"Man on police radio:" "Plane's just landed, nick." "He's late." "Welcome to nevada, senator." "I'm abrams, this is sergeant krychek," " Lieutenant torello." " Senator." "You're sure you wanna go out on this thing?" " I wouldn't miss this for the world." " Let's go." "man #1:" "Pamela!" "Pamela!" "Man #2:" "Is it true you'll be co-starring with jeff chandler" "In your next film, miss- miss palmer?" "Any truth to the rumors about you and the aga khan?" "Man #3:" "Huh, you know, lloyd's of london" "Is short an extra one million bucks." "Man #4:" "Just the legs?" "Man #1:" "Pamela!" "Pamela!" " Hey, get over here." " Who's that?" " Don la monaco." " La monaco?" "Mike:" "If anything goes wrong, you're gonna be" "The first one to die, you understand?" " Huh?" " Hey, benny, come here." "Don't make no funny moves, we've got a lot of guns." "Come on!" "Ready?" "Open it up." "as I walk along" "I wonder what went wrong with our lives lives that were so strong" "and as I still walk on" "I think of the things we've done together while our hearts were young" "I'm a-walking in the rain tears are falling and I feel the pain watching all the players go by some live and others die and I wonder" "I wah-wah-wah-wah wonder why why, why, why, why, why" "I don't walk away and I wonder what makes me stay runaway run, run, run, run, runaway run, run, run..." "Come on!" " All right!" " Don't shoot." "Senator rourke?" "As chairman of the permanent subcommittee on investigations," "You are hereby subpoenaed to appear before me and my committee" "This Tuesday next at the United States federal building." "We have law offices on retainer" "Who accept services to prevent this kind of harassment." "We choose to serve you in person, mr." "Kordo," "And further" "You can not barge in here like this." "Oh, but we can, mr." "Weisbord." "For a man who's entire political career" "Was bankrolled by his father's" "Canadian whiskey money," "You have, I would say," "A very peculiar background for a crusader." "Ancient history." "Modern history, mr." "Weisbord," "Is this subpoena." "This..." "Is what you can do" "With your subpoenas" "And your hearings." " Who is this clown?" " He's from brooklyn, senator." "Carlo mastrangelo, a waterfront thug" "In a 600-dollar sports coat." "Yeah?" "Where I come from," "Contempt of congress is worth a year in a federal lockup," "And they don't give pedicures in leavenworth." "Fuller cats, purple gang, detroit." "Tony "the bump," vending machines czar from cleveland." ""two tank" tony, a head-breaker from providence." "And our own steven kordo," "Lld, mba, and m-a-f-I-a." "Another local by way of florida and brooklyn," " Max goldman." " Hey, torello," "Don't you ever get tired of hearing yourself talk?" "Who are you supposed to be behind those bandages?" "The invisible man from when luca tried to make you disappear?" "You don't look so hot yourself, you know." "You guys thought you'd get together during luca's funeral" "To decide who would sit in his seat, right?" "To decide who would take the money from the casinos" "And give it to weisbord," "So you can stash it in the bahamas and geneva." "Well, you're wrong." "You won't be able to pick up a newspaper" "Without seeing your face splashed all over the front page." "You pick up a phone and we're gonna be listening to you." "We are gonna harass you day and night." "Let's get outta here." "Do you believe this?" "I don't even wanna be here." "I hate this town." "I hate the heat," "I hate the desert." "I come out here for what?" "I come out here for a funeral." "I bring pamela, because even a weekend is too much." "And now I gotta stick around, so that some" "Ivy-league punk can get some free tv time?" "This ivy-league punk could very well be" "The next president." "Yeah?" "Cori luca:" "Yeah, nobody could be sadder today than me" "At the death of ray luca and his little pal pauli taglia." "See, ray lu- ray was more than a brother to me," "I mean, he was like my inspiration, you know." "He got me started in this business, he made me" "Who I am today, you see?" "In fact, he's responsible for" "I just signed a contract with capitol records." "My new album is coming out, it's called "the sensuous survivor. "" "It'll be in the record stores real soon." "your city now, carlo." "And I'm running it from out of town." "Kordo can watch the store." "I'll call the shots from new york." "Relax." "Rourke will through his weight around" "And it will all come to nothing." " Woman:" "Ray!" " We were here before rourke" "And the strike forces," "And we will be here after." "Yeah, well, I got some moves that we'll make after," "And happen faster." "Woman:" "Ray!" "Ray!" "Don't leave me!" "Ray!" "Mike:" "This is how it works." "This casino pretends to lose money" "To some guys who just walk in the door." "These guys keep 10% of what they win," "And then they kick back 90% to the outfit." "It's called a "front door skim. "" "Mike:" "They've been getting away with it for a long time." "Hopefully exposure on national television" "Will at least slow them down." "Well, that's the idea." "It's been an education," "But I have a mountain of committee paperwork" "To go through before the hearings." "Senator, say we hook up around 9:00 tomorrow?" "Fine." "Thank you." "Look, senator," "Sorry about the airport, I was a little short." "Forget about it, lieutenant." "I figured all you needed to do was kick in a door, you'd fell better." "Thanks." "Good night." " Not a bad guy for a politician." " He's all right." "I think he's the real thing." " Where's grossman?" " He went home." "He said he had a killer headache." "All right, let's do it, let's do it, give me a six." "Give me an eight, and give me ten." " Man #1:" "Here we go." " Man #2:" "Yeah!" " Dealer:" "Winner eight, winner eight." " All right!" " Push the game, push the game." " All right." "How much did you win on that, huh?" " Everybody doing all right?" " All:" "Yeah." "Okay, let's do it again, let's do it again, let's do it again." "Dealer:" "Five." "Five point now." " All right, five." "Let's go." " Will do." "Okay, let's go." "Dealer:" "Seven away, line down." "Seven away." "Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy." "Hey, gimme 200." "Excuse me." "Thanks to you very much." "Rent money, okay?" "Dealer:" "12." "Craps, line down." "Here's a bunch of centuries." "Just give me a hancock." "Hey..." "Well, all right, billy." "Now listen, nate, you get short again, you know where to come." " Thanks, billy." " All right?" " Thanks a million." " Okay, no problem." "Gimme 200." "I don't like people get up close." "Hey, ang, give me another drink, will you?" "Bartender:" "Right." "And yours, miss?" "Rob roy, heavy on the scotch." "I don't see any of those flunky bodyguards around," "Keeping all the crowds away." "What does that mean?" "Maybe that means that I wanna be alone." "I think it means that someone" "Used you for a punching bag and you took a walk." "You talk like a cop." "I am a cop." "Michael torello is my name." "Look, michael torello," "I'm not the pick-up that I play in the movies." "I wouldn't know, I don't see many movies." " You don't?" " Huh-uh." "Why not?" "Don't you like" "To dream away in a celluloid fantasy?" " I know better ways to play." " Oh, you do?" "Like?" "I'll show you." "They're playing" "The local anthem around here." "You're sure you can dance with just one arm?" " I've still got two good legs." " there's a place where lovers go to cry..." "Yes, I certainly see that." "Come on." "...And they call it lonesome town where the broken hearts stay lonesome town you can buy a dream or two to last you all through the years..." "Tell me, miss palmer" "It's pamela." "Pamela- how does a girl like you" "Get to be a girl like you?" "Money." "Money definitely helps." "I come from a lot of money." "I had my coming-out at 15." "My first magazine cover, 18," "My oscar nomination at 24." "What kind of part was that for?" "It was very romantic." "to cry my troubles away" "Bartender:" "Mike, phone." "Don't move a muscle, I'll be right back, all right?" "...Of broken dreams" " the streets are filled..." " yeah, what?" "What is it?" "All right, all right." "lay down in lonesome town" " I can learn to forget" " I can't stay, I gotta go." "lay me down in lonesome town" "So, where would I get in touch with you again?" "Here, you can get a hold of me here, all right?" "It's been a slice of heaven, pamela," "Believe me, a real slice of heaven." "lonesome town." "Hey, you!" "Hey!" "When the hell" " Are we getting out of here anyway?" " Shut up!" "What is this?" "Do you have any idea where I was?" "About an hour ago we got a call from the Ivpd." "He said he pasted this guy." "Who, danny?" "Who pasted him?" "After the guy caught him with the chorus girls." "Pretty strong stuff, mike." " Pretty strong." " Yeah." "And about as phony as a five-dollar rolex." "Can't you see it, chet, it's a set-up." "Some set-up." "Our fair-haired," "All-american family-man senator gets caught" "In a motel love nest with three chorus girls." "They're trying to teach him french?" "Look, we invented front pages" "And 80-point headlines for these things." "Look, chet, the guy comes to town" "To put the screws to the outfit, and what happens?" "He gets a call from somebody" "Who's got secret information for the hearings." "Being the gung-ho ex-marine that he is," "Rourke charges over to the guy's place," "Has what he thinks is a friendly glass of whiskey," "And bam, the lights go out on him." "Are you trying to tell me they gave him a mickey?" "What else?" "And who was it who put in the call to your photographer?" "An anonymous tipster." "Come on, chet, it stinks." "This is a family man with a wife and three kids." "He is as straight as a steel rod." "He got the civil rights bill passed and he's gonna get" "Things done for us here." "Now, if you print these things," "This guy's gonna go down the toilet." "Is that what you want?" "Is it?" "I don't wanna get scooped." "No one else runs it, I won't either." "Fair enough." "You're the only one that's got it." "Thanks, chet." "I mean it." "Thanks." "This is" "If these ever get out" "It's taken care of." "Thanks, mike." "Senator, washington may be a nest of vipers," "But this is las vegas, nevada," "Where they don't even pretend." "The local flag is a pair of dice with a dollar sign." "You're better off walking around like you're" "In enemy territory 24 hours a day," "Because when you go up against guys" "Like mastrangelo and weisbord," "That's exactly where you are." "That's the end of my speech." "It won't happen again." "I know that you're a hard hitter," "Because I saw the photographer." "The hearings start in a couple of hours, why don't you go..." "Pull yourself together and show the outfit" "That you're a good counter-puncher." "See you later." "Male radio dj:" "It's 7:44 and already 81 degrees here on 660 kxrx," "Your prescription for musical winners 24 hours a day." "And speaking of winners, a mr." "G.M. Hickman of richmond, california," "Has a big smile on his face today." "He took home 385,000 from the poker table last night" "And you can be next." "Dealer:" "Craps." "Craps." "I'm sorry, sir." "Do we have a new hitter?" "Oh, man, I don't know what the hell is going on here." "Good luck, nate." "Rourke:" "And isn't it a fact, mr." "Willis," "That the "lucky star" has been shaving cards" "To force major losses to it's shills?" "If you say so." "Answer the question, mr." "Willis." "Lawyer:" "I think my client has been responsive." "Responsive is yes or no." ""if you say so" sounds like chinese food." " Yeah." " What?" " Yes." " And after signing markers" "And running up enormous debts to the casino," "Don't these same shills kick back the money" "To the mobsters who really run the place, who skim it off for themselves?" "I don't know nothing about that, sir." "Look what this ivy-league mink is doing." "Rourke on tv:" "Let me remind you that we have three hearings..." "I look in the morning paper, carlo," "All I see are headlines on the hearings." "I" " I don't see any pictures." "I don't know what went wrong." "How much of the money ends up in your pocket, mr." "Willis?" "None, sir." "Can you tell us what happens to the money, mr." "Willis?" " Willis:" "I don't know." " Rourke:" "Speak up." " Willis:" "I don't know." " Rourke:" "Speak up, please." "I don't know!" "They call it the "front door skim"," "Don't they, mr." "Willis?" " Yes." " Speak up, please." "Yes, sir." "The young crusader" "Is starting to draw some blood." "As a result" "As a result of the direct testimony before this committee," "There will be a full investigation launched" "Into all casino operations of the "lucky star. "" "I will personally recommend to the nevada gaming commission" "That the "lucky star's" license be revoked." "Don't you worry, manny." "Don't you worry about a thing." "We're starting to make moves on them" "And the strike force." "Journalist:" "Senator rourke." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Thank you." "Lieutenant." "Lieutenant." "I just wanted to say thanks." "If you hadn't bailed me out," "None of that would have been possible." "Forget it." "I enjoyed watching you work." "They're having one of these ridiculous benefits for me tomorrow night," "You know, black tie, rubber chicken." "Anyway, I'd like you and your men to be there." "You deserve to share in the limelight." "Thanks, senator." "Yes, I have a statement." "This guy's the real deal, huh?" " Heavy stuff, a lot of connections." " Great." " Yeah, krychek." " Pamela:" "Lieutenant torello, please." "Yeah, yeah, hold on a minute." "It's for you." " Torello." " Hi." "It's me." "I know it's late to call" " Who is this?" " You know, it's the girl" "You stood up on the dance floor." "Oh, yeah." "What can I do for you?" "That's a very leading question this late at night." "Who's leading who?" "So, what are you doing?" "Just sitting around reading?" "That's right." "I'm lying all alone" "Between the cold sheets." "I'm reading..." ""siddhartha"..." "And wishing that I had someone to help me turn the pages." "Sounds like an awful heavy reading." "You bet." "Makes a girl" "Wanna take a drink, you know." "But they say that's not good." "Well, I can bicycle over a bottle of scotch." "Forget the bicycle." "Michael." "quite a place." "Are you thirsty?" "you got to be good to me" "I'm gonna be good to you" "Are you hungry?" "How bad is your arm?" " what about the way that you love me?" " let's find out." "and the way you're squeezing me yeah simply beautiful" "yeah beautiful yeah when you get right down to it" "ohh..." "No, I tell her, I'm a cop." "I say, what are you gonna do," "Gamble me to death?" " Say thank you." " Thank you." " Oh, you survived." " Hiya, mike." " Mike." " Hi, mike." "Hello, david." "How are you?" "I'm fine, thanks, mike." "Gee, dave, you look great." "Thanks a lot, mike." " You wanna knock it off?" " Bad night?" " No." " Talk about it." "I don't wanna talk about it." "I was with a woman" "That men make love to in their dreams." "Sounds awful." "It was awful." "Was it a guy?" "That's not very funny." "It was a beautiful package." "Beautiful merchandise, but very bruised." "Yeah." " Pamela palmer." " What about her?" "Everything about her." "Where she's from," "Who she runs with, what she has for breakfast, and right away." "Where's grossman?" "Give me a nine, please, give me a nine." "Seven out." "Line away." "Pay the don't." "Hey, billy boy." "Transfusion time, huh?" "I need a couple of thou." " Can't do it, nate." " Don't kid around." "I'm not kidding around, pal." "I can't help you no more." "It's time for you to see the man." "What the hell is going on here?" "What is this, some kind of grind joint or something?" "I mean, I'm coming off the worst loosing jag of my life." "The dice were about to turn." "I mean, I am ready to win some money." "And you pull me away from the tables?" "I mean, what do you got up there between your ears?" "You got something to say or you're just gonna stand there?" "I'm asking you, what is this?" "What is this, huh?" "You wanna know what this is?" "What I want is to get back to the tables." "What you want is worth about two dead flies," "Because you are up to your eyeballs" "And are too dumb to know." "You think we lent you money because we like the way" "You part your hair?" "'cause you're such a nice guy?" " Hey, look- - no, you look." "You're washed up." "You're done." " Don't you get it?" " Get what?" "You've been taking money, taking loans," "You've been gambling on the cuff" "Of the mastrangelo family for the last month." "You're not only a degenerate gambler," "I mean a real sick degenerate gambler," "You're a cop." "Beholden to, fraternizing with," "And receiving money from an organized crime family." "You are done." " You're saying, if I'm" " I'm saying..." "We're gonna need are all the answers" "To all those questions about those hearings," "Like who the witnesses are, where they live," "What kind of protection they're getting and you're gonna tell us" "Everything else we need to know." " I ain't gonna tell you- - yes, you are." "Because we own you now." "You'll either continue to carry that badge" "Because you are talking to us or you lose that badge." "You go be a busboy for the rest of your life." "That's what you got staring at you." "Joey." "You got what I need?" " Yeah, I just got these- - joey, shhh." "I just got these from the bureau." "I thought you'd wanna see them right away." " Thanks." " Go to the ones I clipped together." " Man #1:" "What's going on?" " Man #2:" "Hearings are over for today." "Taking depositions." "What's the matter, mike?" "Mastrangelo." "She belongs to carlo mastrangelo." "She was fishin' in to find out what we're doing." "I don't believe it." "What a fool" " Mike- - what a damned fool." "Mike." "She could have anybody." "Who could say no to her?" " Did you tell her anything?" " No, no." " Mike." " What?" "When I saw the pictures, I put clemmons on her right away." "Guess who she's with now." "Well, what, joey, what do I do?" "Get a 24 silver dollar payoff" "If I guess the right name or something?" " His place or hers?" " His." " show him these on the way back." "Maybe they'll take the stars out of his eyes." " Where are you going?" " I got a date with a pimp." "Go ahead." "Go, will you?" "!" " Nick." " Hey." "How're you doing, pimp?" "I want some answers." "Ask my lawyer." "Your lawyer?" "Come on." "I don't like lawyers." " What is this?" " Come on." "We're gonna start" "With the easy ones, all right?" "Start with the easy ones." "What kind of a low life, instead of dialing 4-1-1" "For information, pimps out his girlfriend?" " And on the street, huh?" " What the hell are you getting at?" "It's not what I'm getting at, mastrangelo, it's who." "Who you got pamela palmer working on now?" " Senator rourke." " She isn't with rourke." "Don't play games with me, mastrangelo." "Don't play stupid with me." "No." "No, no, no!" " You didn't know, did you?" " You tell him," "If he lays a finger on her" "You tell him!" "Tell him!" "One finger!" "You hear me?" "!" "Go on and kill me, you bastard!" "Come on, go on!" "If I have to live like this" "With you anymore, it's not worth it." " You hear me!" " Shut up!" "What's the matter, don't you have the guts to do it?" "Huh?" "You can't live" "Without your perfect possession?" "You were with rourke?" "Nothing happened, but it will." "And I don't care about his kids or his wife" "And I don't care how long it takes." "I'll have him- sooner or later." "What you're gonna do about it, huh?" "What you're gonna do?" "Are you gonna kill me now?" "You gunna throw me out?" "Mike:" "Pamela?" "Pamela." "I shouldn't have called you." "Mastrangelo did this to you?" "Yeah, why shouldn't he?" "I've been his..." "Thing, since I was 14 years old." "My coming out party was on stage" "In a dirty havana nightclub." " You don't have to explain- - no, I told you" "A lot of lies, you know that?" "The only money I come from is mob money." "Carlo turned me out." "He owns me." "He's the one who made me" "Into the sex queen to the world." "I'm his used goods." "Look, don't say that." "I mean, I'd take you right now" "For what you are, right here and right now." "Movie star, car hopping'" "So would any other guy who wasn't as twisted as mastrangelo." "You're such a nice man." "I'm sorry, I'm getting mascara" "All over your shirt." "That's all right, it's not mine anyway, it's rented." "It's pretty swank for a cop." "I've been invited to this benefit for rourke tonight." " Really?" " Yeah." "It's $5,000 a plate." "And I was supposed to sing," "But I'm not gonna go like this." "I just can't do it now." "What are you talking about?" "You're a movie star, aren't you?" "You can get away with anything." "Put on some dark glasses, some makeup, right?" "You gonna let rourke down?" " Huh?" " No." "mike." "It's nate, they just found him." "You better come quick." " I'll see you later." " All right." " How bad is he?" " Nate locked the door and turned on the oven." "The maid smelled gas and she called us." "I'm no good, mike." "I'm no good." "Degenerate gambler." "How much is he in for?" "Counting the vig," "About 15 grand," "As best we can tell." "I'm no good." "I'm no good for my partners." "I'm no good for anybody." "It's all right." "Who owns the paper?" "Meeker." "I owed 'em." "They put the squeeze on." "But I wouldn't, mike." "I wouldn't give him what he wanted." "Anything happen to you guys because of this?" "Pink as the shot at the shamrock." " Come on, nate." "Come on, up." " No way." " Come on, get up, come on." " No." " I don't deserve it." " Shh." "nate, nate." "Nate, we got a lot of things we gotta do, right?" " Yeah." " I'll take care of him." " Walter, you're going with me." " Huh?" "I'm gonna arrest you for loan sharkin' and just kick you right here, huh?" "Don't come on to me" "With the phony hot cop routine." " What?" " What did you say?" "You heard what I said." " Shut up." " Hey, come on!" " Where's your car?" " There." " What, here?" " There!" " Where's your keys?" " Here." " Where's your keys?" " In there." "Hey!" "What?" "Hey, come on, can't we talk this over, huh?" "Can we talk about this?" "hey!" "Hey, come here." "Come here, come here." "Come here." "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "You hear me in there?" " Yeah." " Huh?" " Yeah!" " All right." "Now you tell me when you think I'm through being phony." "Hey, stop!" "Stop!" "What are you, crazy?" "Come on, anything you wanna know." "What are you, crazy?" "Come on, anything you wanna know!" "I'll tell you any- I can give up guys for you." "Any kind of guys you want, guys," "I got a whole list of them." "You understand me?" "I got guys, anything." "Honest engine." "Look, no small fish." "You understand what I'm saying?" " Name names." " Names?" "I got the" "Guys, I tell you who the operator is" "Mastrangelo." "All right?" "Look, look, look it was him who put grossman on the cuff." " Shut up, shut up, shut up." " What?" "Shut up." " Who?" " Mastrangelo!" "You hear me?" "Mastrangelo- look- let me out of here!" "Come on, come on." "What did you say?" "What did you say?" " What did you say?" " Mastrangelo" "Yeah?" "It was him who put grossman" "On the cuff, all right?" "It was him." "Look, I mean, I'll tell you what," "I'll give up the markers, I'll cancel the debt, all right?" "We know that." "We're not stupid." "The mechanic, huh?" "You know about the mechanic?" "What about him?" "Tell me about it, tell me about the mechanic." " The mechanic- - tell me about him!" "It's- it's a special job, some kind of special job- tonight." " Where, where?" " At the rourke benefit." " The what?" " The- the" " The what?" " It's a hit on rourke, all right?" "As party chairman of clark county," "It gives me enormous pleasure to introduce" "The first in a series of luminaries here tonight" "To honor senator william x." "Rourke." "I give you the brightest star" "On the hollywood walk of fame," "Miss pamela palmer." "Thank you." "Thank you ever so much." "Thank you all so much." "Mike on radio:" "Danny, joey, do you copy?" "Danny, david, it's clemmons." "Over." "Pamela:" "We've all heard some beautiful words" "Spoken by men that are far more eloquent than I." "Mike on radio:" "Danny, can you hear me?" "I'd like to offer a tribute in the way that I know best." "Gentlemen!" "you have the cool clear eyes Wisdom and truth" "yet there's that upturned chin and the grin of impetuous youth" "I believe in you" "I believe in you" "I hear the sound of" " good solid judgment - listen, there's a hitter in here someplace," "With a contract on rourke." "You and nate cover the stage." "Joey, you and danny go back." " But how are we supposed to find anybody- - joey, I don't know." "Let's go." "there's a bold, brave spring of the tiger that quickens your walk" "oh, I believe in you" "I believe in you" "and when my faith in my fellow men" " I got nothing up here." " all but falls apart" "No!" "Oh!" "Man on tv:" "As a single shot rang out," "Justice department agent nathan grossman" "Threw his body over senator rourke and was himself caught by the bullet." "Grossman then fired at a second gunman waiting backstage," "Killing him instantly." "He was identified" "As carlo c." "Mastrangelo, a reputed crime czar from brooklyn." "Also killed was nicodemus galici," "Identified by government agents as a florida man and hired killer." "He was shot by special agent michael torello" "Of the organized crime strike force." "Hey, get outta here." "Movie goddess pamela palmer was whisked from the scene by bodyguards." "Senator rourke and his wife were flown by private plane" "Immediately to washington." "It is still uncertain who will fill the seat of mob power" "Vacated by the death of crime czar ray luca." "But one thing is clear:" "It won't be carlo mastrangelo."