"What's the racket?" "It's those three jerks Sardo's dumped on us." "Hand around with babies, you get pissed on." " Why" " Because I'm sick of this queer." "Queer?" "Queer?" "Did you hear what he called him?" "Look who I'm up against." "It's my car and my radio." "Again?" "What's he singing about anyway?" " Do you know what he's saying?" " He's singing." " I like listening to him." " But you don't understand it!" "But you have to understand it before you can sing it." "Freddo, do you like this too?" "I've never liked shit or queers." "But it seems Dandi does." "Take it easy Freddo." "Or you'll squeeze your balls and sing falsetto?" "What music do you like?" "Claudio Baglioni." "And you call me queer?" "We all have our problems." "Baglioni." ""Little sparrow, don't leave me.."" "Here's our runner." "Is he carrying it his suitcase?" "Shit, they've nabbed him." "Easy..." "Shit!" "The dog's gone straight for it." "OK" "You can go." "They've got him." "Are they letting him go?" "Bloody Filipino!" "How did he get past?" "Have you finished playing this crap?" "How did he get past?" "Hurry up or Sardo will take your share." " Why are you staying here?" " To cover your back." "They might follow you." "Go on!" ""Little sparrow, don't leave me.."" "How did the Filipino guy get past the guards?" "Maybe the dog had a cold." " Where's the stuff Sardo?" " They've caught a cold too." "It would be better if they had." "Your shit's in the toilet." "Boys .be quick, time's running out." "He had it shoved up his ass!" "How do we clean it up?" "We can't take it away like that." "How should I know?" "We were supposed to take Rome." "All we'll get from this is scabies." "That's right." "We're in business, a firm  and firms pay wages, right?" "Hey!" "What do you want?" "Sorcio, what is this crap?" " We'll give you some good stuff" " For free... almost" " In exchange for a little job" "A shitty little job maybe." ""Agreement almost settled." "Government to be in place by Easter"." "Good morning sir, sorry I'm late." " Have you got that list?" " Yes." "The shops where the ransom money from the Rosellini kidnapping was spent." "All in the Esquilino area." "All women's items." "Perfume, jewellery... .. one of their girls must have spent it" " We have to talk to the shopkeepers." " If the case were still yours." "These have to go back on Rizzo's desk." "You've caught her eye it seems." " I can get you a discount" " On a glass of Vermouth?" "She charges 20,000 lire." " Who, her?" " She works overtime.." "...with her favourite customers." "Give it a try." "It might calm you down." "Does it calm you down?" "Every cop has his trusty whore." "But not for screwing." "As an informer?" "They're gold mines." "They know everything." "And they have one creed." ""Those with the money are always right."" "A prostitute?" " Canton, you are a genius." " Why?" "I have a billion lire and I want to celebrate." "What do I do?" "We have to look for a whore." "The best in the Esquilino area." "Can you get that?" " Are you ready for another ride?" " Whenever you want, stuff." "But I warn you, smoking shortens the final spirit." "Come in, Patrizia is making herself pretty for her Dandi." " And who are you?" " Ranocchia." " Who? "The queer"?" " Ranocchia." "My best friend.." "OK, I'll leave you two alone." "The money?" "Why doesn't he have to pay to kiss you?" "I decide who pays and who doesn't" " What's through there?" " The bathroom." "Is that all?" "Where did he come from then?" "One more question and you can leave." ""Little sparrow don't leave me..."" "Do you like this crap too?" "Bufalo, tell me what it says on the blackboard." "Lebanese, can't you see I'm busy?" "Get Scrocchiazeppi to read it." "Why don't you admit you can't read?" "I can read it, I just don't feel like it." "Shut up." "He played truant from junior school!" " What's so funny?" " Take it easy." "I'll tell you what it says." ""That's your fucking problem"." "Because now we have the stuff, we have to peddle it." "I'll remind you we have a deal with Sardo." "A deal we have to honour." "First you put us in the shit, then you write about it." "I pulled you out of the shit, you mean." "Right, this is my idea." "We split Rome into patches." "Buffoni, you cover Tufello and Val Melaina." "Fierolocchio and Scrocchiazeppi will cover Garbatella and Tor Marancia." " Bufalo..." " Don't put me with him." "No, Dandi is with Sorcio and they'll cover Testaccio." "You cover Monteverde and Portuenese." "I'll take Trastevere." "Sardo will take Acilia and Ostia." "How come you left out Centocelle?" "Centocelle is Terribile's area.." " And we're letting him keep it?" " Centocelle is a good patch." "All in good time." " What about Europa?" " That's Puma's patch." "I'll talk to him." "Don't be offended.." "..but these are other pushers' patches." "They will work for us from now on." "You have two weeks to persuade them to sell our stuff and nothing else." "Is that clear?" "There's a problem." " My brother found the guns." " Find another hiding place." "Where?" "That's your problem." " Wht's so funny?" " Here, drink this." "I've other plans for you." "What do you want me to do?" "Follow Ricotta." "Tell me everything he does." "Let's see if you're any good." "Don't use the top of your foot, you'll never score that way." " Right?" " Yeah" "Go and have a kick about." "Come here Roberto." "Grab the ball by its neck." "A shot at goal." "Do me proud!" "I didn't know you liked playing with kids." "I wish I had two of them in the house." "You have a girl." "You always score." "Fuck you!" "Come inside." "I'm giving it serious thought, but I want out first." "I don't want to bring up kids here in this crap." "This crap has put food on your plate." "You can eat it now." "I prefer to fast." "I'll have to wait for the next time round, the first one is free." "Free?" "What did I tell you?" "Sardo is a crafty bastard." "You'll have to get busy and get a move on." "So you're accepting our offer?" "What was mine is now yours." "I didn't get that." "What did you say?" "That I don't give a fuck about your stuff." "What?" "Tell me and I'll send it to you air mail." "OK tell me what I have to do." "Good man." "Sorcio will explain it to you." "Why?" "Where are you going?" "Work makes me horny." " Stop, your friend is in there." " Who?" "Fierolocchio?" "He's half blind and deaf." " How long do I have to keep the bag?" " Not long." "Two or three days." "Disgusting!" " Where will you put it?" " Where do you think?" "Here." "Not that." " The bag." " I don't know." " Under the bed?" " Yes, under the bed." "Angelina?" " What are you doing?" " I'm back!" " What are you doing?" " Didn't you hear her father?" "." "A speciality." " Are you home?" " Answer him!" "Yes Dad." "I'm in the bedroom." "I'm coming." "Be careful." " Is he still hanging around?" " He's my boyfriend." " What were you doing?" " Talking." "Go on." "Here you are." "All the whores in Esquilino that we've stopped over the last 2 years." "Thanks, you're a friend." "Yes, but also a colleague." "I want 50 percent of the credit for anything you do." " OK." " I thought you were more of a jerk." "I heard you were an idealist." "Just trying to do my job" "Yes, where I came from it's called "speeding up your career"." "Cinzia Vallesi" "Known as Patrizia." "She was here earlier this month." "Are you sure?" "It was a while ago." "She cleared out my shop and paid in cash." "I'll always remember her." " Bye." "Thanks." " Thanks." " What are you doing?" " What's in here?" "None of your business." "Why did Ranocchia go through here?" " He's a friend, you're a client." " I'll pay you then." "How much to see inside there?" " There are some things that are not for sale." " You can buy everything." "No, you can only buy my body and my time." "I've bought the first,for the second, spend the day with me." " My time is expensive." " I can afford it." " Shangai?" " He's busy." " Who's asking?" " People who want to talk business." "I'm all yours.." "So I get out of your way and leave you my patch, in exchange for what?" "We'll give you 10 percent." "In cash." "A luxury pension for as long as you live." "It's a generous offer." "I'm too young to retire just yet." "Come back in 20 years." "Say hello to Lebanese." "I don't think you understand." "Tell him if he comes to Val Melaina, he'll leave feet first." "So you let a Chinaman and a few cockroaches fool you?" "They crept up behind us." "What do we care about the Val Melaina patch?" "A bridge and two streets." "Not worth a war." "We can leave that dump to Shangai." " We're the masters of Rome." " Half of Rome, Buffoni." "The other half is sill trying to work out whether we mean it or not." "If a punk like Shangai doesn't give way, the others won't either." "And the deal with Sardo will be off." "We can't let that happen." "We have to set an example." "Shangai never moves from Val Melaina, and he's got a lot of bodyguards." "There must be a moment when he's alone, because a mouse feels safest when it's in its nest." " Scrocchia, where are the guns?" " What?" "In a safe place." "Go and get them," " Why do you want my daughter?" " I need to go in her room." " Why do you need to go in her room?" " I left something." "Something?" "Something I need." "You're not going in if you don't tell me." " Shall I come back?" " Don't come back at all." "Where are the guns?" " Her father won't let me in." " Shit!" " Where is she?" " At school." " For another 2 hours." " 2 hours?" "Lebanese will have us buried before then." "Damn it!" " What are you doing?" " Follow me." " Where are you going?" " Keep an eye out for me." "Here's the asshole who thought he could fool me." " Is this what you came for?" " Yes, why?" "If you want it, you have to pay for a new window." "Here." "This is for the window, now give me another 50 for the trouble." "Then we're quits." "If I see you around my daughter again" "I'll smash your head in." "Understand?" "That's sorted." "We're all here, right?" " Someone's missing." " True." "Where's Bufalo?" "Bufalo's busy." "I'm talking about Dandi." "There's enough of you to pay Shangai a visit." "Let's go and see how tough he is." "We'll take care of Dandi later." "Hey long time no see." "Dandi!" "Satana." "How's it doing?" "I hear things are going well for you." "Really well." " Who's riding Fulmine?" " Bavosetto." "Bavosetto." "Put this on him for me." " Want to waste your money?" " And you like taking risks." "Put your eyes back in their sockets." "Can't I even look at your girl?" "I'm not his girl, I'm his whore." "See you." "How much to foget you're a whore for five minutes?" "I want to see the horses." "Come on, come on!" "Go on, go on!" "Hurray!" "Freddo, where's Lebanese?" " He's not here." "Why?" " I need to talk to him now." "What's so urgent?" "I saw Dandi at the races up to his own business." "I thought you were keeping an eye on Ricotta?" "Yes, and that bastard was there too." "Up to something with Maurizio Gemito." "Gemito?" "Are you sure?" "I'm good at hunting snakes." "Oh, he's awake." "The baby's awake." "Is this the famous Shangai?" "So it would seem." "He's not yellow." "So what?" "He's got Chinese eyes." "Do you know what you have to do?" "Of course." "Go where the whores are and search for your mother." "You're making it hard work." "You're wasting time we don't have." "And we have to listen to this crap music." "Because even if we're below ground.." "..screams can reach the stars." "Hurt him." "What's up?" "While we're doing all this work someone's off on his own business." "I'll take them all." "Can you wrap them for me?" "Can I help you?" "Lebanese." "What are you doing here?" "I wanted your advice on something." "I wanted to buy something for a whore," "Elegant stuff I can show her off in, and take her to the races, ...and ditch my friends to be with her." "We're not married." "I don't have to tell you everything." "We're worse than married, we're partners." "Get your hands off me!" "What were you thinking?" "You sound like my father." "If I was your Dad I'd give you a beating." " You can't leave it all to Sorcio." " Everything's under control." "Slow down and pull over." " What's up?" " Quiet." "We're being followed." "You're getting paranoid." "No I'm not." "We have to be careful." "We've made a lot of enemies." "Where are all these enemies?" "That's the problem." "It's when you can't see them.." "There he is." "He's driving past." "I don't believe it." "It was Puma, talking to Ricotta and Sardo." "Did you hear what they said?" "How could I?" "OK." "Thanks for the tip off." "I was expecting some trouble from Sardo and Ricotta." "But didn't you say your friend was reliable." "Clearly not." "You let him dupe you." "And I'm the one who's let his dick guide him!" "With all this hard work, Lebanese is seeing ghosts." "and Freddo doesn't notice his friends are snakes." "A screw now and then would wake you up!" " Shut it or I'll punch you." "Ah Freddo's showing he's got balls." "What the fuck are you doing?" "Come here!" "Stop it, both of you!" "They're trying to get rid of us, and you two are fighting?" "Freddo, Puma's your problem." "I want you to solve it, now." "Cut that out." "We're still paying for you screwing things up." "Mario De Angelis, known as Dandi." "Aged 23." "That's him." "Look at his record, brawls, stolen goods, minor stuff." "The Rosellini kidnap is a different matter." "So?" "He finds himself a whore, who's spending the ransom money." "But he's a just thug from the streets." "He might be cleaned up, but still just a lout." "What do your girls say?" ""Those with money are always right"." "And who's to say he kidnapped the baron alone?" "Perhaps Lebanese helped him, or Bufalo or Scrocchiazeppi." "Why he is the only one spending then?" "He can't help himself." "But he's not the brains behind the gang." "If you're right we can get Borgia to assign the case to us again." "No, no, we don't have enough, Canton." "These are just ideas and theories." " We have to check them first." " But how?" "I'm going to talk to my whore." "Your...?" "Every decent cop has one, right?" "What's the problem?" "Is one of my men trying to dupe you?" "No, they're doing a good job." "You're the one double dealing." "What are you doing?" "Getting a weight off my chest." "What were you doing talking to Sardo?" "It was a stupid thing to do." "I had 1kg of heroin on my hands." "I wanted to sell it and move out." "Why didn't you come to me?" "You said you'd spent all your money." "Sardo was the only one with money." "Did he help?" "No." "He said he had too much stuff." "I stuck my neck out for nothing." "I'm not a traitor." "I'm not trying to cheat you." "I'll tell you what." "I'll buy your heroin." "The first money we make is yours." " But then you disappear." " You're a friend." "No." "I'm an idiot." "Dandi's right." " What a second." " What?" "Watch out for Sardo." "I think he wants to rip off everyone." " What do you mean." " It slipped out in the car ...that he was doing business with somebody else." "He gave no name" "..but I think it's a heavyweight." " Now do you see why I want out?" " Yes." "When there's too much money, even lambs become wolves." "I know you don't like this life." "Take flight, before they clip your wings." "Cut the crap." "You've said enough for one day." "So Sardo is trying to outwit us." "Terribile is probably behind it." "He's the only one with enough money and men to stop us." "No use talking to Terribile." "We have to talk to Sardo." "I'll do it, then you'll stop saying I don't do anything." "Take care, Sardo's no ordinary man." "We've another problem." "Val Melaina?" "The chinaman won't buckle." "Does he really carry a gun and bet on the horses?" "He's a true cowboy." "But he doesn't dress badly." " He pays well." " Money is all you think about!" "That's why you get on so well, you're a saloon whore!" "I talked to him, we've arranged to meet tomorrow." " So I don't have to worry?" " It's all sorted." "Take care." "Drive." "I said drive!" "Turn that crap off!" "Wake up." "No don't open your eyes, open your ears instead." "The offer my friends made still stands." "Just say "yes", and you can go home." "No, you don't have to say anything." "Just move your head up and down." "Bring him." "Turn right here." "Stop the car." " You're crazy." " Crazy and armed." "Get out!" "Nice shoes." "Handmade loafers, right?" " What size?" " 42." "How about that!" "That's my size." "Take them off." "These cost a fortune." "How much did you pay?" "You don't know?" " Perhaps a gift." " Cut this out." "What do you want?" "I'll even tell you who gave them to you." "Terribile." "First you sell the exclusive to Lebanese." "You don't pay us for the work" ".. and then you go into business with Terribile." "Did you bring me out here to tell me this?" " You know who's beind me?" " I know who's in front of you." "Even giants become fleas before a gun." "If Terribile sells one gramme of your stuff, I'll come looking for you." "I'll crush you with these shoes." "Take a stroll while you think it over." "I think he's pissed his pants." "Now you piss your pants?" "You piss your pants and cry." "Too late, you're dead." "Look at his face!" "Are you all wet?" "Now you're yellow." "Time you learned to say yes properly." "Yes, yes." "Fancy that!" "I was looking for Patrizia and I found Cinzia." " Cinzia Vallesi, right?" " Who the fuck are you?" "A cop looking for fun?" " Take off your clothes." " That's not why I came." "One of your clients is paying you... ..with banknotes from a ransom." "If you want to screw, let's get on with it, otherwise there's the door." " A man was murdered, Cinzia." " Don't call me Cinzia." "I'm Patrizia." "Alright ...Patrizia." "But I'm sure you know who I'm talking about." "Just confirm his name and I'll go." "Really?" "What are you doing?" "Having fun." "Dandi." "Dandi gave me the money." "That's the name you wanted, right?" "But I'll never confirm it before a judge." "Now what will you do?" "Leave?" "This car doesn't even have an FM radio." "Typical of Sardo, he's tight fisted." "He'll have the Camorra on our backs by now." "I think he'll stay nice and quiet at home soaking his feet." "First, because he's in the wrong, second, it's worth his while." "Half the junkies in Rome are shooting up with our stuff." "We'll soon have Sardo on our payroll." "Are we nearly there?" "I can smell his piss back here." "The fourth Andreotti Government ... was passed with the abstention of the Communist Party." "Moro's succeeded then." "He's brought the Communists into the Government." "Will it last?" "Nothing lasts forever." "What about the report on organized crime?" "You were right." "The top men in the drug ring ...are reorganizing." "They too are caught up in this government reshuffle." "Find out more and keep me informed." "It could prove useful." "Lebanese, what is this place?" "It's huge." "Something to do with a ministry." "2000 square metres of empty rooms." "A ministry?" "And you want to hide the guns here?" "My father always used to say:" ""There's no safer palce than a place at the ministry"." "There must be someone looking after it?" "Yes." "Shame he likes poker." "Up to his eyes in debt." "A store room at the ministry!" " World champions!" " Every army has an armoury." "We're an army now?" " Which war are we fighting?" " The war for Rome." "Now we'll do battle with Terribile." "He's tried to rip us off twice." "He's tried to split the gang." "Now we'll split up his firm." "You drive, I'll choose the music." "Thanks." "Yeah!" "It's that homo from the port." " Not again!" " You're such a pain!"