Atlantic City (1980) - full transcript
Atlantic City is a place where people go to realize their dreams, the promise of the future manifested by the demolition of the old crumbling buildings to be replaced by new hotels and casinos. Someone who recently came to Atlantic City for that promise is native Moose Javian (Saskatchewan) Sally Matthews, who currently works as a waitress at a hotel oyster bar, but who is training to be a black jack croupier and wants to be more cultured, such as learning French, in order to work at the casinos in Monte Carlo. Another dreamer who came to Atlantic City decades ago is Lou Pascal, who has long worked as a numbers runner and who claims to have been a cellmate and thus implied confidante of Bugsy Siegel. Although Lou still dresses to the standard to which he is accustomed, his dream long died as he only works penny ante stuff for Fred, most of his current income from being the kept man of widowed recluse, Grace Pinza. Grace too came to Atlantic City to fulfill her dreams - most specifically to participate in a Betty Grable lookalike contest - and ended up staying, marrying a player named Cookie Pinza. Sally, Lou and Grace all live in the same soon to be demolished apartment building - Sally and Lou who are next door neighbors - although Sally knows neither of her neighbors. Lou, however, secretly spies Sally through their respective apartment windows as she goes through a daily ritual. The dreams of this collective are potentially affected - largely dashed or reawakened - with the arrival into Atlantic City of Dave Matthews, Sally's estranged, deadbeat husband, and his very pregnant new ageist girlfriend Chrissie, who happens to be Sally's younger sister. It is the unknown to Sally that Dave and Chrissie bring with them that affects those dreams, namely a large cache of cocaine stolen from criminal sources.
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(CASTA DIVA PLAYING ON STEREO)
Oh, wow!
Look, It's Ganesh!
It's a sign from heaven.
(EXPLOSION)
(COUGHING)
(BELL CLANGING)
(CLANGING CONTINUES)
(CLANGING STOPS)
♪ Goodbye, little chicks,
we are leaving the sticks
♪ We are catching the train
at a quarter to six
♪ So if anyone should drop around
♪ Won't you please tell them
that we can be found
♪ On the boardwalk in Atlantic City
♪ We will walk in a dream
♪ On the boardwalk in Atlantic City
♪ Life will be peaches and cream
♪ There, where the salt water air
♪ Brings out the lady's charms
♪ There, on a rolling chair
♪ He will ride into your arms
♪ Oh, Cinderella,
you will find your fella ♪
Excuse me, ma'am.
You can't bring those bags in here.
Oh, we're looking for Sally.
Excuse me, it's the hotel policy
and you don't...
You can't bring bags
in here, I'm sorry.
She's a really great girl
who works here.
Oh, Christ.
Hi.
Oh, wow, it's really good to see you.
I don't want you here.
Get your asses out of here.
When do you finish?
Look, you're not staying with me.
DAVE: Look, Sally...
We've got money.
SALLY: Oh, great.
You're in a hotel.
Check in.
We will have money.
CHRISSIE: Sally?
Sal?
Can you spell me for an hour?
Yeah, sure.
Who are they?
My husband and my sister.
(DOG BARKING)
CHRISSIE: We drove across Utah.
Oh, you'd really love
those waterfalls there, Sally.
And then Colorado.
Boy, did we ever meet
some beautiful Indians there
who live on a commune.
Boy, did they have
some dynamite mushrooms.
Do you know, even the cows
were wrecked! (LAUGHING)
Oh, and then we got lost in Louisiana.
Oh, hey, Sally, do I ever love
your apartment!
It's so...
It's so Zen.
Are you into Zen?
GRACE: Lou!
You're late again!
Peppy's very nervous.
Peppy knows he's got an appointment.
(DOG BARKING)
Here I am, ringing this bell
like Charles Laugh ton in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Is that what you want from me?
To become a hunchback, ringing for you?
LOU: You want
hash and eggs?
I am nobody's hunchback.
You work for me, Lou!
The cigarettes you put
in your mouth, I pay for!
I ring this bell and you get down here.
You got no ketchup.
GRACE: Why the hell don't you get some?
I don't want you coming where I work!
I came to see you!
I don't want you following me.
I don't want any more
of your surprises.
CHRISSIE: Hey, what's
going on in there?
Dave, leave her alone.
Don't rough her up.
I mean, if she doesn't want us here,
we can go somewhere else.
Oh, it's okay, Chrissie.
It's okay, uh...
Why don't you do some deep breathing?
(WATER TRICKLING)
CHRISSIE: Yeah, okay.
Hey, he's really a wonderful man,
you know, Sally.
SALLY: Why did you do it...
Running away with her,
humiliating me like that?
If you're going to knock somebody up,
pick somebody who can
take care of herself.
What do you want me to say, I'm sorry?
These things happen.
I want you out of here.
- I need you.
- I don't want you here.
What about Chrissie? She needs you.
I'm not taking care
of either of you this time.
Are you seeing someone?
Yeah, someone.
You screwed me up in Vegas
so I couldn't get a job.
This is what I've decided...
After I die,
I'm going to have Peppy buried
with me, right in my arms.
You think I'd trust you
to take care of him?
You're not going to get one nickel
to take care of him
after I'm gone.
(DOG WHIMPERING)
Give me a kiss, Peppy.
Give me a little kiss. Come on.
LOU: Little ass-kisser.
(DOG GROWLING AND BARKING)
What are you saying?
I said we need more dog food.
Did you cut the coupons?
Yes, I cut the coupons.
Shoo. Come on, now, Peppy.
(DOG WHIMPERING)
There were 11 money-saver coupons
in the paper.
There's 11 money-saving coupons
in there now.
Here...
Want to count 'em?
I can't even move my hands anymore.
I'll rub your fingers for you.
No! You stay
away from me.
Last time you had shoved my arthritis
clear up to my elbow.
Let me get going.
It's late.
I'll need five more dollars.
GRACE: Five more?
You want cigarettes?
You steal cigarettes.
You're the big-time thief.
Mr. Mastermind...
Mr. 10-most-wanted!
That's enough!
Nothing's enough.
Oh, shit.
(SIGHING)
You know, I always wanted shoes with...
Clear, plastic heels
you could see through
with live goldfish swimming in 'em.
Wouldn't that be swift?
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
Have to walk so delicate.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC STARTS PLAYING)
You're like King Midas in reverse.
I don't want you touching my stuff.
(CASTA DIVA STARTS PLAYING)
Listen, you owe me.
Get out.
Who got you out
of fucking Saskatchewan?
(ROCK MUSIC STARTS PLAYING)
If it wasn't for me, you'd be back home
making mouse jam,
putting out for lumberjacks.
(MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)
Get out!
You smell, you know that?
Like a can of rotten tuna fish.
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(KIDS PLAYING)
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
I don't think you smell like tuna fish.
Are you mad at me
for going off with Dave?
You know, I think
of this baby as being ours,
CHRISSIE: Dave and mine and yours.
Sal, Dave's got a much
higher developed soul
than either you or me.
I mean, I've hardly been reincarnated
at all, but Dave...
Wow, he can remember all the
way back to ancient Egypt,
buildings the pyramids and all of that.
He's had some really hard lives.
You know, I think he's, he's due
for a real big break in this one.
You can stay here tonight.
Thanks.
SALLY: I am not gonna get upset.
I'm not gonna get upset.
I'm not gonna get upset.
I'm not going to get upset.
(BELL CLANGING)
(DOG BARKING)
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
(MUSIC FADES AWAY)
(DOG WHIMPERING)
Hi, Peppy.
Grace says the usual.
I know what to give peppy.
Come on, baby.
$1.00 on 123.
Right.
Going out of business, Lou.
No sense playing the numbers anymore.
Ida Cohen with the six parakeets
won $400 on eight quarters
at the casino.
You got anything for me?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
What have you got for me today, Sonny?
I've got this 421.
4-2-1.
How much?
Six bits.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey, Lou!
496.
50 cents.
Make me a winner, man.
Sadie.
Three-two-one.
Wish me luck today, Lou.
I will. Good number,
three-two-one.
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
Place your bets.
No more bets.
You looked.
You spilled your drink.
No, no, no, you took your eyes up!
You allowed me to distract you!
Everyone, listen to me!
The players are coming
to the casino in teams.
One sits here, one sits there.
The cards are good.
The player at the first base
spills his drink.
Your eye moves.
The player at the third base
triples his bet.
They have a million clever ways
of trying to cheat you.
Focus!
Concentrate!
Concentrate.
Concentrate.
Go ahead.
Darling, you were late.
Uh, uh, family.
Did you like the music?
Marvelous music, Norma Casta Diva,
the chaste goddess
worshipping the moon.
Yeah. I'm beginning
to like it.
Dignity, passion, size.
Can I lay a hard ten on a soft three?
(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)
Say, Rock, give me a hand.
Yep.
Yeah, okay.
Bye.
$48 and six bits.
You're down this week.
Everybody's broke.
Have I got any winners?
Better not have.
I can't afford fucking winners.
Freddy, how about a double
sawbuck for this cigarette case?
It's a real beauty.
How am I supposed to fit
my Cuban Montecristos
into this piece of shit?
Where are you coming from?
DAVE: Do you know Fred O'Reilly?
Fred's right over there.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
Hi.
You, uh, Fred O'Reilly?
Yeah.
Who are you?
Hey, something new, huh?
Let me see.
Very nice.
I won $300 at the casino.
Mmm... Casino.
MAN: Hey, queenie.
(JAZZ PIANO PLAYING)
Hey, man.
I need a little space around here.
Come on, I got business!
- Let's take a look.
- Okay.
Okay. There you go.
(INHALING)
Very nice.
Whoo!
Very nice, indeed.
There's been a slight
dry spell around here.
Dry spell's over.
White Christmas, perfect timing.
A friend called this AM...
Could I help him?
Had to say no.
Where did you get this?
I found it in a phone booth.
In Philadelphia?
How did you know?
Look, uh, I'll help your friend.
Not looking like that, you won't.
This is a family town.
Better get yourself cleaned up.
A nice leisure suit, powder blue.
FRED: Don't need a tie.
Look, uh, maybe you could advance me.
You know, $200, 300?
You know I'm good for it.
This is a very tight town.
I only do business with the
people I do business with.
The people I do business with
find out I do business
with the people
I don't do business with...
I can't do business with you.
Yeah, but Boomer in Vegas said...
I don't do business
with Boomer in Vegas.
You look like a fire sale.
Look, I've been on the road
six weeks, okay?
Clean me up, I'm a fuckin'
Prince Charles.
You won't help me?
Look, I'm cutting you in!
I sure would like to help my friend.
But remember...
I don't do business with you.
Shit!
You got a phone?
Telephone's upstairs.
Uh, wait a minute.
Uh, let him use the bar phone.
I know the kid.
Find the place you were looking for?
Yeah.
We live in the same building.
Well, that's why I'm talking to you,
because we live in the same...
Shh!
Yeah. Yeah, uh, Fred
gave me your number.
Maybe we can do some business.
Hey, Bob...
Beer.
Cold one this time.
Okay, I'll be there.
Yeah.
Your friend wants to do business.
They'll bust you in the lobby.
You look like a training poster
for the narc squad.
I need a powder-blue leisure suit.
Hey, Lou!
I want you to run an errand for me.
I'm booked up, Freddy.
Who's the old guy?
You mean Lou?
Yeah.
He used to run numbers
for the dinosaurs.
Hi.
Hey, uh, why did you leave?
Back there we started talking.
I had other things
on my mind, you know.
I was just trying to be friendly,
so piss off.
Hey, uh, listen.
I hear you're very big
in circles around here.
Where did you hear that?
Vegas.
Las Vegas.
You heard about me in Vegas?
Oh, yeah...
The man to know.
(LAUGHING)
Let me understand something, kid.
You're talking about Las Vegas, Nevada?
Right. Yeah.
That I was the man to know?
Yeah.
Uh, Lou, right?
Class dismissed.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Good night.
Five, six and seven...
(DOG WHIMPERING)
LOU: Come on, Peppy.
Come on.
Come on, you little mutt.
This ain't my dog.
Belongs to the lady downstairs.
Yeah?
I'm more of a German Shepherd
type of guy,
isn't that right, Peppy?
Doing the old lady a favor.
There's the building.
Shame you never saw her
in the old days...
A real work of art.
They're going to tear it down
and build a casino.
Hey, uh, Lou...
Uh, could I borrow your apartment?
My apartment?
Yeah.
Just for an hour.
There's a 100 bucks in it for you.
- 100 bucks?
- Yeah.
Let me tell you something, kiddo...
My room ain't exactly
the royal suite of Mr. Casanova.
No, no, it's not for a girl.
It's, uh, it's technical...
Business.
Who was it told you about me in Vegas?
Well, uh, you know,
it was in a crowd of people.
Your name popped up.
Tall fellow?
Yeah! Yeah,
that's the one.
Harry Gropke.
Harry went to Vegas, I think.
- Must have been Harry.
- Yeah, yeah.
Yeah. Harry.
LOU:
You know something?
I've known Harry for 30 years.
I haven't seen him in 25.
DAVE: Yeah?
I adore attractive well-groomed,
educated women.
(CLICKING)
You mean making the church scene?
Forget it, Reverend.
I'm not resting.
(CLICKING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING ON TV)
(CAT SNARLING ON TV)
Here we are.
No strangers in here!
Oh, that's Dave.
He's staying upstairs.
He's from Las Vegas,
good friend of Harry Gropke's.
I've got some business
to discuss with you.
Not now, Grace.
Later.
Where's Cookie's silver cigarette case?
It was right here by my bed.
I see you got a scale on the table.
Weight watchers.
For measuring food.
Get it for me.
GRACE: Lou, you get back here!
You got to push the blood
back in my feet!
I'll be right back.
Lou, come back!
(DOOR CLOSING)
Come in, come in.
Could you close the blinds?
I need a...
Tablespoon.
That's great.
Thanks.
Italian baby laxative.
That's what it is.
You like magic?
DAVE: (LAUGHING)
Pass your hand over the scale.
What?
Go on!
Go on, do it.
That's $2,000.
$2,000?
Okay, say abracadabra.
Come on.
Come on, say it.
Abracadabra.
(LAUGHING)
That's $4,000.
(BELL CLANGING)
(BELL CLANGING STOPS)
(DOG WHIMPERING)
Could you, uh, stash this
for me somewhere?
Jeez, I don't know. It's only for
a couple of hours.
Okay.
Look, uh, you know the streets here.
Could you walk me?
I can't leave Grace.
Are you afraid?
I got a medical problem with her.
Are you a doctor?
Doctor!
There's something wrong with her feet.
I don't know what it is, the uh...
The blood don't flow good
or something...
Why don't you tell me?
Come on!
Uh, wait a minute...
Chrissie, I got a job for you!
Listen, just, uh...
Got your fingers all warmed up,
Chrissie?
Uh, Grace...
This is not Grand Central Station.
What's gone wrong with you today?
These people are going to help you.
Uh, come on, you're in the way.
(DOG BARKING)
You're fired, Lou.
Oh, Dave, this lady's got a
million things wrong with her.
Get her out of here.
Lady, this lady is almost
a qualified therapist
in the states of Nevada and Oklahoma.
She trained in the province
of Saskatchewan, Canada,
in the art of Korean foot massage.
If you leave me alone with her,
I'm going to kill you, Lou.
LOU: Grace, will you listen
for just once?
This is not medicine.
GRACE: I'm still a very important
woman in this town!
I'm Cookie Pinza's widow!
He used to deliver
coffee for, for Cookie.
He's my servant!
Do you know that your whole body
ends at the bottom of your feet?
You think I'm just poking your feet?
Well, when I touch this spot here...
Lou.
This is where your spine is.
Lou!
And when I touch this spot here...
This is where your tummy is.
Lou!
You, uh, work for that Grace?
I help her out.
And she pays you?
Well...
Hey, you're her fancy man?
Are you, like, servicing her?
Every now and then.
(LAUGHING) Wow.
To be your age and still working at it.
Mr. Stud.
(LAUGHING)
Mr. John.
Well, I... I keep myself in trim.
Ah, Monte Carlo...
The old casino is very...
Very slow and old-fashioned,
rococo elegance.
But the new casino is just like Vegas.
Really?
Yeah.
The croupiers are French,
but the dealers are American.
From Vegas.
Huh.
You get a license to learn how to deal
and the whole world
will open up to you.
It's, it's not just cards, you know.
It's...
It's your future.
I want you to concentrate.
I hate you going back
to that oyster bar.
The world should be your oyster.
(LAUGHING)
Well, I've got so much to learn.
I don't even know
how to count in French.
I know un, deux, trots...
Quat...
Quatre.
Quatre.
Do you think you could teach me?
Mmm-hmm, better than that.
If you'd only stop being afraid.
Deal with courage.
You're, you're a little pearl
produced by that oyster bar.
(LAUGHING) Une petite perle.
Say that in French.
Petite perle.
Petite pearl.
(GIGGLING) Petite perle.
Perle.
(LA MARSEILLIASE PLAYING ON TAPE)
(LAUGHING)
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
(RECORDING OF AUTOMOBILE HORN HONKING)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
LOU: The name Capone
mean anything to you?
AI Capone?
The godfather?
Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz,
Meyer Lansky?
Did you know them?
You work for the people
who work for the people.
I was taken a shine to.
Pardon me, but you don't
exactly look like, uh,
the king of the mobs.
(LAUGHING)
Well, a few wrong turnings,
wrong affections,
some mistakes.
It's all shit now.
It's a shame you never saw
Atlantic City
when it had floy, floy.
Remember the song, Flat foot floogie
with a floy, floy?
No.
Hep cat and the zoot suit?
That was the floogie part.
Yeah?
The floy, floy...
That was something special.
Atlantic City had floy, floy
coming out of its ears in those days.
Now it's all so goddamn legal,
Howard Johnson running a casino.
Tutti-frutti ice cream
and craps don't mix.
You know, the only difference
between Christianity and
Hare Krishna is this...
Hare Krishna is real.
I mean, if Jesus was alive today,
he'd be very much into Hare Krishna.
Chrissie...
Yeah?
Do my sinuses again.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
What language is that?
French.
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
Is it hard, French?
It's the language of international
diplomacy.
Hmm.
WOMAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
It's nice, French.
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
You know, your husband's a real cutie.
He's leaving tomorrow.
WOMAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
Have you seen my wallet?
No.
WOMAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
I can't find my wallet.
COWORKER: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
We go this way.
Yes, it used to be beautiful.
What with the rackets, whoring, guns...
Sometimes...
Sometimes things would happen,
I'd have to kill a few people.
Hmm.
I'd feel bad for a while,
but then I'd jump into the ocean,
swim way out,
come back in feeling nice and clean,
start all over again.
I never seen the Atlantic Ocean
till just now.
The Atlantic Ocean was something then.
Yes, you should have seen the
Atlantic Ocean in those days.
Come on.
Oh.
There's your hotel.
DAVE: I could
like it here.
You can breathe.
LOU: They used to call
Atlantic City
"The lungs
of Philadelphia."
DAVE: If we stay
here long enough,
we could be the nose of Philadelphia.
What room?
307.
Look, uh, you go up alone.
What do you mean?
Just hand him this.
I'll wait outside.
Ain't you coming with me?
I can't. Not the way
I'm dressed.
I mean, you look sharp.
You ain't trying to
set me up now, are you?
I'm trusting you.
I left a fortune in your apartment.
Look, you just give him the package,
you wait for an envelope
with the money.
There's another 100 in it for you.
Can't you do it?
You better get yourself
some new clothes.
Tomorrow.
Floy, floy.
307?
Right.
I'll be up on the boardwalk.
(WHISTLING)
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
I got a...
I got a package from Dave.
(LAUGHING)
What, is Medicare dealing now?
Come on in.
Everybody in?
I have a pair of fives.
Dave.
Fella here wants to talk to you.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(PANTING)
Hey, man!
What's going on?
(DAVE SCREAMING)
Uh-uh.
We'd like you to keep it going,
if you don't mind.
(SCREAMING)
(SCREAMS)
(STRUGGLING)
There's a lot of other people
we gotta see first.
The whole East Coast's
like the Sahara Desert.
Every source is all dried up,
you old kocker, you.
Come on, tell me, where did you
get this stuff from?
Medicare.
(LAUGHING)
All right, all right.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to offend you.
It's just that, you know,
I'm trying to hold the game together.
I'm calling everywhere.
Four gs.
I know, four gs.
Tomorrow, huh?
And check.
Check with a flush over.
(INHALING)
Lou?
(WATER FLOWING)
Lou Paschall?
(WATER STOPS)
Buddy.
Buddy O'Brien.
That's me.
Hey, you're looking great, Lou.
How're you doing?
Oh, fine.
I'm doing perfect.
Gee, it's good to see you, Buddy.
Oh, here.
Here we are.
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, now, not from you, I don't.
Oh, go on, take it. It's a good time
for me, Buddy.
Get in the chair.
I'll give you a shine.
Okay.
(SIRENS WAILING)
It's a long time.
Yeah.
Remember the day Nucky Johnson
sent us out
to buy a hundred boxes
of rubbers for the party?
(LOU LAUGHING)
The look the guy gave us?
A hundred boxes
of rubbers for two guys?
(LAUGHING)
He couldn't get over it.
Buddy, you live too much in the past.
BUDDY: Yeah.
But them were the days.
(SIREN APPROACHING)
(POLICE SPEAKING ON RADIO)
(SIREN BLARING)
Mrs. Matthews?
SALLY: Yes.
Great. Where
did you find it?
DOCTOR: I have
a vision of the future.
This glorious island of Atlantic City
shining like a beacon,
whose light was nearly extinguished.
If it wasn't for the casinos,
we'd have been dead a long time ago.
And so I accept, with great pleasure,
this check from all the casinos.
Thank you, Mr. Goulet.
(APPLAUDING)
You're welcome, doctor.
I want to thank you, too.
I had some of your money
for a while last night.
I was lucky at the tables,
but on the way home on the boardwalk,
I was mugged by my own croupier.
(ALL LAUGHING)
(APPLAUDING)
♪ Just flew into town tonight
♪ Lady Luck was on our flight
♪ Had a bite to eat
♪ At Gino's down the street
♪ And now this welcome sight
♪ Glad to see you're born again
♪ Atlantic City, my old friend
♪ Be there when I bet on 10...
You're not planning on leaving
town yourself are you?
I want to make it here.
I really like this town.
You know, I want to be a dealer.
I think Atlantic City's the greatest.
Mrs. Matthews, you, uh...
What?
You can claim the body tomorrow.
I don't want the body!
♪ I Think it's on a roll
♪ And now you're here to stay
♪ Remember how they put you down
♪ There's not an empty room in town
♪ They're comin' here from miles around
♪ You sure came through
♪ I'm glad to see you're born again
Saskatchewan area code 306.
♪ Atlantic City, my old friend
Uh, to Mr. And Mrs. Peter Matthews.
♪ You're back upon the map again
Sally Matthews.
♪ You sure came through ♪
What do you mean, they won't
accept the charges?
It's about their son.
Hello? Dave's dead.
Hello.
(PEOPLE APPLAUDING)
I heard about Dave.
I'm sorry.
Who are...
We live in the same building,
next door.
Oh...
Come on, I'll walk you home.
I don't know what to do about his body.
I tried to call his parents
in Saskatchewan
and they wouldn't even
accept the charges.
They've got to know.
Well, I don't have any money.
Don't worry
about it. Come on.
I can't.
I, I, I...
Hello.
Uh, Mr. Matthews?
Uh, I was a friend of your son Dave.
My name?
My name is Lou.
I'm sorry to have to tell you this,
there's been a...
Well, a very bad accident.
(MUFFLED CONVERSATION)
May I take your order?
Uh, some water, please.
Well, the news didn't exactly
break their hearts,
but at least they know.
You know, I've been thinking
about the, uh...
The burial and the disposal.
You're going to need help.
I hate to bring this up,
but, you know, when something
like this happens,
there's certain things
you've got to do,
and you're new in this town.
Oh, Christ.
Remember, I'm Lou Paschall.
If there's anything you need...
Yeah, I know your name
from the mailbox.
I got a piece of your mail once.
I slipped it under your door.
Oh, was that you?
Yeah.
It was just junk mail,
but I appreciate what you did.
Coupons for paper towels.
You saved me money.
I'm Sally Matthews.
I know.
Thanks very much
for everything, really.
It's okay.
I... I don't know what to say
to my sister.
Well, look...
Your sister's downstairs babysitting
Grace, Mrs. Pinza.
Oh...
Why don't you go to bed,
get some rest, tell her in the morning.
Young girls are strong.
Yeah.
Good night.
Jesus.
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)
Shh.
You go upstairs now.
All right.
Well, your sister is back.
(DOOR SHUTS CLOSED)
(BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
Lou?
GRACE: Lou, what's
got into you?
(GROWLING)
Lou?
Lou...
(SIGHING)
(HAMMERING)
(SIGHS)
(MOANING)
(GROWLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(WHISTLING)
(CONTINUES WHISTLING)
Shit. Oh, shit.
MAN: Where are my oysters?
Relax.
Oh, well, at least you got
your wallet back.
Last night I dreamt I came here,
and Dave's body was there on the ice.
Hi.
Sign this.
What is it?
It's for your husband.
Sign here and here.
But wh... what...
Believe me, it's all right.
And here put down the address,
you know, the, the
family address in Canada.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hey, what did you do to your hand?
Oh, nothing.
What time do you get off?
12:00.
That's terrific.
I'll see you.
(WHISTLING FLAT FOOT FLOOGEE)
(DOORBELL BUZZES)
Oh, holy shit.
Santa Claus is looking real hot.
Come on in.
Hey, everybody, hold it.
Let's have a little applause
for Santa Claus.
(MEN CHUCKLING)
MAN: All right, all right.
Gentlemen...
Go ahead.
Compliments of the house.
Thanks, Alfie.
Hey, pops, what planet
did you come from, huh?
Look, I wanna do something for you.
Here. Take my watch.
Go ahead.
You don't want it?
Take my wife. Take my life.
Take anything you want, you got it.
Just cut out the bullshit.
Let me have the money.
(LAUGHS)
You're all right, pops.
LOU: Not bad.
Not bad.
(LAUGHS)
Couple of inches off the sleeves,
a little off the skirt,
and you'll look just fine.
The tailor.
A double sawbuck?
Hey, thanks a lot, Lou.
Listen, when things start
going good for me,
I'll make it up to you.
A dozen oysters, please.
Hi.
I took care of Dave.
The forms you signed...
They were releases
to send the body to Canada.
I knew you were busy.
And the arrangements,
you know, the mail the plane.
It's a lot of work.
You mean, you paid to have
his body flown back?
Well, I hope you don't mind.
The money, it must've been
awfully expensive.
Forget about the money.
I'm your neighbor.
Why are you doing all this?
Hey, it's nothing.
Sinatra gives wings to hospitals.
We all do what we can.
It's 12:00.
Yeah.
I'll wait for you.
Okay.
There's four extra in there.
They're really strict around here.
They count the shells.
I'm not kidding.
I don't really want these, honey.
We're going to lunch.
WAITRESS: Hey, thanks.
(EXPLOSION)
LOU: New casino.
Burger King casinos.
McDonald casinos.
Pizzeria casinos. Jesus.
Where I work, they rake in
over a million bucks a day.
Really?
Yeah.
You like the casinos?
You go to them?
No, no, I don't like them.
They're too...
They're too wholesome for me.
I mean, nuns, for Christ sakes,
standing in line.
Boy scout troops.
(CHUCKLES)
People blowing their,
their, their welfare checks.
It's too much nickel-and-diming.
All that money that,
that you carry around,
that's no nickel-and-diming.
Well, it quiets the nerves.
Why do you live in the same dump I do?
You could afford to,
to live in a palace.
(CLEARS THROAT) Well, I...
To tell you the truth,
I stay there for Grace.
And when they tear it down,
I'll take Grace someplace else
and then I'll head off
by myself to Miami.
Do you like Miami?
I'm thinking of going to Monaco.
Oh, Monaco?
That's the place with that Kelly girl
from Philadelphia.
She's the queen out there.
Yeah, they have a casino there.
Very elegant.
No women dealers yet, but I'm hoping.
Only now I'm learning about music,
and, and I'm gonna start reading books,
you know, developing some
style, learning new languages,
'cause I really wanna travel.
You...
Thinking of leaving Atlantic City?
SALLY: Well, not
for a couple years.
I got to develop my blackjack.
I'm gonna deal my way to Europe...
to Monte Carlo.
(BOTH LAUGHS)
LOU: A regular Princess Grace.
(LAUGHS SHYLY)
(CLINKING)
Catch of the day.
Ah, no fish, no clams, no mussels,
no oysters, no shrimp.
I want meat...
Lamb chops, pork chops, and liver.
(LAUGHING)
Bring us a menu.
And, waiter...
More wine. The same.
I don't want anything that swims.
Cigarette?
Yeah. Oh, no.
They're too strong.
Can I see that?
Sure.
It's nice to have money to have things.
This belonged to Grace's husband
Cookie Pinza,
a personal friend.
Puligny-Montrachet, 1966.
(SNIFFS) Smell.
Okay?
I'll do it.
Teach me stuff.
Like what?
What you know.
You want information or wisdom?
Both.
I'll think about it.
You know, the smartest man
in the world was on a
a quiz show. And he was winning
everything under the sun.
You know how they finally
tripped him up?
He knew everything under the sun except
his social security number.
(BOTH LAUGH)
He, he could've had the world.
What's yours?
I don't have a social security number.
Everybody's got a
social security number.
You pay income tax?
Nope.
You still got your fingerprints?
Well, sure, I got my...
Let me see.
Oh, my God, you don't
have any fingerprints!
What are you talking about?
I got fingerprints.
I've got the lines...
You want to go back
to Saskatchewan? Oh, no.
I mean for the funeral.
Look, I haven't been
back there for 10 years.
I'll stake you to a round-trip.
You can come right back.
No.
Thank you.
Then you should send a tribute.
Make a nice impression.
Let me tell you,
never let them badmouth you
at a funeral.
Uh, Miss.
Uh, I want these roses.
All of them.
All of them?
Yes.
Make a nice big wreath.
A card?
Just over there.
Thank you.
How many are there?
Six dozen.
Would you like them sent?
Yeah, ah, to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Moose Jaw?
It's near Medicine Hat.
"Business prevents me
from being with you
"on this sad occasion. Sally."
Okay?
Oh, and Miss, ah,
send flowers. Nice ones.
Ah, "To Dave, from Lou and
the boys in Atlantic City."
You got that?
Yes.
Keep the change.
Thank you.
Shall we go?
Yeah.
This is gonna be the
biggest social event
Moose Jaw's seen in years.
(CHUCKLES)
Ah, I've got to go.
(MACHINARY SOUND )
I... I hope I didn't...
No, no, no, no.
I... I've, I've got
friends waiting.
I should've told you.
Ah, we're, we're fixing up this house
that I'm going to moving into,
a new place, and, uh...
(HAMMERING IN THE BACKGROUND)
Can I see you later?
I've got a class.
Well, nice lunch.
Yeah, thank you.
Thanks.
See you.
(METAL BANGING)
Aah!
(BANGING)
Hey.
Why did they have to kill him?
Come on.
Let's get away from here.
(METAL RODS CLANKING)
Dave was a nice boy.
He was a shit!
But you... But you married him.
(SNIFFS)
Look, you'd marry anybody too,
to get out of Saskatchewan.
Don't be mad at me.
- Uh, I'm sorry.
- I'm, I'm not mad at you.
It's just...
I, I'm late and everything.
You want to go to your friends?
Come on. I'll take you.
(HAMMERING)
SALLY: Okay, stop right here.
(HAMMERING)
This is the place.
You see that kid on the roof,
he is in my class.
Come on in.
WOMAN: Hi, Sally.
SALLY: I know I'm late.
(BEEPING)
Bernie, I'm sorry I'm late.
Really, I know I'm over two hours late.
Forgive me, okay?
Oh, Lou, Bernie.
Bernie, Lou.
Come see my room.
It's great.
- Hi.
- Hi, Sal.
This Bernie, you're living with him?
There's 10 of us living here.
We're all dealers, would-be dealers.
Bernie's baccarat.
Fancy game with the shoe, huh?
Very elegant, Bernie.
I'm elegant, too.
- AGNES: Hi.
- Hi.
Well, that's Agnes.
She's roulette.
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
SALLY: You are never to split a 10.
A 10 is dynamite
when you got a two-card.
But after that, it can be
your tragic flaw.
But It's, it's not just
dealing the cards, you know.
You have to know how to
surrender, and how to
wash the, the deck,
and how to, when to burn it,
how to pluck chips, share the box.
Stuff like that.
When do you take your test?
Three weeks.
I'll be making $20,000 a year.
- No kidding?
- Yeah.
30,000 with tips, if I'm really good.
Hey, (BOTH LAUGH)
I'm gonna hang on to you.
Be a gigolo.
What about Grace?
She came down here during the war.
Beauty contest.
Oh, for Miss America?
No, nothing like that.
More like, uh...
Miss pinball machine.
She came.
She needed protection.
I protected her.
She was this teenager.
You protected her for 40 years?
Well, she got married along the way.
Cookie Pinza.
But I don't wanna talk about Grace.
(TAP WATER RUNNING)
Do you love her?
I watch you.
SALLY: Huh?
The place where we live.
I watch you.
Through my window?
LOU: You saw me?
I figured maybe somebody was there.
Did you know it was me?
But you were just this...
This guy across the way.
LOU: Why do you use lemons?
The fish smell.
I'm embarrassed.
LOU: Oh.
I thought maybe it was for some
other reasons that I didn't understand.
I even went to a supermarket,
to look at lemons.
It's just to get the smell off.
It's nothing weird.
What do you do when you watch me?
I look at you.
You take off your blouse
and then you run the water.
And you take a bottle of gold perfume,
and you put it on the sink.
And then you slice the lemons.
You open a box of blue soap.
You run your hands under the water
to feel the temperature.
Then you take the soap
in your hands and...
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
(HAMMERING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Are you Dave Matthews' wife?
Look, are you a cop?
I told you guys I don't know
anything about him.
Let's have a look in the bag.
What are you talking about?
Wait, the lady said...
Wait. Let go of him!
Wait. Don't... (SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
Hey!
(SALLY GROANING)
Hey, you relax, old man.
This is none of your business.
You don't wanna get hurt.
(SALLY STRUGGLING)
(SCREAMING)
Ah!
(CRACKING AND CLUNKING)
(CLUNKING CONTINUES)
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DOG BARKING)
Are you all right?
(PANTING)
SALLY: Maybe you should
go lie down.
I don't wanna lie down.
(PANTING)
I didn't protect you.
GRAVE: Where the hell
have you been?
Men were here tearing the place apart.
You go out, you don't even
tell me you're going. (PANTING)
Are you okay?
What the hell are you wearing?
That girl buying your clothes now?
Miss, I warn you,
stay away from him.
Oh, Christ.
Did he let that happen to you?
I'm all right.
You shut up, Grace,
you goddamn old lady!
GRACE: If I'm an old lady,
what does that make you?
I'm her I over!
(GRACE LAUGHS)
GRACE: You wanna know
his nickname in the old days?
Numb nuts.
Men had names like legs
and bullets and cookie. (PANTING)
His was numb nuts!
(FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS)
Lou, open this door.
I know you're hiding in there.
SALLY: Chrissie?
Chrissie?
(KNOCKING THE DOOR)
Oh, my...
GRACE: You didn't protect her.
What's your life worth?
Cookie had more manhood in his toupee,
than you've got in your fat frame.
(GRACE KNOCKING)
Open this door!
CHRISSIE: Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Chrissie?
Are you okay?
Chrissie, look, look. Are you
all right? Are you hurt?
It's me. Chrissie. Nam myoho
renge kyo. Nam myoho renge kyo.
Okay. Come on.
Look, it's gonna be okay.
GRACE: Lou? Open the door, please.
I'm sorry.
You're a wonderful man.
Sometimes I forget to tell you,
how much I love you.
Lou?
SALLY: Chrissie, listen to me,
you're all right.
You're okay.
Just take it easy.
You're gonna be fine.
You're all right. That's it.
Come on. Okay.
Okay.
Oh, my god!
You heard them. Why didn't
you call the police?
My husband Cookie Pinza
said, "Never call the police."
(FOIL SCRAPING)
GRACE: Honey, it's not the
first time. Let me tell you.
When a bad element from New York
had my husband killed on the boardwalk,
Lou ran away.
He ran away then...
So he runs away now.
What do they want?
Chrissie,
CHRISSIE: Nam myoho renge kyo.
What are they looking for?
Why did you come here?
To see you.
Don't give me that shit.
She's a good girl.
Why did you come here?
To sell some dope.
We needed money for the baby.
Oh, Chrissie.
There's nothing wrong with dope.
And dope belongs to the whole world.
Where did he get it?
Well, some people told us
about a drop in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is a nice place.
What did he do with the money?
I don't know where the money is.
He went out with that old man.
Dave went out with Lou?
They took my scale.
Yeah.
Hey, I wanna talk to...
Hey, pops, what...
This is the last batch.
5 gs.
Take it or leave it.
Pops, I'm a little, ah,
tapped right now.
I can give you 4 gs and...
Give you the rest later.
I'll take it.
Call Fred at the Club Harlem.
Tell him you're dealing
with Lou Paschall.
That's me.
Tell him to tell those hoods
to leave the women alone.
What they're looking for, I got.
Lou? I'm getting compliments
on the suit, Lou.
You look sharp, buddy.
Real sharp.
In three weeks
you'll become dealers...
And you'll learn a painful truth,
everybody hates you.
You stand in the way
of a million dollars.
The player hates you.
You know enough to cheat the casino,
but the casino hates you.
A TV camera over your head,
tapes your every move,
and yet you are alone.
The players,
floor manager,
the eye in the sky...
They all watch you.
You alone.
Mr. Shapiro
wants to see you.
Oh, Mrs. Matthews,
how you doing?
Come on in.
Come on.
How are you?
Sit here.
Come on.
Um...
Your husband had a record.
I hadn't seen or spoken
to him in eight months.
Yeah. I know that.
I understand that.
And this is very unfair, but he...
The record... I, I, I don't even
know why he was here.
Look I know that and you know that
but they don't know that.
They?
The SEC, the gambling commission,
the tax people.
They don't know it.
I... We just can't afford
to have people
with connections like yours
working in this casino.
I'm gonna tell you something...
I feel that you have misled us, ah...
Sally. Sally, right?
Mr. Shapiro, please.
I've only got three weeks of class
left. I need... SHAPIRO: Look,
I'm entirely on your side
in this situation,
but this is a very important job,
and I feel that I just
have to let you go.
I'm sorry.
Would it have made any difference
if we hadn't been married?
Marriage is not the point here.
We have to be very careful of
our people and who they know.
Listen,
if this guy loved you, he would've
shown up sooner or later anyway.
You know what I mean?
So love is the point here?
Yeah.
They fired me.
What?
Six weeks of classes down
the tubes, just like that.
Can you lend me 50 bucks?
I don't have it.
I thought we were friends.
Listen,
I saw your sugar daddy
down there at the tables.
Really?
Borrow from friends with bucks.
20.
Push.
Can we talk to you?
Come on, I really think we should talk.
Sir, please don't bother the players.
You're selling something I believe
belongs to us.
I'd like the return of the item,
and the money
you received for the item.
Hey, man. There's a
game going on here.
I'd like to know how the
connections were made.
The kid got my name in Vegas.
Harry Gropke sent him to me.
When you come to Atlantic city,
I'm the man to see.
Come on.
We know who you are.
You're nothing, Mister.
Hey, there's a game going on here.
Sir, you can't disturb the players.
I think we should continue
this outside.
No!
Let's go.
Hey, hey, hey.
You're playing with Dave's money.
I'm owed it.
Madam, please if you're not gonna
play, you have to leave the table.
Sit down and be quiet.
Oh, yeah. You're
buying me roses,
I'm getting fired from my job, I'm
supposed to sit here like some Vegas bimbo?
Look, Mister, I've got hoods beating
the shit out of me.
If I'm gonna get beat up
for money and drugs,
then I want to have that
money and drugs on me.
Don't touch the suit.
You're like Dave, gone senile.
Madam, you'll have to go.
Look, I trusted you.
I'll take care of her.
Look, he took my money.
Make him give me back my money.
But I want my money!
You see that man over there?
Where?
The blue suit.
SALLY: So? MAN: All he wants is
a blonde sitting next to him.
What, what do you mean?
I don't...
No, no. Strictly for luck.
Nothing will happen.
If he loses, he'll be too
depressed to do anything.
If he wins, he'll just talk about it.
Pimp! What do you
think I am, anyway?
I'm trying to help you.
Help me?
You're trying to whore me.
Is what you're trying to do.
Get your hands off of me! You're gonna
have to leave the casino, madam.
Leave me alone!
Look, you wanna to arrest somebody,
go arrest that guy down there.
He's the one pushing drugs.
Leave me alone!
SALLY: Somebody get my money back!
That guy took my money.
Let go of me!
Give me my money back!
Get that guy to get my money--.
This woman is not allowed
in the casino, okay?
I don't wanna be in the casino!
I want my money!
What? You'll have these
punks in here, you won't let me here?
This guy beat me up.
He wrecked my house.
Let go of me!
Come on.
I'm very sorry, sir.
This woman has just been fired.
She's very upset.
On behalf of the hotel,
I'd like to give you both
reservations for
the Camelot Room, also the Superstar
room I'm reserving for you.
SALLY: Get your hands off
of me! Let go of me!
Let go of me I can walk out by myself.
Get your hands off of me!
Just get your hands off of me.
Let go of me! Ouch!
Let go!
I can walk out by my...
Let go.
Are you happy? Okay?
I'm out.
(SIREN BLARING)
Aw, shit.
Hey!
Hey, stop! Wait!
Where did he just go?
Thank you.
WOMAN ON PA: Now boarding location 1,
The 2:45 to New York,
stopping at Absecon, Sea view, Oceanville,
Smithville, New Gretna, Tucker ton,
Manahawkin, Barnegat,
Toms River, Lakewood,
Freehold and New York.
2:45 to New York
now boarding location one.
I need your help.
Uh, my father,
he's escaped. Um...
Ah, he's on your bus.
He's the old guy
with the, the white hat
and trench coat. Yeah?
He's not right in the head.
So, what do you want me to do?
Oh, well, could
you please get him off the bus?
He needs his medication.
Oh.
Yeah. Leave it to me.
Thank you.
Ah, we made a little mistake, folks.
We've oversold the bus,
(ALL GRUMBLING)
So, one of you has gonna
have to get off.
Ah, you were the last
person to buy a ticket, sir.
Come on, old man.
Come on.
What?
We've oversold the bus, sir.
I'm afraid you have to get off.
You got plenty of seats.
MAN: Ah...
Yeah, but they're reserved. I'm sorry.
Come on, sir.
Jeez, I mean...
So, we've got to
get to a schedule, sir.
Is there gonna be another bus?
There's another bus
coming right behind, sir.
Can't hold up all these people.
That's it.
Come on, sir.
Your daughter will take care of you.
I got no daughter.
Let's not be naughty.
Come on, Pops.
This woman is not my daughter.
I talked to Jimmy and the kids.
You can have your own room
and your own TV.
And Jimmy said he won't
play his stereo loud
if you won't smoke in the broom closet.
I made love to this woman today.
SALLY: Daddy, please!
I held her in my arms.
I made her happy.
Let's not be naughty.
SALLY: It's going to be okay.
That's all right.
It's all right. It's gonna be all
right. We'll take good care of him.
I'm dangerous.
People come to me from Las Vegas.
I knew Bugsy Siegel.
I was his cell mate.
I want that money.
It belongs to me.
(SIRENS BLARING)
SALLY: ...don't give me that shit.
LOU: Listen, I don't have it.
SALLY: Give it to me.
LOU: I don't have it.
Hey, old man.
Hey, foxy grandpa.
It's over now.
I want the money.
Come one. You know what
I'm talking about.
Give me the money.
Give me the money...
Now.
You bitch.
You slapped me.
You slapped me, you stupid bitch.
The money.
Money, money, mon...
(GUN SHOT)
(GUNSHOT)
Hey.
(LOU LAUGHS)
(LAUGHING)
Come on, get out of here.
Oh!
Get in the car!
(LAUGHING)
(LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)
LOU: Uh.
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
(LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)
(TIRES SQUEAL)
LOU: I can't believe I did it.
Am I bleeding? Did he cut me?
I can't believe I did it.
I really did it.
Did you see me do it?
I'm all right.
I saw that knife on you.
I pulled the trigger...
Bam! Bam!
Did you see the look on his face?
Get rid of that gun.
I protected you.
Will you stop point...
Get rid of it.
(BELL RINGS)
How much?
A quarter.
Can't you read?
Lady, it's the first time that I've
been out of Atlantic City in 20 years.
A $1,000 bill?
(CHUCKLES)
I'm sorry.
Here.
There's a 100.
I'll lend you the quarter.
Thank you, madam.
(LAUGHING)
(SIGHS)
(DINGING)
A room for me and my mother.
And we want some drinks.
Bourbon, coke.
No, wait.
Uh, make that champagne.
Peanuts, crackers.
The expensive kind.
The French kind.
(GIGGLES)
Oui.
Got it?
(TV PLAYING) (BOTH LAUGHING)
MAN ON TV: lt's time now
for all the news
and all the headlines.
Here with
the 11:00 report
is anchorman Bob Wilson,
and the award-winning
Channel 7 news-watch team.
Good evening.
Violence has struck again
tonight in Atlantic City.
Fear and confusion now reside in the
otherwise peaceful resort,
NEWSREADER: after the brutal murders
of two underworld crime figures.
City law enforcement officials
are being sought for comments.
News-watcher Connie Bishop
is standing by
with a live eye-cam report
from our sister city.
Connie?
Bob, it's the second night of violence
in this normally quiet yet generally
swinging casino capital of the east.
Police Chief Allmond is
the man with the answers.
And he's pulling up right now.
Chief almond, is there any connection
between tonight's murder and yesterday's
brutal slaying in the Park Mobile?
We're tracing a new lead today.
CONNIE: You sound angry.
I'm damn angry.
If mobsters come to
Atlantic City, they're dead.
They're gonna have to
answer to me personally.
CONNIE: So these are
mob-connected slayings?
There's no mob slayings
in Atlantic City.
Let them kill themselves
someplace else, not on my turf.
CONNIE: Chief, are there, are
there any witnesses?
Connie, please, thank you.
So, there you have it, Bob.
No clues, no witnesses.
No one's really sure
how the killers got away.
Bob?
BOB: Thank you, Connie.
We'll have more from Atlantic City
as this dramatic story unfolds.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
(MUSIC PLAYING)
Is this the stomach?
Is this the baby?
It feels nice.
I came here during the war.
Betty Grable look-alike contest.
The boardwalk,
filled with hundreds
of Betty Grable look-alikes
from all over America,
selling war bonds.
(WHISPERING)
♪ On the boardwalk in Atlantic City
♪ Life will be
peaches and cream ♪
You never went back home?
GRACE: No.
I met some boys.
Lou.
Cookie Pinza, who I later married.
Atlantic City became my home.
You ought to fly home.
I'll treat you to the ticket.
You will?
If you can get a seat belt around that.
Oh, I never use seat belts.
I don't believe in gravity.
We both lost our men
through a shooting.
I don't mind that Dave's dead.
It just means he'll be reincarnated
sooner, that's all.
You mean, Cookie's coming back?
(LAUGHS)
Sure.
Everything comes back.
You know, you look after people good.
I never had to look after anybody.
I was a princess.
(SWITCHING RADIO STATIONS)
(COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING)
(TURNS RADIO OFF)
I like that...
Making the news.
(LAUGHS)
Oh...
Who was Bugsy Siegel?
Oh.
The meanest, the coldest.
And he was your cell mate?
Well, I got to be honest.
I was in the slammer on a D & D.
What's that?
D & D.
Drunk and disorderly.
They brought Bugsy there for about
10 minutes on the way to Leavenworth.
Man, was he pissed off.
Heh.
He didn't even know me.
And that's all?
I never killed anybody in my life.
I never thought you did.
But I did tonight.
You saw it.
Yeah, I saw it.
Some champagne?
SALLY: No.
You know, you got
all those young guys...
Bernie.
You could still see them.
I'm an old man.
Is this a proposal?
Anyone ever take care of you
like I did?
No.
You feel safe?
Yes.
They got nice weather at Florida.
They've got great food in France.
But I got friends down there.
I tell you. I'll buy you new clothes.
I'll show you off.
(LAUGHS)
Show off what?
Well, you know, just let the boys
see how well I turned out.
Please.
Come.
Well...
I've never been to Florida.
NEWS READER: We have an update
on that double murder
in Atlantic City.
News watcher Connie Bishop
is standing by.
Come in, Connie.
CONNIE: Bob, we've just had a break
in the Atlantic City story.
A witness has come forward
who has described the gunman.
This is a police composite of that man.
Hey! Hey, that's me!
That's me!
(LAUGHS)
Anyone with any information
should please
call the Atlantic City hot line.
Hey, it's me, it's me.
We'll stop on the way down
and buy all the newspapers.
This story is going to be big
all over the country.
"Gangland slaying rips apart Atlantic
City." The hot line number is
246-3100.
All calls will be kept confidential.
(LOU LAUGHING)
France is very nice.
BOB: This is WNBP,
Channel 7, Philadelphia.
(VEHICLE APPROACHING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
(PHONE RINGING)
LOU: Grace?
Grace, is that you?
Hello?
How dare you wake me up
in the middle of the night?
Where the hell are you?
I have a pregnant child here.
GRACE: You're supposed to
make me feel safe.
Did you see the news?
Those two hoods that got killed?
Guess who did it.
Where the hell are you?
Grace, did you hear what I said?
The murderer they're looking for...
That was me.
What do you mean?
You?
Don't kid me.
You must be kidding.
You going soft in the head?
(SCOFFS)
That was you?
Those were dangerous men.
I wish you could be here.
I wish I could be there too.
Will you tell me where you are?
No. No, I can't tell you
where I'm at.
Well, now, who is with you?
What?
Is it that girl upstairs?
Look, I'm alone.
There's nobody here. Just me.
LOU: All alone.
LOU: Will you shut up
and listen?
GRACE: Oh, no. I can hear
someone around there.
I know you're not by yourself.
And I have had it.
You get back here within
five minutes or you're fired.
I'll talk to you later.
I'm not amused anymore.
Good morning.
It's light out.
Yeah.
Jeez, I'm thirsty.
You want some juice?
No.
Want me to go out and get something?
Ah... N-no. I'll go get it.
Why don't you rest?
No, I'd love to go.
But, I, ah, I'd really like some pizza.
I know it sounds crazy.
I'll go.
I love pizza.
I'll get it.
We'll flip.
Heads.
(SLAPS COIN OVER ON HAND)
You win.
Want any money?
No. (KEYS CLANGING)
You'll need these.
Thanks.
So, um, what do you like?
Anchovies? Mushrooms?
No anchovies.
(LAUGHS)
Me, neither.
Don't forget to ditch the car...
Soon.
You saved my life.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
(SOUND OF TRAFFIC CIRCULATING)
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(TURNS RADIO ON) (SWITCHES STATIONS)
MAN ON RADIO: Sunrise semester.
New Jersey's university
of the airwaves.
Today we will be discussing
the great wines of France.
(LAUGHS)
Have you ever considered
a trip to La Belle, France?
(JAZZ VERSION OF LA MARSEILLAISE)
Let's start with champagne.
Three centuries ago,
a monk by the name of Dom Perignon...
Call me a taxi, back to Atlantic City.
I did that.
Yeah.
(DOORBELL BUZZES)
Yeah?
Oh, I'm sorry, lady.
You got the wrong...
1,000?
Why not?
(CLAPS)
(JAZZ PLAYING)
---
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING ON STEREO)
Oh, wow!
Look, It's Ganesh!
It's a sign from heaven.
(EXPLOSION)
(COUGHING)
(BELL CLANGING)
(CLANGING CONTINUES)
(CLANGING STOPS)
♪ Goodbye, little chicks,
we are leaving the sticks
♪ We are catching the train
at a quarter to six
♪ So if anyone should drop around
♪ Won't you please tell them
that we can be found
♪ On the boardwalk in Atlantic City
♪ We will walk in a dream
♪ On the boardwalk in Atlantic City
♪ Life will be peaches and cream
♪ There, where the salt water air
♪ Brings out the lady's charms
♪ There, on a rolling chair
♪ He will ride into your arms
♪ Oh, Cinderella,
you will find your fella ♪
Excuse me, ma'am.
You can't bring those bags in here.
Oh, we're looking for Sally.
Excuse me, it's the hotel policy
and you don't...
You can't bring bags
in here, I'm sorry.
She's a really great girl
who works here.
Oh, Christ.
Hi.
Oh, wow, it's really good to see you.
I don't want you here.
Get your asses out of here.
When do you finish?
Look, you're not staying with me.
DAVE: Look, Sally...
We've got money.
SALLY: Oh, great.
You're in a hotel.
Check in.
We will have money.
CHRISSIE: Sally?
Sal?
Can you spell me for an hour?
Yeah, sure.
Who are they?
My husband and my sister.
(DOG BARKING)
CHRISSIE: We drove across Utah.
Oh, you'd really love
those waterfalls there, Sally.
And then Colorado.
Boy, did we ever meet
some beautiful Indians there
who live on a commune.
Boy, did they have
some dynamite mushrooms.
Do you know, even the cows
were wrecked! (LAUGHING)
Oh, and then we got lost in Louisiana.
Oh, hey, Sally, do I ever love
your apartment!
It's so...
It's so Zen.
Are you into Zen?
GRACE: Lou!
You're late again!
Peppy's very nervous.
Peppy knows he's got an appointment.
(DOG BARKING)
Here I am, ringing this bell
like Charles Laugh ton in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Is that what you want from me?
To become a hunchback, ringing for you?
LOU: You want
hash and eggs?
I am nobody's hunchback.
You work for me, Lou!
The cigarettes you put
in your mouth, I pay for!
I ring this bell and you get down here.
You got no ketchup.
GRACE: Why the hell don't you get some?
I don't want you coming where I work!
I came to see you!
I don't want you following me.
I don't want any more
of your surprises.
CHRISSIE: Hey, what's
going on in there?
Dave, leave her alone.
Don't rough her up.
I mean, if she doesn't want us here,
we can go somewhere else.
Oh, it's okay, Chrissie.
It's okay, uh...
Why don't you do some deep breathing?
(WATER TRICKLING)
CHRISSIE: Yeah, okay.
Hey, he's really a wonderful man,
you know, Sally.
SALLY: Why did you do it...
Running away with her,
humiliating me like that?
If you're going to knock somebody up,
pick somebody who can
take care of herself.
What do you want me to say, I'm sorry?
These things happen.
I want you out of here.
- I need you.
- I don't want you here.
What about Chrissie? She needs you.
I'm not taking care
of either of you this time.
Are you seeing someone?
Yeah, someone.
You screwed me up in Vegas
so I couldn't get a job.
This is what I've decided...
After I die,
I'm going to have Peppy buried
with me, right in my arms.
You think I'd trust you
to take care of him?
You're not going to get one nickel
to take care of him
after I'm gone.
(DOG WHIMPERING)
Give me a kiss, Peppy.
Give me a little kiss. Come on.
LOU: Little ass-kisser.
(DOG GROWLING AND BARKING)
What are you saying?
I said we need more dog food.
Did you cut the coupons?
Yes, I cut the coupons.
Shoo. Come on, now, Peppy.
(DOG WHIMPERING)
There were 11 money-saver coupons
in the paper.
There's 11 money-saving coupons
in there now.
Here...
Want to count 'em?
I can't even move my hands anymore.
I'll rub your fingers for you.
No! You stay
away from me.
Last time you had shoved my arthritis
clear up to my elbow.
Let me get going.
It's late.
I'll need five more dollars.
GRACE: Five more?
You want cigarettes?
You steal cigarettes.
You're the big-time thief.
Mr. Mastermind...
Mr. 10-most-wanted!
That's enough!
Nothing's enough.
Oh, shit.
(SIGHING)
You know, I always wanted shoes with...
Clear, plastic heels
you could see through
with live goldfish swimming in 'em.
Wouldn't that be swift?
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
Have to walk so delicate.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC STARTS PLAYING)
You're like King Midas in reverse.
I don't want you touching my stuff.
(CASTA DIVA STARTS PLAYING)
Listen, you owe me.
Get out.
Who got you out
of fucking Saskatchewan?
(ROCK MUSIC STARTS PLAYING)
If it wasn't for me, you'd be back home
making mouse jam,
putting out for lumberjacks.
(MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)
Get out!
You smell, you know that?
Like a can of rotten tuna fish.
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(KIDS PLAYING)
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
I don't think you smell like tuna fish.
Are you mad at me
for going off with Dave?
You know, I think
of this baby as being ours,
CHRISSIE: Dave and mine and yours.
Sal, Dave's got a much
higher developed soul
than either you or me.
I mean, I've hardly been reincarnated
at all, but Dave...
Wow, he can remember all the
way back to ancient Egypt,
buildings the pyramids and all of that.
He's had some really hard lives.
You know, I think he's, he's due
for a real big break in this one.
You can stay here tonight.
Thanks.
SALLY: I am not gonna get upset.
I'm not gonna get upset.
I'm not gonna get upset.
I'm not going to get upset.
(BELL CLANGING)
(DOG BARKING)
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
(MUSIC FADES AWAY)
(DOG WHIMPERING)
Hi, Peppy.
Grace says the usual.
I know what to give peppy.
Come on, baby.
$1.00 on 123.
Right.
Going out of business, Lou.
No sense playing the numbers anymore.
Ida Cohen with the six parakeets
won $400 on eight quarters
at the casino.
You got anything for me?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
What have you got for me today, Sonny?
I've got this 421.
4-2-1.
How much?
Six bits.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey, Lou!
496.
50 cents.
Make me a winner, man.
Sadie.
Three-two-one.
Wish me luck today, Lou.
I will. Good number,
three-two-one.
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
Place your bets.
No more bets.
You looked.
You spilled your drink.
No, no, no, you took your eyes up!
You allowed me to distract you!
Everyone, listen to me!
The players are coming
to the casino in teams.
One sits here, one sits there.
The cards are good.
The player at the first base
spills his drink.
Your eye moves.
The player at the third base
triples his bet.
They have a million clever ways
of trying to cheat you.
Focus!
Concentrate!
Concentrate.
Concentrate.
Go ahead.
Darling, you were late.
Uh, uh, family.
Did you like the music?
Marvelous music, Norma Casta Diva,
the chaste goddess
worshipping the moon.
Yeah. I'm beginning
to like it.
Dignity, passion, size.
Can I lay a hard ten on a soft three?
(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)
Say, Rock, give me a hand.
Yep.
Yeah, okay.
Bye.
$48 and six bits.
You're down this week.
Everybody's broke.
Have I got any winners?
Better not have.
I can't afford fucking winners.
Freddy, how about a double
sawbuck for this cigarette case?
It's a real beauty.
How am I supposed to fit
my Cuban Montecristos
into this piece of shit?
Where are you coming from?
DAVE: Do you know Fred O'Reilly?
Fred's right over there.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
Hi.
You, uh, Fred O'Reilly?
Yeah.
Who are you?
Hey, something new, huh?
Let me see.
Very nice.
I won $300 at the casino.
Mmm... Casino.
MAN: Hey, queenie.
(JAZZ PIANO PLAYING)
Hey, man.
I need a little space around here.
Come on, I got business!
- Let's take a look.
- Okay.
Okay. There you go.
(INHALING)
Very nice.
Whoo!
Very nice, indeed.
There's been a slight
dry spell around here.
Dry spell's over.
White Christmas, perfect timing.
A friend called this AM...
Could I help him?
Had to say no.
Where did you get this?
I found it in a phone booth.
In Philadelphia?
How did you know?
Look, uh, I'll help your friend.
Not looking like that, you won't.
This is a family town.
Better get yourself cleaned up.
A nice leisure suit, powder blue.
FRED: Don't need a tie.
Look, uh, maybe you could advance me.
You know, $200, 300?
You know I'm good for it.
This is a very tight town.
I only do business with the
people I do business with.
The people I do business with
find out I do business
with the people
I don't do business with...
I can't do business with you.
Yeah, but Boomer in Vegas said...
I don't do business
with Boomer in Vegas.
You look like a fire sale.
Look, I've been on the road
six weeks, okay?
Clean me up, I'm a fuckin'
Prince Charles.
You won't help me?
Look, I'm cutting you in!
I sure would like to help my friend.
But remember...
I don't do business with you.
Shit!
You got a phone?
Telephone's upstairs.
Uh, wait a minute.
Uh, let him use the bar phone.
I know the kid.
Find the place you were looking for?
Yeah.
We live in the same building.
Well, that's why I'm talking to you,
because we live in the same...
Shh!
Yeah. Yeah, uh, Fred
gave me your number.
Maybe we can do some business.
Hey, Bob...
Beer.
Cold one this time.
Okay, I'll be there.
Yeah.
Your friend wants to do business.
They'll bust you in the lobby.
You look like a training poster
for the narc squad.
I need a powder-blue leisure suit.
Hey, Lou!
I want you to run an errand for me.
I'm booked up, Freddy.
Who's the old guy?
You mean Lou?
Yeah.
He used to run numbers
for the dinosaurs.
Hi.
Hey, uh, why did you leave?
Back there we started talking.
I had other things
on my mind, you know.
I was just trying to be friendly,
so piss off.
Hey, uh, listen.
I hear you're very big
in circles around here.
Where did you hear that?
Vegas.
Las Vegas.
You heard about me in Vegas?
Oh, yeah...
The man to know.
(LAUGHING)
Let me understand something, kid.
You're talking about Las Vegas, Nevada?
Right. Yeah.
That I was the man to know?
Yeah.
Uh, Lou, right?
Class dismissed.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Good night.
Five, six and seven...
(DOG WHIMPERING)
LOU: Come on, Peppy.
Come on.
Come on, you little mutt.
This ain't my dog.
Belongs to the lady downstairs.
Yeah?
I'm more of a German Shepherd
type of guy,
isn't that right, Peppy?
Doing the old lady a favor.
There's the building.
Shame you never saw her
in the old days...
A real work of art.
They're going to tear it down
and build a casino.
Hey, uh, Lou...
Uh, could I borrow your apartment?
My apartment?
Yeah.
Just for an hour.
There's a 100 bucks in it for you.
- 100 bucks?
- Yeah.
Let me tell you something, kiddo...
My room ain't exactly
the royal suite of Mr. Casanova.
No, no, it's not for a girl.
It's, uh, it's technical...
Business.
Who was it told you about me in Vegas?
Well, uh, you know,
it was in a crowd of people.
Your name popped up.
Tall fellow?
Yeah! Yeah,
that's the one.
Harry Gropke.
Harry went to Vegas, I think.
- Must have been Harry.
- Yeah, yeah.
Yeah. Harry.
LOU:
You know something?
I've known Harry for 30 years.
I haven't seen him in 25.
DAVE: Yeah?
I adore attractive well-groomed,
educated women.
(CLICKING)
You mean making the church scene?
Forget it, Reverend.
I'm not resting.
(CLICKING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING ON TV)
(CAT SNARLING ON TV)
Here we are.
No strangers in here!
Oh, that's Dave.
He's staying upstairs.
He's from Las Vegas,
good friend of Harry Gropke's.
I've got some business
to discuss with you.
Not now, Grace.
Later.
Where's Cookie's silver cigarette case?
It was right here by my bed.
I see you got a scale on the table.
Weight watchers.
For measuring food.
Get it for me.
GRACE: Lou, you get back here!
You got to push the blood
back in my feet!
I'll be right back.
Lou, come back!
(DOOR CLOSING)
Come in, come in.
Could you close the blinds?
I need a...
Tablespoon.
That's great.
Thanks.
Italian baby laxative.
That's what it is.
You like magic?
DAVE: (LAUGHING)
Pass your hand over the scale.
What?
Go on!
Go on, do it.
That's $2,000.
$2,000?
Okay, say abracadabra.
Come on.
Come on, say it.
Abracadabra.
(LAUGHING)
That's $4,000.
(BELL CLANGING)
(BELL CLANGING STOPS)
(DOG WHIMPERING)
Could you, uh, stash this
for me somewhere?
Jeez, I don't know. It's only for
a couple of hours.
Okay.
Look, uh, you know the streets here.
Could you walk me?
I can't leave Grace.
Are you afraid?
I got a medical problem with her.
Are you a doctor?
Doctor!
There's something wrong with her feet.
I don't know what it is, the uh...
The blood don't flow good
or something...
Why don't you tell me?
Come on!
Uh, wait a minute...
Chrissie, I got a job for you!
Listen, just, uh...
Got your fingers all warmed up,
Chrissie?
Uh, Grace...
This is not Grand Central Station.
What's gone wrong with you today?
These people are going to help you.
Uh, come on, you're in the way.
(DOG BARKING)
You're fired, Lou.
Oh, Dave, this lady's got a
million things wrong with her.
Get her out of here.
Lady, this lady is almost
a qualified therapist
in the states of Nevada and Oklahoma.
She trained in the province
of Saskatchewan, Canada,
in the art of Korean foot massage.
If you leave me alone with her,
I'm going to kill you, Lou.
LOU: Grace, will you listen
for just once?
This is not medicine.
GRACE: I'm still a very important
woman in this town!
I'm Cookie Pinza's widow!
He used to deliver
coffee for, for Cookie.
He's my servant!
Do you know that your whole body
ends at the bottom of your feet?
You think I'm just poking your feet?
Well, when I touch this spot here...
Lou.
This is where your spine is.
Lou!
And when I touch this spot here...
This is where your tummy is.
Lou!
You, uh, work for that Grace?
I help her out.
And she pays you?
Well...
Hey, you're her fancy man?
Are you, like, servicing her?
Every now and then.
(LAUGHING) Wow.
To be your age and still working at it.
Mr. Stud.
(LAUGHING)
Mr. John.
Well, I... I keep myself in trim.
Ah, Monte Carlo...
The old casino is very...
Very slow and old-fashioned,
rococo elegance.
But the new casino is just like Vegas.
Really?
Yeah.
The croupiers are French,
but the dealers are American.
From Vegas.
Huh.
You get a license to learn how to deal
and the whole world
will open up to you.
It's, it's not just cards, you know.
It's...
It's your future.
I want you to concentrate.
I hate you going back
to that oyster bar.
The world should be your oyster.
(LAUGHING)
Well, I've got so much to learn.
I don't even know
how to count in French.
I know un, deux, trots...
Quat...
Quatre.
Quatre.
Do you think you could teach me?
Mmm-hmm, better than that.
If you'd only stop being afraid.
Deal with courage.
You're, you're a little pearl
produced by that oyster bar.
(LAUGHING) Une petite perle.
Say that in French.
Petite perle.
Petite pearl.
(GIGGLING) Petite perle.
Perle.
(LA MARSEILLIASE PLAYING ON TAPE)
(LAUGHING)
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
(RECORDING OF AUTOMOBILE HORN HONKING)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
LOU: The name Capone
mean anything to you?
AI Capone?
The godfather?
Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz,
Meyer Lansky?
Did you know them?
You work for the people
who work for the people.
I was taken a shine to.
Pardon me, but you don't
exactly look like, uh,
the king of the mobs.
(LAUGHING)
Well, a few wrong turnings,
wrong affections,
some mistakes.
It's all shit now.
It's a shame you never saw
Atlantic City
when it had floy, floy.
Remember the song, Flat foot floogie
with a floy, floy?
No.
Hep cat and the zoot suit?
That was the floogie part.
Yeah?
The floy, floy...
That was something special.
Atlantic City had floy, floy
coming out of its ears in those days.
Now it's all so goddamn legal,
Howard Johnson running a casino.
Tutti-frutti ice cream
and craps don't mix.
You know, the only difference
between Christianity and
Hare Krishna is this...
Hare Krishna is real.
I mean, if Jesus was alive today,
he'd be very much into Hare Krishna.
Chrissie...
Yeah?
Do my sinuses again.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
What language is that?
French.
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
Is it hard, French?
It's the language of international
diplomacy.
Hmm.
WOMAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
It's nice, French.
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
You know, your husband's a real cutie.
He's leaving tomorrow.
WOMAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
Have you seen my wallet?
No.
WOMAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
MAN ON TAPE: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
I can't find my wallet.
COWORKER: (SPEAKING FRENCH)
We go this way.
Yes, it used to be beautiful.
What with the rackets, whoring, guns...
Sometimes...
Sometimes things would happen,
I'd have to kill a few people.
Hmm.
I'd feel bad for a while,
but then I'd jump into the ocean,
swim way out,
come back in feeling nice and clean,
start all over again.
I never seen the Atlantic Ocean
till just now.
The Atlantic Ocean was something then.
Yes, you should have seen the
Atlantic Ocean in those days.
Come on.
Oh.
There's your hotel.
DAVE: I could
like it here.
You can breathe.
LOU: They used to call
Atlantic City
"The lungs
of Philadelphia."
DAVE: If we stay
here long enough,
we could be the nose of Philadelphia.
What room?
307.
Look, uh, you go up alone.
What do you mean?
Just hand him this.
I'll wait outside.
Ain't you coming with me?
I can't. Not the way
I'm dressed.
I mean, you look sharp.
You ain't trying to
set me up now, are you?
I'm trusting you.
I left a fortune in your apartment.
Look, you just give him the package,
you wait for an envelope
with the money.
There's another 100 in it for you.
Can't you do it?
You better get yourself
some new clothes.
Tomorrow.
Floy, floy.
307?
Right.
I'll be up on the boardwalk.
(WHISTLING)
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
I got a...
I got a package from Dave.
(LAUGHING)
What, is Medicare dealing now?
Come on in.
Everybody in?
I have a pair of fives.
Dave.
Fella here wants to talk to you.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(PANTING)
Hey, man!
What's going on?
(DAVE SCREAMING)
Uh-uh.
We'd like you to keep it going,
if you don't mind.
(SCREAMING)
(SCREAMS)
(STRUGGLING)
There's a lot of other people
we gotta see first.
The whole East Coast's
like the Sahara Desert.
Every source is all dried up,
you old kocker, you.
Come on, tell me, where did you
get this stuff from?
Medicare.
(LAUGHING)
All right, all right.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to offend you.
It's just that, you know,
I'm trying to hold the game together.
I'm calling everywhere.
Four gs.
I know, four gs.
Tomorrow, huh?
And check.
Check with a flush over.
(INHALING)
Lou?
(WATER FLOWING)
Lou Paschall?
(WATER STOPS)
Buddy.
Buddy O'Brien.
That's me.
Hey, you're looking great, Lou.
How're you doing?
Oh, fine.
I'm doing perfect.
Gee, it's good to see you, Buddy.
Oh, here.
Here we are.
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, now, not from you, I don't.
Oh, go on, take it. It's a good time
for me, Buddy.
Get in the chair.
I'll give you a shine.
Okay.
(SIRENS WAILING)
It's a long time.
Yeah.
Remember the day Nucky Johnson
sent us out
to buy a hundred boxes
of rubbers for the party?
(LOU LAUGHING)
The look the guy gave us?
A hundred boxes
of rubbers for two guys?
(LAUGHING)
He couldn't get over it.
Buddy, you live too much in the past.
BUDDY: Yeah.
But them were the days.
(SIREN APPROACHING)
(POLICE SPEAKING ON RADIO)
(SIREN BLARING)
Mrs. Matthews?
SALLY: Yes.
Great. Where
did you find it?
DOCTOR: I have
a vision of the future.
This glorious island of Atlantic City
shining like a beacon,
whose light was nearly extinguished.
If it wasn't for the casinos,
we'd have been dead a long time ago.
And so I accept, with great pleasure,
this check from all the casinos.
Thank you, Mr. Goulet.
(APPLAUDING)
You're welcome, doctor.
I want to thank you, too.
I had some of your money
for a while last night.
I was lucky at the tables,
but on the way home on the boardwalk,
I was mugged by my own croupier.
(ALL LAUGHING)
(APPLAUDING)
♪ Just flew into town tonight
♪ Lady Luck was on our flight
♪ Had a bite to eat
♪ At Gino's down the street
♪ And now this welcome sight
♪ Glad to see you're born again
♪ Atlantic City, my old friend
♪ Be there when I bet on 10...
You're not planning on leaving
town yourself are you?
I want to make it here.
I really like this town.
You know, I want to be a dealer.
I think Atlantic City's the greatest.
Mrs. Matthews, you, uh...
What?
You can claim the body tomorrow.
I don't want the body!
♪ I Think it's on a roll
♪ And now you're here to stay
♪ Remember how they put you down
♪ There's not an empty room in town
♪ They're comin' here from miles around
♪ You sure came through
♪ I'm glad to see you're born again
Saskatchewan area code 306.
♪ Atlantic City, my old friend
Uh, to Mr. And Mrs. Peter Matthews.
♪ You're back upon the map again
Sally Matthews.
♪ You sure came through ♪
What do you mean, they won't
accept the charges?
It's about their son.
Hello? Dave's dead.
Hello.
(PEOPLE APPLAUDING)
I heard about Dave.
I'm sorry.
Who are...
We live in the same building,
next door.
Oh...
Come on, I'll walk you home.
I don't know what to do about his body.
I tried to call his parents
in Saskatchewan
and they wouldn't even
accept the charges.
They've got to know.
Well, I don't have any money.
Don't worry
about it. Come on.
I can't.
I, I, I...
Hello.
Uh, Mr. Matthews?
Uh, I was a friend of your son Dave.
My name?
My name is Lou.
I'm sorry to have to tell you this,
there's been a...
Well, a very bad accident.
(MUFFLED CONVERSATION)
May I take your order?
Uh, some water, please.
Well, the news didn't exactly
break their hearts,
but at least they know.
You know, I've been thinking
about the, uh...
The burial and the disposal.
You're going to need help.
I hate to bring this up,
but, you know, when something
like this happens,
there's certain things
you've got to do,
and you're new in this town.
Oh, Christ.
Remember, I'm Lou Paschall.
If there's anything you need...
Yeah, I know your name
from the mailbox.
I got a piece of your mail once.
I slipped it under your door.
Oh, was that you?
Yeah.
It was just junk mail,
but I appreciate what you did.
Coupons for paper towels.
You saved me money.
I'm Sally Matthews.
I know.
Thanks very much
for everything, really.
It's okay.
I... I don't know what to say
to my sister.
Well, look...
Your sister's downstairs babysitting
Grace, Mrs. Pinza.
Oh...
Why don't you go to bed,
get some rest, tell her in the morning.
Young girls are strong.
Yeah.
Good night.
Jesus.
(CASTA DIVA PLAYING)
(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)
Shh.
You go upstairs now.
All right.
Well, your sister is back.
(DOOR SHUTS CLOSED)
(BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
Lou?
GRACE: Lou, what's
got into you?
(GROWLING)
Lou?
Lou...
(SIGHING)
(HAMMERING)
(SIGHS)
(MOANING)
(GROWLING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(WHISTLING)
(CONTINUES WHISTLING)
Shit. Oh, shit.
MAN: Where are my oysters?
Relax.
Oh, well, at least you got
your wallet back.
Last night I dreamt I came here,
and Dave's body was there on the ice.
Hi.
Sign this.
What is it?
It's for your husband.
Sign here and here.
But wh... what...
Believe me, it's all right.
And here put down the address,
you know, the, the
family address in Canada.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hey, what did you do to your hand?
Oh, nothing.
What time do you get off?
12:00.
That's terrific.
I'll see you.
(WHISTLING FLAT FOOT FLOOGEE)
(DOORBELL BUZZES)
Oh, holy shit.
Santa Claus is looking real hot.
Come on in.
Hey, everybody, hold it.
Let's have a little applause
for Santa Claus.
(MEN CHUCKLING)
MAN: All right, all right.
Gentlemen...
Go ahead.
Compliments of the house.
Thanks, Alfie.
Hey, pops, what planet
did you come from, huh?
Look, I wanna do something for you.
Here. Take my watch.
Go ahead.
You don't want it?
Take my wife. Take my life.
Take anything you want, you got it.
Just cut out the bullshit.
Let me have the money.
(LAUGHS)
You're all right, pops.
LOU: Not bad.
Not bad.
(LAUGHS)
Couple of inches off the sleeves,
a little off the skirt,
and you'll look just fine.
The tailor.
A double sawbuck?
Hey, thanks a lot, Lou.
Listen, when things start
going good for me,
I'll make it up to you.
A dozen oysters, please.
Hi.
I took care of Dave.
The forms you signed...
They were releases
to send the body to Canada.
I knew you were busy.
And the arrangements,
you know, the mail the plane.
It's a lot of work.
You mean, you paid to have
his body flown back?
Well, I hope you don't mind.
The money, it must've been
awfully expensive.
Forget about the money.
I'm your neighbor.
Why are you doing all this?
Hey, it's nothing.
Sinatra gives wings to hospitals.
We all do what we can.
It's 12:00.
Yeah.
I'll wait for you.
Okay.
There's four extra in there.
They're really strict around here.
They count the shells.
I'm not kidding.
I don't really want these, honey.
We're going to lunch.
WAITRESS: Hey, thanks.
(EXPLOSION)
LOU: New casino.
Burger King casinos.
McDonald casinos.
Pizzeria casinos. Jesus.
Where I work, they rake in
over a million bucks a day.
Really?
Yeah.
You like the casinos?
You go to them?
No, no, I don't like them.
They're too...
They're too wholesome for me.
I mean, nuns, for Christ sakes,
standing in line.
Boy scout troops.
(CHUCKLES)
People blowing their,
their, their welfare checks.
It's too much nickel-and-diming.
All that money that,
that you carry around,
that's no nickel-and-diming.
Well, it quiets the nerves.
Why do you live in the same dump I do?
You could afford to,
to live in a palace.
(CLEARS THROAT) Well, I...
To tell you the truth,
I stay there for Grace.
And when they tear it down,
I'll take Grace someplace else
and then I'll head off
by myself to Miami.
Do you like Miami?
I'm thinking of going to Monaco.
Oh, Monaco?
That's the place with that Kelly girl
from Philadelphia.
She's the queen out there.
Yeah, they have a casino there.
Very elegant.
No women dealers yet, but I'm hoping.
Only now I'm learning about music,
and, and I'm gonna start reading books,
you know, developing some
style, learning new languages,
'cause I really wanna travel.
You...
Thinking of leaving Atlantic City?
SALLY: Well, not
for a couple years.
I got to develop my blackjack.
I'm gonna deal my way to Europe...
to Monte Carlo.
(BOTH LAUGHS)
LOU: A regular Princess Grace.
(LAUGHS SHYLY)
(CLINKING)
Catch of the day.
Ah, no fish, no clams, no mussels,
no oysters, no shrimp.
I want meat...
Lamb chops, pork chops, and liver.
(LAUGHING)
Bring us a menu.
And, waiter...
More wine. The same.
I don't want anything that swims.
Cigarette?
Yeah. Oh, no.
They're too strong.
Can I see that?
Sure.
It's nice to have money to have things.
This belonged to Grace's husband
Cookie Pinza,
a personal friend.
Puligny-Montrachet, 1966.
(SNIFFS) Smell.
Okay?
I'll do it.
Teach me stuff.
Like what?
What you know.
You want information or wisdom?
Both.
I'll think about it.
You know, the smartest man
in the world was on a
a quiz show. And he was winning
everything under the sun.
You know how they finally
tripped him up?
He knew everything under the sun except
his social security number.
(BOTH LAUGH)
He, he could've had the world.
What's yours?
I don't have a social security number.
Everybody's got a
social security number.
You pay income tax?
Nope.
You still got your fingerprints?
Well, sure, I got my...
Let me see.
Oh, my God, you don't
have any fingerprints!
What are you talking about?
I got fingerprints.
I've got the lines...
You want to go back
to Saskatchewan? Oh, no.
I mean for the funeral.
Look, I haven't been
back there for 10 years.
I'll stake you to a round-trip.
You can come right back.
No.
Thank you.
Then you should send a tribute.
Make a nice impression.
Let me tell you,
never let them badmouth you
at a funeral.
Uh, Miss.
Uh, I want these roses.
All of them.
All of them?
Yes.
Make a nice big wreath.
A card?
Just over there.
Thank you.
How many are there?
Six dozen.
Would you like them sent?
Yeah, ah, to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Moose Jaw?
It's near Medicine Hat.
"Business prevents me
from being with you
"on this sad occasion. Sally."
Okay?
Oh, and Miss, ah,
send flowers. Nice ones.
Ah, "To Dave, from Lou and
the boys in Atlantic City."
You got that?
Yes.
Keep the change.
Thank you.
Shall we go?
Yeah.
This is gonna be the
biggest social event
Moose Jaw's seen in years.
(CHUCKLES)
Ah, I've got to go.
(MACHINARY SOUND )
I... I hope I didn't...
No, no, no, no.
I... I've, I've got
friends waiting.
I should've told you.
Ah, we're, we're fixing up this house
that I'm going to moving into,
a new place, and, uh...
(HAMMERING IN THE BACKGROUND)
Can I see you later?
I've got a class.
Well, nice lunch.
Yeah, thank you.
Thanks.
See you.
(METAL BANGING)
Aah!
(BANGING)
Hey.
Why did they have to kill him?
Come on.
Let's get away from here.
(METAL RODS CLANKING)
Dave was a nice boy.
He was a shit!
But you... But you married him.
(SNIFFS)
Look, you'd marry anybody too,
to get out of Saskatchewan.
Don't be mad at me.
- Uh, I'm sorry.
- I'm, I'm not mad at you.
It's just...
I, I'm late and everything.
You want to go to your friends?
Come on. I'll take you.
(HAMMERING)
SALLY: Okay, stop right here.
(HAMMERING)
This is the place.
You see that kid on the roof,
he is in my class.
Come on in.
WOMAN: Hi, Sally.
SALLY: I know I'm late.
(BEEPING)
Bernie, I'm sorry I'm late.
Really, I know I'm over two hours late.
Forgive me, okay?
Oh, Lou, Bernie.
Bernie, Lou.
Come see my room.
It's great.
- Hi.
- Hi, Sal.
This Bernie, you're living with him?
There's 10 of us living here.
We're all dealers, would-be dealers.
Bernie's baccarat.
Fancy game with the shoe, huh?
Very elegant, Bernie.
I'm elegant, too.
- AGNES: Hi.
- Hi.
Well, that's Agnes.
She's roulette.
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
SALLY: You are never to split a 10.
A 10 is dynamite
when you got a two-card.
But after that, it can be
your tragic flaw.
But It's, it's not just
dealing the cards, you know.
You have to know how to
surrender, and how to
wash the, the deck,
and how to, when to burn it,
how to pluck chips, share the box.
Stuff like that.
When do you take your test?
Three weeks.
I'll be making $20,000 a year.
- No kidding?
- Yeah.
30,000 with tips, if I'm really good.
Hey, (BOTH LAUGH)
I'm gonna hang on to you.
Be a gigolo.
What about Grace?
She came down here during the war.
Beauty contest.
Oh, for Miss America?
No, nothing like that.
More like, uh...
Miss pinball machine.
She came.
She needed protection.
I protected her.
She was this teenager.
You protected her for 40 years?
Well, she got married along the way.
Cookie Pinza.
But I don't wanna talk about Grace.
(TAP WATER RUNNING)
Do you love her?
I watch you.
SALLY: Huh?
The place where we live.
I watch you.
Through my window?
LOU: You saw me?
I figured maybe somebody was there.
Did you know it was me?
But you were just this...
This guy across the way.
LOU: Why do you use lemons?
The fish smell.
I'm embarrassed.
LOU: Oh.
I thought maybe it was for some
other reasons that I didn't understand.
I even went to a supermarket,
to look at lemons.
It's just to get the smell off.
It's nothing weird.
What do you do when you watch me?
I look at you.
You take off your blouse
and then you run the water.
And you take a bottle of gold perfume,
and you put it on the sink.
And then you slice the lemons.
You open a box of blue soap.
You run your hands under the water
to feel the temperature.
Then you take the soap
in your hands and...
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
(HAMMERING)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Are you Dave Matthews' wife?
Look, are you a cop?
I told you guys I don't know
anything about him.
Let's have a look in the bag.
What are you talking about?
Wait, the lady said...
Wait. Let go of him!
Wait. Don't... (SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
Hey!
(SALLY GROANING)
Hey, you relax, old man.
This is none of your business.
You don't wanna get hurt.
(SALLY STRUGGLING)
(SCREAMING)
Ah!
(CRACKING AND CLUNKING)
(CLUNKING CONTINUES)
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DOG BARKING)
Are you all right?
(PANTING)
SALLY: Maybe you should
go lie down.
I don't wanna lie down.
(PANTING)
I didn't protect you.
GRAVE: Where the hell
have you been?
Men were here tearing the place apart.
You go out, you don't even
tell me you're going. (PANTING)
Are you okay?
What the hell are you wearing?
That girl buying your clothes now?
Miss, I warn you,
stay away from him.
Oh, Christ.
Did he let that happen to you?
I'm all right.
You shut up, Grace,
you goddamn old lady!
GRACE: If I'm an old lady,
what does that make you?
I'm her I over!
(GRACE LAUGHS)
GRACE: You wanna know
his nickname in the old days?
Numb nuts.
Men had names like legs
and bullets and cookie. (PANTING)
His was numb nuts!
(FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS)
Lou, open this door.
I know you're hiding in there.
SALLY: Chrissie?
Chrissie?
(KNOCKING THE DOOR)
Oh, my...
GRACE: You didn't protect her.
What's your life worth?
Cookie had more manhood in his toupee,
than you've got in your fat frame.
(GRACE KNOCKING)
Open this door!
CHRISSIE: Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Nam myoho renge kyo.
Chrissie?
Are you okay?
Chrissie, look, look. Are you
all right? Are you hurt?
It's me. Chrissie. Nam myoho
renge kyo. Nam myoho renge kyo.
Okay. Come on.
Look, it's gonna be okay.
GRACE: Lou? Open the door, please.
I'm sorry.
You're a wonderful man.
Sometimes I forget to tell you,
how much I love you.
Lou?
SALLY: Chrissie, listen to me,
you're all right.
You're okay.
Just take it easy.
You're gonna be fine.
You're all right. That's it.
Come on. Okay.
Okay.
Oh, my god!
You heard them. Why didn't
you call the police?
My husband Cookie Pinza
said, "Never call the police."
(FOIL SCRAPING)
GRACE: Honey, it's not the
first time. Let me tell you.
When a bad element from New York
had my husband killed on the boardwalk,
Lou ran away.
He ran away then...
So he runs away now.
What do they want?
Chrissie,
CHRISSIE: Nam myoho renge kyo.
What are they looking for?
Why did you come here?
To see you.
Don't give me that shit.
She's a good girl.
Why did you come here?
To sell some dope.
We needed money for the baby.
Oh, Chrissie.
There's nothing wrong with dope.
And dope belongs to the whole world.
Where did he get it?
Well, some people told us
about a drop in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is a nice place.
What did he do with the money?
I don't know where the money is.
He went out with that old man.
Dave went out with Lou?
They took my scale.
Yeah.
Hey, I wanna talk to...
Hey, pops, what...
This is the last batch.
5 gs.
Take it or leave it.
Pops, I'm a little, ah,
tapped right now.
I can give you 4 gs and...
Give you the rest later.
I'll take it.
Call Fred at the Club Harlem.
Tell him you're dealing
with Lou Paschall.
That's me.
Tell him to tell those hoods
to leave the women alone.
What they're looking for, I got.
Lou? I'm getting compliments
on the suit, Lou.
You look sharp, buddy.
Real sharp.
In three weeks
you'll become dealers...
And you'll learn a painful truth,
everybody hates you.
You stand in the way
of a million dollars.
The player hates you.
You know enough to cheat the casino,
but the casino hates you.
A TV camera over your head,
tapes your every move,
and yet you are alone.
The players,
floor manager,
the eye in the sky...
They all watch you.
You alone.
Mr. Shapiro
wants to see you.
Oh, Mrs. Matthews,
how you doing?
Come on in.
Come on.
How are you?
Sit here.
Come on.
Um...
Your husband had a record.
I hadn't seen or spoken
to him in eight months.
Yeah. I know that.
I understand that.
And this is very unfair, but he...
The record... I, I, I don't even
know why he was here.
Look I know that and you know that
but they don't know that.
They?
The SEC, the gambling commission,
the tax people.
They don't know it.
I... We just can't afford
to have people
with connections like yours
working in this casino.
I'm gonna tell you something...
I feel that you have misled us, ah...
Sally. Sally, right?
Mr. Shapiro, please.
I've only got three weeks of class
left. I need... SHAPIRO: Look,
I'm entirely on your side
in this situation,
but this is a very important job,
and I feel that I just
have to let you go.
I'm sorry.
Would it have made any difference
if we hadn't been married?
Marriage is not the point here.
We have to be very careful of
our people and who they know.
Listen,
if this guy loved you, he would've
shown up sooner or later anyway.
You know what I mean?
So love is the point here?
Yeah.
They fired me.
What?
Six weeks of classes down
the tubes, just like that.
Can you lend me 50 bucks?
I don't have it.
I thought we were friends.
Listen,
I saw your sugar daddy
down there at the tables.
Really?
Borrow from friends with bucks.
20.
Push.
Can we talk to you?
Come on, I really think we should talk.
Sir, please don't bother the players.
You're selling something I believe
belongs to us.
I'd like the return of the item,
and the money
you received for the item.
Hey, man. There's a
game going on here.
I'd like to know how the
connections were made.
The kid got my name in Vegas.
Harry Gropke sent him to me.
When you come to Atlantic city,
I'm the man to see.
Come on.
We know who you are.
You're nothing, Mister.
Hey, there's a game going on here.
Sir, you can't disturb the players.
I think we should continue
this outside.
No!
Let's go.
Hey, hey, hey.
You're playing with Dave's money.
I'm owed it.
Madam, please if you're not gonna
play, you have to leave the table.
Sit down and be quiet.
Oh, yeah. You're
buying me roses,
I'm getting fired from my job, I'm
supposed to sit here like some Vegas bimbo?
Look, Mister, I've got hoods beating
the shit out of me.
If I'm gonna get beat up
for money and drugs,
then I want to have that
money and drugs on me.
Don't touch the suit.
You're like Dave, gone senile.
Madam, you'll have to go.
Look, I trusted you.
I'll take care of her.
Look, he took my money.
Make him give me back my money.
But I want my money!
You see that man over there?
Where?
The blue suit.
SALLY: So? MAN: All he wants is
a blonde sitting next to him.
What, what do you mean?
I don't...
No, no. Strictly for luck.
Nothing will happen.
If he loses, he'll be too
depressed to do anything.
If he wins, he'll just talk about it.
Pimp! What do you
think I am, anyway?
I'm trying to help you.
Help me?
You're trying to whore me.
Is what you're trying to do.
Get your hands off of me! You're gonna
have to leave the casino, madam.
Leave me alone!
Look, you wanna to arrest somebody,
go arrest that guy down there.
He's the one pushing drugs.
Leave me alone!
SALLY: Somebody get my money back!
That guy took my money.
Let go of me!
Give me my money back!
Get that guy to get my money--.
This woman is not allowed
in the casino, okay?
I don't wanna be in the casino!
I want my money!
What? You'll have these
punks in here, you won't let me here?
This guy beat me up.
He wrecked my house.
Let go of me!
Come on.
I'm very sorry, sir.
This woman has just been fired.
She's very upset.
On behalf of the hotel,
I'd like to give you both
reservations for
the Camelot Room, also the Superstar
room I'm reserving for you.
SALLY: Get your hands off
of me! Let go of me!
Let go of me I can walk out by myself.
Get your hands off of me!
Just get your hands off of me.
Let go of me! Ouch!
Let go!
I can walk out by my...
Let go.
Are you happy? Okay?
I'm out.
(SIREN BLARING)
Aw, shit.
Hey!
Hey, stop! Wait!
Where did he just go?
Thank you.
WOMAN ON PA: Now boarding location 1,
The 2:45 to New York,
stopping at Absecon, Sea view, Oceanville,
Smithville, New Gretna, Tucker ton,
Manahawkin, Barnegat,
Toms River, Lakewood,
Freehold and New York.
2:45 to New York
now boarding location one.
I need your help.
Uh, my father,
he's escaped. Um...
Ah, he's on your bus.
He's the old guy
with the, the white hat
and trench coat. Yeah?
He's not right in the head.
So, what do you want me to do?
Oh, well, could
you please get him off the bus?
He needs his medication.
Oh.
Yeah. Leave it to me.
Thank you.
Ah, we made a little mistake, folks.
We've oversold the bus,
(ALL GRUMBLING)
So, one of you has gonna
have to get off.
Ah, you were the last
person to buy a ticket, sir.
Come on, old man.
Come on.
What?
We've oversold the bus, sir.
I'm afraid you have to get off.
You got plenty of seats.
MAN: Ah...
Yeah, but they're reserved. I'm sorry.
Come on, sir.
Jeez, I mean...
So, we've got to
get to a schedule, sir.
Is there gonna be another bus?
There's another bus
coming right behind, sir.
Can't hold up all these people.
That's it.
Come on, sir.
Your daughter will take care of you.
I got no daughter.
Let's not be naughty.
Come on, Pops.
This woman is not my daughter.
I talked to Jimmy and the kids.
You can have your own room
and your own TV.
And Jimmy said he won't
play his stereo loud
if you won't smoke in the broom closet.
I made love to this woman today.
SALLY: Daddy, please!
I held her in my arms.
I made her happy.
Let's not be naughty.
SALLY: It's going to be okay.
That's all right.
It's all right. It's gonna be all
right. We'll take good care of him.
I'm dangerous.
People come to me from Las Vegas.
I knew Bugsy Siegel.
I was his cell mate.
I want that money.
It belongs to me.
(SIRENS BLARING)
SALLY: ...don't give me that shit.
LOU: Listen, I don't have it.
SALLY: Give it to me.
LOU: I don't have it.
Hey, old man.
Hey, foxy grandpa.
It's over now.
I want the money.
Come one. You know what
I'm talking about.
Give me the money.
Give me the money...
Now.
You bitch.
You slapped me.
You slapped me, you stupid bitch.
The money.
Money, money, mon...
(GUN SHOT)
(GUNSHOT)
Hey.
(LOU LAUGHS)
(LAUGHING)
Come on, get out of here.
Oh!
Get in the car!
(LAUGHING)
(LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)
LOU: Uh.
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
(LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)
(TIRES SQUEAL)
LOU: I can't believe I did it.
Am I bleeding? Did he cut me?
I can't believe I did it.
I really did it.
Did you see me do it?
I'm all right.
I saw that knife on you.
I pulled the trigger...
Bam! Bam!
Did you see the look on his face?
Get rid of that gun.
I protected you.
Will you stop point...
Get rid of it.
(BELL RINGS)
How much?
A quarter.
Can't you read?
Lady, it's the first time that I've
been out of Atlantic City in 20 years.
A $1,000 bill?
(CHUCKLES)
I'm sorry.
Here.
There's a 100.
I'll lend you the quarter.
Thank you, madam.
(LAUGHING)
(SIGHS)
(DINGING)
A room for me and my mother.
And we want some drinks.
Bourbon, coke.
No, wait.
Uh, make that champagne.
Peanuts, crackers.
The expensive kind.
The French kind.
(GIGGLES)
Oui.
Got it?
(TV PLAYING) (BOTH LAUGHING)
MAN ON TV: lt's time now
for all the news
and all the headlines.
Here with
the 11:00 report
is anchorman Bob Wilson,
and the award-winning
Channel 7 news-watch team.
Good evening.
Violence has struck again
tonight in Atlantic City.
Fear and confusion now reside in the
otherwise peaceful resort,
NEWSREADER: after the brutal murders
of two underworld crime figures.
City law enforcement officials
are being sought for comments.
News-watcher Connie Bishop
is standing by
with a live eye-cam report
from our sister city.
Connie?
Bob, it's the second night of violence
in this normally quiet yet generally
swinging casino capital of the east.
Police Chief Allmond is
the man with the answers.
And he's pulling up right now.
Chief almond, is there any connection
between tonight's murder and yesterday's
brutal slaying in the Park Mobile?
We're tracing a new lead today.
CONNIE: You sound angry.
I'm damn angry.
If mobsters come to
Atlantic City, they're dead.
They're gonna have to
answer to me personally.
CONNIE: So these are
mob-connected slayings?
There's no mob slayings
in Atlantic City.
Let them kill themselves
someplace else, not on my turf.
CONNIE: Chief, are there, are
there any witnesses?
Connie, please, thank you.
So, there you have it, Bob.
No clues, no witnesses.
No one's really sure
how the killers got away.
Bob?
BOB: Thank you, Connie.
We'll have more from Atlantic City
as this dramatic story unfolds.
(GLASSES CLINKING)
(MUSIC PLAYING)
Is this the stomach?
Is this the baby?
It feels nice.
I came here during the war.
Betty Grable look-alike contest.
The boardwalk,
filled with hundreds
of Betty Grable look-alikes
from all over America,
selling war bonds.
(WHISPERING)
♪ On the boardwalk in Atlantic City
♪ Life will be
peaches and cream ♪
You never went back home?
GRACE: No.
I met some boys.
Lou.
Cookie Pinza, who I later married.
Atlantic City became my home.
You ought to fly home.
I'll treat you to the ticket.
You will?
If you can get a seat belt around that.
Oh, I never use seat belts.
I don't believe in gravity.
We both lost our men
through a shooting.
I don't mind that Dave's dead.
It just means he'll be reincarnated
sooner, that's all.
You mean, Cookie's coming back?
(LAUGHS)
Sure.
Everything comes back.
You know, you look after people good.
I never had to look after anybody.
I was a princess.
(SWITCHING RADIO STATIONS)
(COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING)
(TURNS RADIO OFF)
I like that...
Making the news.
(LAUGHS)
Oh...
Who was Bugsy Siegel?
Oh.
The meanest, the coldest.
And he was your cell mate?
Well, I got to be honest.
I was in the slammer on a D & D.
What's that?
D & D.
Drunk and disorderly.
They brought Bugsy there for about
10 minutes on the way to Leavenworth.
Man, was he pissed off.
Heh.
He didn't even know me.
And that's all?
I never killed anybody in my life.
I never thought you did.
But I did tonight.
You saw it.
Yeah, I saw it.
Some champagne?
SALLY: No.
You know, you got
all those young guys...
Bernie.
You could still see them.
I'm an old man.
Is this a proposal?
Anyone ever take care of you
like I did?
No.
You feel safe?
Yes.
They got nice weather at Florida.
They've got great food in France.
But I got friends down there.
I tell you. I'll buy you new clothes.
I'll show you off.
(LAUGHS)
Show off what?
Well, you know, just let the boys
see how well I turned out.
Please.
Come.
Well...
I've never been to Florida.
NEWS READER: We have an update
on that double murder
in Atlantic City.
News watcher Connie Bishop
is standing by.
Come in, Connie.
CONNIE: Bob, we've just had a break
in the Atlantic City story.
A witness has come forward
who has described the gunman.
This is a police composite of that man.
Hey! Hey, that's me!
That's me!
(LAUGHS)
Anyone with any information
should please
call the Atlantic City hot line.
Hey, it's me, it's me.
We'll stop on the way down
and buy all the newspapers.
This story is going to be big
all over the country.
"Gangland slaying rips apart Atlantic
City." The hot line number is
246-3100.
All calls will be kept confidential.
(LOU LAUGHING)
France is very nice.
BOB: This is WNBP,
Channel 7, Philadelphia.
(VEHICLE APPROACHING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
(PHONE RINGING)
LOU: Grace?
Grace, is that you?
Hello?
How dare you wake me up
in the middle of the night?
Where the hell are you?
I have a pregnant child here.
GRACE: You're supposed to
make me feel safe.
Did you see the news?
Those two hoods that got killed?
Guess who did it.
Where the hell are you?
Grace, did you hear what I said?
The murderer they're looking for...
That was me.
What do you mean?
You?
Don't kid me.
You must be kidding.
You going soft in the head?
(SCOFFS)
That was you?
Those were dangerous men.
I wish you could be here.
I wish I could be there too.
Will you tell me where you are?
No. No, I can't tell you
where I'm at.
Well, now, who is with you?
What?
Is it that girl upstairs?
Look, I'm alone.
There's nobody here. Just me.
LOU: All alone.
LOU: Will you shut up
and listen?
GRACE: Oh, no. I can hear
someone around there.
I know you're not by yourself.
And I have had it.
You get back here within
five minutes or you're fired.
I'll talk to you later.
I'm not amused anymore.
Good morning.
It's light out.
Yeah.
Jeez, I'm thirsty.
You want some juice?
No.
Want me to go out and get something?
Ah... N-no. I'll go get it.
Why don't you rest?
No, I'd love to go.
But, I, ah, I'd really like some pizza.
I know it sounds crazy.
I'll go.
I love pizza.
I'll get it.
We'll flip.
Heads.
(SLAPS COIN OVER ON HAND)
You win.
Want any money?
No. (KEYS CLANGING)
You'll need these.
Thanks.
So, um, what do you like?
Anchovies? Mushrooms?
No anchovies.
(LAUGHS)
Me, neither.
Don't forget to ditch the car...
Soon.
You saved my life.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
(SOUND OF TRAFFIC CIRCULATING)
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(TURNS RADIO ON) (SWITCHES STATIONS)
MAN ON RADIO: Sunrise semester.
New Jersey's university
of the airwaves.
Today we will be discussing
the great wines of France.
(LAUGHS)
Have you ever considered
a trip to La Belle, France?
(JAZZ VERSION OF LA MARSEILLAISE)
Let's start with champagne.
Three centuries ago,
a monk by the name of Dom Perignon...
Call me a taxi, back to Atlantic City.
I did that.
Yeah.
(DOORBELL BUZZES)
Yeah?
Oh, I'm sorry, lady.
You got the wrong...
1,000?
Why not?
(CLAPS)
(JAZZ PLAYING)