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Miss Ginger D'Amour.

Miss Cindy Consuelo,

Miss Joy Hampton.

And another of
Chicago's favorites,

Miss Vicki Gaye.

Put her on the list,

What about this one?
Will she go?

Expensive merchandise, Louis.

Boss ain't buying them. He's
just inviting them to a party,

Party girl party girl

Where do you play
tonight girl

Party girl party girl

Will it be gay tonight girl

Every night can't be
New Year's eve

Some day the fun must stop

Some day soon your pretty
big balloon will pop

You'll have to pay
the fiddler

Party girl party girl

Underneath your mascara

Everyone knows that you're
hiding a tear or two

Yes everyone knows
the party is over

Everyone knows it's through

Party girl party girl
everyone knows but you

Party girl party girl

Everyone knows but you

Rico's party.
Hundred bucks for showing up.

Rico Angelo is throwing a party.

You get a hundred bucks
for showing up.

Rico Angelo.
King of the rackets,

Royalty.

You going?

I've been out
with the mobs before.

Most of the time all
they want to do is...

Wave their cash around.

By the end of the evening,
they're usually

too drunk for anything else.

It's a hundred dollars.

I want to stay home tonight.
Eddie might call.

Yeah.

Like he did last night?

I heard you walking the floor
'til 5 o'clock this morning.

How long since
you've heard from him?

Three weeks.

Almost a month.
Vicki, what am I going to do?

Call him.

Or find someone without a wife.

But the divorce was all set.

- He told me it was,
- Thanks, Joy,

Keep your hands out of my things

or I'll pull your hair out
by the roots!

Listen, chubby,
put on a couple of more pounds

and you won't be around long
enough to tear anybody's hair,

Let her alone!

Look, Joy, go on home.

I'll try not to be late,

And remember, it's only a man.

Only a man.

How do you do it, Vicki?

I made up my mind
a long time ago.

Never get crowded into a corner.

Never let them get too close.

After a while they go away.

You've never been in that
corner, with your looks?

Just once,

In a dark and dirty little
barn, back home in Oklahoma.

I was 15.

Very romantic,

Go on in, baby.
Compliments of Mr. Rico Angelo.

Just make yourself at home.

Come on, Rico, what do you say?
Come on. It's a party.

Forget her. She means
nothing to you anyway.

The most beautiful doll
in the world. That's all.

Hey boss, we're doing okay, huh?

Girls, come on over here.

Meet Mr. Rico Angelo.

- Hello, Mr. Angelo,
- This is lucky Louis.

Louis Canetto, Hiya, Puss.

The coat room is in the bedroom.

Wowee.

What was that act for?

You know, with the photograph,

It's a picture of Jean Harlow,

The movie star, Jean Harlow?

She got married today
out in Hollywood.

Mr. Angelo is giving
a party to forget her.

Forget her?

Did he ever meet her?

No. But he's seen
every one of her movies,

He's really carrying
a torch for her.

The way he figures it,
she double-crossed him.

Well, that makes sense.

It's going to be an evening.
I can tell.

Hey, come on, kids. Hurry it up,
let's mingle a little, huh?

Lot of nice guys out there.
They want to say hello.

Move it along now. Come on,
kids. What do you say?

I wish I could find
a safe place for this.

Come on, just once, dice.
Come on, boy! Let's go!

Stay close to me, Puss.
Y... you're bringing me luck.

Shoot the five hundred.
Come on. Five open.

A pleasure to meet you,
Counselor,

Particularly outside
my courtroom.

You usually cause a little
difficulty for me there,

My job is to convince
the jury, Your Honor.

Not to make life
comfortable for the judge.

Come on baby, try it again.

Eight once. Come on, dice.

Six, Try again.

Eight once!
Thirty third street, let's go,

Six, it is.

That's four hundred
you got already.

Any part of it.
Any part of it.

Don't go too far away, Puss.
We got some talking to do later.

Nice shooting, Rico,

Where'd you get her?
Between the eyes?

I'll see you some other time.

Well, I took care of her.

She had it coming, Tommy.

She had it coming. Huh?

You're drunk, Rico.
Sodden, stupid drunk.

Ah, don't ride me.

I.., What're y'all looking at?

Huh? Come on, it's a party.
Get going,

It's a party!

I got her out of my system.

- Oh, I feel better already.
- Congratulations.

Do you think Rico is drunk?
Huh?

You catch me later.

Come on, talk it up now,
it's a party.

It's a party!
Come on, dice,

Pass the dice,

Hello.

Would you like to take me home?

Not particularly. Why?

Would you dance with me?

It's only a dance.

It'll get me near the door.

It wouldn't kill you.

Why don't you give Louis
his money back?

That'd get you off the hook.

You don't miss very much,
do you?

Just a minute, I'm going anyway.
I'll take you,

- Can I help you, Mr. Farrell?
- Let him alone. Let him alone!

Nobody helps him but Rico.

You okay, boy?

I'm taking this girl home,
Louis.

Sure. Sure, Mr. Farrell,

Would you like to come in
for a minute?

There is not much in the icebox

but, I could make you
some, uh, cocoa.

Cocoa?

I haven't had any cocoa
since I was nine years old.

Maybe you've got a new recipe,

I should've told you.

I have a room-mate.

Joy... man on the premises.

Joy?

Sit down.

That was quite a picnic tonight.

- It had its moments.
- For me, particularly.

Mr. Canetto was getting
to be a problem.

Well, he wouldn't have been
if you'd known all the facts.

Mr. Canetto can't get out
of line. He's out on bail.

Mr. Canetto goes on trial
for murder this coming Thursday.

A murderer?

He seemed a little
scared of you,

He has to be. I'm defending him.

- I haven't told you my name.
- Vicki Gaye.

I heard someone mention it.

- Been in Chicago long?
- A few months.

Three years.

What did you do
before you were glamorized

by The Golden Rooster?

- Danced a little.
- No talent?

I think so. No takers.

So you gave it up, huh?

It was that or give up eating,

- And then?
- Model.

Modeling for what?
Calendar art? Girlie magazines?

- Tell me when I'm warm,
- it seems I don't have to.

Bad?

It's nothing. Excuse me,

Joy,

Joy,

Do you know any reason
she'd slit her wrists?

Did you know she was
three months pregnant?

Who was the guy?
Come on, honey, who was it?

Come on, come on.

You don't live a year with a kid

without knowing
who's taking care of her.

That's enough. No more questions.

Are you running this, mister?

Anything else you want to know,
she'll answer tomorrow

in my office.

Thomas Farrell. Is that you?

She'll need a sedative
before she leaves.

- Get her some water.
- Sure, Mr. Farrell,

You can't go back
to your place yet.

Do you want a hotel?

Anything.

Over there.

I'll, uh..

I'll go see about that cocoa.

Probably taste more like

brandy and coffee,
but it might help.

If I'd been there..,

If I'd gone home tonight...

she'd be alive now.

Probably.

But what about tomorrow night?

The night after that?

Self-destruction among showgirls
seems to be a kind of

occupational hazard,

Probably the cheery
atmosphere of nightclub life.

By the way, our genial host
of the evening, Mr. Rico Angelo,

owns a sizable piece
of The Golden Rooster.

He might be able
to do something for you,

Seeing you're a dancer,

for which I'll take your word,

You might prefer that
to parading around half-naked,

Uh.. This is a copy
of your medical report, Rico.

I'll leave it with you.

When Louis goes on trial,
in case, you're summoned

as a witness,
you'll be too sick to show up,

- That will prove it.
- What have I got?

Incipient general paralysis.

That sounds high class.

High class
and probably very true.

Hey, where are you going?
Come here,

Sit down. Eat something,

I'll handle your business
for you, Rico,

I'll even protect your hoods
for you.

But I refuse to eat with you.

Why?

'Cause you're a slob.

A slob. How do you like that?
Did you hear what he said?

- Shut up,
- Uh, there's one more thing.

Outside, Louis.

There's a girl, Vicki Gaye,
works at The Golden Rooster.

I'd like her to have
a better job.

Okay. Make a note.

That leg of yours. Don't
stop you from nothing, does it.

Don't get sore, this is Rico.

Fix a job for her.
Don't mention my name.

"Expect Canetto to face chair,"

"Guilty verdict
for Canetto likely."

"Farrell's final summation
today."

Forget that. Anything more?

No, the Express isn't out yet,
That jury has been pretty cold.

It's going to be tough
breaking them down.

Forget about the jury.
I'll take care of the jury.

Just make sure I have those
headlines in court today.

Yeah, um?

A Miss Vicki Gaye is here.

Send her in. Lou.

Hello.

Sit down.

- Police been bothering you?
- No.

- I wanted to see you.
- Professionally?

Personally. I want to
thank you for what you did.

You already thanked me
on the phone.

At the club this morning,
they said I was to have

a number of my own,
they said that someone had...

Ms. Gaye, I don't know what
they told you at the club.

And I'm not particularly
interested.

I'm due back in court
in a few minutes.

Was there anything else?

Here is the money that Louis
Canetto gave me at the party.

Will you see that he gets it?

That's a very
sentimental gesture,

But Canetto doesn't need money,
what he needs is a good lawyer

and lots of luck.

I'd still rather give it back.

Why?

Maybe I want you to have
a better opinion of me.

A girl is entitled
to what she can get,

When you sell your pride,
it's tough to put a price on it.

Four hundred dollars
isn't very high.

They're calling you
from the court.

Department 181
of the Criminal Court,

State of Illinois, for
Cook County is now in session,

Judge Bookwell presiding.
Take your seats.

Order in the court. No talking.
Order in the court.

Is the defense ready
for summation?

Ready, Your Honor.

Watch that walk.

Gentlemen,

I would like you to look
upon the face...

of a dead man,

At this moment, I wouldn't
give you two cents

for the life of Louis Canetto,

You're also looking
at a defeated attorney.

Defeated not by facts.

Not by the testimony of the..,
District Attorney's witnesses,

But by circumstances over which,
unfortunately...

you and this court
have no jurisdiction.

Take care of this thing
for me, will you?

Thanks.

You gentlemen have been
summoned here as intelligent

honest citizens of the state
of Illinois to decide

whether Louis Canetto
shall live or die.

But you're not making
that decision, gentlemen.

That decision has been
made for you.

"Expect Canetto to face chair,"

"Guilty verdict
for Canetto likely."

That's where this case is
being tried. In the daily press.

By crime reporters
and sob sisters

grubbing and rooting
among the...

the moral garbage of our city,

They have decided
Louis Canetto is guilty,

They have taken over
your rights.

Abrogated your sacred privilege
to judge for yourselves,

In no uncertain terms, they have
told you what to do,

If I were with you, gentlemen,
I, uh...

I wouldn't be flattered,

Mr. Farrell.

The daily newspapers
are not on trial here.

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I said a moment ago,
I'd been defeated by the press.

I now find I must also submit
to the disapproval of the court.

Very well, gentlemen.

If you will bear with me
for a moment.

I notice that some of you
are looking at my watch,

Not very impressive, is it?

But it has a certain...
sentimental value.

My father gave me this watch,
when I was a kid.

In City Hospital.

Keeps good time.

Of which, I shall try
to use as little as possible

while we examine the facts.

This court will come to order!

Take your seats. Order!

In all my years on the
bench, I have never seen a jury

so flagrantly defy
the court's instructions.

Your names will be struck from
the jury list of Cook County.

Where can I find
Mr. Farrell, please?

Try Nick's speakeasy,
around the corner.

It's the second one down.

I'm looking for Mr. Farrell.
Is he here?

Aye, He just came in.

You know why?

The best lawyer
in the State of Illinois.

Rico knows.
I talk to them plenty.

They don't even talk
the same language.

- Order up, Tommy.
- Have a drink, Mr. Farrell.

He don't drink, you crumb.
Get him some coffee,

I'll, uh, I'll take it
down there, Nick.

- What's the matter with here?
- Shh-shh,

It's a chick.
Chicks come first.

This, uh, isn't an accident?

- I was in court this afternoon.
- Yes, I saw you.

Very interesting.

Criminal cases usually are.

Let me ask you a question.

When I took money
from Louis Canetto

you said I was selling my pride.

What makes you
so much better than me?

Louis Canetto is a murderer.

He's guilty and you know it.

And still you got him off.

Why?

Well, when a man is dying
of cancer, he's entitled

to the best medical care
he can afford,

If he's facing
the electric chair

he's entitled
to the best lawyer.

I'm one of the best,

And like a competent surgeon,
I get a good fee.

You mean your pride
sells higher than mine?

That's right. It's my business.

A mouthpiece for the mob.

A guardian angel
for punks and gunmen.

You like being that,

Well, it wasn't forced upon me,
I could've chosen

some other branch of the law
but, this was the quickest way.

I'm a great believer
in the quickest way,

You may have noticed that I
limp more in front of a jury.

- Did you notice?
- Yes.

I do that to get their sympathy
and their pity.

And I take their pity
and I use it.

Is that what you want? Pity?

If it is, you have mine,

For a lot of things,

Get out of here.

- Blinkey, open up will you.
- Okay.

Hiya, Puss.

Thank you,

Hey, fellas.

Hey, Mr. Farrell.

That was a pretty
good show today.

T... that business
with the watch was very funny,

Glad I amused you, Louis.

Next time, maybe
I'll let you fry.

Here.

Keep it as a memento.

Thanks.

Pretty good day for tips.

Hey, Nick, Set them up.
Another round,

He's out there again.
Third time this week.

He's boozing it up tonight,
though. That's a switch,

Doesn't he ever ask you
for a date or anything?

And now...

Miss. Vicki Gaye!

I was brought up
in this district.

We used to swim down there.

A little slimy but it was cool.

When the bridge opened,
we used to hang on

to the girders underneath.

The trick was to see
who had the nerve enough

to hang on the longest.

One day, one of us
was a real winner.

But something went wrong.

He slipped and got mixed up
in the gears.

Like being caught
in a meat grinder.

The bones of his hip
weren't set too well,

they dragged his left leg.

He didn't mind too much,
He was 12 years old,

In a kind of a way
it made him a hero

with the rest of the gang.

But, a few years later,
when the.,

other kids were
walking their girls

through Hammond park
on summer nights,

he began to think that
somewhere along the line

he'd been cheated.

One night I made myself
a promise,

That someday, in spite
of a crooked body,

I'd be a whole man again.

Respected, Admired.

Even envied.

That was my goal.

The law was the road to it.

Criminal law because it
was the quickest way.

I have respect now.

There are judges in this town
who are afraid of me.

Politicians who...
hate my guts.

But they all respect me,

I got off the road once,

I married,

She was a showgirl.

Pampered, spoiled.
Very beautiful.

Being beautiful,
she felt entitled

to anything the world
had to offer.

Penthouse apartment,
Furs, jewels.

I was in love with her.
I enjoyed giving it to her.

Then one night I went
to her room

and she told me from her

sweet-smelling bed.

She couldn't bear the sight
of my crookedness.

There wasn't any divorce.
That wasn't part of her plan.

I left that night.
I haven't seen her since.

Where is she now?

In the apartment,
with the furs and the jewels

and a check
on the 1st of every month.

I wanted to tell you.

I wanted you to know.

I'll take you home now.

Yes?

- Hi.
- Hi.

I realize you're an artiste now

and you probably
won't be interested,

But there are a couple of
live ones in from St. Louis.

No, thanks.

I already told one of them
I was behind on my rent,

Which I managed to raise
to two hundred dollars.

I've got a date.

Well! Twelve roses.

A whole dozen,

He must be loaded.

Well, what do you think?
How's it look, pretty good?

Fine, Mr. Tom,

You don't mind working so late?

Oh, no, sir.
No sir.

May I say it's a real pleasure
to see you like this.

May I tell you Jesse, it's a
real pleasure to feel like this.

- Yes, sir.
- But...

- Music, will you.
- Music. Oh, yes sir.

We can't do without music.

- Uhuh.
- Uhuh.

Chopin. "Nocturne."

What do you think?

Very appropriate.

- You ever heard it?
- No, sir, I have not.

Neither have I.
Let's try it.

- Jesse.
- Oh, yes, sir.

- Hello, Jesse.
- Evening, Ms, Vicki.

Happy anniversary.

Well, how do you like it?

I did it all myself,

Of course, Jesse, uh...

arranged the table,
bought the flowers.

Cooked the food.
Incidentals like that.

But I did it all myself,

It's beautiful.

Oh, here.

This is something
I really did myself,

- What is it, Tommy?
- Open.

- Looks very expensive.
- It is.

I thought we had an agreement,

All I thought was,

how beautiful it would
look on you.

I've never given you anything,

You never let me.

You had your job,
your own apartment.

There was nothing
I could do for you.

Make an exception.
Just this once.

Well?

Hello.

Yes, Lou. What is it?

Where?

Is Rico there now?

Yeah, I'll come
as soon as I can.

Meet me outside.

I have to leave.

There's a...

A meeting, A dinner,

A dinner?
At 2 o'clock in the morning?

That's normal for Rico Angelo,

ls anything wrong?

There might be
if I don't get there.

I'll, uh, get you a taxi.

- I'll wait here.
- No.

I want to,

Seriously, it's a great honor,

For me to stand here.

To honor Frankie Gasto.

Smart boy and a vicious boy.

And what's more.

A boy you can trust,

There ain't anything too much
for a boy like that,

The last couple of years,

Frankie's done a great job.

Organizing the pool-room
collections.

A lot better than all
you mugs put together.

So I'd like to present..

This little token.

See... a little pool cue.

Engraved with solid silver.

From Rico to Frankie.

Competition.

I'm honored..,

to present this
to Frankie Gasto.

Who's a great guy!

Even though he did make
a couple of small mistakes.

Trying to set up another
organization to take over...

what I built up.

Well...

That's ambition for you,

Huh?

And a guy that's got ambition

has got something coming.

I could've asked anybody else

to give this to Frankie,
Yeah, but me?

I like to do things personally.

From... Rico to Frankie,

Rico!
Rico!

You damned fool.

He crossed me,

He had it coming.
He crossed me,

Get him to a hospital.
No ambulance. He can't wait.

He crossed me,
I had to teach him.

If he dies, I'll try
telling that to a jury.

Tommy?

I was getting worried about you.

- It's blood, Tommy,
- it isn't mine.

That's all you need to know.

- Hello?
- Tom?

Gasto pulled through.

He's going to live.

Tell Rico to go to Miami.

Wait there
until he hears from me.

Right.

Don't ever answer
either of these telephones.

The less you know, the better,

Tommy...

get out of it,

Before something happens.

- Get out now,
- And do what?

Hang out a shingle
in some farm town

and wait for clients?

Why not?
You could make a living,

Sure.
They're waiting in line,

All over the country
they're waiting in line

for a crippled attorney
with a...

crippled reputation
to draw up their wills.

The difficulty is
centered in this area here.

However, there seems to be
some small degree of hope.

A series of corrective
procedures

by Doctor Karl Linden
of Royal Hospital, Stockholm.

Consisting of
multiple osteotomies.

Osteotomy is medical jargon
for the breaking of bones.

Then, internal fixations
with wires and screws.

Later, bone grafts.

To be done at monthly intervals.

A long, tedious procedure.

Acute discomfort.

Considerable pain.

I don't imagine
that frightens you.

You're probably used it by now.

The one thing I should add.

There's no guarantee of success.

I'll let you know.

I never knew there was pain.

You never told me.

You'll go, won't you?

No matter how long it takes.

A year away from you?

Whenever you need me...

just turn around
and I'll be there.

Tommy?

Hello, Jesse.
Is Mr. Farrell home yet?

I've been shopping. The most
wonderful kind of shopping.

Ask for any place
in the whole world

and they give it to you
in your two hands.

The doctor said he
would have to relax

before the first operation.

What do you think of
the French Riviera?

The golden hours in Antibes.
It's, "Antibes", you know.

Not Antibes.
I learned that today.

Mr. Farrell's gone, Ms. Vicki,

He went to New York last night.

His boat sailed this afternoon.

And he asked me
to give this to you,

So I didn't want
to say goodbye.

Please try to understand.

I'd like to be alone now.

We've waited so long
for each other.

This year will not make
too much difference.

Take care of yourself, darling.

Write me.

"I love you."

Hello.

I wanted to meet you close up,

I'm Genevieve Farrell.
Tommy's wife.

I should've recognized you.

We are sort-of
the same type, aren't we?

They say that happens.

A man always marries
the same girl twice,

Of course, he can't marry you,
but the general idea is there,

I know about the Stockholm trip
naturally,

How is he coming along?

- Alright,
- You hear from him regularly?

Yes,

It's been a long time,
hasn't it?

I mean, since he left.

Over a year.

I hope it's successful.

He's an attractive man, Tommy,

- Or would be...
- What do you want?

I told you. I was curious.
I wondered what you were like,

I know what you're like,

You're not in love with Tommy,

What're you hanging on for?

I gave up a lot for Tommy
when I married him.

Besides, this operation
might change everything,

I think it's only fair
you should know.

I've written to Tommy.

I told him if things work out,
if he wants me, I'll be waiting.

You had no right.

No right? Honey, I'm his wife,

Honey?

You're just married to him.

- Thank you.
- Thank you, miss.

Vicki, Vicki!

Stay there.

Chicago! Telefono, senor.

Chicago, USA., Chicago.

- Telefono.
- America, America.

Hello?

Ah, yes, Rico,

Well soon, I don't know
exactly when.

I'm anxious to see you, too.

Yeah, I'll call you,
When I get there.

It's Rico's way of saying
welcome home.

Eighteen hundred bucks.

Good enough?

Rico, we'd better have
a little talk,

Oh, yeah, we got a lot of
catching up to do. Later, huh?

- Oh, hi, Farrell.
- Louis.

Say, why didn't you bring
the chick?

A lot of nice people
here tonight.

The most important guys in town.

Get on up here, I said
and say hello to my boy,

- Welcome back, Tommy.
- Thank you, Your Honor,

How do you like my boy, huh?

- He looks fine.
- Works pretty good, huh?

That cane, couple of months,
he won't even need it.

Right, Tommy?

I want you to meet somebody.

Cookie La Motte.
Shake hands with Tommy Farrell.

So this is your genius?

Maybe you've heard of Cookie?

Oh, everyone's heard of Cookie.

The youngest punk in Illinois
ever to beat a murder rap.

Sixteen, weren't you Cookie?

Fifteen and a half.

Excuse me,

Well, Cookie ain't
a punk anymore.

Him and me,
we've kind of merged.

He takes care of the southern
part of the state.

I operate here, but.

Right now, the reason
I want you to meet him..

Cookie is in kind of a jam.

What mischief
has Cookie been up to?

Did you ever hear
of a smart-aleck

punk named Jeffrey Stewart?

I know a lawyer,
Jeffrey Stewart.

Just been appointed
Special lnvestigator

to inquire into the rackets.

That's him.
He got the political bug.

Wants to be senator
or something, well..

What does he do?
He turns the heat on Cookie.

He calls him
before the Grand Jury

in Springfield
and if they get a..,

uh..what do you call it,
a... an indictment..,

it means Cookie will have
to stand trial, right?

That means I go next.

Well... in a way, while you're
talking up for Cookie

you'll be talking for me, too,
Right?

What do you say?
What's his chances?

You want it quick?

Get out of town, Cookie,
if possible,

get out of the state,
you haven't got a prayer.

No?

Why?

Too many witnesses against you.

Witnesses?

For instance?

Well, to name a few,
Manny Nichol, for instance.

Saul Horseman, for instance.

Frank Deleary, Lippy Burke.
There is quite a list.

I can't remember all of 'em.

Witnesses?

Those guys are dead,

That's what I mean, Cookie.

Any investigator in his right
mind knows who buried them.

You know something, Rico.

I don't like your genius.

He has a sense of humor,

But I don't like him.

Cookie, you go on.

Let me talk to Tommy alone.

You weren't very polite to
Cookie. You hurt his feelings,

I didn't realize
he was so sensitive,

A nice partner
you're hooked up with.

He's a smart kid.

Brilliant,
He's also a psychopath.

You know, that's what I like
about you, Tommy.

Y... you've got class.

Big talk..fancy words.

But what's it mean?

He's insane, Rico.
Crazy. Gone in the head,

Why? 'Cause he takes care of
a few rats who got in his way?

Maybe I done the same thing.
Am I crazy, too?

You're predictable, Rico.
He isn't.

He doesn't kill for business.
He kills because he enjoys it,

He's like a-a dog with rabies,

Except he doesn't froth
at the mouth.

Someday he'll get around
to that, too.

Look, maybe he froths,
maybe he don't froth.

All I know is, he's in trouble.

And so am I.
So get to work, will you.

Sorry, Rico.

That's what I wanted
to talk about,

I'm going out to the coast
in a couple of days,

Get a license out there and set
up a new practice. Legitimate,

It will be tough for a while
but I figure I can make it.

I don't think I like this,
Tommy.

All of a sudden
you walkin' on two feet,

and you kick your friends
in the face.

I don't see it that way,

You know everything
about me, Tommy.

My whole operation.

Where the payoff is, and who to.

You know all my friends,
all my enemies, alive and dead.

I always told you everything,
Tommy, like a Priest, you know.

The only difference is,
a Priest can't talk,

You know me better than that.

Alright. Yeah,

I'm talking like a lass,

Well...

Let's put it this way.
I need you, Tommy.

You're my boy, like a son.

You walk out on me now,
what happens to poor Rico?

Poor Rico gets himself
another lawyer.

- There are plenty in town.
- But only one Tommy Farrell.

Not available, Rico,

You know there is one thing
I could never stand,

is a reformed drunk,

A reformed crook
I put in the same class,

A lawyer doesn't become a crook
just because he represents one.

I can plead any crooks case,
even yours.

Or Cookie La Motte.

I'm out, Rico... for good.

Nobody ever quit me,

I got rid of a few guys
but nobody ever quit.

Except me,

Get used to it, Rico.

I hate to do this.

You're making me sound
like a louse again.

Tommy, you know what you told
me about this new hip of yours?

How it's strung together
with pins and wires?

Plates and stuff.

Suppose somebody took
a crowbar to that hip.

Hm?

One fast swing...

It would look like the inside
of a busted radio set.

You wouldn't walk so good.

Maybe never. It hurts
me to think about it.

- Try it, Rico.
- Me? Nah,

You're my boy,

I couldn't do a thing like that.

But I know a guy who would.

Have him try it.

And take that chick of yours.

That's what I call a real,
pretty chick.

I only saw her once, but...

The face of an angel.

You know what a bottle of acid
could do to a face like that?

There is a guy for that job,
too,

If you touch her.

If anyone touches her.
I'll kill you, Rico,

You don't have to kill me,
Tommy.

'Cause nobody is going
to lay a finger on her.

'Cause you are gonna take
this Springfield job.

Now,

Let's go and be polite
to Cookie,

Bring him in here.

I don't chase around
after punks.

Temperament.

Temperament.

I like it,

Look.

It's the last job
I'll do for Rico.

He understands that,

When this thing is over,
the day it's over..,

Tommy... don't try to explain it.

You've taken this case.

For some reason
you want me with you.

Well... I'm here.

Yeah?

Hello.

I was, uh, I was just passing,

I thought I'd stop in
and say hello to my counselor,

How is it going?

I was wondering,
when we get there tomorrow.

I thought perhaps
you might want to

rehearse me a little bit.
Tell me what to say,

Thing you need to rehearse,
Cookie,

is keeping your mouth shut,
and get yourself

a decent suit of clothes.

Alright.
Just trying to be some help.

Sure. Can you read?

Run over this stuff and see
how they can fail to indict you.

They'll indict,
and that means a jury trial.

Now, you're a genius
in front of a jury.

- So is Jeffrey Stewart,
- Well, I'm not worried,

Rico says I'm in good hands.

The best.

Right?

It had better be.

Goodnight,

- Mr. Field.
- Yes, sir.

As a prospective juror.

Do you have any moral aversion
towards capital punishment?

No, sir.

Could you send the defendant,
Cookie La Motte

to the electric chair?

Well, if he deserved it, yeah,

The state finds this juryman
acceptable.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

- All yours, Mr. Farrell.
- Thank you.

- Mr. Field.
- Yes, sir.

Have you formed any kind
of notions about this case?

Whether the defendant
might be guilty or innocent?

No, sir.

Do you know anything
about Cookie La Motte?

Mm, no.

- Do you read the newspapers?
- Yes, sporting pages.

- That's all you read?
- And the comics.

Something fishy about this one.
I can't put my finger on it.

- Accept.
- I don't like him.

He's okay,

Rico says he's okay,

Accept.

May we have a decision,
Mr. Farrell?

Is this juryman
acceptable or not?

- Acceptable, Your Honor.
- Next.

Rico is waiting for you,

Juror bribed. La Motte vanishes.

Juror bribed.

Put them in there. In this cab.

Cookie has gone
over the state line,

Whiting, Indiana, Harbor Grill.
Heard on the grapevine.

Says he's gonna get rid
of Jeffrey Stewart.

Get rid of him, how?

Take a guess. You know
what this can mean to me?

It could be a lot of trouble,
boy,

Go see him.
Talk some sense into his head,

I warned you about that punk.

I said, someday
he'd froth at the mouth,

Didn't take long, did it?

Well, don't ask me
to wipe his face.

He's your baby now, Rico.

Clean up the mess yourself.

Get me to a phone.

Take the bags to the apartment.
Wait for me there.

- Tommy...
- Vicki, do as I say.

Whiting, the Harbor Grill.

Get rid of Stewart how, Cookie?

We vote him out. My friends
and I vote him out.

I have some very
accommodating friends.

Listen gay boy,
you don't run around

knocking off State's Attorneys.
It isn't being done this year,

If Stewart gets a scratch on him
they'll run you down!

- Like a sewer rat.
- Why me? Stewart's in Chicago.

I'm not even in the state.

Your accommodating friends are,
that's...

Whose lawyer are you?
Theirs or mine?

You talk like theirs,
now, if you're such a genius,

what am I doing
sitting in this trap right now?

Look, I can do something
about it, lawyer.

What're you gonna do about it?
Talk!

Do something, whatever,
or better yet shut up

and let me do it myself,

I ought to warn you,

Rico knows what you've got
in mind. He doesn't like it.

Well, that's lovely, you can
tell Rico from me he can go..,

Tonight, the checkered career

of Cookie La Motte
came to a grisly end.

La Motte and four companions
shot to death

in a Whiting, Indiana saloon.

The four slain men have
still not been identified.

In gangland circles
it is whispered

that the mass killing
was decreed

by hoodlum Tsar, Rico Angelo.

The opening salvo in a bloody
campaign to wipe out

every henchmen
of the dead La Motte.

If this is true,
no man who ever worked

with La Motte or even knew him

Can feel secure tonight,

Canetto!

The fact that mobsters
are conducting

a private war
to kill each other off.

Doesn't mean that
the state of Illinois State

has turned the administration
of the law over to them,

Tomorrow we will appear
before a Blue-ribbon panel

of the Grand Jury

to secure an indictment
against every person

in high position or low, in any
way connected with Rico Angelo

and his racket empire.

Oh, Tommy.

- Tommy.
- It's alright. It's alright.

I couldn't call and I couldn't
drive back on the main road.

It was crawling with Cops.

All night long I kept thinking,
"What if he's dead?"

What if he's dead! Tommy.

Oh, no, Rico doesn't want me.

If he did he'd have taken care
of it tonight,

Now listen,
I've got to talk to you,

We don't have much time,
There's some cash here.

It isn't much,
but it'll have to do.

Take it.

Get on the first train
you can make.

Go to the coast. Any place.
Let me know where you are.

Why? What have I done?
What have you done?

- Nothing,
- What am I running from?

Listen, this whole town
has exploded.

They're paneling
a Grand Jury right now.

They'll name me.
I'll be indicted.

If you're in trouble,
I belong with you.

- Not hiding some place.
- Vicki, will you do what I ask?

No. Not unless you go too.

Hello?

Yes, Rico, How are you
this pleasant evening?

I got it all figured out,
this Grand Jury business.

Without your testimony, the
state don't have a case, right?

I mean, if you don't talk
they don't even

make out a warrant for me.

Well, so..keep out of sight,
Tommy.

Keep on the move for a while.

Well now, that's a masterpiece
of legal strategy.

Whose brain are you using?
Lou Forbes?

Listen boy, you do like I say
and there won't be any beefs.

Tommy, don't make me get tough.

Remember what I said
about you and that chick?

It still goes, More than ever,
Now start moving.

Go on home and pack, I'll pick
you up there in a few minutes,

Tom!

Police Officers.

Hi, there, Mr, Farrell.

Mind telling us where
you were, earlier tonight?

Alright, it doesn't matter.

Pretty Boy lived
just long enough

to tell us that you were
in Whiting.

Let's go, Mr. Farrell.
You too, miss,

- What're the charges?
- You?

Material witness. Her?

You can take your choice.
Let's go.

When does he come up for bail?

Sometime this morning.

Then I'll get a bondsman
and bail him out.

You, uh, sure you want to?'

Farrell was in Whiting
last night. They know that.

If you go as bond now,
you might as well

tell the police
you sent him there.

Very smart.

What do we do now?

Nothing. Just sit tight,

As long as Farrell
doesn't talk...

Oh, he won't talk.

Let him rot for a while,

Okay, but the girl I want out,

Louis, see that she gets her job

back at the club
and keep an eye on her.

- What for?
- Legal brain,

So long as she's
where I can reach her

that's why he won't talk.

The defendant Gaye is being held
on an open charge.

- Is that correct?
- That is correct, Your Honor,

Your Honor, since there
is no definite charge.

I request that Miss Gaye
be released

without bail
on her own recognizance,

Request denied.

The court will accept
recommendations

from the Prosecutor's office.

No recommendation
for the defendant Gaye.

However, in the case
of Thomas Farrell.

In addition to the specific
charge of suborning a jury.

We would like to remind
the court

that he will be a key witness
in the people's case

against Rico Angelo,

We recommend sufficient bail
to assure his presence at trial.

Bail for the defendant Gaye is
set at five thousand dollars.

For the defendant Farrell.

Two hundred thousand dollars.

You come out this way, honey.
Somebody is paying your bail.

Tom,

Well, what's your pleasure
today?

Do we talk things out
for a change?

Or are you thinking of making
this your permanent address?

Well, the food is inexpensive
and the bed's not bad.

I might just do that.

Besides, I have to come
to trial sometime.

You can't hold me for ever.

It's going to seem like forever,
Tom,

- I'd like to help you.
- And yourself.

Incidentally, when do they
start pushing you for senator?

The day you start talking.

Once again,
who killed Cookie La Motte?

Person or persons unknown.

Once again, who bribed that
juror down at Springfield?

Not me. You know that.

Sure, I know that.
You're too smart.

But will a jury think so?

- I doubt it.
- Mm-hm.

When I was a practicing
attorney.

A couple of weeks ago.

My great stock in trade
was defending the guilty.

Evidently, yours is
convicting the innocent,

Tom,

You're my whole case
against Rico Angelo,

- I need you.
- So you're threatening me.

You bet I am. I warned you.

I can be just as conniving
as you. Maybe more so.

But there's one difference
between us.

I happen to be
on the right side.

And I have no rights at all.
Except one.

The right to be left alone.
Do you mind?

I'd like to read my newspaper,

What you need, Tom,
is a smart lawyer.

Maybe so. You want the job?

I wouldn't be bad at it,

I might even dream up
something as good as that

watch gag of yours.

I always admired
that piece of business.

Tell me, Tom,
where'd you get the watch?

- Not from your father?
- I buy them by the gross.

You plead my case for me
I'll give you one.

If I were pleading your case,
I wouldn't need it.

All I'd want from you
is a statement in particulars

turning states evidence
against Rico Angelo,

Ten minutes after you signed it

you'd be walking out that door.

I'll think over your advice.
Mail me your bill.

Excuse me, Mr, Stewart.
He's got a visitor.

After two weeks. I thought
you might like a little company.

Go ahead.

Thanks.

She's a nice girl, Farrell.

I tried to come before.

They wouldn't let me.

Are you alright?

- How about you?
- Fine.

I have a job.
At the Golden Rooster.

More money than before.

It's pretty funny, isn't it.

Did they tell you
who paid your bail?

Just the club, That's all.

Why?

No reason, I just asked,

Tommy.

Why hasn't someone done
something for you?

They could get you out,
Angelo could.

Right now,
Angelo would like to pretend

I don't exist, I'm a criminal,

He can't afford to get mixed up
with the criminal type.

Maybe if I went.

- If I told...
- No! Stay away from him.

Don't ever go anywhere near
Rico Angelo.

I was going to write to you
today.

Right now it doesn't seem
very important, but, uh...

my wife is divorcing me,

Little late, isn't it?

Not for me.

Alright, Mr. Farrell. Let's go.

Oh, Miss Gaye,

I, uh, just wanted you to know.
You can have a pass now,

- Any time you want it.
- Thank you.

We're sorry to have
to hold him here like this.

Actually, it's not Farrell we
want at all. It's Rico Angelo,

If you could just get Farrell
to talk.

To supply us
with certain information.

We'd do everything we could
to help him.

- You mean, he'd go free?
- That's right.

- Have you told him that?
- Every day.

- What was his answer?
- Nothing,

Then why tell me about it?

Because we think
he'd listen to you.

He could go to prison
for twenty years.

You know that,

Yes,

Should auld acquaintance
be forgot

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance
be forgot

And days of auld lang syne?

Just a minute,

What're you doing here?

I just wanted to wish
you a happy new year.

Happy new year. Get out,

I said get out!

I got a message for you,

From Rico Angelo.

He says tell Tommy
he's doing a great job.

Playing it real smart.
He wants him to know that.

You're a liar,

Rico Angelo didn't say anything.

That's right.

I'm just making conversation.

All the same, Tommy's doing
okay, not talking.

I mean.

Well, you know.

His friends appreciate it.

I hope he does talk,

I hope he digs a black
hole for all of his

very good friends
and shoves them in it.

You included!

You ought to be
nicer to me, Puss.

You might need me sometime.
I could be a big help.

Why would I ever need you?

You know.

Like, in case they
put the screws on Tommy

and he sings a little.

Be a good time
to have me around.

I ain't afraid of Rico Angelo,
A lot of guys are, but not me,

Maybe you're right.

Maybe I do need someone,

Well, you ain't got far to look.

I always had a kind
of thing for you.

You know what I mean?

- Louis. Tell me something.
- Yeah.

- How bad a spot am I in?
- Don't worry about it.

Yes, but like you said,
if Tommy did talk..,

what would Rico do to me?

I don't know.

Maybe nothing,

He'd try to kill me,
wouldn't he?

Not if I'm here.

- Not if I'm here!
- Thank you, Louis.

Hey, come on. What're you,
crazy or something?

What's the matter with you?

- Hello?
- Mr. Stewart?

- Yes.
- I want to see Tommy.

You've got to let me see him.

You had a visitor's pass
whenever you wanted it.

I don't mean there.
I can't talk to him there.

I want to see him
alone by ourselves.

Do you think you can
get him to talk?

I don't know.

I'll do what I can.

But I've got to be alone with
him, Just for a little while.

Please.

Help me.

See you later, Farrell.

That phone will ring
in a few minutes.

Three times.

It means I have to leave.

They won't let me
come back again.

For the last time, will you
talk to Jeffrey Stewart?

You're afraid, aren't you.
Not for yourself. For me.

Afraid of what they'll do to me.

Who told you that?

I'm not afraid,
why should you be?

When we're not together,
we have nothing.

We're alive. That's something,

As long as I keep my mouth
shut, you'll be alright,

Do you think so?

Do you really think so?

Let me tell you something.

I had a visitor last night
in my dressing-room,

Your good friend, Louis Canetto.

He came in while I was changing.

He didn't ask,
He just walked in.

He's the one who told me.

And then he came close to me.

As close as I am to you,

And then he put his hands on me.

Tell me it's alright, Tommy!

I'm sorry for what
I've done to you.

It's no use. He's protecting me.

- See that she gets home.
- Right.

Bring Farrell to my office.

You know we had to pay
a month's rent in advance

for that place today.

Looks as though we wasted
the taxpayers dough,

You could have been
a big help to us, Farrell.

- We really could've used you,
- Thanks.

But since obviously
you're not going to play along.

There's nothing much
we can do, is there?

I think this is everything
you came in with.

You'll have to sign for
it downstairs of course,

Would you like to explain this?

There's nothing to explain.

We're letting you go.
That's all.

- You're out.
- What did you tell newspapers?

That I talked?
That I turned state's evidence?

I don't tell them a thing.

I'll let them draw their
own conclusions.

They will, too. Everyone will,

Including Rico Angelo. He'll
think I made a deal with you.

You know what you're doing,
of course,

The second I set a foot
outside this building

you can put in a call
for the coroner.

That's your problem.

- What about the girl?
- That's your problem, too.

You've made it for yourselves,
both of you.

I want protection.

Not for myself, for her,

Good enough.
We'll send her to the coast.

Hold her there
as long as you want,

Alright. Get a stenographer.

There'll be someone
meeting you in Los Angeles.

You won't have to look
for him. He'll know you,

And, uh, don't leave
the compartment

until he picks you up.

Swear out a warrant
for Rico Angelo

and anyone else named
in the transcript.

- Yes, sir.
- Is that all?

You can go now.

If you want.

Or, we can hold you
here a while longer,

It might be safer.

Right now there's not a safe
place anywhere above ground.

I think we both know that.

Wait a minute,

You want this?

Thanks. I don't have a permit,

Incidentally, if you should have
any trouble locating Mr, Angelo.

He won't be far behind me.

Do what you can for him,

Mr. Farrell.

Hi, Nick.

Let me have a beer, will you?

Good to see you, Mr, Farrell.

Anybody been in today?

No, it's a little early yet,
Mr. Farrell.

Anyone comes in,
tell them I was here.

I'll be back later.

It's like he's looking to get
knocked off, Mr. Stewart.

He's done everything
but advertise,

Yeah, I can't figure whether
Angelo's looking for him

or he's looking for Angelo.

I'll finish that beer now, Nick.

Sure, Mr. Farrell.

- Alright, Nick.
- Good to see you.

Hello?

Yeah, he just come in.

It's for you,
Mr. Farrell.

- Hello?
- Farrell.

Rico wants to see you.

Yeah, I thought he might.
Where is he?

Don't ask questions
and don't make any moves.

Is Rico there now?

- Put him on.
- Never mind is he here now.

Just walk out the back door.

Farrell.

Did you hear what I said?

Walk out the back door.

Everybody out,

Louis. Stay here.

You too.

Rico, I... I'm telling
you, you can't...

Keep your mouth shut.

You weren't hard to find, boy,

Oh, I didn't want to put you
to any trouble.

I figured you'd catch up with
me sooner or later anyway.

A couple of times today we could
have cooled you real good.

I wasn't worried.
I know you too well, Rico.

Some things you like
to handle personally.

You and Stewart
had quite a conversation.

- How far did you go, boy?
- All the way, Everything.

Why? Mm?

I'm asking you.

Why do you do
a thing like this to Rico?

I'm a peculiar guy.

I don't like jails for anyone,
Especially me,

We'd have got you out.

We were working on
getting you out.

How? In a basket?

Here's what I want you to do.

I want you to go back
to that Stewart character

tell him you made
a slight mistake.

You were anxious
to spring yourself, huh?

And so all that talk you gave
him was just that.., talk.

Rico, you're living
in a dream world.

It's too late,

- Maybe not.
- Ask your lawyer.

Tell him, Lou,

Whatever Rico says.

I think you'll do it.

Yeah. I think you will.

From Rico to Tommy, huh?

Oh, no. Not for you,

Not for you, boy.

Bring her here.

Take it off.

Sick, eh? Sick in the belly.

It could have been, you know.
It can still be.

Like I say.
The face of an angel.

- You can't do this, Rico.
- Make me try,

Lou Forbes thinks maybe I can,

He doesn't know you like I do,
Listen, Rico.

Think back a long time,
right in this neighborhood

just a few blocks from here.

You didn't know me then,
but I knew you.

Everyone did. Rico Angelo.

King of the kids.

We used to look up to you,
Rico. You were a big guy.

And how did you make it?

By beating up on the weak
and the helpless?

Not Rico, Rico went looking

for the biggest
and toughest he could find.

And he cut them down to size
with his own two hands.

That was Rico's way,

And it's still your way, Rico,
A man can't change that much.

That's why you won't do this.

I remember once, one of the
kids. One of the weak ones.

His old man gave him
a watch for graduation.

His old man was a drunk and a
bum but he gave the kid a watch.

And the kid was proud., he went
round showing it to the gang

"Look what my old man gave me,
A watch."

Next thing you know, some
mug took it away from him.

A big guy, Took it away,

Kicked the kid.
Knocked him down.

Then Rico came along.

He worked that big guy
over and good,

And when he was finished
he handed the kid his watch

and he said, "Go on home.

On this block,
no kid gets hurt."

You don't remember that,
do you Rico?

- Well, I do. I was the kid.
- Stop!

You've come a long way
from those days, Rico.

You pulled yourself out of
the gutter, out of the filth

and muck, until you stood
right at the top.

It wasn't luck.
It wasn't an accident.

It took a big man.

This.

This is not the act
of a big man.

This I'd expect
from some of the lice

who feed from you,
but not from Rico.

It's beneath the Rico
I once knew.

Rico Angelo. King of the kids,

And you know something, Rico?

In your own peculiar way,
you're still a King,

Are you gonna listen to this?

Shut up you two-bit,
greasy punk.

Don't ever open your filthy
mouth when I'm speaking,

- You understand that?
- Listen, Rico, he's...

Why, you fink, don't ever
raise your hands to me

or I'll blow your head off!

Lay off. Let him talk!

Go on.

That's the kind of a punk
you've been listening to.

That's why you're in a jam now.
Not on account of me.

I may be in a jam,
but I'll get out.

Listen, Rico,
I'll make a deal with you.

Put her back on that train
and I'll make a deal.

What kind of a deal?
You going to see Stewart?

And land back in the can?
I can't help you from there.

I've got to be out.
I'll defend you, Rico.

How?

He can't.
They won't let him in court.

Not in court, you poor slob.
I'll prepare your case.

I'll tell that monkey every
word to say and how to say it,

I'll take my own testimony
and rip it to shreds.

I can do it, Rico.
You know I can do it.

Can he do it?

Tell me.

Rico.

Big talk, huh?

Fancy words.

You got class, Tommy.

That's why I like you.

Here they come, sir,

One of our boys
found it upstairs.

It has your initials
on the back.

Did it really work again?

Keep it.., as a souvenir.