weighing in at an even 160 pounds... 390 00:44:31,326 --> 00:44:34,398 wearing black trunks with a white stripe... 391 00:44:34,463 --> 00:44:36,636 from Bigfoot, Mississippi... 392 00:44:36,932 --> 00:44:40,106 the Middleweight Champion of the World... 393 00:44:40,402 --> 00:44:43,474 40th St. Black! 394 00:44:58,687 --> 00:45:02,430 Okay, fellas, you both know the rules. I want you to obey my commands. 395 00:45:02,491 --> 00:45:05,267 When I say "break," I want you both to step back clean. 396 00:45:05,327 --> 00:45:08,604 Keep your punches up, protect yourself at all times. 397 00:45:08,663 --> 00:45:10,438 This is it, brother. 398 00:45:11,466 --> 00:45:14,106 Shake hands now, and come out fighting. 399 00:45:24,045 --> 00:45:26,582 - I just hope he's still under. - What? 400 00:45:28,850 --> 00:45:30,352 I ain't sure. 401 00:45:52,007 --> 00:45:53,645 This isn't right. 402 00:46:09,858 --> 00:46:11,531 What is happening? 403 00:46:37,819 --> 00:46:39,423 Six, seven... 404 00:46:40,055 --> 00:46:42,262 eight, nine... 405 00:47:18,493 --> 00:47:21,633 - If you ain't clean, you'll have a short life. - What? 406 00:47:21,696 --> 00:47:24,302 You may be living a little too dangerously, Mr. Slade. 407 00:47:24,366 --> 00:47:26,642 You can't sell no wolf tickets at Kansas City. 408 00:47:26,701 --> 00:47:29,409 Now, we gonna be by to see you have the bread ready. 409 00:47:29,471 --> 00:47:31,212 You got my meaning? 410 00:47:34,175 --> 00:47:37,122 Meet me at my warehouse on Macon Street in half an hour. 411 00:47:37,178 --> 00:47:38,555 We got you. 412 00:47:41,316 --> 00:47:44,263 You un-hypnotize Farnsworth before we do anything else. 413 00:47:44,319 --> 00:47:46,458 I'm gonna make a phone call. 414 00:47:54,596 --> 00:47:57,475 Beth, listen. You and Dee Dee get packed as soon as you can... 415 00:47:57,532 --> 00:48:01,105 and when you're finished, here's what you do. Don't ask questions! 416 00:48:31,833 --> 00:48:33,506 My main man! 417 00:48:33,568 --> 00:48:34,911 We did it. 418 00:48:41,443 --> 00:48:44,356 - What's going on? - How do you feel, Bootney? 419 00:48:45,046 --> 00:48:46,548 I didn't feel a thing. 420 00:48:46,614 --> 00:48:49,458 How could you, when he never laid a glove on you, champ? 421 00:48:49,517 --> 00:48:51,895 Never laid a glove on me? Champ? 422 00:48:52,654 --> 00:48:55,100 You mean, I won? 423 00:48:55,323 --> 00:48:58,361 Of course! Kid, you were terrific. 424 00:48:58,426 --> 00:49:01,635 - Better than the last sparring session. - The last sparring session? 425 00:49:01,696 --> 00:49:05,234 - I won... You mean, I'm the champ? - That's right! 426 00:49:06,201 --> 00:49:07,703 I'm the champ? 427 00:49:12,607 --> 00:49:15,144 That's right! 428 00:49:15,210 --> 00:49:17,554 'Cause I am bad! 429 00:49:17,612 --> 00:49:19,853 That's right, 'cause I am bad! 430 00:49:20,148 --> 00:49:23,618 I'm so bad that sometimes I'm even scared of myself! 431 00:49:25,220 --> 00:49:30,101 And don't nobody mess with me, otherwise, I'm gonna drive on their face! 432 00:49:31,860 --> 00:49:34,602 I am the champ! 433 00:49:34,662 --> 00:49:37,040 - Now, who am I? - The champ! 434 00:49:37,098 --> 00:49:39,169 - Who? - The champ! 435 00:49:39,234 --> 00:49:41,908 That's right, and don't y'all forget it! 436 00:49:41,970 --> 00:49:44,177 We gonna have a party in this hotel so big... 437 00:49:44,239 --> 00:49:46,776 we gonna be boogying down all night! 438 00:49:47,342 --> 00:49:48,878 I am the champ! 439 00:50:10,632 --> 00:50:13,442 Hold it. We're gonna wait for a call. 440 00:50:14,869 --> 00:50:18,180 We wanna make sure that neither fighter was drugged or hyped up. 441 00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,048 You know what I mean? 442 00:50:20,909 --> 00:50:22,286 Yeah, sure. 443 00:50:23,311 --> 00:50:25,120 Take your time. 444 00:50:48,403 --> 00:50:49,575 Hello? 445 00:50:55,743 --> 00:50:56,915 Right. 446 00:51:12,727 --> 00:51:14,263 See you around. 447 00:51:44,325 --> 00:51:45,668 Who the hell is he? 448 00:51:45,727 --> 00:51:47,365 - This is my... - I'm his partner. 449 00:51:47,428 --> 00:51:51,001 - What did you do to 40th St. Black? - What do you mean? 450 00:51:51,132 --> 00:51:54,341 - How did you put the fix in? - You're accusing us of a cheat? 451 00:51:54,402 --> 00:51:56,939 Thought you might want to share a professional secret. 452 00:51:57,005 --> 00:52:00,282 You lost, Mack. Live with it. 453 00:52:12,620 --> 00:52:16,227 - Here's your money. Count it. - No need to count it. 454 00:52:21,095 --> 00:52:24,770 Sure hope you boys don't have an accident on the way home, with all that money. 455 00:52:39,547 --> 00:52:43,654 Keep an eye on them, so we know where they are in case we need to find them. 456 00:53:27,362 --> 00:53:30,366 - Congratulations, Mr. Ellison. - Hello, Mr. Mack. 457 00:53:30,431 --> 00:53:33,674 - The boy was fantastic. - Thank you. He came into his own tonight. 458 00:54:33,828 --> 00:54:37,207 - Scotch and soda, please. - It all started the last day we sparred. 459 00:54:37,265 --> 00:54:40,610 He knocked out all his sparring partners, smashed up the ring... 460 00:54:40,668 --> 00:54:44,377 and he hit the heavy bag so hard that the ceiling caved in. 461 00:54:44,439 --> 00:54:46,282 - No kidding? - I'm telling you! 462 00:54:46,341 --> 00:54:48,412 He must have had himself psyched up for this. 463 00:54:48,476 --> 00:54:49,750 Psyched up is what it was... 464 00:54:49,811 --> 00:54:52,758 because there were times when I didn't even know him myself. 465 00:54:52,814 --> 00:54:56,455 - Can you beat that? - It was like he was in a trance. 466 00:55:08,162 --> 00:55:09,971 Here comes the champ! 467 00:55:26,514 --> 00:55:28,858 It was like he was in a trance. 468 00:55:30,852 --> 00:55:32,661 Let's get to a phone. 469 00:57:01,275 --> 00:57:05,223 Brothers and sisters, welcome to the new home... 470 00:57:05,313 --> 00:57:07,520 of the Sons and Daughters of Shaka. 471 00:57:10,084 --> 00:57:12,530 The storm has passed. 472 00:57:12,587 --> 00:57:17,093 And once again our mighty ship is back on course. 473 00:57:22,463 --> 00:57:24,966 I want to thank especially... 474 00:57:25,032 --> 00:57:27,569 our treasurer and vice marshal... 475 00:57:27,702 --> 00:57:32,117 for those successful investments they made on the stock market. 476 00:57:32,173 --> 00:57:36,849 Thanks to their efforts, we are now in a brand-new home. 477 00:57:36,911 --> 00:57:40,484 We have a brand-new daycare center right downstairs... 478 00:57:40,548 --> 00:57:42,926 "and $10,000." 479 00:57:42,984 --> 00:57:46,227 toward the new nursery school building fund. 480 00:57:51,125 --> 00:57:54,800 I promised there wouldn't be any speeches today, and I'll keep my promise. 481 00:57:54,862 --> 00:57:58,901 But before I do sit down, there is one more thing I just got to say. 482 00:57:58,966 --> 00:58:02,675 Now, no longer are we gonna have to crawl... 483 00:58:02,737 --> 00:58:05,547 on the back roads of "No can do." 484 00:58:06,007 --> 00:58:10,478 From now on, we are riding on the freeway... 485 00:58:10,545 --> 00:58:13,321 of "Yes, we can do." 486 00:58:16,250 --> 00:58:17,456 Now... 487 00:58:18,986 --> 00:58:23,765 So, let's eat, drink, and enjoy ourselves... 488 00:58:23,824 --> 00:58:27,237 on this most momentous occasion. I thank you. 489 00:58:45,446 --> 00:58:48,325 - Pardon me, sisters. - Yes? May we help you? 490 00:58:48,783 --> 00:58:50,490 You certainly can. 491 00:58:51,519 --> 00:58:56,059 I'm MacArthur Clutch. We'd like to speak to your husbands regarding investments. 492 00:58:56,123 --> 00:58:58,330 Investments? We know that your husbands... 493 00:58:58,392 --> 00:59:01,896 have been doing some smalltime investing to help out the lodge. 494 00:59:01,963 --> 00:59:04,910 Like some bets they made in the stock market. 495 00:59:05,132 --> 00:59:08,113 We're here to show them how they can increase their dividends. 496 00:59:08,169 --> 00:59:11,844 In other words, how they can get paid back more. 497 00:59:14,942 --> 00:59:17,946 We represent a New Orleans breakage firm. 498 00:59:18,145 --> 00:59:20,022 He means brokerage firm. 499 00:59:21,616 --> 00:59:23,653 We want to show your husbands some breaks. 500 00:59:23,718 --> 00:59:27,495 We'll show them how to make more breaks for themselves and the lodge. 501 00:59:27,555 --> 00:59:30,195 We don't know too much about what you're saying... 502 00:59:30,257 --> 00:59:34,000 but I'll take you to my husband, and then you and him can talk it out. 503 00:59:34,061 --> 00:59:36,974 - That would be just dandy. - Good. 504 00:59:40,034 --> 00:59:44,176 I tell you, I knew this bird from another life. 505 00:59:58,386 --> 01:00:02,698 There's some men here who wanna talk to you about interests and dividends. 506 01:00:02,757 --> 01:00:05,499 Fellas, these men are from New Orleans. 507 01:00:07,528 --> 01:00:10,008 They represent a brokerage firm. 508 01:00:10,064 --> 01:00:12,670 The Strong-Arm Brokerage Firm of New Orleans. 509 01:00:14,001 --> 01:00:16,572 Our motto is, "We get even," and you can count on it. 510 01:00:16,637 --> 01:00:19,083 They're here to help the lodge make some money. 511 01:00:19,140 --> 01:00:21,211 Money? Somebody say money? 512 01:00:21,575 --> 01:00:23,384 Yes, Grand Supreme... 513 01:00:24,211 --> 01:00:28,387 This is Mr. MacArthur Clutch and his associates, a brokerage. 514 01:00:28,449 --> 01:00:32,556 - Well, now. How do you do, gentlemen? - Just fine, sir. 515 01:00:32,687 --> 01:00:35,600 Actually, there's not too much to discuss at this time... 516 01:00:35,656 --> 01:00:38,500 just a few minor details for preliminary purposes. 517 01:00:38,559 --> 01:00:42,598 I was wondering if I might borrow your treasurer to discuss this in private? 518 01:00:42,663 --> 01:00:46,839 - You know, all the boring details. - I think that would be just fine. 519 01:00:47,301 --> 01:00:50,874 I'd like to go with you myself, but my place is down here right now. 520 01:00:50,938 --> 01:00:54,181 But why don't you take Brother Williams along as my proxy? 521 01:00:54,241 --> 01:00:57,415 I was just gonna ask you if that might be possible. 522 01:00:57,478 --> 01:00:58,980 Of course it's possible. 523 01:00:59,046 --> 01:01:02,323 Beth and Dee Dee, show these gentlemen to my office. 524 01:01:02,383 --> 01:01:04,192 We'll just be a minute. 525 01:01:04,251 --> 01:01:06,390 Us breakers don't take too long to do nothing. 526 01:01:06,454 --> 01:01:08,593 Won't you follow me, please? 527 01:01:23,471 --> 01:01:26,475 We'll see y'all when you get downstairs, hear? 528 01:01:27,675 --> 01:01:29,018 Bye, baby. 529 01:01:32,747 --> 01:01:35,785 - I'm gonna kill them! - Wait! Wait a minute! 530 01:01:38,719 --> 01:01:40,528 Wait a minute! 531 01:01:41,489 --> 01:01:45,266 - Not now, Bubbletop. Not here. - I'm gonna mineralize them. 532 01:01:45,326 --> 01:01:48,967 I'll let you have them. You can pick them clean, but first we talk. 533 01:01:49,029 --> 01:01:53,341 - Dishonest crooks. Hypocritists. - You made fools of us, Mr. Mongo Slade. 534 01:01:53,467 --> 01:01:55,743 You won a small victory, but you'll lose the war. 535 01:01:55,803 --> 01:01:59,410 Your wives will be with us, and your lives will be marching to the cemetery. 536 01:01:59,473 --> 01:02:00,975 What are you talking about? 537 01:02:01,041 --> 01:02:04,716 I'm talking about Farnsworth's hypnosis and $10,000 at five-to-one. 538 01:02:04,779 --> 01:02:08,124 Hypnosis? We don't know nothing about no hypnosis. 539 01:02:08,182 --> 01:02:09,889 You know anything about hypnosis? 540 01:02:09,950 --> 01:02:12,362 We don't know nothing about no hypnosis. 541 01:02:12,419 --> 01:02:15,866 Bubbletop knows about hypnosis. Want him to show you what he knows? 542 01:02:15,923 --> 01:02:17,129 No! 543 01:02:19,527 --> 01:02:22,599 We know a little about hypnosis. Just a little. 544 01:02:22,663 --> 01:02:25,769 You put the whammy on Farnsworth, made him think he was Superman. 545 01:02:25,833 --> 01:02:27,972 Then you put the bite on us and disappeared. 546 01:02:28,035 --> 01:02:31,949 Took a while to figure it out and find you, but we got your asses now. 547 01:02:36,210 --> 01:02:38,087 What you looking at me like that for? 548 01:02:38,145 --> 01:02:42,218 You're the one that put the whammy on... Don't you look at me like that. 549 01:02:45,586 --> 01:02:48,658 And don't look at my boys, either. Look at him. 550 01:02:50,991 --> 01:02:53,130 Any of you guys feel sleepy? 551 01:03:07,341 --> 01:03:11,517 Cut that out! Where'd you learn to put the whammy on people like that? 552 01:03:11,579 --> 01:03:13,217 In the army. Medical corp. 553 01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:15,624 Bubbletop will put you to sleep soon enough... 554 01:03:15,683 --> 01:03:18,687 - if you don't jump at this proposition. - Proposition? 555 01:03:23,357 --> 01:03:24,995 What proposition? 556 01:03:27,828 --> 01:03:31,571 One that will get our money back and wipe out Biggie Smalls... 557 01:03:31,632 --> 01:03:34,044 put him out of business for good. 558 01:03:34,468 --> 01:03:38,610 The rematch between Farnsworth and 40th St. Black is one week away. 559 01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:42,778 Us six, here, are the only people who know what happened last time. 560 01:03:42,843 --> 01:03:46,814 Farnsworth and his people don't have the slightest idea what went down. 561 01:03:46,881 --> 01:03:49,452 Quiet as it's kept, Farnsworth is his old self again. 562 01:03:49,516 --> 01:03:53,259 His sparring partners knock him out. He lost that confidence you gave him. 563 01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:55,425 - Now his punches can't break an egg. - So? 564 01:03:55,489 --> 01:03:58,561 So you come back to Orleans and hypnotize Farnsworth again... 565 01:03:58,626 --> 01:04:00,105 three days before the fight... 566 01:04:00,160 --> 01:04:02,697 so everybody thinks he is back in winning condition... 567 01:04:02,763 --> 01:04:04,936 and everybody will want to bet on him. 568 01:04:04,999 --> 01:04:06,842 Me and my boys will cover those bets. 569 01:04:06,901 --> 01:04:09,973 On the morning of the fight, you will dehypnotize Farnsworth... 570 01:04:10,037 --> 01:04:13,712 so when he climbs in that ring, he'll be his old, scared self again. 571 01:04:14,842 --> 01:04:18,722 After the fight we'll be even, and you'll be free to go. 572 01:04:20,447 --> 01:04:22,825 How do we know we can trust you? 573 01:04:23,550 --> 01:04:24,961 I trust you. 574 01:04:25,552 --> 01:04:26,792 Me, too. 575 01:04:27,655 --> 01:04:29,965 So what will it be? You coming back to Orleans... 576 01:04:30,024 --> 01:04:32,732 or will you ask the Grand Supreme to arrange your funeral? 577 01:04:32,793 --> 01:04:35,239 I've always enjoyed going to New Orleans. 578 01:04:36,096 --> 01:04:39,009 - I'd rather go to New Orleans... - Than the cemetery. 579 01:04:39,633 --> 01:04:41,112 You're right. 580 01:05:29,350 --> 01:05:31,796 Well, well, well, Mongo Slade. 581 01:05:33,220 --> 01:05:36,667 - What can I do for you? - I want to place a bet on the fight. 582 01:05:38,359 --> 01:05:39,736 No kidding. 583 01:05:41,996 --> 01:05:44,135 - How much of a bet? - $50,000. 584 01:05:50,771 --> 01:05:52,011 On who? 585 01:05:57,711 --> 01:05:59,452 Bootney Farnsworth. 586 01:06:00,981 --> 01:06:03,484 Lightning doesn't strike the same place twice. 587 01:06:03,550 --> 01:06:04,824 Says who? 588 01:06:09,390 --> 01:06:12,098 Look... excuse me a minute. 589 01:06:12,659 --> 01:06:17,233 I got to discuss with my colleagues before I can okay a bet of such magnitude. 590 01:06:17,564 --> 01:06:19,601 You understand, don't you? 591 01:06:20,334 --> 01:06:21,608 Brother... 592 01:06:22,603 --> 01:06:24,276 Take your time... 593 01:06:25,272 --> 01:06:26,342 brother. 594 01:06:41,188 --> 01:06:44,726 The last time that chump was in here, he burned us good. 595 01:06:45,759 --> 01:06:49,366 - He knows something. I can feel it! - Me, too, boss. 596 01:06:49,596 --> 01:06:52,577 - We have to stall him for a couple of days. - Right. 597 01:06:54,802 --> 01:06:59,273 And let's take a look at Farnsworth, see if we can get some kind of line on him. 598 01:07:00,407 --> 01:07:03,047 Because if that guy knows something... 599 01:07:03,844 --> 01:07:07,314 there's no reason why we shouldn't take advantage of it, right? 600 01:07:08,082 --> 01:07:10,289 Right. Open it. 601 01:07:18,425 --> 01:07:20,564 I suspect we can cover your bet. 602 01:07:20,828 --> 01:07:24,139 Give us a couple of days while I get cash from out of town. 603 01:07:24,198 --> 01:07:26,735 So long as you'll cover me before fight time. 604 01:07:26,800 --> 01:07:28,711 Nothing to worry about. 605 01:07:28,769 --> 01:07:31,215 In that case, I'll ease on. 606 01:08:07,441 --> 01:08:10,979 If it ain't Shove-Along Mack and his old-time doggie. 607 01:08:11,645 --> 01:08:13,147 Biggie Smalls. 608 01:08:17,284 --> 01:08:19,958 Your mama still working in them $10 houses? 609 01:08:20,020 --> 01:08:21,658 Some other time. 610 01:08:24,124 --> 01:08:26,866 One of these days, I'm gonna climb all over you. 611 01:08:28,795 --> 01:08:32,834 It'll take more guts than you've got. You got to bring ass to get ass. 612 01:08:32,966 --> 01:08:34,673 You're colorful, Mack. 613 01:08:34,735 --> 01:08:39,047 Dumb, old-fashioned and out of style, but colorful. 614 01:08:39,106 --> 01:08:42,644 You're out of your territory. I don't like people coming into my town... 615 01:08:42,709 --> 01:08:44,245 without paying their respect. 616 01:08:44,311 --> 01:08:47,622 We no longer consider this town as out of our territory. 617 01:08:47,681 --> 01:08:49,058 Watch your mouth, son. 618 01:08:49,116 --> 01:08:52,689 I've brought you a message from the boys in Kentucky and Alabama. 619 01:08:52,753 --> 01:08:57,259 They say you run this town like a sissy and think you ought to consider retiring. 620 01:08:57,324 --> 01:08:58,962 We're ready to talk a deal. 621 01:08:59,026 --> 01:09:02,906 Deal? Listen, Mississippi and Louisiana belong to me and my boys... 622 01:09:02,963 --> 01:09:06,604 and you'll be one dead sucker, along with these young college clowns... 623 01:09:06,667 --> 01:09:09,307 if you try that expansion stuff on us. 624 01:09:09,403 --> 01:09:12,941 You know how things are nowadays with the gambling and sporting life... 625 01:09:13,006 --> 01:09:14,644 in the Black Belt. 626 01:09:14,875 --> 01:09:18,049 - There's no need for two of us. - You got that right, Biggie. 627 01:09:18,111 --> 01:09:19,454 Now, Mack... 628 01:09:20,447 --> 01:09:23,326 I wouldn't like to see no violence. 629 01:09:23,584 --> 01:09:28,363 You ain't gonna have to. I'm gonna hit you so hard you won't see nothing, ever! 630 01:09:28,755 --> 01:09:31,361 Meantime, while you're a guest in my town... 631 01:09:31,425 --> 01:09:34,463 if you're looking for some action, we betting on Farnsworth. 632 01:09:34,528 --> 01:09:38,704 If y'all like 40th St. Black, I'll cover everything you got, sucker. 633 01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:55,282 Boss. You see what I see? 634 01:09:57,884 --> 01:09:59,761 I'm looking. 635 01:09:59,820 --> 01:10:02,300 - Those guys are working for Mack. - I'll be damned. 636 01:10:02,356 --> 01:10:06,270 It was Mack all along who beat us out of that bread in the first fight. 637 01:10:06,827 --> 01:10:08,864 Looks like we were set up. 638 01:10:08,929 --> 01:10:13,105 It seems that lightning is trying to strike in the same place twice. 639 01:11:35,882 --> 01:11:38,055 This whole thing has finally come together. 640 01:11:38,118 --> 01:11:39,791 - Yeah, boss? - Yeah! 641 01:11:40,887 --> 01:11:42,798 Slade comes over to us... 642 01:11:43,290 --> 01:11:46,032 to drop some heavy cash on Farnsworth... 643 01:11:46,093 --> 01:11:48,266 thinking we'd be glad to pick it up... 644 01:11:48,328 --> 01:11:52,333 because the word is out that Farnsworth ain't got nothing going for him. 645 01:11:52,499 --> 01:11:56,606 Mack is betting on Farnsworth while telling us that we can bet... 646 01:11:56,670 --> 01:11:58,581 on 40th St. Black. 647 01:11:58,638 --> 01:12:02,108 - So where's all the heavy money going? - On 40th St. Black. 648 01:12:02,676 --> 01:12:04,986 Sucker money, every last cent of it... 649 01:12:05,045 --> 01:12:09,721 'cause here it is the last day of sparring, and Farnsworth changes up... 650 01:12:11,084 --> 01:12:13,894 after playing possum for all these weeks. 651 01:12:14,054 --> 01:12:16,534 For the suckers, it's too late, and Mack knows it. 652 01:12:16,590 --> 01:12:20,367 And if we hadn't seen this session, we'd have bet on Black, too... 653 01:12:20,427 --> 01:12:22,737 and we'd have been cleaned out. 654 01:12:23,930 --> 01:12:26,501 Mack is a fox, a dirty old fox. 655 01:12:27,434 --> 01:12:29,778 You call Kentucky and Alabama... 656 01:12:29,836 --> 01:12:32,874 and get every cent you can muster up as fast as you can get it. 657 01:12:32,939 --> 01:12:34,350 Right, boss. 658 01:12:35,542 --> 01:12:40,389 We are gonna hit every book in this town with big bucks, understand? 659 01:12:40,447 --> 01:12:42,723 Nothing but heavy, heavy bets! 660 01:12:43,083 --> 01:12:46,792 You get the word around that we're betting on Farnsworth... 661 01:12:46,853 --> 01:12:50,164 and you tell all takers that the odds are negotiable. 662 01:12:50,223 --> 01:12:52,328 It's as good as done, boss. 663 01:12:55,429 --> 01:12:57,932 Okay, you contact every book in town. 664 01:12:57,998 --> 01:12:59,909 Tell them that Biggie and his boys... 665 01:12:59,966 --> 01:13:03,140 are betting very heavy on Farnsworth, and we're covering every cent. 666 01:13:03,203 --> 01:13:04,443 Let's go. 667 01:13:55,589 --> 01:13:57,330 This is Mack. 668 01:13:59,259 --> 01:14:00,363 Good. 669 01:14:02,162 --> 01:14:04,768 Fellas, we're on our way. 670 01:14:16,009 --> 01:14:18,182 - Yea h? - Everything's set. 671 01:14:18,545 --> 01:14:21,788 It's time to dehypnotize our friend. And do it right, understand? 672 01:14:21,848 --> 01:14:25,125 - We're leaving now. - Where do you have to go so early? 673 01:14:25,185 --> 01:14:26,630 It's 8:00 in the morning. 674 01:14:26,686 --> 01:14:29,667 That was Mr. Clutch, dear. You can plan a long day. 675 01:14:30,257 --> 01:14:32,965 - Make a lot of money for the lodge. - Sure. 676 01:14:45,005 --> 01:14:48,316 Mack just called. It's all set. It's up to you now. 677 01:15:49,703 --> 01:15:51,410 - Well? - I couldn't catch him. 678 01:15:51,471 --> 01:15:52,541 Where is he? 679 01:15:52,606 --> 01:15:55,246 At the rate he's going, he's in Mexico by now. 680 01:15:55,308 --> 01:15:57,948 Come on. We have to catch him at his hotel. 681 01:15:58,278 --> 01:16:01,259 Come on. Stick. There you go. Stick it. All right. 682 01:16:01,314 --> 01:16:05,285 Cross with the right. There you go. Shoot some jabs. Jab! 683 01:16:33,747 --> 01:16:36,284 Fellas, go ahead and put him to bed. 684 01:16:46,726 --> 01:16:50,435 I don't know what I did with the key. I must've left it down in the bar. 685 01:16:50,497 --> 01:16:52,499 Miss, pardon me. Do you have a key? 686 01:16:52,565 --> 01:16:56,240 Could you open the door? I left the key in the bar or somewhere. 687 01:16:57,203 --> 01:17:00,047 Thank you so much. Certainly appreciate it. 688 01:17:00,106 --> 01:17:02,450 Thank you so much. Thank you. 689 01:18:38,571 --> 01:18:40,573 What the hell's going on? 690 01:18:47,514 --> 01:18:50,393 Do you have your card? Get your card out. 691 01:18:50,450 --> 01:18:52,862 - See if you can find your card. - My card. 692 01:18:52,919 --> 01:18:56,526 Here it is! Here's the card! No, this is from the suit. 693 01:18:57,857 --> 01:19:00,736 We represent the champ's hometown. 694 01:19:00,794 --> 01:19:04,401 We're the local chamber of commerce from the champ's hometown... 695 01:19:04,464 --> 01:19:07,707 and this is my friend here, as you can see. 696 01:19:07,767 --> 01:19:08,973 Now... 697 01:19:09,435 --> 01:19:14,077 Yes! You did, of course, and you're right about all of it. 698 01:19:14,140 --> 01:19:17,485 But we wrote a song for the champ... 699 01:19:17,744 --> 01:19:19,690 coming from Possum's Paw, Alabama. 700 01:19:19,746 --> 01:19:23,853 This is Mr. Sebastian. He's the composer of the song. 701 01:19:23,917 --> 01:19:25,419 Mr. Sebastian. 702 01:19:31,791 --> 01:19:36,171 Now, you're probably wondering about the window. 703 01:19:36,329 --> 01:19:38,138 - Yeah. - No. 704 01:19:40,934 --> 01:19:42,572 Yes, well... 705 01:19:43,970 --> 01:19:46,473 you see, when we first arrived here... 706 01:19:46,539 --> 01:19:49,611 we came up to see the champ legitimately. 707 01:19:49,676 --> 01:19:52,054 Came up, and we said, "We'd like to see the champ." 708 01:19:52,111 --> 01:19:55,649 People said, "You cannot see the champ the day before the fight." 709 01:19:55,715 --> 01:19:58,457 So my friend and I took it upon ourselves... 710 01:19:58,518 --> 01:20:00,998 to come out on ledges and do all sorts of things... 711 01:20:01,054 --> 01:20:03,159 mainly because in our hometown... 712 01:20:03,223 --> 01:20:07,137 of Possum's Paw, Alabama, which is the champ's hometown also... 713 01:20:07,460 --> 01:20:09,269 there is an orphanage. 714 01:20:09,596 --> 01:20:13,738 Now, this orphanage has real orphans. 715 01:20:14,100 --> 01:20:18,845 I mean, these kids, they don't even have... things. 716 01:20:19,539 --> 01:20:22,679 Some of them, we don't know where they came from. 717 01:20:22,876 --> 01:20:25,482 We got one green one. 718 01:20:27,046 --> 01:20:28,548 Poor child. 719 01:20:28,748 --> 01:20:31,661 And he loves the champ more than anybody... 720 01:20:31,718 --> 01:20:34,358 because he doesn't have anyone to identify with. 721 01:20:34,420 --> 01:20:36,957 But if you say the champ's name... 722 01:20:37,023 --> 01:20:40,664 they start acting just like they had real parents... 723 01:20:40,727 --> 01:20:44,470 and they're running around writing their names on the walls. 724 01:20:45,131 --> 01:20:47,975 We decided to take it upon ourselves... 725 01:20:48,034 --> 01:20:50,446 to come in through the window... 726 01:20:51,871 --> 01:20:54,078 to try to get to the champ... 727 01:20:54,641 --> 01:20:58,111 to see if there's some way that we could sing the song. 728 01:20:59,479 --> 01:21:02,756 So, we'd like to sing it for you, if it's all right. 729 01:21:41,521 --> 01:21:43,023 Call the police. 730 01:21:45,124 --> 01:21:49,334 What's the sense of talking about building a recreation center for this area... 731 01:21:49,395 --> 01:21:53,309 when our community-relations team sits on their fat asses and blows steam? 732 01:21:53,366 --> 01:21:57,542 $2,500 in six months. Is that the best they can do? 733 01:21:57,603 --> 01:22:00,812 Tell them to get off their tails, get in the community and relate. 734 01:22:00,873 --> 01:22:05,219 Tell them I wanna see some improvements or I'll have their heads! Now, go ahead. 735 01:22:10,516 --> 01:22:11,927 Open it up. 736 01:22:19,125 --> 01:22:21,935 My name is Lt. Bottomley, 27th Precinct. 737 01:22:21,995 --> 01:22:24,532 - We got you here on a variety of charges. - You have? 738 01:22:24,597 --> 01:22:28,875 Breaking and entering, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, burglary... 739 01:22:28,935 --> 01:22:31,040 attempted larceny, attempted murder. 740 01:22:31,104 --> 01:22:34,551 It all depends on what your intentions were to Farnsworth. 741 01:22:34,607 --> 01:22:37,781 - But we didn't try to murder anybody. - We wouldn't hurt a fly. 742 01:22:37,844 --> 01:22:40,051 Then just what were you doing there? 743 01:22:41,080 --> 01:22:43,219 We're from the champ's hometown... 744 01:22:43,282 --> 01:22:46,695 and we came up to sing him a song that we specially composed for him. 745 01:22:47,820 --> 01:22:51,097 And I had to have the right vocal pitch... 746 01:22:51,157 --> 01:22:54,036 in order to get the right vocal level... 747 01:22:55,028 --> 01:22:57,030 I'm sure you understand. 748 01:22:57,663 --> 01:23:00,405 Just listen to the sound of the charm. 749 01:23:00,466 --> 01:23:02,241 Just listen. Listen. 750 01:23:26,692 --> 01:23:28,069 We got out of that. 751 01:23:28,127 --> 01:23:30,869 What do you mean, "we"? I got us out of that fix. 752 01:23:30,930 --> 01:23:32,807 And from now on, I'll do the thinking. 753 01:23:32,865 --> 01:23:35,402 All along, you and Mack have been telling me what to do. 754 01:23:35,468 --> 01:23:39,473 Now I'm gonna tell me what to do. And I'm gonna tell you what to do. 755 01:23:41,107 --> 01:23:43,451 All right, what are we gonna do? 756 01:23:44,944 --> 01:23:48,915 Since there's no way to get to Farnsworth to dehypnotize him... 757 01:25:00,219 --> 01:25:02,893 - Yea h? - Everything's perfect at my end. 758 01:25:03,122 --> 01:25:04,465 Your move. 759 01:25:18,571 --> 01:25:20,642 What are you gonna do with it? 760 01:25:20,706 --> 01:25:23,243 - I'm gonna invest it. - With Mr. Clutch? 761 01:25:23,309 --> 01:25:27,018 In a manner of speaking, yes. Now, we need you... 762 01:25:27,480 --> 01:25:30,723 and the lodge needs you more than ever before. 763 01:25:30,783 --> 01:25:34,697 I don't want you asking any questions. I don't want you to get upset. 764 01:25:34,921 --> 01:25:38,767 I want you to listen carefully. We cannot afford any mistakes. 765 01:25:48,201 --> 01:25:50,408 - Biggie Smalls? - Who wants him? 766 01:25:50,469 --> 01:25:52,415 I want to make a bet on the fight. 767 01:25:52,471 --> 01:25:54,781 What makes you think he takes bets on fights? 768 01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:58,049 "If he don't, I guess I'll just have to take my $5,000." 769 01:25:58,110 --> 01:26:00,454 and go someplace else, won't I? 770 01:26:20,333 --> 01:26:22,745 Who is Biggie Smalls? 771 01:26:22,802 --> 01:26:26,682 You do your business with me for the time being. Where's your $5,000? 772 01:26:30,977 --> 01:26:33,821 - On who? - It's right there on the paper. 773 01:26:36,749 --> 01:26:39,457 - You serious? - Ls there salt in the sea? 774 01:26:39,518 --> 01:26:43,091 Does honey come from a bee? You bet your ass I'm serious. 775 01:26:52,331 --> 01:26:56,245 - You sure you know what you're doing? - If I didn't, I wouldn't be here, sugar. 776 01:26:56,302 --> 01:26:59,078 - $5,000 at twenty-to-one odds. - That's right. 777 01:27:00,506 --> 01:27:04,511 - And you're betting on... - Betting exactly what's on that paper. 778 01:27:04,577 --> 01:27:07,524 If you win, I'll move on, you keep my $5,000". 779 01:27:07,580 --> 01:27:10,026 And bless you, sugar, if you lose... 780 01:27:10,616 --> 01:27:13,187 I'll be back for $100,000. 781 01:27:13,686 --> 01:27:16,633 - Deal? - Lady, you must have money to burn. 782 01:27:18,991 --> 01:27:20,129 Deal. 783 01:27:57,263 --> 01:27:58,606 Excuse me. 784 01:28:10,509 --> 01:28:12,045 Hello, this is Zack. 785 01:28:12,111 --> 01:28:16,560 "I got a crazy lady down here who's putting down $5,000." 786 01:28:16,615 --> 01:28:19,687 on the weirdest bet I ever heard. She wants... 787 01:28:24,123 --> 01:28:26,069 $5,000 at twenty-to-one? 788 01:28:26,726 --> 01:28:28,433 Probably some nut. 789 01:28:29,028 --> 01:28:31,099 She's got the money there? 790 01:28:32,231 --> 01:28:35,576 Take it. What the hell, as long as the money's real. 791 01:28:39,438 --> 01:28:40,815 Let's eat. 792 01:28:50,816 --> 01:28:53,353 Fifteen rounds of boxing... 793 01:28:53,419 --> 01:28:57,231 for the Middleweight Championship of the World. 794 01:28:57,289 --> 01:29:00,133 Judging at ringside, Marvin Lewis... 795 01:29:00,192 --> 01:29:04,265 on my left at ringside, Lloyd Gaudi. 796 01:29:04,497 --> 01:29:07,410 Your referee, the man in charge in the ring... 797 01:29:07,466 --> 01:29:10,504 giving instructions after introductions... 798 01:29:10,569 --> 01:29:13,709 Larry Rozadilla! 799 01:29:14,640 --> 01:29:18,486 Here we go! In this corner, the challenger... 800 01:29:18,544 --> 01:29:21,115 weighing 160 pounds... 801 01:29:21,180 --> 01:29:24,093 wearing black trunks with a white stripe... 802 01:29:24,150 --> 01:29:26,926 the former Middleweight Champion of the World... 803 01:29:26,986 --> 01:29:29,990 from Bigfoot, Mississippi... 804 01:29:30,055 --> 01:29:33,559 40th St. Black! 805 01:29:37,496 --> 01:29:41,239 And his opponent, defending his crown... 806 01:29:41,300 --> 01:29:44,076 wearing white trunks with a black stripe... 807 01:29:44,136 --> 01:29:47,345 the Middleweight Champion of the World... 808 01:29:47,406 --> 01:29:51,513 Bootney Farnsworth! 809 01:29:55,047 --> 01:29:56,788 Okay, fellas, you both know the rules. 810 01:29:56,849 --> 01:29:59,352 This is for the Middleweight Championship of the World. 811 01:29:59,418 --> 01:30:01,022 I want you to obey my commands. 812 01:30:01,086 --> 01:30:03,828 When I tell you to break, I want you both to break clean... 813 01:30:03,889 --> 01:30:05,459 but protect yourself at all times. 814 01:30:05,524 --> 01:30:08,471 Shake hands now, and good luck to both of you. 815 01:30:30,783 --> 01:30:32,524 Stay away! Come on! 816 01:31:13,692 --> 01:31:15,865 Get up! No! 817 01:31:21,267 --> 01:31:25,477 Dirty, rotten, no-good, crooked turkeys! They crossed us! They beat us again! 818 01:31:25,538 --> 01:31:29,611 Mack! That dirty, rotten, double-crosser! 819 01:31:30,075 --> 01:31:33,318 He was rigging this from the start and we couldn't see it! 820 01:31:33,379 --> 01:31:34,722 That broad! 821 01:31:34,780 --> 01:31:37,659 They sent that broad to Zack with $5,000 at twenty-to-one. 822 01:31:37,716 --> 01:31:40,526 Then they fixed the fight, knowing it was going to draw. 823 01:31:40,586 --> 01:31:44,830 He sent that frowzy broad up there to make that stupid $5,000 bet! 824 01:31:45,624 --> 01:31:49,504 At twenty-to-one, he stands to score $100,000! 825 01:31:49,562 --> 01:31:53,635 Let's go. We got to get to Zack's. We find them, and we kill them. 826 01:32:21,660 --> 01:32:23,298 Step on it, man. 827 01:33:35,234 --> 01:33:36,645 That broad with the crazy bet? 828 01:33:36,702 --> 01:33:38,409 - She just left. - You paid her? 829 01:33:38,470 --> 01:33:41,144 - You okayed the bet. - Damn it, Zack! Where'd she go? 830 01:33:41,206 --> 01:33:42,913 - I don't know. - You don't know? 831 01:33:42,975 --> 01:33:44,750 Wait a minute. We know who sent her. 832 01:33:44,810 --> 01:33:48,257 Them two knuckleheads from Atlanta, and they'll be dead before sunrise! 833 01:33:48,313 --> 01:33:51,385 It's got to be somebody they trust a lot to help with this con. 834 01:33:51,450 --> 01:33:52,690 A wife! 835 01:33:53,352 --> 01:33:54,888 But which one? 836 01:33:56,422 --> 01:33:58,333 I'll be damned. Both of them. 837 01:33:58,390 --> 01:34:00,927 Them dumb field hands are smarter than I thought. 838 01:34:00,993 --> 01:34:04,167 I'll bet Biggie Smalls got hit for $100,000, too. 839 01:34:17,943 --> 01:34:21,550 - The lines are all dead. - There's a pay phone across the street. 840 01:34:46,138 --> 01:34:48,379 I wanna speak to Biggie Smalls. It's urgent. 841 01:34:48,440 --> 01:34:52,252 I'm sorry, sir, but Mr. Smalls is out for the evening. 842 01:34:53,345 --> 01:34:55,689 I'm not sure when he'll be back. 843 01:34:56,615 --> 01:34:58,185 You're welcome. 844 01:35:07,793 --> 01:35:11,138 Out for the evening? Let's get to his hotel. 845 01:36:07,719 --> 01:36:09,289 Don't touch it! 846 01:36:11,890 --> 01:36:15,895 The only thing you'll leave here with is your life and a message. 847 01:36:17,362 --> 01:36:20,309 We know who you are and we know who sent you. 848 01:36:20,599 --> 01:36:21,669 Who sent me? 849 01:36:21,733 --> 01:36:24,475 Tell Kansas City Mack if he wants this money... 850 01:36:25,003 --> 01:36:27,244 to come here and get it himself. 851 01:36:27,506 --> 01:36:29,918 Just tell him to come on up here. 852 01:36:30,142 --> 01:36:33,851 Just tell him to come up here, and he'll get the big payoff! 853 01:36:34,646 --> 01:36:36,284 Kansas City Mack. 854 01:36:39,017 --> 01:36:42,624 You think I work for that smalltime country chump? 855 01:36:42,988 --> 01:36:45,093 You surprise me, Mr. Smalls. 856 01:36:45,157 --> 01:36:47,899 You ain't got the smarts I thought you had. 857 01:36:47,960 --> 01:36:49,098 What? 858 01:36:49,228 --> 01:36:52,437 I work for the new syndicate, sugar. 859 01:36:53,332 --> 01:36:56,211 I'm on the road 10 days out of every month. 860 01:36:56,335 --> 01:36:59,839 All I do is move money from one city to another. 861 01:37:00,172 --> 01:37:03,949 When they win, I pick up. When they lose, I deliver. 862 01:37:05,410 --> 01:37:07,481 Now, that money is theirs. 863 01:37:07,613 --> 01:37:11,186 And they want it in Chicago with me by morning. 864 01:37:11,250 --> 01:37:13,423 - You're lying. - You try me. 865 01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:31,679 Will you tell this child to get that thing out of my face... 866 01:37:31,737 --> 01:37:33,739 before I make her eat it? 867 01:37:41,580 --> 01:37:43,890 You better let me call Chicago. 868 01:37:57,162 --> 01:37:59,301 Give me Chicago, sugar. 869 01:37:59,364 --> 01:38:01,970 225-3599. 870 01:38:11,143 --> 01:38:12,622 Hello, chief? 871 01:38:13,612 --> 01:38:16,149 I'm having trouble with the pick up. 872 01:38:17,349 --> 01:38:18,953 He's right here. 873 01:38:25,691 --> 01:38:28,171 Say. Are you crazy? 874 01:38:29,127 --> 01:38:32,006 I understand that you're 6' 2" and good-looking. 875 01:38:32,064 --> 01:38:34,943 Now how would you like to be 4' 2" and ugly? 876 01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:37,002 Air-condition your brains... 877 01:38:37,069 --> 01:38:39,276 and arrange for you to spend some time... 878 01:38:39,338 --> 01:38:43,013 in the bottom of the ocean in a box of cement! 879 01:38:43,442 --> 01:38:47,584 You get up off of the money and keep your good looks and your life! 880 01:38:47,779 --> 01:38:52,660 We want the woman and the money in Chicago, in the morning. 881 01:38:54,753 --> 01:38:56,562 Nice talking to you, Biggie. 882 01:39:09,434 --> 01:39:10,674 Take it. 883 01:39:13,772 --> 01:39:15,445 Jive turkey. 884 01:39:27,152 --> 01:39:28,722 See you, sugar. 885 01:41:00,112 --> 01:41:01,648 There they are! 886 01:42:45,417 --> 01:42:46,953 There they are! 887 01:45:38,323 --> 01:45:39,825 There they go! 888 01:45:49,768 --> 01:45:51,406 Well, Lieutenant... 889 01:45:51,469 --> 01:45:55,042 you have to excuse us for barging in on you like this. 890 01:45:55,473 --> 01:45:58,283 Looks like we turned down the wrong alley. 891 01:45:59,043 --> 01:46:02,855 We were looking for the bail entrance, not the jail entrance. 892 01:46:04,716 --> 01:46:06,923 Relax, fellas. It's all over. 893 01:46:07,118 --> 01:46:10,156 We know what you've done, and it's gonna follow you for life. 894 01:46:10,221 --> 01:46:12,565 Life? We're pleading the Fifth. 895 01:46:12,924 --> 01:46:16,394 - We want our lawyer. - I told you they were unduly modest. 896 01:46:16,461 --> 01:46:20,102 Let me go and talk to them, convince them they should take the rap. 897 01:46:27,338 --> 01:46:29,545 Now, if y'all don't go along... 898 01:46:29,607 --> 01:46:32,679 with what me and Clyde are about to put down... 899 01:46:35,113 --> 01:46:37,616 we're gonna start singing like The Temptations... 900 01:46:37,682 --> 01:46:40,322 and everybody gonna do some time around here. 901 01:46:41,619 --> 01:46:45,362 But y'all gonna do about 30-40 years... 902 01:46:45,423 --> 01:46:48,597 before the man even starts thinking about parole. 903 01:46:53,131 --> 01:46:55,634 So all I want you to do is smile... 904 01:46:55,767 --> 01:46:59,408 and show that you're gonna cooperate with whatever we do. 905 01:47:04,142 --> 01:47:05,780 That's beautiful. 906 01:47:07,078 --> 01:47:08,921 They're ready to confess... 907 01:47:11,683 --> 01:47:15,256 that in the past years... 908 01:47:15,320 --> 01:47:17,891 they have wreaked havoc... 909 01:47:19,357 --> 01:47:22,736 among the brethren of the community... 910 01:47:23,528 --> 01:47:26,907 Sausage nose, chitlin eyes. 911 01:47:28,433 --> 01:47:32,575 And I say to you that MacArthur Clutch... 912 01:47:34,072 --> 01:47:35,244 and... 913 01:47:36,040 --> 01:47:38,611 Hiawatha Smalls... 914 01:47:43,314 --> 01:47:45,260 When they heard... 915 01:47:45,850 --> 01:47:50,799 about the police community-relations team trying to get money... 916 01:47:51,089 --> 01:47:55,765 to aid the recreation fund for the little slum kids... 917 01:47:56,294 --> 01:48:00,709 it brought tears to their eyes. 918 01:48:00,765 --> 01:48:03,041 They shed tears. 919 01:48:07,272 --> 01:48:11,277 And so when they heard about it, they came running forth... 920 01:48:11,342 --> 01:48:14,414 through a door that they didn't know anything about. 921 01:48:14,479 --> 01:48:16,152 Just came running! 922 01:48:16,414 --> 01:48:19,554 And you saw them. They were excited, like little children. 923 01:48:19,617 --> 01:48:21,858 "We don't know where we are or who we are... 924 01:48:21,920 --> 01:48:23,228 "or anything like that. 925 01:48:23,288 --> 01:48:25,700 "And we plead the Fifth." 'Cause they're gangsters! 926 01:48:25,757 --> 01:48:28,499 And that's why they looked funny when they ran in here. 927 01:48:28,560 --> 01:48:30,540 Didn't do it on purpose. 928 01:48:31,129 --> 01:48:32,904 They wanted to help. 929 01:48:33,765 --> 01:48:36,905 And so that's why they're here... 930 01:48:38,336 --> 01:48:40,543 to aid the police department. 931 01:48:44,142 --> 01:48:47,487 On behalf of Mr. MacArthur Clutch... 932 01:48:48,379 --> 01:48:52,725 $10,000 for the community teams' recreation center. 933 01:48:55,954 --> 01:48:58,434 And on behalf of Mr. Hiawatha Smalls... 934 01:48:58,489 --> 01:49:03,097 another $10,000 for the 27th Precinct Community Youth Center! 935 01:49:03,328 --> 01:49:06,901 Because Mr. Smalls and Mr. Clutch are such concerned citizens... 936 01:49:06,965 --> 01:49:09,468 they have one more donation to make. 937 01:49:10,902 --> 01:49:13,178 These two reconstructed gentlemen asked... 938 01:49:13,237 --> 01:49:17,947 that $5,000 each be donated to a large nursery school fund... 939 01:49:18,009 --> 01:49:20,785 in Atlanta, Georgia. 940 01:49:23,781 --> 01:49:26,728 This is for Atlanta. The nursery back there. 941 01:49:26,784 --> 01:49:28,127 Now... 942 01:49:30,388 --> 01:49:32,129 Yes, sir. 943 01:49:32,490 --> 01:49:34,128 Excuse us a second. 944 01:49:36,761 --> 01:49:39,173 If it's the last thing I do, I'll get you for this. 945 01:49:39,230 --> 01:49:41,369 - That's really too bad. - It sure would be. 946 01:49:41,432 --> 01:49:43,036 That would mean Lt. Bottomley... 947 01:49:43,101 --> 01:49:45,741 would have to open that envelope with all that evidence. 948 01:49:45,803 --> 01:49:48,841 That's really too bad, because I like some of these guys. 949 01:49:48,906 --> 01:49:51,318 - You're lying. - Lt. Bottomley? 950 01:49:54,779 --> 01:49:58,693 - Would you tell them about the envelope? - I have an envelope in my safe. 951 01:49:58,750 --> 01:50:02,596 It's to be opened in case my friends here meet with any untimely accident... 952 01:50:02,654 --> 01:50:05,066 or come down with a severe case of death. 953 01:50:06,190 --> 01:50:08,295 You can trust us, Lieutenant. 954 01:50:08,359 --> 01:50:11,806 We wouldn't dream of hurting these two fine gentlemen. 955 01:50:12,330 --> 01:50:15,800 Good. Just in case, I'm gonna make my own stipulations. 956 01:50:16,668 --> 01:50:19,239 Now, that envelope stays locked in my safe... 957 01:50:19,303 --> 01:50:23,217 just as long as I don't see a trace of you two in my fair city again. 958 01:50:23,274 --> 01:50:26,153 Agreed? You can count on us, Your Honor. 959 01:50:26,210 --> 01:50:29,214 I never did like New Orleans that much nohow. 960 01:50:30,148 --> 01:50:32,685 Just so as we understand each other. 961 01:50:57,842 --> 01:51:00,584 Clyde, let me ask you a question. 962 01:51:01,412 --> 01:51:03,050 If you had a boxing match... 963 01:51:03,114 --> 01:51:05,424 between Muhammad Ali and Sammy Davis Jr... 964 01:51:05,483 --> 01:51:08,054 - how much you think they'd draw? - Are you crazy? 965 01:51:08,119 --> 01:51:09,792 I'm serious. How much? 966 01:51:09,854 --> 01:51:12,926 And I suppose you'd want me to hypnotize Sammy? 967 01:51:18,863 --> 01:51:20,035 No. 968 01:51:21,132 --> 01:51:24,841 You hear me? N-O. No! 969 01:51:25,269 --> 01:51:27,146 Millions of people... 970 01:51:27,505 --> 01:51:30,247 betting against Sammy Davis Jr. 971 01:51:30,308 --> 01:51:32,754 Ain't nobody gonna bet on Sammy Davis Jr. 972 01:51:32,877 --> 01:51:35,551 Man don't weigh but about 118 pounds... 973 01:51:35,613 --> 01:51:37,991 fighting a man who weighs 230 pounds. 974 01:51:38,049 --> 01:51:42,691 Ali would be so comfortable, he'd come in weighing 340 pounds. 975 01:51:42,754 --> 01:51:45,928 Come in, hit Sammy dead on top of the head, break both his legs. 976 01:51:45,990 --> 01:51:49,699 That'd be the end of the fight. But if you hypnotize him... 977 01:51:50,261 --> 01:51:53,265 we'd go in there 800-to-1... 978 01:51:53,331 --> 01:51:56,835 English