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Bumpy: Happy Thanksgiving!

Come herel

yeah! Man: Right here!

Man: Toss me a bird, bumpy!

Woman 1: Bumpy!

Yeah! Woman 2: Bumpy!
We love youl!

There you go, darling.

Woman 3: Over here! Over here!

Frank! Come onl

come here.

Bumpy: This is the problem.

This is what's wrong
with america.

It's gotten so big, you
just can't find your way.

The grocery store on the
corner is now a supermarket.

The candy store is a McDonald's.

And this place, a
super-fucking discount store.

Where's the pride
of ownership, huh?

Where's the personal service?

You see what I mean? Shit.

I mean, what right do they have,
of cutting out the suppliers,

pushing out all the middlemen,

buying direct from
the manufacturer?

Sony this, Toshiba that.

All them chinks putting
Americans out of work.

That's the way it is now.

You all right?

You can't find the
heart of anything

to stick the knife.

Hey!

Anybody here?

Can I help you?

Call an ambulance.

Forget it, frank.

There's no one in charge.

Call an ambulance!

Reporter: Some say bumpy
Johnson was a great man,

according to the eulogies, a
giving man, a man of the people.

No one chose to use
in their remembrances

the word most often
associated with

ellsworth "bumpy" Johnson,
"gangster,"

whose passing has brought a who's who
of mourners on this chilly afternoon.

Lucchese mob boss
Dominic cattano,

Harlem crime figure
Nicky Barnes.

Man: Nicky! Nicky!

Reporter:
From the political arena,

the governor has come down,
the mayor of New York,

and chief of police
and commissioner,

sports and entertainment
luminaries.

Reporter 2: Bumpy Johnson,
age 62 when he passed,

was a folk hero among Harlem
locals for over four decades.

Regarded by some as the
Robin hood of Harlem,

by others as
a ruthless criminal.

Tango: I don't
understand, you know.

I would've thought
that bumpy would

put out a better
spread, you know?

You want something? No, thanks.

I want chicken wings
at my funeral.

Man: All right, Nicky Barnes.

Nicky: Who is that?

He didn't know what hit him,
you know what I'm saying?

I just kept popping him in the
face 'cause that's what I do.

Mmm.

I don't have a lighter.
You have a light?

Frank: Okay?

Tango: That's very good.

Hey, frank.

Go get me a light
while you're at it.

Appreciate it.

Don cattano.

Hey, how you doing, rossi?

Good.

Bartender: Would you
like a drink, sir?

Give him a scotch on the rocks.

Come on. Come on.

I know you're hurting, frank.

Soam I

I'm all right.

You gonna be all right?

Yeah.

I'm sure bumpy didn't say anything
to you, but he made me promise

that if anything
ever happened to him,

that I should make sure
that you want for nothing.

I appreciate that.

You know, half the
people in this room

owed bumpy money when he died.

They think I'm gonna forget to
collect, but I'm gonna get that money.

Well, that's the
spirit. Go get 'em.

Professor: Mr. Roberts, taking
the prosecution's side,

give us us v. Mead, subject,
issues, what the determination was

and what it means to us today.

Class, you'll be critiquing
Mr. Roberts, so pay attention.

Richie: I hate hearing
my name called, you know?

It means I gotta get up in front
of the class, I gotta turn around,

and I know every one of those people
there, they know more than I do.

The number one fear of people,

it ain't dying,
it's public speaking.

I get physically ill,
I wanna throw up.

And that's what you
wanna do for a living.

No, I don't wanna be like
that, man, I wanna beat it.

Jay: So, should I do this?

No, he'll take it
from me, he knows me.

I've known him
since high school.

From high school?

Good morning. Yeah.

He doesn't take it, just throw it in.
It's good service.

Throw it in? All right. Yeah.

Jay: What's up, susie? Hey, Jay.

How you doing, baby? All right.

All right. Ready?

Hey! That's his head!

Richie: You're supposed
to be my friend, asshole!

Campizi: I swear to god, Richie,
I didn't know it was you.

I would never slam a door
on your hand, knowingly.

You bit my fucking hand.

What are you doing serving
subpoenas, anyway?

Jay: We're on loan to county.
County?

How's that working out for you?
Hey, fuck you.

Hey, I'm sorry. Consider me served.
Can we leave it there?

Assault on a police officer?
I don't think so.

Hey, for old times' sake.
What can we do?

What do you want?
What can I give you?

What do you get for assault
with a deadly weapon, Jay?

Five years minimum.
Richie: Five years.

Guys, come on. No, guys.

What do you want?
Who do you want?

Who do you got?

You want big al's bookie? You want his
accountant? I'll give him to you.

Campizi: Stop, stop, stop.

There he is.

That's him. That's the bookie.

Richie:
All right, Carlo, get lost.

Right here? Yeah, right here.
Get out of the car.

Campizi: This is...
I'd rather not.

Jay: Come on. Let's go.

Take it ease.

Jay. Want to stay
with him or the car?

Let's see who comes for the car.

Think he made us?

You called in the
warrants, right?

So, where are they?

I just called, man.

I called and walked back here
and 10 seconds has gone by.

I saw him with the slips, Jay.

You saw policy slips? You saw grocery bags.
You don't know what's in 'em.

Yes, I do and so do you.
Don't give me that bull.

What's the rush, Richie?

Half an hour, the
warrant will be here.

I got night school, all right?

Guess you're gonna miss it.

Richie: Fuck this. Come on.
You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure. Let's go.

Fuck.

Jay. Yeah?

Fuck.

Man on radio: Wbz, honey
bunch, the show they all love!

It's the groovy sound of the
Jefferson kaye Saturday night show.

Dig, honey, it's coming
up time for news.

Jumping on the ceiling,
wallpaper peeling on wbz.

Stick around,
the Jace-man's got 10.

Back in 10.

It's not just a couple
of bucks, all right?

It's the same thing
in principle.

Oh, are we talking principles?

Richie, a cop who turns in this
kind of money, says one thing.

He turns in cops who take money.

We'll be fucking pariahs.

Yeah, well, then we're
fucked both ways.

Not if we keep it.
Only if we don't,

then you're right, we're fucked.

But not if we keep it.

God damn it, man!
Did we ask for this?

Did we put a gun
to someone's head

and say, "give us your money"?

Cops kill cops they can't trust.

We can't turn it in, man.

Can you believe that?

How much is it?

Nine hundred and eighty-seven
thousand dollars.

Well, what happened
to the rest of it?

Toback: What the hell are you doing
counting it out here in front of everybody?

Are you nuts?

Get it back in the bags,
seal them up

and down into the property room.

Detective:
You fucking boy scout.

What? What?

Detective trupo, sign here.

Trupo: You guys ready to make
a lot of fucking money?

Man 1: Always.
Man 2: Hell, yeah.

Trupo: Fucking a.

Trupo: Oh, look at this.

There you go.

Trupo: All right, look at this.

Man 2: Fucking beautiful.

There's three more boats.

Trupo: Hey, don't lose
any of that shit.

Man 1: I know.

Trupo: All right, be careful.

Hey! Just enough
for the reagent test.

A little less.

Rossi: This is the
French connection dope.

Kilos of the same dope Eddie egan
and Sonny grosso took from us.

The cops seize it,
arrest everyone,

then they start taking it out
of the evidence room,

whacking it down to nothing
and selling it back to us.

They basically control
the market with it.

Mr. Rossi,
I have a surprise for you.

Rossi: They've been doing it for years now.
They live off it, our dope.

What do you think?

What the fuck is happening
to the world, frank?

Those fucking crooks.

Yeah. Sad about bumpy.

Things are never gonna
be the same in Harlem.

You walk down the street,
nobody bothers you

'cause bumpy was
making sure of it.

Half a key.

How is your day now?

It's chaos.
Every gorilla for hisself.

Motherfucker!

Who can live like that?
There has to be order.

That would never
happen with Italians.

More important than any
one man's life, is order.

Frank.

Hey. Come on in,
Claude. Sit down.

Frank: How y'all doing, huh?
Good.

So, you see Nate over there?

Man: Yeah, all the time.

Nate is everywhere.
He's good. Yeah

he's still over there?

Yeah. He's got himself
a club now.

Okay. Whereabouts, Saigon?

Man: Bangkok.

Bangkok?

I don't think he's
ever coming home.

Come on.

On the house,
for our boys in uniform.

Thank you, sugar.
That's very kind.

Redtop: Thank frank.

Thanks, frank.

Just relax

you have to boot this
shit a couple of times.

The cops keep cutting it,
selling the shit.

I don't want to say anything,
'cause the price is right,

but that shit in nam is way,

way heavy.

Did you ain't seen
the jar, frank?

I think you walked
right past it.

The money jar, frank.

What do I gotta do,
put a fucking sign on it?

Hmm?

Look at this nigger right here.
You know, frank,

bumpy don't own 116th no more.

Bumpy don't own no real
estate in Harlem right now.

I'm the landlord
and the lease is 20%

look, don't sell dope then, frank.
Get a real job.

You need a fucking job, frank?

Is that what you need?

Well, you can come work for me.

Okay? You can drive
me around, huh?

You can open my doors.

Huh? "Yes, sir', "no, sir”,
"right away, sir",

"anything you want,
massa Johnson".

Twenty percent.

20% 1s my profit, tango.

If I give you that, then what
do I got left? Nothing, man.

20% puts me out of business,

and every somebody
you know out of business.

There's legitimate ways
of doing things, tango,

and then there's this way.

Not even bumpy took 20%.

Bumpy's fucking dead.

My man.

Twenty percent?

Twenty percent. Doc, let's go.

Out. Good job. Sit.

A leader, like a Shepherd,

he sends his fastest
nimble sheep, out front.

And the others will follow.

While the Shepherd,
he walks quietly behind it.

Here, boy!
Here we go. Right here.

Bring it here. Yeah.

Now he's got the stick, and
the cane, he'll use itl!

If he has to.

But most times
he doesn't have to.

He moves the whole herd quietly.

What right do they have
cutting out the supplier?

The middleman. Buying direct.

Putting Americans out of work.

That's the way it is now, frank.

That's the way it is.

Man 1 on TV: The drug problem in
Vietnam is more than marijuana.

Al this point, it is
estimated that one third

of American troops
are experimenting

with opium and heroin.

Man 2 on TV: The authorities
say they have confiscated

large quantities of marijuana,
heroin and pills.

Every person and every vehicle
going through the gates

is subject to
a thorough shakedown.

Man 3 on TV:
Soldiers have access to the drugs

al many rest and relaxation spots
in Bangkok, Saigon and other areas

throughout vietham and Thailand.

Officials say the easy availability,
relatively cheap cost

and high purity of heroin
throughout Saigon and the far east,

is leading to an epidemic of heroin
addiction among us soldiers.

Operator.

Frank: Yeah, international.

What city?

Bangkok.

You know the country code?

Yeah, 376.

For the first three
minutes, it'll be...

I got it, I got it. I got it.

Hello?

Soul brothers.
Hey, can I help you?

Nate

do I know you? Yeah, it's me.

Who?

Me, frank. Your cousin, negro.

Go on, get yourself a new suit.

Look, I'm sorry.

Oh, please, Richie.

It couldn't be avoided.

I'll take him next
weekend, all right?

We're moving.

What? Where?

The St. Regis. What do you care?

To my sister's.

Your sister's? In Vegas? Yeah

you are not moving to Las Vegas.

Not with Michael, anyway.

What am I supposed
to do with him,

leave him with you?
There's a picture.

Hey, guys! Be cool.

Laurie, Las Vegas is not the kind
of place that you raise a kid.

Like this is a good environment?

And around your friends?

When am I supposed
to see my boy?

This weekend. Llast weekend.

God damn it.

Hey! I asked you nice
to shut up, right?

Now I'm gonna have to kill you.

I swear I will pull out my gun

and put a bullet in
your fucking heads!

Now stop what you're doing
and pick up the glass!

Calm down, man. Okay, be cool.

Fucking crazy, man.

You don't have a gun.

You sure?

You are crazy, Richie.

You don't have room for us.

I'll see you in court.

Come on, Michael.

Say bye to your dad.

Get over here. Hey, kiddo.

I'll see you next week,
all right?

We'll do something.

Laurie: Let's get
you an ice cream.

You have 10 minutes
remaining. 10 minutes.

Man: Shake it, baby. Shake
it, shake it, shake it.

Man: Oh, come on, girl. Don't tell me
$5 don't get me a little something.

Girl: Can you dig that
it costs money to be here?

Man: Oh, come on, girl.

How much you want, frank?

Tell him I want 100 keys.

Nate: Frank, ain't nobody
I know can get you

that much personally, all right?

You're gonna have to piece it
together from several sources,

and it's not gonna be 100% pure.

I don't want that.

I know what you
don't want, frank,

but look, what you're
gonna need is to get

to the chiu-chou
syndicate, all right?

Cholon, Saigon.

If they're gonna
deal with you at all.

I understand that, but by
then it's gonna be too late.

It'll be already chopped up.

I wanna go get it where
they go get it from.

I wanna go to the source.

So, you're gonna
go get it yourself?

Why not?

Huh? I came this far.

You're gonna go into
the motherfucking jungle?

I'm in the jungle. I ook around.

They're eating these roaches
and whatever that is.

Nigger, I'm talking about
snakes, all right?

I'm talking about tigers,
I'm talking about Vietcong,

I'm talking about mosquitoes
that'll fucking kill your ass.

You wanna go into the jungle?

We're going.

Fuck it. Let's go. We're going.

Why not? Let's go.

Hey, frank.

This whole spot's locked
down by the kuomintang,

general chiang Kai-shek's
defeated army.

How would you get
it into the states?

You ain't got to
worry about that.

Who do you work for in there?

You ain't got to worry
about that, either.

Who are you, really?

Frank Lucas, says it right
there in my passport.

I mean, who you represent?

Me.

You think you're going to take
100 kilos of heroin into the us,

and you don't work for anyone?

Someone is going to allow that?

That's right.

After this first purchase, if you are
not killed by Marseille importers,

or their people in the
states, then what?

Then there will be more,
much more, I guarantee it.

And if it's all the same to you,

I don't wanna have to drag
my ass up here no more.

Of course not.

My man.

Soul brother, huh? Soul brother.

50 grand. It's gonna cover them

and the pilot and the
boys on the other end.

Give them 100.

50 is gonna cover if, frank.

Give them 100, give them
the whole thing. Here.

And look,

that's all I got.

So, if that dope don't
arrive for any reason...

Hey, listen, cousin or no cousin,
I'm a busy man, all right?

I ain't got no time to be
going to nobody's funeral.

I'll let you know
when it's in the air.

My man.

Fuck.

Jay: Richie? Yeah.

This fucking guy made me.

I don't know how
he did, but he did.

He went for his gun.

I had to do it, man.

There's 100 people out there
that heard the shots.

You gotta help me.
You gotta do something.

Woman: Baby.

Where are you, Jay?

That's the problem.

Dispatch, I got a 10-13.
I got a 10-13.

Copy that. What's your 207?

Tower two.

Apartment 1g.

Kent and west in the projects.

Identify yourself, please.

Detective Richie Roberts.

That's a negative. I got
no units in that area.

Bullshit.

Please put the call out again.
I'm gonna need assistance.

Detective Roberts, I got
no units in that area.

Fuck you. That's a negative.

I didn't mention no cops.
Know what I'm saying?

You know what I'm saying?

Man 1: I'll get the motherfucker!
Kick his ass!

Man 2: Yo, cracker, you
gonna pay for this shit!

Man 3: Where the fuck you going?
Where the fuck you going?

What you gonna do, motherfucker?

Hey, hey, be cool.
Be cool, all right?

I'll find out what's
going on in here.

Jay: Richie.

Man: Open the door!

Open the motherfucking door!

Paramedic: Where's your backup?

Man: You motherfucking cracker!

You got no backup? Why is that?

Man: You gotta come out
sometime, motherfucker!

Bandage his neck.

Richie, he's dead.

I know he's fucking dead, right.

Bandage his neck,
clean up his head,

prop him up on the gurney so he's
sitting and open his fucking eyes.

Man: Open this fucking door!

All right? Let's go.

Paramedic: Fuck.

All right, clean him up.

Paramedic 2: Okay.
Where's the solution?

Richie: Hey. Huh?

Man: God damn it,
open this fucking door!

Give me your gun. What?

Give me your gun.

Man: Get your punk
ass out here, man!

You have your badge?

Yeah.

Man: I'm gonna kill
that son of a bitch!

You guys ready? Uh-huh.

Okay. Just keep moving forward.

You all right? Yeah

it's okay! It's okay!

We're taking him
to the hospital.

Everybody, step back! Step back!

He's all right.

He's okay.
We're taking care of him.

Step back. Step back.

Everything's fine.
Just stand back.

He's all right.

He's alive.

Woman: What happened inside?

Richie: We're taking
him to the hospital.

Jay: Thanks, man.

Fuck.

That asshole pulled
a piece on me, man.

Can you fucking believe it?

He pulls a piece on a cop?

I had to do it, man.
Kill or be killed.

Fucking crazy world, right?

What the fuck were you
doing in the projects?

Investigating stuff,
man, you know,

just like you taught me.
Checking on guys,

following things up, putting
the pieces together.

That guy was a dealer. A fucking dealer.
Scum of the earth.

That guy didn't pull
a gun on a cop, Jay.

That guy pulled
a gun on a junkie,

a junkie who was
trying to Rob him.

What the fuck you say?

What the fuck, man?
What are you doing, man?

What the fuck is that?

That's my fucking money, man!

I earned this shit. That's mine!

I earned it doing good cop work!
What the fuck is this?

What the fuck is that? I
earned it doing good cop work!

You murdered a guy! I
earned it getting shot at!

You murdered a guy!

You murdered him,
you robbed his money,

then you called me
to get you out of it.

That makes me an accessory
after the fact, motherfucker.

I'll tell you the facts, man.

Just write the report the
way I say it happened,

and then that's the way it is,
and that's how it will be.

I can't do that.

I'm a leper because
I listened to you

and turned in a million bucks.

No one will work
with me after that.

I can get off this shit,
Richie. That's easy.

Just write the report
between us, as partners.

I can't do that.

Hey!

Stop! Stop!

Fuck it.

Open the trunk.

People on TV: Peace now!
Peace now! Peace now!

Lbj, how many kids
did you kill today?

Get out, get out,
get out of Vietnam!

Get out, get out,
get out of Vietnam!

Man on TV: As loud as we can

that the Vietnam war
should stop,

and that the best way to stop
it is for the United States

to simply pack up and get
out of Vietnam right now.

Frank: How we looking?

Typically, what I see
is 25% to 45% pure.

I mean, there's no adulterants,
no alkaloids, no dilutants.

It's 100%

May I?

Take it with you.

Thank you, frank.

I'll take it.

No contingencies,
no loans, no nothing.

Cash.

Fabulous.

I'm not talking about your proclivities,
Richie. Those I only know too well.

I'm talking about being a cop.

Richie: You're talking
about taking money?

I don't do that.
It's not my thing.

What about your friends
from the neighborhood?

Do you still hang out with them?

Yeah.

Play baseball on the weekends.

Wise guys?
That's gonna look good.

Guys I went to high
school with. So what?

What about Joseph sodano?

What about him?

Richie, I'm just trying to understand
things your wife has said.

If they're not true, tell me.

Yeah, he's ohe of them.

Is he also your son's godfather?

Yeah.

He's definitely fucking her.

Do you really care about this?

Or do you just not
want her to win ever?

You know, there's an interview
room on the second floor.

That's what I thought.

The door only locks
from the inside.

All rise.

Oh, god, Richie.

Richie, fuck me like
a cop, not a lawyer!

Sheila: Don't answer it!

Yeah?

Richie Roberts. Hey, norm?

Hey. Richie Roberts.

Hi. Detective Norman reily.

Hey, norm. How are you?

Good.

So, is that him? Yeah

Picked a nice night
to come out, huh?

It's like grand central
around here.

It's been like this.

I'm lucky if I get
home by midnight.

It's like nothing
we've seen before.

Something I gotta sign?

Reily: Yeah. It's right here.

I'm taking this with me. I'll register
it with essex county, all right?

Reily: All right.

America's public
enemy number one

in the United States
is drug abuse.

In order to fight
and defeat this enemy,

it is necessary fo wage a
new, all-out offensive.

Reporter: Federal authorities
have announced their intention

fo establish
special narcotics bureaus

in Washington, New York,
Los Angeles, Chicago...

A detective without the support
of his fellow detectives

really can't do much.

You know why I don't have it.

Doesn't matter. You did
what you had to do.

Greatest city in the world!

And it's turning
into an open sewer.

Everybody's stealing, dealing.

Look at you.

You can't work because
you did your job.

Good news is, you're not the
only honest cop in town.

The special narcotics bureau in
Washington is not a dog and pony show.

They are sincere. I know this because
they want us to orchestrate it.

And I want you to head up
things here on our end.

If it's federal, who do I
answer to, the post office?

No, you answer to me,

me and the us attorney,
nobody else.

You never step foot in a
police station again.

You work out of your own
place, you pick your own guys,

guys that you know would not
take a nickel off the sidewalk.

Well, we got the lovely transit.

600-year-old mahogany doors.

Now, look at that.
Can't you just feel it?

I think it's lovely.

Watch your step.

Look at these beautiful floors.

At least, I don't know,
200 years old.

And it's hard to
get the cracks...

Now this was one of
my favorite rooms

but we had some problems
with the plumbing.

I even fixed it.
I know it works.

It's not gonna leak.

Here it is.

You know, I used
to be a really good

piano player when I was a kid,

but then, I don't
know why I forgot.

Life goes on. Well...

How long are you gonna be?

Oh, and do me a favor, please.

Mind the doors.

Those are beautiful, ornate
glass doors, you know.

Here we go, Jimmy. Come on.

Oh, yeah. Give it back.

Huey's.

Frank: Huey. What up, boy?

Yeah, who this?

Who you think it is, boy?

Frank. Frank who?

Frank your brother, negro.

Frank?

That's right.

Hey, Melvin! Melvin, where's ma?

What?

Frank's on the phone!

Melvin: Hey, ma!
How are you doing, Frankie?

Frank's on the phone!

Say what? Mama,
frank's on the phone!

Frank? Oh, my lord!

Yeah, when?

Well, you just say it,
man, yeah.

Listen, I'm gonna
call y'all back

at 6:00. I want you to get
everybody together, all right?

Get mama, get everybody.

All right? Okay.

Mrs. Lucas: Hey, frank!

What's happening, frank?

Hey, Frankie.

How you doing, uncle frank?

Terrence: Get out the car.

Get the kids, get the kids.

Look at this, baby.

Oh, my lord!

I'm so glad to see you, boy.

Oh, I'm telling you, this is
some piece of land you got here!

Frank: I wonder what the
poor people are doing here?

Mrs. Lucas: And whose
house is that, Frankie?

That is your house, mama.

Mine?

That's yours.

And who else?

Boy: Now, there, that's
my room right there, man.

Right over there.

Anybody want some
more collard Greens?

Listen!

I wanna tell you how happy I am to
see all my children at the table

and the grandchildren
at the same time.

My heart's so happy.

Enjoy yourselves.

Right on, grandma.

I hope you got a job, boy, the
way you're eating over here.

That boy right there, he got a arm on him.
I mean, a major league arm.

Oh, yeah?

Ain't that right?

Right on, pop.

Well, we'll see after dinner. We'll
see him throw it around a little bit.

No, no, you can't
catch him, man.

I'm talking about...
I'm talking about...

This guy throw
harder than Gibson.

We're talking 95 miles an hour.

Can you catch him? He gonna...

He gonna catch the ground.

We might've played catch, I think,
when I was about five years old.

Since then, he ain't
been able to keep up.

This is your room.

It's perfect.

Oh. Why, it's...

Will you look at this?

It's beautiful. It's beautiful.
It's just...

How did you...

I had it made.

From memory.

You were five when they
took it away on me.

That's right. How could
you remember it?

How could I forget, mama?

I'll just
tell you it is perfect.

It's all perfect.

I can't tell you
how much I love you.

I love you, too, mama.

It's okay.

Spearman: Both these guys, good with
wires, they got solid informants,

and they're honest
and they're fearless.

They're insane,
Richie, like you.

Where are they?

That's Jones with
the skinny white broad.

Best I ever seen on the street.

He knows dope, but he's
together, all right?

He's a stand-up guy all round.

And that's abruzzo with
the two fat black ones.

He loves a big ass, man.

He's a bulldog. He don't
fuck around, all right.

He's got a bit of a temper,

yeah, but you can trust this
guy with your grandmother.

Listen, Richie.
We work together.

You want me, you gotta
take them, too.

When do we start?

The man I worked for,

he had one of the biggest
companies in New York City.

He ran it for
more than 50 years.

Fifteen years, eight
months and nine days,

I was with him every day.
I worked for him,

I protected him, I looked after
him, I learned from him.

Bumpy was rich, but he wasn't
white man rich, you see?

He wasn't wealthy.

He didn't own his own company.

He thought he did,
but he didn't,

he just managed it.

The white man owned if,
so they owned him.

Nobody owns me, though. Hey.

How you doing, babe? Good.

That's 'cause
I own my own company,

and my company sells a product

that's better than
the competition,

at a price that's lower
than the competition.

Well, what are we
selling here, frank?

How you doing, red?

These are my brothers, just
got here from north Carolina.

Everybody, this is redtop.

Hello. How you doing?

Frank: And the ladies.
Ladies: Hey.

That's family.

What's wrong? Y'all niggas ain't
never seen hoochie before?

Turner: Why are they all naked?

Frank:
So they can't steal nothing.

Right.

The most important
thing in business

is honesty,
integrity, hard work,

family,

never forgetting
where we came from.

Thank you, charlene.

See, you are what
you are in this world,

that's either one of two things.

Either you're somebody,

or you're nobody. Be right back.

I need these fresh. 'Cause if I
have to come back here and get you,

you know what it is.
Frank: Tango.

Don't y'all play that. Vendor
1: Yes, sir, I hear you.

You won't have to come back.
There won't be no problem.

Vendor 2: What about you, frank?
You need anything?

Where's my money? Redtop
gave you the package.

You're supposed to be
handing me my money.

Here's a jar right here, 20%.

You got the jar?

That's right.

Get the fuck out of here...
What you gonna do?

What the fuck you
gonna do, frank?

Huh? What you doing?

You gonna shoot me
in front of everybody?

Huh? Come on.

Shit.

There you go, 20%.

So, what was I saying?

Jones.

Jonesy.

That was nice, man.

Just doing my melodious
thing, baby.

Got you.

This is the newly formed essex
county narcotics squad.

Our mandate is to make major arrests.
No street guys.

We're looking for the suppliers
and the distributors.

Heroin, cocaine, amphetamines.
No grass under 1,000 pounds.

No powder under 40 kilograms.

Any less than that, then somebody
else can waste their time.

We gonna be handling
the big shipments,

the big money and
the big temptation.

Jones:
I heard a story about you.

That you found a million
dollars in unmarked cash

and gave that shit back.
Is that true?

Yeah, I did. Anybody got
a problem with that?

So do I, you know? I think
about it every day.

I should be down
in south Florida

with a 68-foot cruiser
doing fishing charters.

Man: You and me, both.

But you know, I didn't,
so here I am,

and we'll be looking to land
some other kind of sharks.

All right? Abruzzo: Bingo.

Jones: See that, Richie?

Yeah.

And this stuff is
your everyday stuff.

But this blue magic,
twice the potency.

I mean, it's the purest thing
I ever seen in the streets.

It's strong enough to smoke.

And that's for those white suburban
kids who are scared of needles.

Abruzzo:
I paid 10 bucks for that.

And it's everywhere.

I mean, it's on every
corner out there.

Who can afford to sell shit
twice as good for half as much?

Hey, man. Frankie,
baby, good to see youl!

Everything's good?

Yeah, man, just got
back from Europe,

over there for two months,
south of France, man.

Photographer 1:
Look right, look right.

Wonderful, wonderful.

Photographer 2: Nicky!

Photographer 3:
Give us a smile, Nicky.

Photographer 4:
You're on the cover.

You know what I'm saying, man?

Photographer 5:
Hey, Nicky, over here.

There you go.

Nicky!

Who is that?
Look at you, my man.

All right.

Lead singer:
Ladies and gentlemen,

the brown bomber! The champ!

Mr Joe [ouis!

Who's that with Joe?

Miss Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico? Mmm-hmm.

Is she a beauty queen?

For real. The beauty queen.

Welcome.

My main man. My main man.

Can you all excuse us
for a minute, please?

Man: Yeah, sure, frank.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

What's going on, man?

What you smiling about?
I don't know.

What is this? Huh?

What's what?

What's what?

Come here.

What is that you got on?

What's what, man?

Yeah, that! What you got on.

This is a very, very,
very nice suit.

That's a very, very,
very nice suit, huh?

That's a clown suit. That's a costume...
Come on, man.

With a big sign on it
that says "arrest me."

You understand? You're too loud.

You're making too much
noise. Look at me.

The loudest one in the room is

the weakest one in the
room. I told you that.

All right? What, are you trying
to be like Nicky Barnes, now?

What's your problem with Nicky, man?
I like Nicky.

I ain't got no problem with Nicky.
Oh, you like Nicky?

Yeah! You want to be like Nicky?

You want to be superfly?
You wanna work for him?

Share a jail cell with him?
Maybe cook for him?

He wants to talk to you.

Oh, so now you talking
to him about me?

What? You..

About what? What is it about?
It ain't like that.

Then what is it like?
We were talking,

your name came up. About what?

I don't know, man.
I told him I'd tell you.

You know... boy, you...

You know, if you
wasn't my brother,

I'd kill you. You
know that, don't you?

I'd blow your
motherfucking brains out.

Come on, man.
Don't be like that.

I'm taking you
shopping this week.

I went shopping. I can tell.

See deep into you

and know what
you're thinking now

and if I'm what you're needing

I need some kind of sign

let me know,
'cause I can't read your mind

are you in or am I
in this on my own?

I need some clue from you

it's a tax thing.

It's a mistake my lawyers
are straightening out,

but for the time being...

How much do you owe, Joe?

It's nothing. It's like.

Fifty grand.

You got it.

Thank you, man.

Hey, I'm gonna pay
you back as soon as I...

Joe, this ain't no loan.
It's a gift. All right?

All you did for bumpy,
we owe you.

Keep your chin up.
All right? Okay?

All you have which
is down there. Down.

Chin down.

All right. Doc, will
see you, okay?

You play it so cool

hey!

You still owe me
that dance, right?

Frank: Doc, come on.

Frank, check this.

How you doing? Hi

frank Lucas.

Fva kendo.

Nice to meet you, Eva.

Nice to meet you, frank.

You're frank and
this is your place?

That's right. I'm frank
and this is my place.

Why is it called small's?

Why don't you call it frank's?

When you own something, you
can call it what you want.

Small's.

Or frank's. Frankie small's.

Small's Frankie.

That's right.

You want to let my hand go?

Okay.

You leaving?

No, I was going to my table.

Okay. Need somebody
to go with you?

Yes? Eva: Mmm-hmm-.

Spearman: All the cheesijes.

Right here, here we go.
What have we got here?

Abruzzo: Wash your hands?

I got one print of that,
don't smudge it.

Man: Yeah. There you go.

Jones: Hey, spearman, what about him?
Who is that?

Joey sodano.
Don cattano's nephew.

Spearman: Yeah, yeah. Put him
up there by the big man.

Jones: He looks like
your uncle, abruzzo.

Yeah, but he's not as handsome.

Jones: He looks more
like your sister.

Man: Where's ice pick's mug?

Abruzzo: Yeah, that's funny.

Maybe you guys should take
that show on the road.

So we need ice pick Paul.

Abruzzo: Ice pick Paul?
Jones: Sure. Yeah.

Spearman: There you go.
Get him up.

Abruzzo: Ice pick Paul, he
goes way up there, up top.

No, ice pick Paul, he's a fucking soldier.
This guy's a lieutenant.

How's that even
fucking possible?

Jones: That's Benny the bishop.

That guy is a soldier. This guy's a
lieutenant. No way that guy's on top.

Jones: You thinking
of Benny the bishop.

Vinnie two socks is fucking
cattano's deadbeat son-in-law.

Spearman: Jonesy's right.

Hey, which one of you guys has ever
actually seen ice pick Paul selling drugs?

Actually seen it go down?

Yeah, seen it go down.

Been in his place.
Seen him handle drugs.

That rat, Ricky, has told us.

He's fucking dead.
About four weeks ago.

He's dead.

Spearman: All right, well,

we can take him off
the fucking board.

I don't think we got any solid
evidence on anybody on that board.

What you saying, Richie?

This is weeks and
weeks of work, man.

I'm saying, take it down.

We got to start again
from the street.

Hi, who's this?

Hello? Gabe? Yeah, it's Scott.
Yeah.

Scotty! What's going
down, brother?

Those snow tires you
gave me last night.

They come in yet?

Oh, the snow tires?

Yeah. I want some more of them.

Give me one-and-a-half more.

One-and-a-half,

that's a pretty big order.

Yeah, I want the big whitewalls,

they better get at least
100,000 miles.

All right, I'll tell you what.

You come in here
tomorrow morning

I'm gonna set you up real nice

with a whitewall special,
all right?

Thanks, bro.

No problem.

That's considerably more than
one year's salary, Richie.

If it disappears, I will not be
able to get it for you again.

That's yours.

Signing my life away again,
for a lousy 20 grand.

It has to be blue magic, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
it's gonna be blue.

You can pick it
up here tomorrow.

Richie: $20,000.

Mechanic: Just leave it there.

How'd you do? Good.

Richie: Here he comes.

That's him? Yep.

That was quick.

Richie, if he goes in the
city, what do we fucking do?

Stay with the fucking
money, that's what we do.

We stay with the money,
all right?

We can't go in the fucking city.

Yes, we can. That's 20
grand in there, all right,

that I'm responsible for.
I ain't losing it.

Spearman: It's out
of our jurisdiction!

Richie: Follow the money!

Spearman: All right,
all right, all right!

Richie: He's pulling over.

Spearman: All right, here we go.

Richie: Let me out here.

Richie:
Don't disappear, all right?

Driver: Movel

Hey! Who's the fuck?
You gotta fucking move!

Police officer.
I'm commandeering

your vehicle.
Get out of the car.

Who the fuck cares about you?
This is New York City, man.

Get someone else's Carl

get out of the car.

Come on, man.
Can't we live in peace...

Frankie, Frankie! Sit down.

Man 1: What?

Happy birthday, gentlemen.

How you doing, huh?

He's about to do something, huh?

He's going bowling?

I ook at that. Strike.

Hey, what's between your
legs? What's in the bag?

Mechanic: Nothing. Get up, you fucker.
Get the fuck up!

Man 2: Knock it off.

Man 3: Shut the fuck up!
What did I tell you?

Man 4:
Keep your fucking head down.

Man 3: Shut up!
Whose bag is this?

Woman: What're you doing?
Man 3: Sit down and shut up!

Man 4: Don't you move!

Hey, guys? Guys! Officers!

Hey, I'm Richie Roberts,
from Newark.

That's my money.

What the fuck?

What money, huh? What money?

The bills are sequenced, right?

They're registered
with the essex county

prosecutor's office.
Just check them out.

They all start with cf3500.
Have a look.

Fucking registers.

I thought I had a fucking
Chris-craft sitting in my driveway.

Honest mistake.
I'll just get the money.

This time. All right.

Richie: There it is.
All right. Thank you.

When was the last
time I was in Jersey?

I et me think.

Never.

What're you doing, coming
over here unannounced?

You don't think you could
get hurt doing that?

You got your fucking
money, Richie.

And never, ever come into
this city again unannounced.

You come in to see
a fucking Broadway show,

you call ahead first,
see if it's okay with me.

No problem. All right.

Man: Let's go, hit some balls.

Richie: Great suits, pal.

Is that your car?

That's a fucking great car.

Have a nice fucking
trip back to Jersey.

Richie: All right.

Come on, I got a tee time.
Let's go.

What were you doin' there?

Well, that's where this
dope is coming from.

Blue magic, it's coming
out of New York.

What do you expect
me to do, ignore it?

The cab driver has filed aggravated
assault and grand theft charges

which he may reconsider

depending on how much the state
of New Jersey offers to settle.

I showed him my ID.
I told him I was a cop.

You stole his
cab and you knock him out.

I was chasing the 20
grand, all right?

Next time, knock him out before
you show him your badge.

Look, I don't want to hear about
you going into New York again.

Well, then this
investigation's over.

You're not listening to me.

I said, "I don't want to hear about
you going into New York again."

You do whatever you have to do.

You go wherever you have to go

to figure out who's bringing
this shit into the country.

Just don't tell me about it.

Frank: There's your girl,
right there.

Hey, how'd you do? Hi

I didn't keep you waiting long, did 1?
No fine.

Good. A woman as beautiful as
you shouldn't have to wait.

For anything.

Thank you, ma'am.
You as pretty as ever.

Hey, doc.

Tommy!

Heard your boy scored
two touchdowns last week.

Sure. Sure do make father proud.

All right.

This is your father?

That's Martin Luther King.

It is not. It is. It is
Martin Luther King.

You know, "I have a dream"?

Of course.

No, that's...

He was just as important
as Martin Luther King to me.

What did he do?

Did a lot of things.
He was a friend

and served New York.
New York served him.

He was my boss.

My teacher.

What did he teach you?

He taught me a lot of things. He

taught me how to take my time.

Taught me that if I was
going to do something,

to do it with care, with love.

Anything else?

He taught me to be a gentleman.

That's what you are?

That's what I try
to be. Come here.

Come here. Sit right here.

I ook at me.

I own about five apartments
in Manhattan.

Homes all over the east coast,

I could have taken you to any
one of them, but I didn't.

I brought you here.

Mrs. Lucas: Frank, I was
looking for you, boy.

Because I wanted you
to meet my mother.

How you doing, ma?

Is this her?

Eva, this is my mother.

Eva: Hi, Eva.

Nice to meet you.

She's beautiful! Frank: Yeah?

Look at her, frank.

She's an angel come
down from heaven.

Eva: Thank you.

Mr. Roberts? I'm here
for our appointment.

Morning. Morning.

Sorry. Our appointment?

Child social services.

She did mention
your name, though.

The stewardess?

No, not the stewardess.

She mentioned your name.

Right after she asked me if I
associated with any criminals.

Boy 1: All right, go! Go, go!

Boy 2: Yeah! You wanna see this?
Go, go.

Richie: Hey, boys.

Joey: Joey. Hey, Joey!

Get in the pool. Go on.

Come on. Come on.

So, how'd she get my name?

I aurie.

She's been saying a lot lately.

A lot.

You know, when you asked me
to be your son's godfather,

I took it very seriously.

I know. I know and
I appreciate that.

And I said yes, I would take
on this responsibility.

Take care of your son, if god
forbid, something happened to you.

Joe, the kind of things she's
saying to child social services

made me look really
bad, all right. You know,

out at all kinds of
hours at night time,

lowlife informants
around, women.

Old friends like me.

Old friends like you, yeah.

Uncle Joey, watch me, okay?

Okay, I understand.

They ask me, I'll tell
them what you want me

to tell them. I'll lie for you.

No, don't lie.
You don't have to lie.

Just, omit certain details.

Sure. All right.

You know, there's something
else I was gonna ask you.

Something else.

You don't have to answer
if you don't want.

Blue magic. Anything?

Just a lot of sorrow,
misery from guys

getting put out of work,
that's all.

What, your guys?

Just guys.

You thinking about
where it's coming from?

Guys down south.
That's all I heard.

Cubans? I don't know.

Not Mexico.

I don't know.

You're telling me, it's
coming in from South America?

I don't know.

All I can tell you
is whoever it is,

they're upsetting the
natural order of things.

And that's all there is.

What's up?

Frank on phone:
My man, how we looking?

Frank, I want you
to meet Mike sobota.

How are you doing, Mr.
Sobota? How are you?

What can I get you?

How about a left-hander? From what
Charlie tells me, your nephew.

Oh, this is the... Yankees, yeah.
Hey, Steve!

Yankees.

Steve! Come here.
Excuse me one second.

This boy's good, okay? I want
you to put him on the Yankees.

'Cause you good enough,
ain't you?

I'm a Lucas.

Good enough on a bad day, Jack.

He's good enough on a bad day,
so don't make it a bad day,

make it a good day,
you understand?

NYPD, excuse me,
police department.

Back up, baby.

Whoa

detective: Hey! Hey! Hey!

Taking your ass in, Jimmy.

Taking your ass in.

Where are the handcuffs?

I got a license for
that, motherfucker.

You got a license for this?

Excuse me, all right?

Shit. All right! Yeah!

Now, you know what? I gotta
arrest you for that shit.

That shit's too good
to be on the street.

Wait a minute,
I got this for you.

You ain't got to arrest nobody.

Are you bribing me now?

I'll tell you what,
I'm arresting everybody!

Now, all you're under
arrest! You first!

That's my family. That's my...

Excuse me, excuse me.

Back it up, baby.

What was that?

Come on, guys. What's the
matter with you, man?

I said, what the hell was that?
What was what?

I said what the hell are you doing, man?
Be cool, man!

What's your fucking problem?

What the hell's wrong with you?

Detective: God damn!

He's all right.

I just shot him
in the leg, is all.

Detective: Damn, Jimmy!

Get up.

All right, everybody,
get out! Get out!

Huey: Come on, frank,
it was an accident.

Frank: It wasn't no goddamn accident.
He feels terrible.

He don't feel shit, 'cause he's coked
up all the motherfucking time!

He's your driver.
Get rid of him.

Come on, man,
that's your cousin!

That ain't shit to me!
He don't mean nothing to me.

What's he gonna do,
go back home?

I don't give a damn
what he does!

Send his ass home!
Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey! Don't rub on that!
You blot that!

You understand? That's alpaca!

That's $25,000 alpaca!
You blot that shit!

You don't rub it! Put
the club soda on there.

Simple Simon-ass motherfuckers.

Listen, from now on,
don't nobody

talk to me directly!
You understand?

You got business with me,
you talk to huey!

Huey, you talk to me!
You got it?

All right.

Damn it, never on the phone!
You got it?

I got it. All right!

And take them goddamn
sunglasses off.

Take the goddamn sunglasses off!

Damn it, man.

Simple Simon-ass motherfuckers.

The whole place was imported.

Brick by brick.

Gloucestershire.

Who? Great Britain.

Yours.

Here you go.

Pull!

Come, Eva.

I'm sure you're dying to
see the rest of the house.

Of course. Excuse me.

Thank you for a wonderful lunch.
It was delicious.

What do you think of monopolies?

You mean like the game?

No, I just think monopolies were
made illegal in the country, frank,

'cause nobody wants
to compete, you know.

Nobody wants to compete,
not with a monopoly.

I mean, you let the
dairy farmers do that,

half of them would be
out of business tomorrow.

Just trying to make a living.

That's your right, I mean, it's
everyone's right. It's america.

We just can't do it at the
unreasonable expense of others.

'Cause then it becomes
UN-American.

That's why the price we pay
for that gallon of milk

could never represent the
true cost of production

'cause it's got
to be controlled.

It's gotta be set.
It's gotta be fair.

Gotta be controlled by who?

I set a price
that I think is fair.

I don't think it's fair.
You don't?

I don't think it's fair.
I think it's fair.

I mean, I know your
customers are happy, frank,

bunch of fucking
junkies that they are.

But we fellow dairy farmers out here,
frank, are you thinking of us?

You thinking of them?

The dairy farmers? Yeah

I'm thinking of them, Dominic,

about as much as they've
ever thought about me.

I'm just thinking out loud now.

If you took some of your inventory,
frank, and you sold it wholesale...

Sit.

We could work.

We could do some distribution.

I don't know. I'm
pretty good, Dominic.

You know, I got 110th,
155th, river to river.

I'm all right.

That's kind of
a mom and pop store

next to what I'm talking about.

I mean, let's go at
least bigger than kmart.

I'm talking about la,
Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas.

Let's go nationwide, huh?

I'm gonna guarantee you your peace
of mind here. You don't want that?

You're going to need it.

I don't know how
you view me, you know.

I'm kind of a
renaissance man, frank.

You know, the people I deal
with on a daily basis,

you know, they're
not enlightened, frank.

You talk to them about civil
rights, they don't know, you know.

They're not open to change.

Not from the way things
are done and who's doing it.

I talk to them, there's
just no misunderstandings.

And that's what I mean
by your peace of mind.

You're paying, what,
$75,000, $80.000 a kilo?

I'm a renaissance man, too.

I'll consider $50,000.

Why would you trust
these people?

And the way they look at you...

They look at me like it's
Christmas and I'm Santa claus.

They look at us
like we're the help.

They work for me now.

Ali on TV: I predict that
when I meet Joe Frazier,

this will be like a good amateur
fighting a real professional.

This will be like a kid
out of the Olympics...

Man 1: That's gonna
be Ali in like three.

Frazier on TV: You're not
fighting Oscar bonavena,

you're not fighting
Sonny liston.

You're fighting Joe Frazier.

Ali: Everybody knows that.
That's not the point.

Abruzzo: He's all talk, man.

Spearman: Look at Frazier!

Jones: Ali gonna
crush him, baby.

Ali: I'll stop him.

Frazier: Stop me? You?

Cosell: How soon? What round?

Frazier:
Don't let him obligate you.

All one fo 10!

Man on TV:
Tonight, march 8, 1971.

Here we are at
Madison square garden

for the fight of the century.

And by anybody's definition,
this is a happening.

There are handshakes and, of course,
there are utterly beautiful women.

But behind the smiles
and behind the handshakes,

you can feel the atmosphere is so heavy
with tension, it's almost unbearable.

Everybody who is
anybody is here.

Like Sinatra. Like graziano,
David frost and diahann carroll.

And Woody Allen
and Diane Keaton.

The celebrities are pouring in.

Ali:
The way you all build it up,

life magazine cover,
time magazine,

everybody gives their opinion.

Dempsey says I'll lose.
Joe Louis.

And when Joe Louis
said I'm gonna lose,

that's how I knew
I'd won this one.

Joe Louis always
picks the wrong man!

Always picks the wrong man.

Frazier: Joe Louis is here tonight.
Watch your ass.

Man: The official weight of
Joe Frazier is 205.5 pounds.

Ali: Float like a butterfly,
sting like a bee.

You're not watching
the fight, Bob?

I'm not into boxing.

Richie: This ain't boxing, kid.

It's politics.

I got something for you, too.

Frank: Yeah?

The coat? For me?

Mmm-hmm.

Do you like it?

The coat? Yeah, yeah, it's nice.

What do you think? Yeah.

You sure? Yeah.

Photographer 1:
Over here, Sammy.

Photographer 2:
Hey, Sammy! Give a look.

Photographer 1:
Joe Louis! Over here!

How's it going, frank?

How are you, Joe?

Announcer:
Now, ladies and gentlemen,

we have quite a list
of introductions.

We are now going to introduce
people from all endeavors of life.

And not just show people.

Because everyone
is here tonight!

Main event!

15 rounds.

For the undisputed heavyweight
championship of the world!

Man: There we go, Ali

from louisville, Kentucky,
he's wearing red trunks.

Champ! This is frank Lucas.

He weighs 215 pounds.

Here 1s Muhammad Ali!

His opponent, from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

he's wearing green trunks.

Who's that laughing
with cattano?

How'd he get so fucking
close to the ring?

The heavyweight champion
of the world,

Joe Frazier!

Hey, frank.

You gonna keep that
hat on all night?

I'm gonna miss the fight.

You paid for it.

Spearman: This guy, he's a
supplier at most. Or just a pimp.

Otherwise we'd know his hame.

His tickets were phenomenal. Better
seats than Dominic cattano. Right?

Joe Louis shook his hand.

Who the fuck is this guy?

What's this?

That's the plate off the limo.

Check with the company
who rented it.

Wedding photographer: Right there, Mr.
Lucas. Right there. Good.

Photographer 1: Can I get a
shot here, frank? Right here.

Photographer 2:
Looking good, frank.

Woman: Beautiful.

Man: Right on, frank!

Woman: Congratulations!

She's the most beautiful
bride I've ever seen.

That's my sunshine right there, Mr.
Williams.

I wish bumpy had met her.

Woman: Throw it to Mel

get a picture.

Come here, baby.

What's happening?

Frank: Sit tight.

Congratulations, frank.

Detective.

So, you sure you
done the right thing?

I mean, she's a
beautiful girl and all

hey, hey, listen, listen.

Before you say anything
about me or about my wife,

understand this is the most important
day of my life, detective.

Oh, I understand. I understand.

You know, a man who walks around
in a $50,000 chinchilla coat

and never even bought
me a cup of coffee.

There's something wrong there.

Pay your bills, frank?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Do you pay your bills,
I asked you?

Maybe you need to talk
to the chief of police.

What's my share?

'Cause you don't even
fucking know me.

Maybe I'm special.

You are special.

Trupo: You see that right there?

Special investigations unit.

Special.

Get t?

10 grand. First of each month.

Deliver it right here.

Are you done?

Oh, yeah, I'm done.

Trupo: Don't forget your card.

Have a nice fucking honeymoon.

Frank: Let's go.

Richie: His name is frank Lucas.

Originally from greensboro,
north Carolina.

A couple of arrests years ago.

Gambling and unlicensed firearm.

For 15 years, he was bumpy Johnson's
driver, bodyguard and collector.

He was with him when he died.

He's got five brothers.

He's the oldest.
And a lot of cousins.

They all living up here now,

spread throughout the
five boroughs and Jersey.

The brothers are Dexter,

in Brooklyn. He's a dry cleaner.

What can I do for you?

I'm picking up.

Man: Yeah

Richie: Melvin in queens has got a custom
furniture and fire doors business.

That's it right here?
Right there.

Richie: Terrence in Newark,
he has a hardware store.

Turner in the Bronx
has got a tire shop.

And huey Lucas in Bergen
county has a body shop.

Is your manager here?
That's my price.

Oh, man, I'm gonna take it
somewhere else, all right?

These businesses are the
distribution and collection points

for frank's dope
and frank's money.

Everything about
frank's life seems

unpretentious,
orderly and legitimate.

He starts early,
gets up at 5:00 A.M.

Has breakfast in a diner in Harlem
every morning, usually by himself.

Then he starts work.

Takes a meeting with the
accountant or with his lawyer.

At nights, he usually stays at home.
And if he does go out,

it's to one of two clubs or a handful
of restaurants with his new wife.

Some ball players. That's
fucking wilt Chamberlain.

Richie: Friends, musicians.

Never, never with
organized crime guys.

Sundays, he takes
his mother to church.

Then he drives out
and he changes

the flowers on bumpy's grave.

Every Sunday, no matter what.

Toback: Not the typical day in
the life of a dope man, Richie.

Richie: No

bumpy Johnson's life wasn't typical
either, and he ran Harlem for years.

Toback: So you're saying that frank
Lucas replaced bumpy Johnson?

Richie: Yeah.
Toback: His driver?

Richie: Yeah

toback:
Sounds a little farfetched.

Richie: But is it? Is it?
Because everything he does...

Jones: He's handing
out turkeys, man.

Richie: He does the same as
bumpy would have done, right?

And who was bumpy
most likely to teach?

The guy he sees every day.

It's like a sicilian family.

He's structured his organization

to protect him in the same way.

And if he was with
bumpy for so long,

that means he would have spent
a lot of time with Italians.

Definitely long enough
to learn that much.

But here's the thing.
I don't think

it's frank Lucas
that we're after.

Who we want is whoever frank
Lucas is working for.

It's whoever's actually
bringing the heroin in.

Okay. So what do you have on him

that will stick in court?
Because this isn't it.

Without powder, without informants,
no one's going to jail.

Richie: That's understood, sir.

And I don't think we're gonna get
informants, not from inside the family,

you know, unless we
get very, very lucky.

Straight up lab tests suggesting

purity's consistent
with Asian dope.

The Italians, we know, usually
work with other Europeans

or with the Turks.

We got small blue
packets turning up

in neighborhoods all
over the tri-state area.

From Chinatown, to Harlem,
Washington heights,

Richmond Avenue
and staten island.

They got north orange,
Princeton, bayonne, Newark,

Syracuse, Rochester, buffalo, and
all the way through Connecticut.

The same dope.

All right.

That's it, down there.

Man on TV: And it's three counts

as they round the turn
for home now.

Okay, let's all join hands.

Lord, we thank you for this
food we're about to receive,

the nourishments of our bodies.

Feed our souls
with heavenly grace,

in Jesus' name and for his sake.

Amen. All: Amen.

Man: Shh. Shh.

Hey, it's okay.
It's okay. Come on, now.

It's okay.

You better get yourself
ready, old man.

Come on, big man.
Throw the ball.

Get yourself ready,
old man. All right!

Come on, now. Your pop said you
had an arm on you. Come on!

I'm gonna set your ass
in the grass, uncle Melvin.

Melvin: Hey! Watch your mouth,
boy. Throw the ball!

Stevie: Damn, uncle Melvin, I'm
a pitcher, not an outfielder!

Steve. Steve, come here.

Come, sit down.

Uncle frank. What's happening?

How you doing?

Cool.

You want a drink?

You know better than that.

Just checking.

Why didn't you show up
for that meeting, Steve?

I set it up with the
Yankees and Billy Martin.

Why didn't you show up?

Don't lie to me.

I don't want to
play ball no more.

I decided.
What you talking about?

You decided? Decided what?

That ain't what I want.
What you talking about?

You've been playing since
you was a little boy.

You were ready to go into the pros.
What you...

Frank! We got a problem, man.

What do you want?

I want what you got,
uncle frank.

I want to be you.

He's been diluting it so much.

We're down 2%, 3% pure.

And you tested it? You're sure?

Yeah.

Fuck you looking at?

My man.

Welcome, frank.

How you doing, Nick?
It's all great. Welcome.

I need to talk to you.
Great. Come on.

Hey, you all, everybody
get out! Let's go.

Come on! Hurry up!

Sit, my brother.

I take it you talked to Charlie.

Guess you wanna hear more
about my black coalition.

Let me explain to you...
No, no, no.

I'm all right.

That's not what I
came here for, Nick.

Yeah, everybody's good, Nick.

You know, everybody's happy.
Charlie, baz, the Italians,

you know, Johnny law.
Everybody's happy except you.

I'm happy, frank.

You happy? Really?

Well, maybe I'm the
one with the problem.

Yeah, go on. Get one.

All right.

I gotta problem 'cause

I don't understand
why you gotta take

something that's perfectly good

and mess it up.

See, brand names.

Brand names mean something.
Understand?

Shut the fuck up!

Go ahead, frank.

I'm sorry about that bullshit.

Blue magic.

That's a brand name.

Like Pepsi, that's a brand name.

I stand behind it.
I guarantee it.

They know that, even if they
don't know me any more than

they know the chairman
of general mills.

What the fuck are you
talking about, frank?

What I'm talking about is
when you chop my dope down

to one, two, three,
four, five percent

and then you call it blue magic,

that is trademark infringement.

You understand what I'm saying?

With all due respect, frank,
if I buy something, I own it.

No, that ain't true.
That ain't true.

If I buy a car, and I wanna paint
it, I can paint the motherfucker.

Yeah, but you don't have to.

This is what I'm saying to
you, Nick, you don't have to.

Good enough the way it is.

You can make enough money off it

the way it is, just by
calling it blue magic.

Anything more than
that is greed, son.

What you want, frank? You want
me to change the name on it?

I would have to insist
that you change the name.

Fine by me, frank.
I'll call it red magic,

even though that
don't sound as good.

I don't give a fuck
what you call it.

Put a chokehold
on the motherfucker

and call it blue dog shit,
you know what I mean?

I don't care, just don't let
me catch you doing this again.

Catch me? Infringement? Insist?

I don't like these
words as much as,

"please, thank you, I'm sorry
to bother you, Nicky."

These are better words you use
to come to my motherfucking club

without an invitation!
You hear me?

My man.

Oh, shit. Fuck, is that
the cops there, man?

It's all right.

The hell they're gonna
do, give us a ticket?

Stuff's in the car, frank.

What?

Some of it's in the trunk.

How you doing, frank? I'm good.
How you doing, detective?

How was your Thanksgiving?

Not so good,
as a matter of fact.

Why don't you
get out of the car?

Come on, give me
the fucking keys.

Where's the Shelby at?

The Shelby's gone, frank.

The Shelby's gone?
Stay right there.

Yes, sir. Right here.

Trupo: You got anything
worth looking at in here?

Richie:
Hey, that's that trupo guy.

Spearman: Is that him?
Richie: Yeah.

Fucking prick.

Come over here a minute, frank.

Yeah.

What are we gonna do about this?

Everybody go home, have some
pumpkin pie, warm apple cider.

I got a better idea.

Or would you rather me throw you

and your brother in
the fucking river?

Would you rather your
house blows up next time?

I loved that car.

I know.

Richie: What's he doing?
Shakedown!

Somebody's getting some money
for the benevolent fund.

Spearman: Look at that shit.

Sorry, frank.

It's all right.
Go and get in the car.

Richie: All right,
you call me back.

Ins, IRS, FBI.

I can't get a damn thing
out of any of them.

Because they all think
you're on the take.

And you think they are.

You know, I don't think
they want this to stop.

I think it employs
too many people.

Judges, lawyers,
cops, politicians,

prison guards,
probation officers.

They stop bringing
dope into this country,

about 100,000 people are
going to be out of a job.

Spearman.

FBI. Here to see
detective Roberts.

So who took it out? Somebody I know?
My wife?

Come on, if somebody's
taking a contract

out on my life,
I'd like to know.

I can't say without compromising
our source. You understand?

No. Not when it's my life,
I don't understand.

If you want we can
assign someone to you.

FBI protection.

You know what? My life is
dangerous enough as it is.

Well, we'll let you get
back to your business.

Okay. Larry, Bob.

Thanks for visiting
the garden state.

Take care.

Hey, what do you know
about frank Lucas?

We know that you keep
calling about him.

We believe that
peace is at hand.

We believe that an
agreement is within sight.

As I said earlier.

Yeah.

Hey, Joey. Hi.

All right. Yeah, tomorrow. Why?

Richie: What the fuck
is a microwave?

Joey: It's a scientific force,
like atomic energy.

Yeah? Joey: Yeah.

It rearranges the molecules.

Richie: Of what?

Joey: Of what? Of popcorn.

Of your head.
Stick it in. Go on.

I can get you one of those.

Brand new, just like this.

I'll have it delivered.

No, thank you.

Hey. Where is that?

Aspen. We just got back.

Had a great time.
You know who we met?

Who?

Burt Reynolds.

Yeah? Yeah?

Yeah. I'm not kidding.

A lot people from Hollywood
go up there now.

They're buying up everything.

This is your place? Mmm.

You know what that's worth?

Ski in, ski out. Five bedrooms.

Sauna. Everything.
We were guests.

It's your place.

Isn't there something we can do,

about leaving the big guy alone?

I don't report
what you just said,

I can get in a lot of trouble.

I do report it,
then the trouble is yours.

I'm hoping you won't do that.

Richie, come on.
I'm not taping it.

How do you know?
Because we're friends.

And I'm telling you,
this is a real offer.

From who? Your uncle?

Why would you do this?

Why would you risk
our friendship?

Because

I care what happens to you.

You shouldn't have done this.

I had to, I had no choice.

Neither do you. Richie!

You don't have a choice.

Just leave frank Lucas alone.

Frank Lucas?

Yeah.

You tell Marie I had to leave.
I'm sorry.

Tell her why.

Talk! Talk! Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
Don't shoot!

Are you Richie Roberts?

Yes, so what?

You've been served. I'm sorry.

Woman: All right.

Laurie.

Look, I'm sorry I never gave you

the kind of life
you wanted, all right.

I'm sorry it was never enough.

Don't punish me
for being honest.

Don't take my boy away.

What are you saying? That
because you were honest

and you didn't take money like
every other cop, I left you?

No, you don't take
money for one reason.

To buy being dishonest
about everything else.

And that's worse than taking
money nobody gives a shit about.

Drug money, gambling money
nobody's gonna miss.

You know, I'd rather you took
it and been honest with me.

Or don't take it. I don't care.

But then don't go cheat on me.

Don't cheat on your kid
by never being around.

Don't go out and get
laid by your snitches

and your secretaries
and strippers!

I can tell by just looking,
she's one of them.

You.

You think you're going to heaven

because you're honest,
but you're not.

You're going to the same hell as
the crooked cops you can't stand.

Bailiff: All rise.

Judge: Please be seated.

Miss dickerson, before the
court renders its opinion,

is there anything else
you'd like to be heard on?

Yes, your honor.

Your honor, a lot has been said
here today about how unsavory

Mr. Roberts' environment
is for a child.

How dangerous it is.

We tell him to protect us. We
give him that responsibility,

but then say, "oh, we don't
trust you to raise a child.

"We don't think
you're fit for that."

I'm not.

You're right.

Being around me is
no place for a kid.

You take him to Vegas.

I'll come see him when I can.

Your honor, I want to apologize
for wasting the court's time.

Frank: Doc.

I see them.

Detective: There he is.

The fuck is this guy doing?

Doc: Hey! Champagne.

Doc: Merry Christmas,
detectives.

For us?

Doc: Yeah. Enjoy that.

You fellas have a good time.

Mmm-hmm.

It's cristal

man on TV: South Vietnamese
troops called in air strikes

on communist positions
inside the city.

Paying off Johnny law,
that's one thing.

There ain't no
problem with that.

I've been paying off the police
since I was 10 years old.

Put more of their
kids through college

than the national merit award.

Give me one of them
round one. Yeah.

This is different,
though. These...

Special investigative unit. That's their
problem. They think they're special.

Fucking crooks.
No code of ethics.

What do you think?

Looks great. It's beautiful.

Good.

The police, that ain't the only
somebody I'm worried about.

I seeing cars where I ain't never seen
them before, people I don't know.

Yeah, me, too.

Eva: Ho, ho, ho.

Merry Christmas, Charlie.

Thank you.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Here, take this.

A quick toast,
and then I'll be off.

Man on TV: What happened
here was an accident of war.

Somebody made a mistake.

Bumpy ain't hardly
ever go out no more.

After a certain point
he stayed in the house.

Watch TV.

Play chess. Read the newspaper.

I though he was just trying
to lead the quiet life,

but no, he couldn't go nowhere.

Not without something happening.

Frankie

we can still go out.

With who? Where?

Well, with...

But I know he's
under surveillance.

Ain't gonna be no Christmas time

with my family
being here no more.

Why don't you just pay
who you have to pay?

I do pay them. I pay
thousands and millions

to dope dealers, crooks, cops.

I pay everybody.

I pay more than they should get.

I can't satisfy nobody!

It's like dope!
Everybody's strung out!

The more you give 'em,
the more they want.

They expect more.

Give more and they want more.

Do you want to go out?

All right, baby. Put
something of what you got.

Should 1? Yeah.

That's Christmas spirit.

That's what I'm talking about.
Feliz navidad.

Something nice? Mmm-hmm.

We're going to
have a great time.

That's right, chica.

Mr. Lucas. Enjoy your evening.

It's all clear.

Woman: Nicky!

Nicky: Who is that? Doc: There's
your boy, Nicky. See him?

Nicky: Know what I'm saying?

Yeah, I see him.
Let's keep going.

Around back?

Frank: Hell, no. I ain't
sneaking into my own club.

Incredible. Huh?

Come on.

Hold on. Hold on.

What?

I want to wait in the car.

Frank, I got it. I got it.
I'll wait for it. I got it.

Get that yellow sauce.
Yellow sauce.

And the chicken.
The kung pao chicken.

Can you turn the heater on?

Shit. I'm gonna go get the keys.

Doc, give me the keys.

Doc: Here you go.

Doc!

Get out of the car.

Doc: You okay? Yeah

doc: Shit.

Come on.

Come on, baby. You all right?

Let's go.

Was it Nicky?

We'll go right now and fucking kill
him whether it was him or not,

you say the word, Frankie.

We got to do something, frank.

We can't just sit here.

We're leaving.

All right, everybody get out.
Turner: You all right, man?

Go on home. It's Christmas time.
Go and be with your families.

I'm all right.

Go on. Go ahead.
Be with your kids.

Go ahead.

Where are we gonna go, huh?

We're gonna go to Spain,
somewhere? China?

Huh? Come on, sit down. Tell
me where you want to go.

Frank, we can go
anywhere we want.

No, we can't. We can
live anywhere, frank.

Where? And do what? Run? Hide?

Frank Lucas don't
run from nobody, baby.

We ain't going nowhere.
We're gonna stay right here.

We're gonna stay right here.
This is my home.

This is where my business is,
my wife, my mother, my family.

My country.
I ain't going nowhere.

I ain't running from nobody!

This is america.

And you ain't going
nowhere, either!

Huh?

A ceasefire, internationally
supervised,

will begin at 7:00 P.M.
this Saturday,

January 27th, Washington time.

Spearman: I'll call you back.

Hey! What are you doing?

Richie.

Wow.

So, what I hear it was the
corsican mob took a shot at frank.

You know, French connection,
Fernando Rey,

the exporters that frank
has put out of business.

Look, I can take care
of him in New York.

I just don't want to have
to worry that every time

he drives across
the bridge to Jersey,

someone's gonna take
another shot at him.

Richie, you and I gotta
start working together.

We need to step up our efforts.

Next time, their aim
could be better.

We need to keep
this cash cow alive.

What the fuck
are you doing here?

Whoa

were you actually gonna
arrest frank Lucas?

What's the matter with you?

What, you don't know?

No.

Everybody in New Jersey's crazy.

You know what we do here?

Cops arrest bad guys.

Before you get on
that bridge again,

you should call me first,
just make sure it's safe.

"I'm more enlightened
than some of my friends.

"I can guarantee
you peace of mind."

That's what you
told me, Dominic.

"I can guarantee
you peace of mind!"

I don't feel so peaceful!

Huh?

They tried to kill my wife!

Who was that? Huh?

Maybe it was one
of your peoples.

I don't know yet. No.
You don't know?

You don't know.

I'll tell you what I know. Maybe
I should just put 500 guns

out there on the street and just
start shooting up some people,

just to make a point.

Frank, it was a junkie. It was a rival.
Some dumb-ass kid

trying to make
a name for himself.

Somebody you forgot to pay off.

Someone you slighted
without even realizing it.

Could be someone you
put out of business

from being so successful.
Look at you.

Success, it's got
enemies, frank.

I ots of enemies.

So your success
took a shot at you.

What are you gonna do now?

How you gonna kill it?

You're gonna become
unsuccessful?

Frank, we can be successful
and have enemies, right?

Or we can be unsuccessful, too,
you know, we can have friends.

That's the choice we make.

Man on TV: The final evacuation of
military and diplomatic personnel

continued throughout the night,

as north Vietnamese troops
marched on Saigon.

The imminent fall of
the city has brought

chaos and a growing
sense of desperation.

Operator.

Yeah, Bangkok, 367,
international.

One moment, please.

Frank: Yeah, Nate.

Hey, frank. What's up, baby?

What's going on over there?

It's all over

yeah, I'm watching the news.
What the hell's going on?

The game's over, frank.

Huh? It's done.

Everybody going home, baby.
Give peace a chance.

Well, look, I'm not...
Listen to me.

I want two

I want 2,000 keys in the air.

It's impossible, frank.

All our resources are
going home. It's over.

I'll tell you what.
I'm on my way over there.

Right now? Oh, come... yeah

Jimmy: You stole my shit?

Spearman, wake the fuck up, man.
What?

Where's my shit, darlynn?

Don't hurt me, Jimmy!

Spearman: Jesus! What the...
Police! Jones: Police!

Spearman: Drop the gun, Jimmy!
Jones: Drop the gun!

Jones: Let me see your hands!

Spearman: Jimmy,
drop the fucking gun!

Jones: I'm not playing
with you, Jimmy!

I'll blast your
fucking head off!

Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

I got your gun and
I got your prints.

You know what you got?

You got attempted murder.

Fifteen fucking years!

Attempted murder is the same as
murder one, that's a grand jury.

Now, a grand jury could
come back favorably.

It could be reduced
to manslaughter.

All right?
Maybe even self-defense.

It all just depends on how
we wanna deal with you.

See where this is
fucking going, Jimmy?

Let's say you beat it.

What do you think your
cousin frank is gonna think?

Right, he is gonna know,
at some point in time,

we sat you down, and we
talked to you like this.

And then you go to court and
you beat attempted murder?

What's he gonna think?

Is he stupid? Is your
cousin frank stupid?

Abruzzo: Answer him!

No. He's going to assume
that you talked.

But right now,
frank doesn't know.

You want frank to read
about this in the papers?

Or do you just want
to walk out of here?

No ball, no trial, no jail,
just walk out of here today.

Your choice.

Opium plants are hard
enough to outlive any war.

They'll still be here long
after the troops have gone.

What are you going to
do for transportation

when the last us
plane goes home?

I'll figure something out.

You will see me again,
that's for sure.

It is not in my best
interest to say this, frank,

but quitting while you're ahead

is not the same as quitting.

Only the lonely

know this feeling ain't right

there goes my baby

there goes my heart

they're gone forever

so far apart

but only the lonely

know why

yeah. Hey.

Go get him.

Whatever you want to do, baby.

One second.

It's frank. Yeah.

Yeah.

Newark.

Short term,

parking lot three.

Short term, lot three.

That's the mustang we
talking about, right?

Okay, right.
What's the plate number?

K-a

k-a

frank: 760.

Huey: 76

zero. All right.

There's no short term
lot three at Newark.

They got letters. A-b-c-d.
I know.

Maybe he means a time. 3:00?

Jones: This isn't no
Jersey license plate,

nor New York, for that matter.

K-a-7-6-07

yep.

Kilo Alpha?

A plane tail number?

Kilo Alpha 760.

You check commercial planes.

You guys check private planes.

Everything, from a
little fucking cessna

to the biggest
fucking whatever jet.

All right?

I'll check military planes.
Where you going, Jimmy?

You're not going anywhere.
Sit sit down.

Captain? Yeah?

Richie Roberts. Essex county.

I know you're expecting us.

Here's our warrant.

We're looking on the plane.

Wait! Wait!

Scotty, stop all these soldiers!

Check their bags.
Every one of them.

No-knock warrant.

All right. Start upstairs.

Where are they going?

Step in, sweetie.

Ma'am, please sit down.

Mrs Lucas: What is this?

Whoa, whoa, whoa! All this stops!
Hey. Hey. Hey.

Nothing leaves this
area, all right?

Just slow down with this.

All right. Stop these trucks.
Man: Hold on, hold on.

Richie: Everything off the walls!
Just pull it all down.

Spearman:
Damn thing's a monster, rich.

What is this?

Nothing leaves this area
till we've checked it.

All right, captain. Nothing.

We got to take the plane down,
we got to look in the trucks.

Every man here gets searched.

Read the warrant, sir.

Your husband's illustrious
career is over.

The feds are gonna come in,
gonna take everything.

And then they're
gonna take it all.

But not before
I get my gratuity.

So where's the money?

What are you talking
about? What money?

What am I talking
about? What money?

The getaway money that frank

and every other gangster
keeps in his house.

If you leave now, there's a
chance frank might not kill you.

Shut up! Sit down!

Sit down!

Man on TV: Defense today
announced the planned evacuation

of all remaining us combat
forces from Vietnam,

news that comes
too late for some,

as here, on a solemn tarmac
at Dover air force base.

This c-130, loaded down
with its sorrowful cargo,

a cargo of america's
bravest and best,

en route to their
final resting places.

You guys. Take this coffin down.

Open it. I'm not doing that.

Great fucking dog, huh?

You stop this, right now.

My warrant gives me permission
to examine this plane,

the plane and its cargo.

Well, you don't have
my permission.

I don't need it, captain.

Easy! Easy, boy.
Come on. Hey! Easy!

Frank, move out of the way.

Damn.

That's enough!

Stay with these coffins. Do not
let them out of your sight.

Got it. Okay.

Trupo: Hey.
Help me out with this.

That was a military
transport plane.

If there was heroin on board,

then someone in the military
would have to be involved.

Which means that
even as it fights a war

that's claimed
50,000 American lives,

the military is
smuggling narcotics.

That is how this event today
will be interpreted.

That someone employed
by this office

believes that
the United States army

is in the drug
trafficking business

and is trying to prove it by
desecrating the remains of young men

who have given their lives
in the defense of democracy!

There is dope on that plane.

Shut the fuck up!

Is it any wonder, then,
because of your actions,

the entire federal narcotics
program is now in jeopardy

of being dismantled as
completely and enthusiastically

as that fucking transport plane?

That is what you've accomplished, Mr.
Roberts, single-handedly.

I had good information.

That the target
of my investigation

was bringing dope
in on that plane.

And that target is? Frank Lucas.

Who? His name's frank Lucas.

Who 1s frank Lucas?

Who does he work for?
Which family?

He's not Italian. He's black.

Is that supposed to
be some kind of a joke?

You're this close to the end of
your career in law enforcement

and you're making fucking jokes?

My investigation indicates

that frank Lucas is above the
mafia in the dope business.

My investigations also indicate

that frank Lucas buys direct
from a source in Southeast Asia.

He cuts out the middlemen
and uses us military planes

and personnel to transport pure number
4 heroin into the United States

and he's been doing so on a
regular basis since 1969.

I have cases against every
member of frank's organization.

Frank's organization?

No fucking nigger
has ever accomplished

what the American mafia
hasn't in 100 years!

And you would know
that how? Why?

'Cause your head is stuck
up your fucking ass?

Hey, Lou, do me a favor.

Will you get this fucking
kike out of here?

Kike? Kike?

Richie, no.

Hey, Richie!

Make it stick.

Spearman's with the coffins.
They're about a quarter mile away.

Frank: Doctor.

What?

Fucking trupo came by the house, man.
It's bad.

Frankie, I need to speak
with you a minute. Please?

I got to go, ma.

No, sit down just a minute.

Would you please come
back a little later?

Thank you.

Ma, I got to go. All right?

Just a few words.

Listen to me. I got...

Please, sit down.
Just a few words.

I've been thinking
about some things.

You know, if you'd
been a preacher,

your brothers would
have been preachers.

Right.

If you'd been a soldier,
they'd be soldiers.

You know that.

They came here because of you.

You called and
they came running.

Right.

That's because
they look up to you.

They always expect you
to know what's best.

But even they know

you don't shoot cops.

Fven I know that.

Eva knows it. All right, ma.

The only one who doesn't
seem to know is youl!

All right, ma. I got to go.

I promise you, I ain't
gonna shoot nobody.

I never asked you
where all this came from

because I didn't
want to hear you lie.

I didn't want you to worry about it.
Now, come on, I got to go.

Don't lie to Mel

don't do that.

Do you want to
make things so bad

for your family that they'll leave you?
Because they will.

I understand.

She will leave you.

All right, mama.

I will leave you!

Jones: Got coffins
on the move, Richie.

Richie: We want the transport
coffins, not the ceremonial ones.

Who are these guys?

Richie: What does it say?

Jones:
Bayonne custodial services?

Spearman:
Bayonne cleaning services?

Abruzzo: Bayonne?
What the fuck is that?

Spearman:
Give me the camera, al.

Richie: Bingo.

Jones: Holy shit.
That's the baseball kid.

Oh, yeah. That's Stevie Lucas.

So what you want to do, Richie?
Follow the trucks?

No. No. I wanna stay
here with the Lucas kid.

We'll follow that Van.

You guys better eat up.

We're gonna have a long night.

Huey: Come on, more
precious than gold, man.

This is more precious than gold.

We got a couple more.

Let's go. Stack that up.

Take it. Take it.

Man: Give me a second,
man, give me a second.

Hey. Yo. We got
four caskets left, man.

Let's make some
fucking money in here.

Spearman: What are
they loading in there?

Abruzzo: What the fuck
are they loading in there?

Spearman: That's the dope.

That's got to be the dope!
It's got to be.

Richie: Let's go.

I et's move.

Lou, it's Richie.

We got everybody in place.
Everybody.

Toback: Are you sure this is it?

I'm positive, man. Okay?

All right, they're
cutting and bagging

in the south tower of the Stephen
crane projects right now.

Toback: Are you sure this is it?
You're positive?

Richie: I'm positive, Lou.
I'm positive. Okay?

Everything is ready to go.
All the guys are ready to go.

Just push the button,
give me the warrant, okay?

Okay. You got it.

Man: You all right?

When I in awesome wonder

consider all

the works thy hand hath made

I see the stars

I hear the rolling thunder

thy power throughout

the universe displayed

Got the warrant.

All right.

Let's go!

Movel

hi, ma'am. What's your name?

What's going on here?

Get down!
Get down, motherfucker!

Go.

Okay. Let's go, al

move it, come on.

Come on, move it. Move itl

All set.

Roger.

Get ready.

Man: There you go!
Boy: All right.

Man: Come on.

At target.

Spearman, stand by.

I got civilians on
the target floor.

Boy: What? Oh

man: Come on, there you go.

Woman: Hey, Tim.

Man: Girl, why don't
you get some clothes on?

Man: Let's go.

You think you bad, huh?

Hold on. Where you going?
Where you going?

Come onl

boy: I'll get it!

Where's Tim?

Quiet, kid!

I got some sandwiches
for you boys, man.

But where's Tim?

Shit. Man, Tim always
playing around.

Hey, man!

You got some blue magic, baby?

Fucking junkie!

Yo, handle that!

Jones: I'm sick!
Come on! I got money, man!

Come on, man, you know me, baby!

Come onl

come on, I need that
blue magic, man.

It's me, boogaloo, baby.

Hey, man, you know I got your
goddamn money. Come on, man.

And one, two, three!
Guard: Fucking junkie.

Abruzzo: Police! Policel

drop it!
Spearman: Get out, get out!

Drop the gun! Don't do it!

Drop the gun, drop it!
Don't do it.

Scotty!

Police! Everybody down!

You motherfucker!

Spearman: Police! Nobody move!

I ook out!

Richie: Don't fucking move!

Abruzzo: I want to see
your hands! All the hands!

Policel

down! Down! Get down!

Stay the fuck down!

Hey, man, what's going on?

What the hell..

Stay down! Down, motherfucker!
Stay down!

Out at home, baby.

Congregation: Amazing grace

how sweet the sound

thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Frank: Y'all wait right here.
Wait right here.

That saved a wretch

[1ke me

I once was lost

but now am found

Mrs. Lucas, please
step back inside.

Yes, officer.

Please, mother Lucas,
step inside, please.

Respectfully, ma'am,
please step inside.

Thank you. Step inside.

Hands up against the wall.
Stay back.

Oh, man.

Don't you owe me money?

I'll get you some more.
Here you go.

Yo, yo! Pigs! Look out!

Policeman: NYPD!
Everybody stand still!

Turner! Gol

down on the ground,
motherfucker!

That grace appear

the hour

I first believed

Dead servicemen returning from
defending our country in Vietnam...

Over there. Okay.

Judge: Ladies and gentlemen, at
this stage of the proceedings

the counsels are ready for
their opening statements.

For the prosecution,
Mr. Roberts will proceed

with his opening
statement first.

Mr. Roberts, are you
ready to proceed?

Yes, your honor.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

the state will show
and you will hear

that frank Lucas is
the most dangerous man

walking the streets of our city.

All right, y'all, get on out.

Let me talk to Mr. Richie alone.

Come on, come on, come on.

I pay y'all by the hour,
not by the minute.

Thank you.

You ain't wearing
a wire, are you?

No.

All right. I was talking
to my lawyers.

They said something
to me, I can't believe it.

Did you really find a million
dollars in the trunk of a car

and then turn it in?
Did you do that? Yeah.

You did that for real, huh?

My man. Good for you. Shit.

You know Johnny law
got it though, right?

Maybe. Ain't no maybe about it, Mr.
Richie.

You know he got it.
You turned that money in,

he took it and you
ain't get nothing for it.

Did you?

Why did you do that?

It was the right thing to do.

That's true.

That's a good answer. It
was the right thing to do.

The question I have, the question
I've been asking myself is,

would you do it again?

I mean, that's a lot of money,
that's a long time ago.

Many car payments ago, many
child support payments ago.

So I said to myself, the onlyest
way to find out is to find out.

Richie: Bribery, extortion,
murder, racketeering...

Frank: Now, you give
me an address,

I'll make sure the car's there,

I'll make sure that
money's in that trunk.

No, thanks.

You sure?

Come on, now, Richie.

What do you think,
that impresses me?

You think that you're
better than them?

You ain't no better
than them other cops.

In fact, you're
the same as them.

You are them.

Let me ask you this.

Do you really think that
putting me behind bars

is going to change anything
on them streets?

Them dope fiends
is gonna shoot it,

they're gonna steal for it,
they're gonna die for it.

Putting me in or out ain't
gonna change one thing.

Then that's the way it is.

That's just the way it is.
So what we got, Richie?

We got me and you sitting here.

We got that little snitch-ass
driver for my brother.

You got a little bit of powder.

You're going to need
more than that, Richie.

Richie: I got possession,
supply, conspiracy,

bribing a law officer.
I got people who'll

attest to seeing you
kill in cold blood.

I got your offshore
bank accounts,

your real estate,
your businesses,

all bought with
money from heroin.

And I got hundreds of
parents of dead kids.

Addicts who od'ed
on your product.

And that's my story
for the jury.

And that's how I
make it all stick.

"This man murdered
thousands of people.

"And he did it from a
penthouse, driving a Lincoln."

That's pretty good.
But that's why

we go to court,
isn't it, Richie?

'Cause I got witnesses, too.

I got celebrities.

I got sports figures.
I got Harlem, Richie.

I took care of Harlem, so Harlem's gonna
take care of me. You can believe that.

I got more than that, frank.

What you got?

I've got a line of people
wanting to testify against you,

it stretches out the door
and around the block.

You damaged a lot
of lives, frank.

I got the mazzano crime family.

Remember those boys? You
put them out of business.

I ain't got nothing
to do with no mazzanos.

Mazzanos ain't got
nothing to do with me.

They got everything to do with you.
What, they...

You know why? Why?

Because apart from the fact
that they hate you personally,

they hate what you represent.

I don't represent nothing
but frank Lucas.

You sure?

A black businessman like you?

You represent progress.

The kind of progress that's going
to see them lose a lot of money.

With you out of the way,
everything can return to normal.

My man.

You know what normal
is to me, Richie?

I ain't seen normal
since I was six years old.

Normal is seeing the police
ride up to my house

dragging my little 12-year-old
cousin out, tying him to a pole,

shoving a shotgun in his mouth
so hard they bust his teeth.

Then they bust
two shotgun shells

in his head and knock
his fucking head off.

That's what normal is to me.

I didn't give a fuck
about no police then.

I don't give a fuck about
no police now. Shit.

You know what, you can do
whatever you want to do.

So, it don't mean nothing to me

for you to show
up tomorrow morning

with your head blown off.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

Yeah, frank. Get in line.

That one stretches
around the block, too.

All right.

What do you want to do?

You know what you got to do.

What do you want me
to do? Snitch, huh?

I know you don't want me
to give up no cops.

What do you want?
You want gangsters?

Pick one. Jew gangsters?

Mick gangsters? Guineas?

They've been bleeding Harlem dry

since they got off
the boat, Richie.

I don't give a fuck
about no crime figures.

You can have them.

I'll take them, too.

You'll take them, too?

No, you didn't. You're
talking about police.

You want police?

You want your own kind?

They're not my kind.

They're in business
with you, frank.

They ain't my kind.

They ain't my kind like the
Italians are not yours. All right?

Huh.

What can you promise me, Richie?

I can promise you,
you lie about one name,

you'll never get out of prison.

You lie about one dollar,
in one offshore account,

you'll never get out of prison.

Now you can live
life rich in jail

for the rest of your born days,

or be poor outside
for some of them.

That's what I can promise you.

I want them cops, Richie. That's
what I want, I want them cops

that took that money
out of my pockets.

Him, too.

All right. Okay.

Hey, spearman? Spearman.

So these guys are all connected
up to Gwynn, all right.

See this guy here,
he's in uniform...

Newscaster 1: Four police
officers were arrested today

on charges of taking bribes
from drug traffickers.

Man: Well done, Jimmy.

Newscaster 2: The investigation
into police corruption

has swept through New York's
drug enforcement ranks

broadened today with the
arrest of 19 more officers.

Newscaster 3:
In what is being called

this city's largest
police corruption scandal,

32 more officers were indicted

today in federal court
on bribery charges.

Newscaster 4: These police officers
will face stiff prison terms,

say federal prosecutors,
if found quilty.

Newscaster 5: A report by federal
investigators into New York's

ever widening
police corruption scandal

claims that more than
half of the city's officers

assigned fo drug enforcement have
engaged in some form of corruption.

Newscaster 6: Allegations of
widespread corruption within

the elite narcotics squad siu

have led to the arrest of more
New York City detectives.

Newscaster 7:
Convicted of extortion,

members of New York City's special
investigations narcotics unit

will face sentencing
today in federal court.

Frank: Macnamara vendazzo.

Trupo.

You are special.

It's good work, frank.

You know

you don't want
a drink or something?

Celebrate?

You got any holy water?

Check your property.
Sign, please.

Smell better out here?

Frank. There you are.

Caffe latte. Yeah.

I atte?

Oh, shit. Yeah.

You all right?

That's a fancy way of
saying coffee with milk.

Yeah. $2.50.

So you been talking
to your brothers?

No, no, I ain't talked
to them in years.

It's probably best for them.

What the hell am I going
to do out here, Richie?

I don't know how I'm gonna live.

Hey, I told ya, I ain't gonna
let you starve, all right?

Obviously, you ain't starving.

Bagels and blinches they will
catch up with you, you know?

Who's this?

Expensive sneakers.
About $100 a pair.

Frederick douglass boulevard.

This used to be eighth
Avenue, why do they call it

Frederick douglass
boulevard now?

This was me Richie, right here.

This was all me.

In my day there were so many
niggers out here buying dope

you could've made
a Tarzan movie.

You know, one phone call, I'll be right
back in business, you know that.

You don't do that, frank.

These days I keep
all my promises.

Why'd you come and get me, huh?

You're a superstar, frank.

A superstar?

Your evidence alone
gave me 150 convictions.

Thought the least we could
do is give you a ride home.

Yeah, you sure did that.

You gave me a ride
home. Free ride.

Coming to gangsters.

What?

Ain't nothin', man.
Ain't nothin', man.

That's life right there.
That's life right there.

Even a fool gets
to be young once.