"[Man Whistles Softly] [Horse Hooves Clop, Wagon Clatters ]" "[ Man, Italian Accent ] That's the most I got is 3,000 bottle ofcrème de menthe." "[ Man #2 ] You got things pretty much your own way now, haven'tyou, Louie?" "[ Louie ] Sure." "Everything isjust fine." "[ Man #2 ] Well, that's good, but Pete was sayingjust tonight" "[ Louie ] Ah!" "He say that the South Side, she's get outta line." "I say, what are we gonna do with the South Side?" "Let some of the other boys get theirs too." "I got all I want." "Johnny Lovo, he's talkin' about starting something." "Yeah?" "He's lookin' fortrouble, eh?" "Johnny's very foolish." "Look at me." "A man always gotta know whether he's got it or not." "I got plenty." "I got house." "I got automobile." "I got nice girl." "[ Burps ]" "I got stomach trouble too." "[ Chuckles ]" "Better get some sleep here." "All right, boys." "Well, she was a pretty good party, eh?" "[ Chuckling ]" "Next week, I'm going to give a party... which the boys have never seen nothing like it before." "We'll have much more music, much more girls, much more everything." "Everybody should say, "Ah!" "Big Louie, he sit on top oftheworld!" Eh?" "[ Laughing ] Good-bye, Louie." "Good-bye, boys." "Take-a good "careful" ofyourself, eh?" "Allright." "I seeyou some more." "[ Coin Drops ] Hello." "I want Lakeside 41 7, please." "Yeah. 41 7 Lakeside." "Sure." "That's the wrongnum-- No." "I want Lakeside 417." "?" "[Whistling]" "[ Stops Whistling ] Hello, Louie." "[ Gunshots ]" "[ Gun Clatters On Floor]" "?" "[Whistling]" "?" "[Whistling Continues ]" "[Newsroom Chatter]" "All right." "[Telephone Ringing]" "[Man ] Hello?" "[Man #2 ] Copy boy here!" "Copy boy!" "[ Man Chattering]" "That's rotten!" ""Costillo Slaying Starts Gang War."" "That's what I want." "I'm workin' on that angle now." "I've got fourmen on it." "Four?" "You'll need 40 men on this story... for the next fiveyears." "You know what's happening?" "This town is up for the grabs." "Get me?" "You know, Costillo was the last ofthe old-fashioned gang leaders." "There's a new crew coming out, and every guythat's got money enough to buy a gun... is gonna tryto step into his place." "You see?" "They'll be shooting each other like rabbits forthe control ofthe booze business." "You get it?" "It'll bejust likewar." "That's it-- war." "You put that in the lead." "War. "Gang war."" "[Vehicles Rumbling] [Bells Ringing]" "Here come the coppers." "Hello, Rinaldo." "You coming along?" "Where's Camonte?" "Hello, Guarino." "Come on." "What's your hurry?" "I'm gettin' a massage too." "We'll finish that at headquarters." "Putyour coat on." "I got lotsa time." "Who wants to see me?" "The chief." "That kidneyfoot?" "Never mind thejokes." "Come on." "Hey, how's it look in the back?" "Hmm?" "[Man] Verygood." "Mmm." "Come on, you rat!" "Come on!" "[Engines Start]" "[Engines Rev]" ""Tony Camonte, alias--Joe Black." ""Assault, carrying brass knuckles and sap, DW, disturbing peace," ""street robbery on three counts, loft burglary, violation Volstead Act." ""Indictedformurder ofBuck Kempner." ""Member Five Points Gang." "Came from New York, 1 920." "At present, bodyguard and strong arm for Louie Costillo."" "Bodyguard for Costillo, eh?" "Pretty smart boy." "Isupposeyou didn't kill Louie Costillo." "Who, me?" "That's very funny." "Big Louie and me, we're like this." "Can I slap it out ofhim, Chief?" "I'llletyou have him in a little while, Ben." "This fella got ideas I don't like." "Costillo hired you for a bodyguard." "Where wereyou at the shootin'?" "I was havin' my beauty sleep." "Where?" "In a lady's house." "You want her name?" "Phone number?" " She's very nice." " We'll go intoyour alibis later." "You been hangin' around Johnny Lovo, haven'tyou?" "Lovo splitwith Big Louie." "What areyou doing at Lovo's house lastweek?" "Now, listen, Tony." "I'm gonna giveyou a chance." "You play ball with me, and I'll play ball with you." "Last night, you metJohnny in Spinelli's barbershop." "What'd he giveyou moneyfor?" "Now, listen, you." "What kinda mug you think I am?" "I don't know nothin', I don't see nothin' and I don't hear nothin'." "And when I do, I don't tell a cop." " You understand?" " All right, Guarino, you can have him." "Thanks." "Come on, Tony." "We'll take a look at the goldfish." "Here's Epstein." "Hi, boys." "Hello, Chief." "All right, let's have it." "Writ ofhabeas corpus for the release ofTony Camonte and Guino Rinaldo." "Who gave it toyou?" "Flemming." "All right, gentlemen, seeya later." "Hey, I-I don't go with this guy?" "No." "Listen to me." "You come into this town andyou thinkyou're headedsomewhere, don'tyou?" "You thinkyou're gonna get there with a gun, but you're not." "Get me?" "You know why?" "Because you got $1,000 bills pasted right across your eyes." "And somedayyou're gonna stumble and fall down in the gutter, rightwhere the horses have been standin'-- rightwhereyou belong." "Hmm." "You've got me all figured out, huh?" "I've spent my life mixin' with your breed, and I don't like it." "Get me?" "You can hide behind a lot ofred tape, crooked lawyers, politicians with the "gimmes," writs ofhabeas corpus, witnesses that don't remember, butwe'll get through toyou just likewe got all the rest." "Oh, maybe me, I'm different." "No, you're not." "Takeyour gun away and getyou in a tough spot, and you'll squeal..." "like all the other rats." "You're gonna get me, eh?" "In your particular case," "I'd give up a month's pay for the job." "Areyou gonna see Lovo?" "Yeah." "Right away." "Tell him to stay under cover." "I'll come up tomorrow." "Hey, what's this writ you got me out on?" "Habeas corpus-- "deliver the body." Can't hold you without booking you." "No matterwhat they thinkyou've done." "That's a fine idea." "You tell Flemming I want lots ofthem." "[Doorbell Buzzes]" "[Continues Buzzing]" "Hi, boss." "Come in, Tony." "Glad to seeya." "Hey." "That's pretty hot." "Silk." "Expensive, huh?" "I see that Epstein got to you in time." "Yeah." "He's a nice little fella." "They give him a writ ofhocus pocus." "Sit down." "Thanks." "He said, "You stay here till the heat's off." He said" "[Whispering ] Hey." "That's pretty hot." "That's Poppy." "Hey, Poppy." "Meet Tony Camonte." "Hi." "Mm-hmm." "How are the coppers taking it?" "Huh?" "Oh, I didn't pay much attention." "What about the newspapers?" "Yeah." "I bring 'em along." "The News has got the best story." "Pictures ofyou and one ofme too." "Huh!" "Where'd they run it, in the razor ads?" "Huh?" "Oh, that." "That's an old business." "You'll get used to that." "I got it in the war." "War-- with a blond in a Brooklyn speakeasy." "[ Laughing ]" "Some kidder, huh?" "[ Clicking Tongue]" "It takes a long time with the pincher's, huh?" "You've got an office forthis sort ofthing,Johnny." "Why don'tyou use it?" "Thereyou are, Tony." "That's a bonus." "Hey, that's a nice feel." "That was a fine job, Tony." "Remember, that's only chicken feed." "You've stepped into big company." "You stick to me and do what I say, play square, you'll be walkin' around with lace pants and a gold hat." "You knowwhat I mean?" "Sure, I know." "Now, listen, I'm gonna cutyou in on a percentage." "Giveyou a raise-- double." "The South Side is rollin' in jack." "All we gotta do is step in and take it." "Yeah, and have some fun with O'Hara too, huh?" "Who?" "Nowwait a minute." "O'Hara's too big a guy to buck now." "There's lots ofjack on the North Side." "Now listen, you." "You let me think up the ideas." "I'll take care ofthat big hop in my own way when the time comes." "I saywe stay out ofthe North Side." "I saywe leave O'Hara alone." "And what I say goes." "Don't everforget that." "You're the boss." "That's better." "From now on, next to me, the boys take orders from you." "Yeah, me and you, huh?" "That's fine talk, boss." "Here." "Have a cigar." "There'll be plenty ofwork for everybody." "Costillo slowed down too much." "Yeah. [ Spits ]" "And now he come to a dead stop." "Here." "You'd better smoke one of mine." "Mmm." "That's pretty nice." "Expensive, huh?" "I don't like cigar smoke in my room." "Doyou mind?" "Listen, I'm gonna hold off that meeting with the boys a couple ofdays." "After Big Louie's funeral, it's better." "You knowwhat I mean?" "Hmm?" "Oh, yeah." "Sure, sure." "It don't look so good." "And I wantyou to send some flowers-- a cross ofwhite carnations from me, see?" "Yeah, and I send lotsa purple bunch." "Big Louie, he always liked purple." "Why don'tyou go and do it now?" "You'd better make that meeting' Monday." "Tell all the guys thatwant to run beer on the South Side to be there." "Tell 'em I'm gonna make a speech." "Knowwhat I mean?" "Mm-hmm." "Well, good-bye, Poppy." "Seeya again." "She don't like anybody but me." "Mm-hmm." "She's a very busy girl." "Expensive, huh?" "Hereyou are, Little Boy." "Easy dough, huh, forjust standing outside and listenin' to a gun go off?" "Cinch." "When arewe gonna get some more?" "We'll get plenty." "There's business justwaitin' for some guyto come and run it right." "And I got ideas." "We'reworkin' for Lovo, ain't we?" "Lovo." "Who's Lovo?" "Just some guy who's a little bit more smart than Big Louie." "That's all." "Hey, that guy is soft." "I could just see it in his face." "He's got a setup, that's all, and we gotta wait." "Someday I'm gonna run thewholeworks." "Yeah?" "Remember, those monkeys on the North Side ain't so soft." "Oh, yeah?" "Say, they're satisfied, ain't they?" "Why didn't they come and take Big Louie before we did?" "Listen, Little Boy." "In this business, there's only one lawyou gotta follow to keep outta trouble." "[ Soft Pop ]" "Do it first, do ityourself and keep on doin' it." "Mmm!" "[ Speaking Italian ]" "[ Italian ] Where's Cesca?" "Oh, I don't know." "She go out." "What doyou mean?" "Ain't she comin' home for dinner?" "Oh." "Hey, I don't like that." "You tell her I want she should come home for dinner." "Understand?" "Sure." "I tell her lotsa time." ""Come home." "Come home." "Tony no like."" "[DoorSlams ] But she don't" "That's a nice way I catch ya, huh?" "What doyou mean, "catch me"?" "I wasn't doin' nothin'." "You was kissin' him." "Sure." "What ofit?" "Well, I don't like it." "You're missin' lots offun." "Listen, I don't want anyone kissing' my sister." "Understand?" "You're hurtin' my arm!" "I don't want anybody putting' their hands on you!" "What doyou think you're doing?" "I'm your brother." "You don't act it." "You act more like-- I don't know." "Sometimes I think-- I don't care whatyou think." "You do what I say." "Sure, and never have any fun." "Oh, "never have any fun." You call that fun, huh?" "Runnin' around with guys like that." "That's "fun."" "Listen, you want real fun, huh?" "Here." "How's that?" "Gee, Tony!" "Where'd you get it?" "Never mind where I got it." "You just spend it, see?" "Tony,you're swell." "Go on." "Get ready for dinner." "And remember, you do what I say." "No more fellas, understand?" "What foryou wanna give her money, huh?" "Ma, she's just a kid." "She wants to have fun." "Yeah?" "Sometime, I thinkyou crazy." "Cesca!" "What foryou take that money, huh?" "Because I want it." "That's why." "Give it back." "It's bad money." "Tony no got it in no good way." "It gonna bring you lotsa trouble." "What do I care where he gets it?" "There's nothing wrong with his giving it to me." "Tonywants me to have a good time." "Oh, yes?" "You listen!" "Tony no loveyou like he makeyou believe." "All the time, he smile on top, butwhat he thinks-- Oh, he's got lotsa tricks." "He no give money to nobodyfor nothing." "Hewould to his sister." "Sister." "Huh!" "That make no difference." "To him, you'rejust another girl." "Somedaywhen he need you, he mixyou up in his business... just like anyone else, and he's gonna makeyou bad like him." "He can't make me do anything I don'twant to." "I'm gonna live my own life." "I can take care ofmyself." "Yeah?" "All the time, Tony say like that." "Afterward, he no belong to me no more." "He's-a no good, and nowyou start to be just like him." "No, I'm not." "Don't worry about me." "I'll get along all right." "?" "[Barrel Organ]" "?" "[ Continues ]" "Hey." "?" "[ Stops ]" "?" "[ Starts ]" "Thankyou." "Thankyou." "That's all right, boys." "Just changing' the name on the door." "Meet the new president-- Johnny Lovo." "Hiya, boys." "Where's Berdini, Zeigler, Meehan?" "Anybody see 'em?" "[Man ] I did." "They ain't comin'." "[Lovo] Is that all theysaid?" " They said you could take a flyin'" " Okay, okay." "Now we know where they stand." "All right, you guys, I'm makin' a speech." "Here it is." "Big Louie gets a wad of dough, and then he gets soft." "He lets you guys come into the South Side and run beer." "Well, I'm gonna change it, see?" "You can still stay in, but, from now on, you're operating'the waylsay." "Areyou askin' us or telling us?" "I'm tellin' ya." "We're gonna get organized, and I'm gonna handle the works." "It's gonna mean twice as much dough foreverybody andhalfas much trouble." " You got somethin' figured out,Johnny?" " Everything." "Not being able to get it's gonna make this town thirstier than ever." "Runnin' beer ain't a nickel game anymore." "It's a business." "I'm gonna run it like a business." "Swell." "We've been cuttin' each other's throats long enough." "There are 3,000 saloons on the South Side-- haifa million customers." "Figure that out." "Addup what they're gonna lay on the line everyyearfor drinks, andnobodyin charge." " So you're going to be it." " Yeah, it." "That's me." "I make my own beer, and I got my own trucks." "I don't have to go into business with nobody." "Where you goin'?" "Who wants to know?" "You sit down here, and don't interrupt the president no more." "All right, President." "Well, are the rest ofyou guys in or out?" "[Men ChatteringAssent]" " What about Meehan?" " Yeah." "Berdini and Zeigler?" "Why, they been sellin' to 700, 800 joints between them." "Yeah?" "Well, from now on, they're out." "Thosejoints buyfrom us." "Sure." "Ifyou tryto sell at one ofthose places," "Meehan'll turn this side ofthe town into a shootin' gallery." "Fine." "Anything he starts, we'll finish." "You guys don't have toworry." "All you gotta do is to haul beer." "Yeah?" "Well, who's gonna stick his neck in thosejoints to get the orders?" " Myfriend Tony Camonte." " Yeah." "I'm what he call "a good salesman."" "Hey, I start right now to get orders, hey, boss?" "All you can get." "Go to it." "Hey." "Dope, got a pencil?" "[ Italian Accent ] Oh, boys, I don't write." "That's one." "Come on." "Come on, Little Boy." "Business." "[ Chattering ]" "[Men Chattering]" "Here, haveyour beer." "Hey!" "What is this?" "Let go of me, will ya?" "What doya want?" "Let go of me." "Let go!" "What's the idea?" "Come on." "Say, what's the big idea?" "Sit down." "Whoyou buyin' your beer from?" "Meehan and Berdini." "How many barrels a day?" "Three." "He's lyin', Tony." "He's been takin' five." "Chiseler." "Well, you're gettin' eight now, see?" "And you're buyin' from us--Johnny Lovo." "But, listen" "Sit down." "I can't use eight barrels around here." "I'll getya a hunk ofsoap." "You take a bath in it." "What areyou payin' a barrel?" "Fifty." "Well, ours is 65." "It's better." "You get deliverytomorrow." "What am I gonna tell Meehan and Berdini?" "We'll take care ofthem." "Don'tworry." "Well, that's order number one." "Now we get plenty more." "There's a system to these things." "[Tony] Howmanybarrels didyousayyou wanted?" "[Man ] Six." "[Tony] Yeah?" "Well, you're gettin' 1 0." "You're gettin' a delivery tomorrow." "There's no use arguing' with this joint." "Zeigler runs it himself." "[ Glass Shatters ] Step on it!" "[Gunshots]" "[Groaning] [Gunshots ]" "[Gunshots ]" "[Gunshots ]" "Hi, boss." "[ Sniffs ] Mm!" "Lotsa garlic." "[ Italian ] Get me some too." "Well, how's business?" "You get some more orders?" "Lotsa orders." "They all buy from us." "All we have to do is fill 'em." "Yeah." "That's a good idea." "You better tell Meehan and Berdini." "Oh, them fellas, they retired from business." "What haveyou been doin'?" "You rememberyou say all they have to do is start something, we finish it?" "[PaperboyShouting] Well, did ya?" "About an hour ago." "Hey!" "Hey, kid." "Come here." "Extra here!" "Hey!" "Keep the change." "All right." "Thanks." "Hereyou are, boss." "There's your South Side, all nailed up in a box." "All nailed up in" "Yeah, well, you didn't get the lid on verytight." "What doyou mean?" "Lookat that." "Come on." "Hey, keep this hot." "We'll be backfor it." "[Man] You can't come in here!" "[Tony] Get outta here!" "This is a private hospital!" "You can't-- [Muttering]" "[Man Screams ] [ Gunshots ]" "[ Crying ] Oh!" "Oh!" "What did they do?" "Hiya, Poppy." "Hello." "Hey, what's all the time biting' you?" "You afraid of me?" "Well, that outfit's enough to give anybody theyips." "Nice, huh?" "I got three more-- different colors." "I seeyou're goin' in forjewelry." "It's kind of effeminate, isn't it?" "Huh?" "Yeah." "I got 'em at an auction." "A bargain." "[ Laughing ]" "You sure are a funny mixture, Tony." "That's the first time you smiled." "Yeah?" "Well, how doyou mean you think I'm funny?" "You just are." "That's all." "What else areyou doing with all your money?" "I hearyou're gettin' a new car." "Mm-hmm." "It's different." "It's got bullet-proof glass and a steel body." "And I got myself a new house too." "Come up sometime?" "Yeah." "I'll bring my grandmother." "No kiddin." "You come up?" "Why don'tyou get yourselfa girl, Tony?" "I'm workin' on that now." "Yeah?" "Well, don't tireyourself out." "[BilliardBalls Clicking]" "Is Johnny in?" "Yeah." "He's mad, huh?" "Hiya, boss." "When areyou gonna learn that I am the boss?" "Sure, you're the boss." "Then what doyou mean by breaking up that Lakeviewjoint last night?" "Didn't I tell you to stay out ofthe North Side?" "Listen,Johnny, itwas easy." "You listen to me, stupid." "Thatwas one ofO'Hara's places, and you know it." "Didn't I tell you I wasn't ready for O'Hara yet?" "It was a nice little order-- 50 barrels a week." "I don't care ifit's 50 a day." "What doyou use to thinkwith, an empty beer keg?" "Justwhen we get this territory lined up and runnin' smooth, you step out and gum up the parade." "How doyou mean,Johnny?" "I just sell a little more beer." "Aw, don'tworry." "Don't worry?" "You know what O'Hara's liable to do now?" "He'll send his guns down here on the South Side." "They'll move around like hummingbirds." "You're liable to get it, and I'm liable to get it." "He's tough." "Aw, he ain't so tough-- hangin' out in a flower shop." " You afraid ofa guy like that?" " I ain't afraid ofanybody." "Sure, you're not." "That's a crazy question, hey,Johnny?" "Come on." "Don't argue." "Whereyou goin'?" "To clean up afteryou, you mug, unless it's too late." "[BilliardBalls Clicking]" "Look out!" "[Man ] It's Keach." "[ All Chattering ]" "[ Chattering ]" "[Phone Rings ]" "Hello." "Hello?" "Hel" " Hello." "Hello." "This Mr. Camonte's secretary." "What's the name, please?" "This Mr. Camonte's secretary." "Secretary, I toldyou." "Hey, hey, hey." "Secretary, you dope." "Secretary." "Oh." "Okay, boss." "No, no." "I no talkin' on you." "I was talkin' on Mr. Camonte." "That's my boss." "That's-- Hey, hey." "Get a name." "Get a name." "What's your name?" "No, no." "I don't wanna know what's your brother's name." "I wanna know what's your name." "Oh, you do, huh?" "Listen, I come on over there, I smackyou right in the teeth." "I getyou, your brother-- Hey!" "What's-a matter?" "That's no way to talk." "Talk nice." "Tell him to state his business." "Go stateyour business!" "[ReceiverClatters ]" "Who was it?" " I don't know." " What doyou mean, "I don't know"?" "Didn't I tell you always to get a name and write it down over here?" "Oh, boss, I forget again." "You forget again." "Hey, what areyou writing' there, huh?" "I don't know." "I can't write." "Can't write?" "That's nice-- a secretary that can't write." "A secretary must be able to write, must be educated." "Get an education." "Can't write." "Education?" "That's your fault." "[ Rings ]" "This Mr. Camonte's sec" "Oh, no." "Please, you're wrong." "I no hang up on you." "I thoughtyou was through." "I told you before." "You have to write a letter." "You have to make" "Oh, you do, huh?" "Let me tell you" "Aw, shut up, you!" "You-- Hey, what's the matterwith you?" "You crazy?" "Listen, the last time I tell you" "You pickyourself a nice one." "You get one for me?" "Didn't have time." "Was there anytrouble?" "Naw." "It was easy." "How manywas there?" "He was alone." "[ Clicks Tongue ] [Bell Rings]" "Hey." "Hello." "Who is it?" "I'm so-- I don't get" "Boss, I don't get the name." "Hello." "Yeah?" "Who?" "Oh, sure." "Sure." "Send her right up." "That's Poppy." "Hey." "Better nobody seeyou with this." "Hello, handsome." "Well, Poppy." "Hello, Tony." "[DoorCloses ]" "They tell me O'Hara was killed in his flower shop this morning." "Had you heard that?" "Did Johnny send you up here?" "Johnny?" "How doyou like this place?" "Kind ofgaudy, isn't it?" "Ain't it though?" "I'm glad you like it." "Come here." "I'll showyou something nice." "Steel shutters..." "on all the windows." "It's my own idea." "In caseyou have visitors you don't like, huh?" "Uh-huh." "That's right." "How doyou-- How doyou like the view here, huh?" "You see that?" "Someday I look at that sign and I say," ""Okay, she's mine."" "You think so?" "I got a "purtty" good idea." "[ Imitating Tony] That's-a "purtty" hot." "Expensive, eh?" "[ Laughing ]" "Yeah." "Come here." "I'll showyou somethin' what's "purtty" hot." "How doyou like this place, huh?" "Come here." "Here's some stuff I buy." "Mm, aren't they sweet?" "Huh?" "You like?" "I'm gonna get some ties made to match." "See, what I'm gonna do is wear a shirt only once." "Then I give it right away to the laundry." "A new shirt every day." "Tsk." "You'rejust gonna drive thewomen mad, aren'tyou?" "Yeah." "One ofthem." "Meaning me, I suppose." "Look at this." "Huh?" "It's got inside springs." "I bought it at an auction." "It's a buy." "Go ahead, sit down." "Try it." "Yeah." "It's all right." "You like it?" "Hmm?" "I thoughtyou were Johnny's friend." "Sure." "I likeJohnny, but I likeyou more." "Scusa, boss." "Cops is downstairs." "All right." "Tell 'em to come in and sit down." "I'll be right out." "Okay." "Hey, I" " I don't wanna be caught here." "This is a mess." "It's all right." "Don't get excited." "It's easy." "Oh, great." "Thanks." "Hey, Poppy." "After I get through with 'em, I'll meetya at the restaurant-- on Fourth Street." "Yeah, all right." "Hey." "Hey, go to the left." "Uh-huh." "Hello, Guarino." "Hello." "You all alone?" "Yeah." "Ah, you're a cute fella comin' here all byyourself." "You ain't afraid of me, huh?" "No, nor 1 0 likeya." "Come on." "The chief's waiting." "Hey, Angelo." "Call up Epstein and tell him that" "Naw." "Hey, Little Boy, call up Epstein." "Tell him that kidneyfoot here is taking me down to the chief's office." "Let him come right down with "habus corpis." Understand?" "Hey, you know, I just hear O'Hara, he was-a met with a terrible accident." "That's too bad, you know?" "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Come on, come on." "[Boards Creaking]" "So Camonte thinks he's gonna run this side oftown, now that he's got O'Hara." "[Man ] He's gettin'too big." "Yeah?" "He won't get any bigger." "We'll take him before he finds out about these guns." "300 slugs a minute." "Get the rest ofthem unpacked." "How manywe got?" "Plenty." "And there's a lot more coming." "O'Hara had them run in across the line last night." "We'll have the cops on our necks." "Forget it." "They can't do anything about it." "There's no law against bringing guns into the state, and we can buy all wewant." "What a cinch." "You said it." "Gaffney, listen." "Camontejust left headquarters." "McGill's trailing him." "He's gonna phone." "Hey, you guys." "Load those guns." "You get the cars ready." "Stick the hearse in front of'em." "Then to the South Side, and I want everybody." "You hang on to that phone." "Right." "Snap into it now." "Get going." "Hello." "Hello, Tony." "Have a seat." "Hello." "Well, what tookyou so long?" "Eh, the moxie, hewas latewith the "ibious corpse."" "Go on, order some food, will ya?" "I'm hungry." "You know, every time I seeyou, you look better." "That's a cute hat." "Please!" "My stockings." "What's the matter?" "Don't do that, Tony." "They're brand-new." "Hands off, huh?" "No." "Feet." "You know, I know lotsa girls." "Uh, redheads and blondes-- all kinds." "They all like me." "Yeah." "You're pretty good, eh?" "I'm the best." "Areyou gonna eat, by any chance?" "I'm not hungry, except foryou." "You got somethin' I like." "Yeah." "I'm nice with a lot of dressing." "You work fast, don'tyou, Tony?" "No." "Say, I've been waitin' a long time." "I'm crazy foryou." "Everybody say, "Tony Camonte, he's a big shot." "He's got everything he wants."" "Yeah." "I got everything but what I want." "You understand?" "Pardon me." "Telephone for Mr. Camonte." "Hey, dope, go see who it is." "And get a name." "Hello." "This Mr. Camonte's secretary." "What's your name?" "I saywhat's your name?" "This Mr. Camonte's secretary." "You have to speak louder." "I can't hearwhatyou say." "That's too loud." "That's too loud." "Talk "lowler."" "Hello." "Please." "Don't be a fool, Tony!" "[Machine Gun Fire ] What's the name, please?" "[Gunfire Continues ] I can't" " Hello?" "Hello." "Please, I can't hearwhatyou say." "Hey!" "That's O'Hara's mob." "[ Gunfire Continues ] I can't hearwhat" "[ Gunfire Continues ] I can't" "I can't hear what you say." "It's too loud." "[ Indistinct ]" "Hey, lookit!" "They got machine guns you can carry." "Ifl had some ofthem, I could run the wholeworks in a month." "I'll getyou one in a minute." "[Woman Screaming] [People Shouting]" "Hey, that's swell!" "Look, it's little." "You can carry it." "Come on." "Let's get outta here." "Boss, there was too much noise." "I didn't get their name." "That's a dope!" "[People Shouting]" "Take him upstairs!" "Take him upstairs!" "That's all right." "The back door!" "The back door!" "Hey, lookit." "They've been here too." "[Pounding]" "Hey, look at that." "Come here." "Get me some shells." "Let's see if she works." "[Tony] Hey,you, call Fugatti." "Tell him we want three cars-- side curtains." "Hey,Johnny." "Look what I got." "You dirty murdering' mug!" "You bumped off O'Hara." "Who, me?" "That's foolish." "You told me to stay out ofthe North Side." "I stay out." "I've been home all day, hey, Little Boy?" "Sure." "Sure." "Oh, so that's it?" "I told you to lay off." "I don't hear so good sometimes." "You won't be hearing anything ifyou go on like this." "Look." "They clipped me." "Lookit,Johnny." "You can carry it around like a baby." "Aw, shut up!" "We gotta get organized." "This is onlya starter." "They'll be back after us." "What do ya mean?" "We don't give 'em time." "We throw them Micks up for grabs." "Yeah, well, when you're laying in an alley with your head blown off, maybeyou'll learn how this business oughta be run." "Yeah?" "And who's gonna do that?" "O'Hara's mob." "Gaffney, he's runnin' it now." "He'll give it toyou here-- a pound ofhot lead in the belly." "Make sure it's him, Johnny." "[Man ] Cars are here, boss!" "Okay." "Hey, Little Boy, it's business." "You fix who goes in each car." "Where doyou thinkyou're going?" "To the North Side." "You can't do that?" "What doyou mean, can't?" "Who's stoppin' me?" "I am." "I'm givin' you orders for the last time." "There's only one thing that gets orders and gives orders, and this is it." "That's how I got the South Side, and that's how I'm gonna get the North Side." "Some little typewriter, huh?" "I'm gonna write my name all overthis town with it." "In big letters!" "Hey, stop him, somebody!" "Get outta myway,Johnny!" "I'm gonna spit!" "Come on, fellas!" "Hey, Tony." "Take this along in case that bean shooter doesn'twork." "Okay!" "[Machine Gun Fire ] [ Grunting, Groaning ]" "[Sirens Wailing]" "Come on, Dugan." "All right, come on!" "Hey, you see what happened here, kid?" "I don't know, mister." "It was a big, black car with side curtains, and a machine gun gave 'em theworks." "Oh, hello, Ben." "Hello, Chief." "What are we gonna do about them machine guns?" "What can we do?" "There's no law against manufacturing them, just against having them." "Ifthey can't get 'em in one state, they go across the border and get 'em in another." "These fellas bootleg machine guns like they bootleg booze." "Yeah." "They better do something about that." "Because with these toys to play with, what happened before will look like a tea party." "I know it." "Say, you better put the screws on that 22nd Street freight house." "I hear they're bringing 'em in in fruit boxes." "Right." "[Woman Screaming]" "[Woman Screams ] Get that guy's number!" "Somebody get an ambulance!" "What's the matter?" "[Whistle Blowing]" "[ Gunfire ]" "[Whistle Blowing]" "[Man ] What is this, a pinch?" "[Man #2 ] No." "We're bringingyou a valentine." "Don'tyou know it's Valentine's Day?" "Oh, yeah." "I forgot." "Come on." "Line up, you guys." "Over there, all seven ofyou." "What's the gag?" "Is the heat on?" "Plenty." "Face the wall!" "Putyour mitts up." "All ofyou!" "[ Gunfire ]" "[ Dog Whimpering ]" "[ Dog Barking ]" "Here's Gaffney." "Gaffney, what do you know about this?" "Well?" "Well, I was on my way here to the garage to keep an appointment." "I was late." "Yeah?" "And a car drives up and some guys pile out." "Two of'em was cops-- at least theywas dressed like cops." "Cops." "That's a new gag." "Then what?" "Well, it looked like a pinch, so I beat it around the block." "Then he picked me up." "Yeah, luckyyou were late." "Now take a good peek and seewhatyou missed." "[ Man ] Gangway here." "Keep it clear." "Seven of'em..." "lined up against a wall." "Mowed down, just like that!" "Didn't have a chance!" "Sit down, Chief." "You'rewearin' out the carpet." "Yeah?" "I'm the only one left." "Thinks he'll get me, huh?" "Fat chance!" "[Knocking]" "Who's there?" "McArthur, from the Journal." "Let him in." "Hi, Gaffney." "How'd you find me?" "Oh, we boys from the Journal always get around." "Yeah?" "Anybody else know I'm here?" "Nope.Just my own idea." "Sit down." "You're gonna stay for a while." "Well?" "Can't get a thing on him." "We're right up a blind alley whereverwe go." "And Gaffney's turned yellow." "He's hiding out." "What about Lovo?" "Lovo is practically out." "He's as scared as Gaffney." "It's Camonte, all right, but we can't prove ityet." "No, but we will." "Hey, Chief." "What doyou want?" "This fellow Camonte." "What about him?" "Public's interested in him." "He's a colorful character." "Colorful?" "What color is a crawling louse?" "Listen, that's the attitude oftoo many morons in this country." "Theythink these big hoodlums are some sort ofdemigods." "What do they do about a guy like Camonte?" "They sentimentalize, romance, makejokes about him." "They had some excuse for glorifying our old western bad men." "They met in the middle ofthe street at high noon and waited for each otherto draw." "But these things sneak up, shoot a guy in the back and then run away." "I guessyou're right." "Colorful!" "Did you read what happened?" "A carful of'em chased another down the street, broad daylight." "Three kiddies playing hopscotch get lead poured in their little bellies." "When I thinkwhat goes on in the minds ofthese lice, I want tovomit." "Ben?" "Yeah?" "See ifyou can find Gaffney." "He'll probably get it next." "They got all the others." "Right." "[Man] Ourorganizations are opposed toyourpolicy, Mr. Garston." "Yourpaper could be an influence against the gangster, yet you keep right on playing up his activities as front-page news." "Murders, gang war, killing!" "That's all we read about!" "You're glorifying the gangster by giving him this publicity." "You're trying to tell me you can get rid ofthe gangster by ignoring him?" "By keeping him offthe front page?" "That's ridiculous!" "You're playing right into his hands!" "Show him up!" "Run him out ofthe country!" "That'll keep him offthe front page." "In the meantime, you expect our children to read ofnothing but outrage and murder?" "That's betterthan they're being slaughtered." "The city is full ofmachine guns, gang war in the streets." "Kids aren't even safe to go to school." "You want that to go on?" "Certainly not." "But what can private citizens do?" "Even our police force can't stop it." "Don't blame the police." "They can't stop machine guns from being run back and forth across the state lines." "They can't enforce laws that don't exist." "Then it's up to the federal government to do something about it." "You're the government!" "All ofyou!" "Instead oftrying to hide the facts, get laws passed that'll do some good!" "For instance?" "Pass a federal law... that puts the gun in the same class as drugs and white slavery!" "Put teeth in the deportation act!" "These gangsters don't belong in this country." "Half of'em aren't citizens!" "[ Italian Accent] That's true." "They bring nothing but disgrace to my people." "Allright." "I'll tellyou what to do." "Make laws and see that they're obeyed... ifwe have to have martial law to do it!" "The governor of New Mexico declared martial law to stop a bullfight, the governor ofOklahoma to regulate oil production!" "Surely gang rule and wholesale law defiance... are more ofa menace to the nation... than the regulation of oil or a bullfight!" "The armywill help." "Sowill the American Legion." "They offered their services overtwoyears ago!" "And nobody ever called on 'em." "Let's getwise to ourselves." "We're fighting organized murder!" "[Applause ]" "That Sadie Thompson, she's pretty smart girl." "What's a girl wanna hustle in a place like that for?" "Yeah, it's rainin' all the time." "Yeah, that rain." "That's pretty good." "That comes from a pipe, just like a shower." "Them two fellas-- Which one doyou think she takes?" "The guywith the collar?" "Nah." "He ain't so hot." "Hey, listen." "Them marines ain't so hot too." "[ Chuckles ] Come on." "I go take a smoke." "[ Audience Chattering ]" "[ No Audible Dialogue]" "That's a fine show." "I gotta see more shows like that." "You know, serious." "Ain't got nojokes." "I like a showwith jokes." "That's-a dope." "What more doyou want?" "Listen, this girl Sadie, she's gotwhatyou call a problem." "This fella with the collar, he's gonna" "What's the matter?" "Theyfound Gaffney." "Spotted him down at Frank's Bowling Alley." "He got in a game." "Yeah?" "It's a setup." "Take about an hour" "I'm lookin' at a show now." "Listen, it's the last act." "There's two fellas after a girl which is called Sadie, see?" "And this girl Sadie, she's been whatyou call..." "disillusioned." "We gotta do it now!" "He's liable to slip us again." "He's the last one, boss." "Come on, Tony." "Ah, that's too bad." "All right, come on." "Wait a minute." "You stay here." "[ Groans ]" "You stay and see the show." "Ah, boss!" "I gotta know which fella this girl Sadie, she take." "You stay here and find out, then come and tell me." "It's all right, boss." "The copper's gone." "All right." "Come on." "Hey, Little Boy, you go around the back, up on the balcony." "Hey, Pietro, side door." "He may have friends." "You never can tell." "Joe, I wantyou to stand in the alley." "Ifhe gets that far, you doyour stuff." "You keep the motor running." "Bring the presents." "You stay here." "Come on, fellas." "Ah, nowwe'll knowwhat happened to that girl, Sadie." "Angelo, did she take the guywith the collar?" "Nah." "She climb back in the haywith the army." "Yeah?" "That's fine." "She's a smart girl, that kid." "Come on." "What'reyou doin'?" "?" "[Whistling ]" "[BowlingPins Falling]" "Not bad, huh?" "?" "[ Continues Whistling ]" "Justwatch this one." "[Gunfire]" "[Gunfire]" "?" "[Jazz]" "[ Speaking Italian ]" "Hello, Tony." "How areyou?" "[ Chattering ]" "Ahhh, that's-a pretty hot!" "[ Woman ] Hello." "Hello." "Hello." "Hello, stranger." "Chair." "Well,Johnny!" "Well, you're lookin' swell." "I thoughtwewere gonna see something ofyou." " Well, here I am." " Where haveyou been?" "On a vacation?" "I've been workin'." "Up on the North Side, huh,Johnny?" "That's what the papers say." "Don't work too hard." "Ijust finish up tonight." "Now Iplaya while." "You get your own table, Camonte." "Why is that?" "This is a table for two." "Well, maybe you get another table, huh,Johnny?" "Hey, listen, you!" "Who doyou thinkyou are?" "[Gunshots] [ Gasps, Screams ]" "[Woman Screams ] What areyou tryin' to do?" "All right, go on." "Nothing seems to botheryou much, does it?" "Well, I get used to noises." "[ Indistinct Arguing ]" "[Man Speaking Italian]" "Hello, Guino." "Hello, baby." "Why areyou always high-hatting me?" "Go on, beat it." "I supposeyou need an organ grindertoworkwith?" "Tony's inside." "He seeyou in that outfit?" "[CrowdApplauding] I looked pretty good from two stories up." "Am I different now?" "Wanna dance with me?" "Listen, you're Tony's sister, see?" "Besides, you're only a kid." "I'm 1 8." "?" "[Ragtime ]" "You like that music?" "Now doyou wanna dance?" "No." "Afraid!" "Afraid ofTony's sister!" "Why, you" "Well, I notice you stood there and watched." "Somedayyou'll find out you've been missing something." "[ No Audible Dialogue]" "Hey, how about it, you and me, huh?" "I thought you weren't dancing." "I changed my mind." "I need exercise." "We show 'em somethin', huh?" "I thinkyou missed me, huh?" "That's right." "We make up for lost time." "How doyou wanna play, Tony?" "Like this?" "That's it." "You wait here." "I take her home myself." "You can't!" "Shut up!" "You'll be sorryforthis." "Next time I catch you in a place like that, I'm gonna kill you." "You're telling mewhat to do?" "I'll dowhat I want, same as you!" "Understand?" "You listen to me!" "I hateyou!" "Never mind what I do!" "That's all right." "You're gonna stay home, understand?" "I'm no baby!" "I can take care of myself!" "." "Yeah, runnin' around with the fellas, huh?" "Letting 'em hold you like that?" "Letting 'em look atyou?" "Dressin' up like that forfellas to see, huh?" "What I dowith fellas is my business!" "[Cesca Screams, Shouts, Indistinct]" "Cesca!" "[Sobbing]" "Oh, Mama." "Cesca, what's the matter?" "What-a Tony do to you, huh?" "What he do?" "He hit me." "He said he'd kill me, and I wasn't doing anything." "I was only dancing!" "That's all right, figlia mia." "No cry." "All right, tell-a Mama." "Come on upstairs." "No cry, baby." "[ Sobbing ]" "He hasn't any right to." "Just because I'm his sister, he can't throw me around like that." "All right, no cry, baby." "I tell you." "I tell you lotsa times!" "He hurtyou!" "He hurtyou!" "He hurt everybody." "[Cesca Continues Sobbing]" "[Mother] It's all right." "[ Gunfire ]" "See ifyou can put out his tires." "Right." "That got 'er!" "Look out!" "[Knocking]" "[Louder Knocking]" "[ Speaking Italian ] Just shut up." "Give us some nickels." "Give us some nickels." "Hurry!" "[ Coin Drops ]" "Lakeside 1 305." "Get me a drink." "[ Ringing ]" " Hello?" " Hello." "Is this Jim?" "Tony Camonte." "Is Rinaldo there?" "No, Mr. Camonte." "He left an hour ago." "Is Lovo there?" "Lovo?" "No." "He left too." "Said he was going back to the office." "[ Coin Drops ]" "Bosworth 4503." "[Phone Ringing]" " Hello?" " Hello." "Mabel?" "Camonte." "Rinaldo there?" "Why, no." "He ain't been here." "You know, I think that guy's givin' me the runaround." "I've had a datewith him two or three times" "Maybe he going home to bed." "Ah, what'reyou talkin'-- That tom cat!" "Try Maizie." "Maizie." "That's right." "I forgot about her." "[ Coin Drops ]" "Uh... uh, Hatfield 6401." "Yeah, 6401." "[ Ringing ]" " Come on." " [ Ringing Continues ]" " Hello?" " Hello, Maizie?" "It's Tony Camonte." "Rinaldo there?" "Yeah." "Foryou." " Hello?" " Hello, Rinaldo?" "I'm at Pietro's." "Pietro's!" " Yeah, come right away." " Anything wrong?" "Yeah, plenty." "Go get me a towel." "I thoughtyou weren't doing anything tonight." "I'll be back later." "This is worse than being in lovewith a grasshopper." "[Knocking]" "It tookyou a long time to get here." "Who done it?" "I don't know, but I got an idea." "You justwait." "How doyou stand with Lovo?" "Huh?" "Come on!" "How doyou stand with Lovo?" "Who's Lovo?" "That's good." "Saywhen." "That's enough." "You call Johnny Lovo at his office at 1 0 minutes past 2:00, see?" "That's 1 0 minutes past 2:00." "You saythatyou callin' from the country, see?" "Uh-huh." "You one ofthe guys that took me for a ride." "Uh-huh." "Car got smashed, and I got away." "The car got smashed, and I got away!" "Yes, yes." "You think itwas Johnny?" "I don't know, but we'll find out now." "We'll be there when Pietro calls." "And ifitwas Johnny, he'll stall, won't he?" "Sure." "Let's go." "Open the door!" "Come on." "Let's go." "Hey, Tony, whereyou been?" "What happened toyou?" "Yeah, look." "They spoil my brand-new suit." "Who?" "Coppers?" "Nah." "Monkeys." "Never seen 'em before." "Somebody must've brought 'em in." "How did they getyou?" "They smashed my bus, took me for a ride... almost." "That's right." "You left the café alone." "You oughta know better than to do that." "Where wereyou?" "I thoughtyoualways stuck to Tony." "Well, baby, I'm glad you got away." "I'd have missed you plenty." "I'll get somebody for this." "I knewyou would,Johnny." "[Phone Rings ] That's Poppy." "I don't want to see her tonight." "I'll tell heryou ain't in." "Hey, wait a minute." "I'll talk to her." "Hello?" "Who?" "No, there's nobody here bythat name." "What?" "What?" "Oh, ring off." "You got a wrong number." "You better have a drink, Tony." "You?" "?" "[Tony Whistling]" "?" "[ Continues Whistling ]" "It's a lie!" "I didn't do it!" "I wouldn't try anything on you, Tony!" "We're pals!" "Sure, we're pals." "No, I didn't do it." "You got me wrong." "Listen, Tony, you're the last guy in the world I'd try to cross." "You wouldn't do anything to me." "Tony, gimme a chance." "You can have anything I got, all the doughyou want." "Poppy!" "I 'll let you have her." "I give you my word." "You can have Poppy, Tony!" "I'll tell her!" "The boss!" "No!" "Let me go away!" "Gimme a break!" "I ain't never did anything to anybody!" "I never hurt anybody!" "Nah, you get somebody else to do it forya!" "No!" "Wait!" "Don't!" "Tony, come back!" "Tony!" "[ Gunshots ]" "[Doorbell Buzzing]" "[Buzzing Continues ]" "Oh, Tony." "What's happened?" " Where's Johnny?" " Where do you think?" "Go packyour stuff." "Hey, come here." "Lookit there." "Doyou remember what I toldya?" "Tony isn't here." "He's out oftown." "You're telling me?" "Why did you hang up when I called yesterday?" "Too busy." "The one on the end's kind of cute." "She ain't bad." "I should thinkyou'd want something more like" "Likewhat?" "Me." "Cut out that sort oftalk." "You're only a kid." "I told you I had grown-up ideas." "You're likeTony when you go after something, hey?" "Whatwould Tony say?" "He'll be awayfor a month." "The big fella's on his wayfrom Florida." "Uh-huh." "Well, he betterwatch his step." "This town's entirely different than when he left it." "That new crowd down at the city hall is looking for him." "The first crack he makes, they'll climb all over him." "Hand it to Hap." "Tell him to play it forwhat it's worth." "Hey." "You stay out here." "Tony." "Where's Cesca?" "She got a place ofher own." "She say to me, "Shut up." "Mind-a your business."" "Well, is she living' alone?" "Yeah." "All-a the time that what she tell me." "But one day I follow her." "She meet a man." "They go in the house together." "I lookand I see her name underthe push bell." "See?" "Seewhatyou do?" "Once I have a son, I have a daughter" "Shhh." "[ Speaking Italian ]" "Where is the place she live?" "236 Central Street." "Whatyou gonna do?" "Whatyou" " No, no, Tony!" "Stop!" "Central Street." "?" "[Jaunty]" "?" "Hewas goin' downgrade makin' 90 miles an hour ?" "?" "When his whistle broke into a scream ?" "[Whistles ]" "?" "And theyfound him in thewreck?" "?" "With his hands on the throttle ?" "?" "Scalded to death bythe steam ?" "?" "It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville ?" "?" "And the track's on the three-mile grade ?" "?" "Itwas on this road that he lost his air brakes ?" "?" "You can see what a jump he made ?" "Hello." "Hello, baby." "I'm so happy." "You're telling me?" "You do love me, don'tyou, Guino?" "You know I do." "Never stop telling me, will you?" "I'm not like all the others, am I?" "You're up there all byyourself, sweetheart." "We'll always be happy, won'twe?" "?" "[Whistling ]" "[Doorbell Buzzing]" "[Buzzing Continues ]" "[Buzzing Continues ]" "Hello, Tony." "Tony, I" "Tony, don't!" "Tony!" "[ Gunshots ] [ Cesca Screams ]" "Guino!" "Guino!" "Guino, speak to me!" "Speak to me!" "Guino, say something!" "Guino!" "[ Sobbing ] Tony, he's my Guino!" "I love him." "We were married yesterday, Tony!" "Really married!" "Wewere going to surpriseyou." "Weren't we, Guino?" "Oh, darling, speak to me!" "[ Sobbing ]" "He's dead." "He's dead." "He loved me, really loved me." "Don't touch me!" "Don't come near me!" "Stay away from me!" "You're not my brother!" "Don'tyou think I know?" "Murderer!" "He kills people!" "He kills everybody!" "He kills everything!" "He's a butcher." "That's whatyou are." "You're a butcher!" "You're a butcher!" "Drive down to the house." "[Teletype Tapping]" "[ Sirens Wailing ]" "Come on, boss." "[ Sirens Wailing ]" "Go on, beat it!" "Get outta here!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "[Phone Rings ]" "[Ringing Continues ]" "[ Moans ]" "This Mr. Camonte's secre" "You'll have to speak loud." "I can't hearyou." "It's" " It's Poppy, boss." "I-I got her name." "[ Laughs ]" "I didn't know." "I didn't know."