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I can assure you that's the least consequence.

May Allah bring me luck tonight for once.

You black Muslim, man?

Black Muslim?

So who speaks, please?

I just Oh, something.

Yeah. Yeah. Yes.

Doctor Sonko. Well, how are you?

I didn't know you were in Rome.

Yeah. I just arrived, Matti. How are you? Fine. Thank you.

Matty, I have a matter to discuss with you.

Of course.

Well, can we do it later in the week?

No. No. It's a matter of great urgency.

As you can hear, we're having our weekly poker game.

I'll try and end the game very soon.

Would you be kind enough to wait for me here?

I called. I called. May I see my team?

Here comes my man. Indeed, you didn't listen.

Of course.

Yes. Mhmm.

I'm ready for you.

We missed you while you were gone, man.

Again, again, again. Please, again.

Okay, any of them.

We'll put you a five card draw.

Yeah. Mhmm. Open on guts. Or how you say it?

What is it?

Open on.

Okay, Bobby.

As a matter of fact,

I think I better get the stakes a little bit higher too.

Two thousand a steak.

Stakes aren't getting higher than you are.

If they don't permit the resources to use drugs,

I think that any poker player using dope should be ruled off.

Look, man. Call a bet, will you, or fold, call a bet?

I fold. I fold.

Look at it.

I fold too.

You?

I refuse to throw good money after bad.

You win.

Well, thank yous for the very pleasant evening, gentlemen.

Special thanks to you, priest.

I don't think nothing of it, man.

Think nothing of it.

How you doing, my man? What's that?

This ridiculous card game is over.

And back now, I can attend to business.

Look, I have never questioned the quality of your stones.

It's the fact that we both realized that they're not

registered with the diamond cartel.

But that matters only when the immediate sale is concerned.

I know, but the amount of money involved makes it difficult for

me to tie up that much cash for some time until we can dispose of these stones.

But these gems represent a great profit for anyone who has

the ability to dispose of them.

Matthew,

our shipments have been intercepted.

Friendly powers remain neutral for a price or threat of

economic reprisal.

We are blocked by colonial trusts and monopolies.

You are a last resort.

My people are ready.

They are fighting now, but we need weapons desperately.

I'm strictly cash and carry.

Hey.

Hey.

Maybe one of these days you'll learn to come home at a reasonable time.

But what am I supposed to do now?

I I I start punching a time clock or something.

It just so happens I made a dinner engagement for her.

Who?

A man I met today. A writer.

You might like him if you yourself have a chance.

Ain't this a bitch?

Don't ruin my appetite.

No, ma'am. We're waiting on some people. Later.

Here's you, buddy.

Hi, Jordan. Nice to see you, Lisa.

Well, I see you found a place. Sorry we're late. Georgia?

This is Lisa.

How'd you do?

Hey,

Sarah. For Jordan, this is Chris.

Hey. Hey.

How are you doing? Alright.

Well, I,

never expected a place like this to appear.

You call me off?

It's my favorite restaurant. The food is excellent.

How do you like food? Like it?

Yeah. Yeah.

I guess I like it better than any other European cities I've been in.

Oh, well, it's really not that bad if you could get into it.

I'll drink you then.

Well,

perhaps you'd better order.

Saint Pat?

Hey. Hey, ma. Pinot biong cooked at the border. Yes.

I've seen you driving a Lamborghini around town,

but I was uncertain

what you were.

I mean, over here sometimes you can't tell who is what.

I'm a what.

A bidding?

Not for my friends.

You know, I didn't know you were gonna turn out to be black.

Neither did I.

I mean, one time when I was first here,

I said something in Italian.

The cat brought two guns. You know?

I didn't know what was going on, bro.

Damn,

I

know.

That court.

They always ask me to sing.

Kiss

It's too cold out here, honey.

Come on. Come on, sir.

Well,

what are we gonna do, sweetie?

What happens now?

I wish I could tell you, but I just don't know.

But all I didn't come up with is what I don't want.

I know I don't wanna hustle anymore. I don't need no money.

Funny thing is, the money don't seem to be getting it anyhow.

I guess I just got to get the pieces together, baby.

Whatever they may be, those pieces

about who I am or who I'm supposed to be or something.

Sweetheart, there is there is one thing that often can put those pieces

together for me.

John. You ain't?

No. I'm not. But I really want one priest.

And I think you need

one.

Not in this world.

Not the way this world is, especially in my world.

Maybe your son, someday.

Be someone with you if you try.

-Look, I know things ain't been too cool between you.

It's me. It's my fault.

But I want you to know something.

I love you.

You're the most important thing in my life.

And I need

you, won't you ever leave me.

You get about the city, monsieur?

I just saw you at the gambling table for mister Marty Smith.

Yes. You came in. How are you?

Francois. You didn't break the luck of your American cousin.

As usual, he was the big winner. So?

A lucky one.

He said that cards tell much about a man.

Who is he?

He's much known about this colorful America.

Well, just a man I play cards with.

He's called priest and has come much recently to Rome.

That much I know.

And beyond his gambling winning,

he appears to be financially secure.

It is important that I learn as much as possible about Ishmael.

Beyond what I've said, I know nothing.

Although it is possible that the arm might be a ways.

Sufficiently useful information

might cause your gambling losses to be remedied.

Well, could you meet me here again tomorrow night about this time in here?

Fabien, monsieur.

Adel, monsieur.

What?

How old was that statue, man?

Fairly new as Roman architecture goes.

About five hundred years old.

Damn.

These people are all walking around living right here,

right in the middle of thousands of years of history.

I mean, their own history.

That's what makes them different.

By the way, how are all my black country?

Countrymen? I haven't been home four years.

Like I left them, I guess.

White folks still leave.

Average black cat just struggling to survive,

putting one day after another,

wondering why sometimes.

Nine eleven black leaders

all leading each other through changes mostly.

Preachers still preaching.

Negro intellectuals being paid to say how un together niggas are.

Everybody trying to get them some money.

Nobody believing in nothing.

Except the few nuts who believe they know every damn thing.

Half the niggas sitting around blaming each other and the

other half sitting around blaming Whitey.

White folks still listening.

Still watching out the corner of their eye.

Except Except they don't laugh much anymore.

They shoot.

Through it all is a streak. It's never touched.

Never changes.

I'm a hustler.

I sold cocaine.

I didn't think you sold pencils.

Maybe I ought to get back to the street,

back to the funk.

Funk. Yeah, well, I didn't have been in the funk.

I never went back there. Not back to the funk.

Well, you know what they say.

Different strokes for different folks.

Yeah.

Something like

that.

Oh, look.

What time you got now?

Two forty? Yeah.

Well, I got about twenty minutes for me to ride an instructor who's

gonna teach me how to ride a horse.

What? You've never done it before? No.

You're looking at a virgin, man.

I asked for a riding instructor who could speak English.

You are not seated on a cow.

Look here, man.

If you don't start walking right,

I'm a bust you right in your mouth.

Can you dig it?

Okay. You get yourself together.

Get get it together, baby.

Get it together now.

Now,

Avanti motorcycle.

Avanti.

Well, I see you are a horseman too.

It is what I do for relaxation.

It figures.

I'll be right back.

Presiding that one was part of me, not you?

Hey, mister Priest.

Might we have a

brief conversation?

Yeah.

We sort of

met at the poker game.

I didn't get your name, I don't think.

Lamine Sonko, the preparation process of

Umbia.

Umbia? Umbia, we.

It's a small country in West Africa.

Yeah. We can meet upstairs.

Come over to my place.

Gracie.

The last time I went riding,

the horse and I were not compatible.

My knee has not yet fully recovered.

Well, it ain't my knee.

So

I'm told, mister Priest,

that Americans come directly to the point.

So I represent those of my countrymen who are struggling

to free Umbia from the yoke of colonialism.

Groovy.

If our struggle is to succeed, even for it to continue,

we must have guns fast.

Yeah. Right on.

Look.

Pull my coat to one thing, man.

What you're telling me all this for?

It's the colonials hire mercenaries who will stop at nothing.

Only recently, they have ambushed and stolen a vital shipment of guns.

I had hoped this would be of some interest to you.

By coincidence, your poker host,

mister Mate Smith, deals in Gondons.

Then why don't you go lay this rap on him?

Because he requires cash money,

and our liberation campaign has almost no money left.

Ain't it always the way?

That is none of the usual kind.

We do have, however,

the highest quality of the gemstone diamond for which my

small country is, noted.

Well, groovy.

Then all you got to do is sell the diamonds and get your bread.

Right?

Unfortunately, mister Priest, it is really not

quite that, simple.

International

diamond

must come under the control of the international diamond

cartel or they become worthless unless

someone can dispose of them at his own leisure.

Now our problems do not provide us with the luxury or the

convenience of time.

Therefore, I will give you a sufficient amount of gems as to

be worth more than a million dollars if disposed of discreetly.

The weapons I must get from mister Mattress Smith cost only

a quarter of a million dollars in cash.

Now your reputation is such that I have what No.

That this No. Look.

Now now no more uptight deals for me.

I am retired.

Can you dig where I'm coming from?

Where do you come from?

Do you not realize

that we are in the same battle,

that we are brothers with a common stake.

Don't start giving me that man.

Not today. Alright?

I see.

I see.

We,

you and I,

are having another tribal misunderstanding

which must urgently be overcome.

The colonials on either side of the ocean

are happiest when we blacks are fighting each other.

It keeps our eyes distracted

from their long, greedy hands.

Look. I wouldn't give up Give. You give.

I'm not asking you to give.

I'm asking you to help yourself.

You symbolize those who fail to understand

that revolution must be a constant condition for us.

You represent the fact that there are still Africans and

black Americans who yet need more dragging,

more beating, more kicking until they realize that we

are not free, that we are still slaves.

You, monsieur, you are not free because you

are the worst kind of slave.

Bonjour,

monsieur.

Please.

Please.

Freeze.

Can you hear me calling her?

What's the matter?

Georgia. Your name, ma'am.

Leaving?

Why?

I just wanna get out of home.

I just

I'm just

sleeping.

But

what's wrong?

Why?

Look. Now you heard what I said. I just wanna split.

Alright? No.

No.

I ain't going, priest.

We've been everywhere.

You you weren't happy in in New York.

You weren't happy in France, in England.

Norway, nowhere, priest.

Now for the first time since I've been with you, priest,

I'm enjoying myself somewhere.

Oh, I ain't going.

Look.

I just

Praise.

What are you trying to do to me?

I love you.

Will you just listen for a minute? Now look.

I got a chance to make a whole lot of the heavy bread.

You know, this African dude wants me to run a whole number

for his people and shit.

No.

That ain't it, Priess.

You're running again.

You're doing what you always do, priest. You're running.

I'm through, Gipsy.

I'm through running with you, priest. You go.

I'm not

Georgia,

I got to go.

Yeah. Calling.

Yeah. I've been to Africa.

I went to to Umbia too. I know.

Well, it is only natural since all the visas are channeled through the embassy.

I was surprised that you wanted to visit

Africa.

Yeah.

I had nothing else to do.

I've been, you know, been practically every place else.

I just wanted to check it out.

Naturally.

I would be interested to know your impressions of Africa,

especially your impressions of my small, poor country.

I was right. How can you let so few white folks run everything?

Those few represent powerful nations and powerful weapons.

Yeah. But tell me, monsieur Preece, what did you see?

I saw a lot

of

things.

I saw a lot of things you ain't never gonna see in the one

hundred and sixteenth and Lenox.

Downtown either, for that matter.

Look here, man.

What are those guns worth?

Check.

Twenty five years of work. My fault.

My fault.

You seem to be playing more aggressively than ever,

also more recklessly.

Yeah. Well, poker ain't game about cars, man.

It's about money. Management of money. Right?

How much, when, where, why?

Don't push your money management theories too far.

You might lose all you have on one hand.

Just couldn't know you was thinking about me, Manny.

But you know what I really think?

I think you just assumed I wasn't in this game.

I think without me in this game,

you eat everybody else here alive.

That's not really why I play.

This is a pleasant session each week to take my mind of business.

Let's talk less and play more. I'm losing.

Splendid idea. You two are becoming ball breakers.

Why don't you take a hit and play cards?

You know, you're just about the only connection I have anymore.

I don't want that stuff.

Now it looks like I'm high on the board.

I'm debt two thousand two hundred.

Damn. It's late.

Becoming more reasonable.

I raise you a thousand.

Call.

I call. Not for me.

Go.

Check.

Five thousand dollars.

Five four.

Five thousand.

I call.

Hold

Call.

Look like these cards just can't stop coming to me.

I thought you were more interested in managing money than cards.

Don't it?

I tell you what, they look so good.

I'm gonna bet another five thousand.

Let's stay with that.

But if you're going to improve your hand,

you're going to pay for the opportunity.

I'll raise you ten thousand.

I'll fall.

I'll fall.

First pick. First pick.

Check.

Twenty five

thousand.

Twenty five.

You know a man has a stupid bet.

I mean, how can you bet like that?

You'll never know how I manage my cards if you don't call.

How would you manage your money if I raised you, say,

two hundred thousand?

I mean, you can call that bet.

I call you at twenty five.

You

know what that is.

And I raised you two hundred thousand

dollars.

Come.

This is

this is ridiculous.

Oh, don't give me that, man.

Before this game,

you've been talking about keep the stakes down.

Keep the stakes down. Now all of a sudden, you're crying.

Now you wanna cry.

Now just the way you've been betting

dictates this kind of bet.

Now you put up or shut up.

I'd like to call you, but

I don't have two hundred thousand dollars in cash,

but I could pay immediately.

No, ma'am. Your mark is good with me.

In fact, I'll even I'll even take your mark if you want a raise.

High cold.

You called it right.

Spade

or a spade?

Well, I guess we have about enough of this evening,

Enough for me anyway.

Could I talk to you, private?

Well, sure, man. Sure.

Do you mind if it takes me a few days to pay off my marker?

Listen, man. All I want is a gun that his uncle needs.

I see.

Would you care for another cappuccino?

No. I really can't have another. Thank you.

Here is your check.

We accept a mechanic's place.

Thank you, but they don't accept that.

If he's very late, there's usually a good reason.

Quite so. Quite so. I'm sorry if I convey him questions.

Doctor Stoneko,

when priests went to Africa,

I didn't understand.

Someday, you must come and grace our continent.

As priest says, that's a bit.

I have just been through one of the most exhausting things in the world.

Mattie Smith is one hell of a poker player.

It's always hard helping yourself sometimes.

It's always hard helping yourself sometimes.

Boom.

Now ordinarily,

our friend would take care of the next step.

Okay.

Instead, now you are needed to maneuver the customer

Is it legal to just ship guns to Humbia?

Absolutely. Illegal.

Ain't it always the way?

But such a detail should not bother a man of your special skills.

You know,

you would have made one hell of a hustler.

Would,

But,

I think you should pay two and a half million.

Happily.

A million lire. Damn. That's almost sixteen hundred bucks.

The guns are okay,

but positively.

No doubt.

No doubt.

I presume the problems with the customs have been

satisfactorily transacted.

You always presume something?

Well, they have, haven't they?

TNT. Quaddon?

There ain't nothing to it. Oh.

Hello.

There is one more thing.

The colonials have control of all ports of entry.

The mercenaries are everywhere.

However, that is not bad because there is one remote,

small airstrip in Umbia near to which at this moment,

diversionary forces are fighting.

If the shipment is put down there and instantly loaded onto

trucks and taken away, it is possible.

It's starting to rain.

TNT.

Good job.

Well, I reckon expect we better get us a plane, Anthony.

Hello? I can dig it.

Do we have enough empties to match the number of filled gun cases?

Yes, sir.

Keep moving.

Priest, this is Mary.

I've got everything you need ready for you.

Alright. That's the place.

Now it's a small strip, but it'll be lit.

Now we gotta make two landers.

First time, we drop off the first ship.

Then we gotta have enough gas left over and circle around for

about, about two hours or so.

Then we come back to the same airstrip,

and we drop off the second ship.

Okay? Can do? Got it.

You are absolutely certain.

There is no stopping this ship, man.

No, man.

No

joke.

A box of oranges.

No dough?

No dough.

A box of tea

sheets.

Pineapples.

A box of pineapples. Okay?

To a thousand pounds.

My confidence in you is total.

This is my private number.

Please call me when the weapons are delivered.

If you have any emergency at all,

you must come directly to me at my villa.

When you visited my city in Umbia,

you remember where it's located?

The mosque.

Yeah.

Well,

my villa is located just further down that road.

You can't miss it. It is a large white colonial house.

Yeah. I remember that road. Trivia.

Hello.

I shall now return to the embassy where those who have

been following me, most probably are still parked there

and still watching and waiting.

Take care, baby.

Everything will be all right.

I feel

I feel good.

Hey.

You know what they call me in Abercave?

Sir, all the cases are empty.

Priest.

Mustafa Priest.

You seem to have a sense of humor.

Alright. Take these other two to command headquarters.

We'll take mister Mustafa, a priest, with us.

Search.

What are you doing in this country without a passport?

About the same thing you want.

I represent the government of Umbia.

I guess I must represent the people.

We're wasting time.

Where are the weapons?

Man, I don't know anything about this country.

I wouldn't know where anything is.

Now you know a lot more than you're telling us.

Look, I didn't know what was in those traits, man.

I thought it was food.

Why were you hiding Laminsonka's card in the lining of your jacket?

You can either tell me now where it's comfortable or later

when you have to be help.

Bet.

Going to work?

Our friend needs some personal attention.

Now that we have his attention, you can proceed.

Maybe that'll help his concentration.

He's a tough animal.

Alright. Get him up.

You're not finished working.

Give him some water. Maybe he'll talk later on.

It's as close as those socks ever come to getting washed.

Think Sampo would turn the weapons over to save this game?

I don't think so.

Hello.

We are holding a man who says his name is Mustafa Priest.

He's charged with illegal entry into Umbia and suspicion of

inciting

revolution.

Why are you telling me any of this?

We have reliable reports that link him to you.

I am still curious to know why you got justice to me.

Alright.

I won't beat around the bush with you, mister Sanco.

I want one thing.

I want the weapons this man has brought into Umbia.

There is no possibility of his leaving here alive unless that

entire shipment is turned over to me and without delay.

I'm

Alright.

In one hour.

Alright. In one hour.

They have captured a priest

with an ops of guns.

I'll be back in one hour.

It'll be dawned by then.

Well, I'll be glad to get into town I have a piece of mail.

The cheese is good.

You hear anything?

I don't see your sleeping beauty has anything new to say.