"There are many stories about Michael Sullivan." "Some say he was a decent man." "Some say there was no good in him at all." "But I once spent six weeks on the road with him in the winter of 1931." "This is our story." "Thank you, sir." "Much obliged." "Man dies in factory accident!" "Get your paper here!" "Hot off the press, only 5 cents!" "Thanks, Mr. Miller." "I'll help you with it later." "You go fetch your father." "Pa?" "Dinner's ready." "Thank you." "Bless us, O Lord, for thy gifts we are about to receive through the bounty of Jesus Christ, our Lord." "Amen." "Michael?" "Sir?" "It's a wake, so I don't want to see those dice." "No, sir." "Hello." "I don't wanna go." "Come on, it's all right." "No." "I'm scared." "Ice helps preserve the body." "So who's got a hug for a lonely old man?" "Now then, which is which?" "Don't help me." "Peter and Michael." "No!" "Annie, Mike, good to see you." "Did you bring the necessary?" "Yes." "If you'll excuse me, I have urgent business with these young gentlemen." "Yeah!" "Winner!" "Call the cops!" "I know hustlers when I see them." "I don't hustle, old-timer." "Pay the man." "Upstairs." "Jacket pocket, in my study." "Before I change my mind." "Hello?" "Hello." "Remind me, which little Sullivan are you?" "Michael, sir." "Sir?" "You don't have to call me sir." "I'm not your pa." "No, Mr. Rooney." "Call me Connor." "No, call me Uncle Connor." "What do you want?" "Mr. Rooney sent me to get his jacket." "You come back later, huh?" "I'm busy." "Yes..." "Sir." "Hello, hello." "I want to welcome all of you to my home." "It's good to have so many friends in this house again." "Since Mary died, it's..." "Well, it's just been me and my boy rattling around in these rooms." "I had this speech prepared, but it would be dishonest of me to say that I knew Danny well." "But lose one of us, it hurts us all." "I'll tell you what I do remember, though, and Finn will remember this too and that's Danny on the high school football team." "A championship game." "Down six points, 10 seconds left to play four yards to go, Danny tackles his own quarterback." "Mistakes, you know..." "We all make them." "God knows." "Let's drink to Danny's honor." "Let's swig him to God and hope that he gets to heaven at least an hour before the devil finds out he's dead." "Amen." "To Danny!" "And now, I would like to ask a dear and a trusted friend Finn McGovern, to say a few words words that I'll wager got more poetry than mine." "Get over here." "Thank you, John." ""My brother Danny wasn't wise." "Nor was he gentle." "And with a skinful of liquor in him, he was a pain in the ass." "But he was loyal and brave." "And he never told a lie." "He'd have enjoyed this party." "Me and the family, we wanna say thank you to our generous host." "Where would this town be without Mr. John Rooney?"" "I've worked for you for many years now, John." "Nearly half my life." "And we've never had a disagreement." "I've come to realize that you rule this town as God rules the earth." "You give, and you take away..." "Lovely." "Lovely speech." "I'm gonna bury my brother." "Then I'm gonna deal with you." "Sure, Finn, sure." "You'll take care of all of us." "Once you get a good night's sleep." "He all right?" "Yeah, he's fine." "Just too much to drink." "I'll talk to him." "Take Mike with you." "No, Pa..." "Take Mike with you." "Just talk, nothing more." "Why are you always smiling?" "'Cause it's all so fucking hysterical." "Michael." "What?" "I had a nightmare." "It was about Mr. Rooney's house." "It's just a house." "A big house." "Go back to sleep." "Is Mr. Rooney rich like the Babe?" "Richer." "Are we rich?" "No, stupid." "What's Papa's job?" "He works for Mr. Rooney." "Why?" "Well, Papa didn't have a father so Mr. Rooney looked after him." "I know that, but what's his job?" "He goes on missions for Mr. Rooney." "They're very dangerous." "That's why he brings his gun." "Sometimes even the president sends him on missions 'cause Papa was a war hero and all." "You're just making that up." "I am not." "It's all so fucking hysterical." "Peter, I can't come to your concert tonight." "I'm working." "Working at what?" "Putting food on your plate, young man." "All right, boys, come on, clear the plates." "You're a good lad." "You want a shot?" "No." "We're just talking to him, right?" "Sure." "Don't get me wrong, Finn." "I feel for you." "I do." "You can't let a thing like that give you cause to go mouthing off." "You and my dad, you go back many years and he is a just man." "So, what do you say?" "Come on now, Finn." "Make this easy." "We can't hear you." "All right." "Good." "Thank you." "I am sorry." "I'm sorry for your loss." "I'm sorry for this misunderstanding." "And I'm sorry your brother was such a fucking liar." "My brother was not a liar." "Excuse me?" "To protect my family and keep my job, I'll stay quiet." "But don't think I don't know something's going on." "Don't think I won't find out what it is." "Whoa, buddy..." "Easy, easy." "Easy." "We're just talking." "You tell your father my brother never stole from him." "I've checked the books." "He never sold booze to no one." "It's all accounted for." "lf he sold it, where's the money?" "Fuck should I know?" "Did you check his mattress?" "Maybe you should check yours." "There's something immoral here, don't you think, Mike?" "My beloved father throws your undeserving little brother the wake of his life, and this..." "This is your thank-you?" "What a hideous world this is." "You think you're so smart." "You think we don't know?" "You're spending so much time in Chicago..." "What was that?" "We're out of here." "Jesus Christ, Connor, what the hell are you thinking?" "!" "Jesus." "Michael." "Are you hurt?" "You saw everything?" "Jesus." "You are not to speak of this to anyone." "You understand?" "Not to anyone!" "Who's this?" "It's one of yours?" "He must have been hiding in the car." "Well, can he keep a secret?" "He's my son." "Well, that's good enough for me." "You take him home." "Think I'll walk." "Perfect night for a stroll." "Does Mama know?" "Your mother knows I love Mr. Rooney." "When we had nothing he gave us a home, a life." "We owe him." "Do you understand?" "Do you understand?" "Yes." "Well, come on inside, then." "Boys, clear your plates, please." "I'll do it later." "lt's time for school now..." "lt's only a plate!" "What's he doing here?" "Michael was hiding in the car when I went out last night." "Jesus, Mike." "I've spoken to him." "It won't happen again." "Mom." "Mom!" "Just the feller..." "Our secret, right?" "I'm talking about the dice." "A man of honor always pays his debts." "And keeps his word." "I'm gonna be late for school." "How is Michael?" "Is he okay?" "I've spoken to him." "He understands." "That's tough seeing that for the first time." "Well, you turned out." "You can't protect them forever." "If it wasn't this, it'd be something else." "Natural law." "Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers." "John's also made it clear that Finn McGovern's operation will be divided up locally among two territories that John will select personally." "I'd like to take this moment to thank Mr. Rance for interrupting a busy travel schedule to pay us a visit." "Thank you, Jack." "Mr. Rance met with John and me earlier to make another bid for our involvement in the unions." "And I told Mr. Rance what I told him before:" "What men do after work is what made us rich." "No need to screw them at work as well." "ls there any other business?" "Yes." "Connor, is there something you would like to say about last night?" "I'd like to apologize for what happened." "Especially to you, Pa." "Two wakes in a month..." "What can I say?" "We lost a good man last night." "You think it's funny?" "Try again." "I'd like to apologize..." "You would like to apologize?" "Try again." "Gentlemen my apologies." "Is everyone clear about bit borrowers?" "There have been far too many debts outstanding." "Mike..." "Just give me their names." "Tell me who to visit." "Thank you, gentlemen." "Come on upstairs." "Mike." "Dad forgot to give you this." "It's just a reminder for Tony Calvino." "He's light again." "Are you coming?" "No, I'm under house arrest for a while." "Look, I'm sorry about last night." "I am." "I was..." "Yeah." "All right." "Help you, sir?" "Or just looking?" "Here to see Tony Calvino." "Yeah, and who are you?" "Mike Sullivan." "Yes, sir." "You gonna frisk me?" "Should I?" "lt's a good idea." "That's the only one." "I mean, I'm a grown man and this place is getting to me." "Every night there's trouble." "No one's got no dough, but all the world's here wasting it." "Always money for frills and twists, and never money for food." "Sometimes I despair the species, you know?" "Number 12 in the beauty parlor." "Who's the lucky face?" "I'm not from here originally, but jobs ain't hanging off trees, you know." "I'm a boxer by trade." "Nine consecutive titles." "That's a record in South Orange." "I'd make a pretty good bodyguard, I think." "What I'm saying is, is Mr. Rooney looking for anyone?" "You know, anyone like me, for example?" "Is there any chance you might ask him?" "Sure." "Thank you, Mr. Sullivan." "Thank you very much." "I appreciate it." "Mr. Calvino?" "Mr. Calvino, Mike Sullivan's here." "Shit." "He wants to see you." "Shit." "Is he packing?" "Not anymore." "All right." "Show him in." "Hey, hey, hey." "You stick around, okay?" "Hey!" "How the hell are you?" "Things good with the old man?" "Yeah." "What brings you here?" "Don't imagine it's the pussy." "I have a letter for you from Mr. Rooney." "Am I behind again?" "Am I in trouble?" "I don't know." "Michael." "No!" "No!" "My God!" "Pa, I'm sorry." "Stupid!" "The kid would've talked." "I'm sorry." "Goddamn you." "Goddamn you!" "I curse the fucking day you were born!" "I curse it!" "You!" "Oh, Lord." "Oh, Lord." "God help us." "God help us." "This house is not our home anymore." "It's just an empty building." "All right, you stay here." "You stay out of sight." "Don't go, Pa." "Don't go." "Michael when they find out we're gone, they're gonna come after us." "I have to protect you now." "Please, Pa." "All right, here, take this." "No." "I don't want it." "Take it." "I don't want it." "Boy, take it!" "You got six shots." "If I'm not back in half an hour, go tell Reverend Lynch what's happened." "Do not go to Father Callaway." "I don't have any business with you, Mr. Kelly." "But I have business with you, Mike." "Go ahead." "What is that?" "25,000 dollars." "Mr. Rooney wants you to know there's more if you need it." "You have friends in Ireland, Mike." "Why don't you take Peter and leave?" "I can't take Peter." "He's dead." "So where's Connor?" "He's in hiding." "Where?" "You know I can't tell you that." "You think sticking a gun to my head is gonna make any difference to me?" "If I tell you, I'm a dead man anyway." "We both are." "Think, Mike." "Don't be stupid." "I'm just the messenger." "Then give Mr. Rooney a message for me." "What is it?" "Give me the gun." "Where are we going?" "To Chicago." "There's a man there who runs things." "I've done some work for him." "We have to find out where he stands." "Try to get some sleep." "I want you to wait for me here." "Sure." "I won't be long." "You'll be all right?" "Yeah, I'll be all right." "That's a good boy." "Hello, Mike." "Hello, fellas." "It's nice to see you." "We heard what happened." "How you holding up?" "I need to talk to Mr. Nitti." "He's awful busy." "I can wait." "Okay." "Take the man to the top." "Certainly, sir." "Sorry to make you wait so long, Mike." "Come on in." "We all just heard what happened." "Jesus, I'm sorry, Mike." "Well, thank you for seeing me, Mr. Nitti." "Come on, sit down." "Like some coffee or...?" "No." "You sure?" "Yes, thank you." "So, what can I do for you, Mike?" "I'd like to work for you." "Well, that's very interesting." "And in return, I'd like you to turn a blind eye to what I have to do." "And what is that?" "Kill the man who murdered my family." "Is one more body gonna make a difference?" "This is a good proposal, Mr. Nitti." "I will work only for you, and you know I can do a good job." "I respect you, Mike." "I do." "We would like nothing more than to have you come work for us." "But not like this." "What you're asking me is impossible." "Is it?" "Let me explain something to you that maybe you haven't realized." "All these years, you've been living under the protection of people who care about you." "And those same people are protecting you now, including me." "So if you go ahead with this, if you open that door you're walking through it alone." "And all that loyalty, all that trust, will no longer exist for you." "And Mike, you won't make it." "Not on your own." "And not with a little boy." "You're protecting him already?" "We're protecting our interests, Mike." "I drove all through the night to see you." "I appreciate that." "Now I suggest you drive yourself back." "Go home, Mike." "Go home and bury your wife and child." "With our blessing." "It won't be that simple." "You heard?" "Dad, listen to me." "He's in the building." "You can end this now." "Take him now." "Connor, get upstairs." "God help me." "God help me." "What do I do?" "You think objectively." "And you make your choice." "What would you do if Sullivan were just some guy?" "God help me." "Make it quick." "And the kid?" "Oh, Christ." "No, no." "One day the kid becomes a man..." "Think he won't remember?" "I said not the kid." "All right." "I know who to call." "There's a guy who's done some work for us in the past." "He's gifted." "Excuse me, ma'am." "Press." "Press." "He was raping my wife." "He raped my wife." "Come on, come on, you're treading on the evidence here." "Two minutes." "You got it, Mr. Maguire." "Harlen Maguire." "Good evening, Mr. Nitti." "Sixteen hundred." "Sixteen hundred dollars is my rate, Mr. Nitti." "And what I make on the photographs is mine." "No, never met him." "But I know his work." "He traveling alone?" "How old?" "What do I do with the kid?" "Will do." "Thank you." "You remember your aunt Sarah?" "Your mom's sister?" "She lives in Perdition." "She'll take you in." "Where is it?" "Right by the lake." "We went there once, all of us, when you were 4, maybe 5." "It's beautiful." "You remember?" "The place with the dog." "Hello?" "Sarah." "Mike." "Oh, thank God." "I want you to know we're okay." "Where are you?" "We're on our way to your place, if that's all right." "Of course." "I'll be back there in two days." "How's Michael?" "He's all right." "How was it?" "Oh, Mike..." "Hello?" "We'll see you soon." "Hello, operator?" "Yes, sir." "I was just cut off, could you reconnect me?" "You hungry?" "No." "Might not be another diner for a while, so you should eat." "I'm not hungry." "I just wanna read." "Slow night, huh?" "You kidding?" "This is busy." "What can I get you?" "You got a special?" "Everything's special." "ls that so?" "Everything except the food." "Everything except the food?" "You ought to be on the stage." "Don't I know it." "Give me some of that honey-dipped fried chicken and a black coffee." "Duck soup." "Don't mind me, sir." "It's a free country." "Used to be, anyhow." "No, thank you, sir." "Is that your profession or your pleasure?" "Both, I guess." "To be paid to do what you love..." "Ain't that the dream?" "I guess so." "Yourself?" "I'm a salesman." "Machine parts." "Machine parts." "That's wonderful." "I assure you, it is not." "So who do you work for?" "Can you keep a secret?" "I'm press." "Which paper?" "All over." "I'm something of a rarity." "How's that?" "I shoot the dead." "Dead bodies, that is." "I don't kill them." "I should hope not." "Always fascinated me, the look of them, you know?" "You ever seen one?" "Yeah." "Sorry for you." "Terrible thing." "But it sure makes you feel alive, don't it?" "I'll drink to that." "Stuff makes you sweat, huh?" "Yeah, piss too." "Excuse me, ma'am, can you help me out here?" "Just through here." "Hey!" "Look out, there." "Thanks, Ruby." "Good night."