Focus (2001) - full transcript

♪♪

COME BACK HERE.

NO, NO, NO.

YES.

OH, YES. COME HERE.

LET ME SEE THESE.

NO, NO.

COME HERE. NO!

NO, NO!

DIOS MIO!

SIR, HELP ME, POR FAVOR!

SHUT UP!

THE DAYLIGHT BOMBING

RAIDS ON GERMANY...

PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL

TOLD A MEETING OF THE JOINT CHIEFS...

THAT OUR B-17

BOMBER RAIDS ON NAZI...

IT NEVER SEEMS TO STOP,

DOES IT? WHAT'S THAT, MOTHER?

THE WAR, DEAR. THE WAR AND

ALL THOSE POOR YOUNG MEN.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PUT

YOU IN THE SUN BEFORE I GO?

OH, YES, LAWRENCE! THAT

WOULD BE VERY NICE. THANK YOU.

THEN I CAN LISTEN

TO THE BIRDS INSTEAD.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT. WOULD

YOU LIKE YOUR SWEATER?

NO, I WOULDN'T. YES, YOU WOULD.

NO. SIT UP. LET ME

PUT YOUR SWEATER ON.

OKAY? THANK YOU, DEAR.

HAVE THE MAID MOVE YOU INTO THE

SHADE WHEN SHE COMES. YES, I WILL.

TOPPING OUR LOCAL NEWS, A REPORT

HANDED TO MAYOR LA GUARDIA...

DOCUMENTS NUMEROUS ACTS OF

ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM.

IN A GREAT MAJORITY OF

THE CASES, THE REPORT...

GOOD MORNING, MR. NEWMAN.

GOOD MORNING, MR. FINKELSTEIN.

DISTURBANCES TRACED TO

SELF-DESCRIBED CHRISTIAN MOBILIZERS...

AND ANTI-SEMITIC

STREET CORNER ORATORS.

NEWMAN.

NEWMAN, HOW'D YOU LIKE THE ROW ON

THE STREET LAST NIGHT? OH, HELLO, FRED.

DID YOU HEAR THE ROW? SOMETHING WOKE

ME UP. I WASN'T SURE IT WASN'T YOUR DOGS.

MY PUPS? NO. NO, IT WAS PETEY.

HE GOT HIMSELF CROCKED LAST NIGHT. HE

PICKED UP A SPIC WOMAN ON THE WAY HOME...

AND HE COULDN'T EVEN WAIT

TO GET HER IN THE HOUSE. PETEY?

OH, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT. SHE

WASN'T BAD. A REAL LOOKER. NICE TITS.

I WOULDN'T HAVE MINDED

MYSELF, BUT SHE GOT HYSTERICAL.

YOU SAW THIS? OH,

YEAH. ME AND CARLSON.

WE WENT OUT AND WE

TALKED SOME SENSE INTO HIM.

THE GIRL, SHE'S ALL RIGHT? OH, YEAH,

SHE WAS FINE. SHE JUST GOT HYSTERICAL.

WE GOT HER OFF THE BLOCK. WE

PUT PETEY TO BED. POOR GUY, HUH?

NEWMAN, WHAT DO YOU

THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON?

GOING ON? THAT FINKELSTEIN...

THAT YID ON THE CORNER.

HE'S GOT ALL HIS RELATIVES

MOVING INTO THE HOUSE NEXT TO HIS.

I DIDN'T KNOW. WAIT,

NIGGERS WILL BE NEXT.

WE'RE GETTIN' A MEETING.

JERRY'S BEEN TALKING TO PETEY

ABOUT IT. YOU WANNA COME?

THURSDAY. I'M NOT MUCH

GOOD FOR MEETINGS.

ALL WE GOTTA DO, NEWMAN, IS MAKE IT

HOT FOR 'EM. THEY'LL PACK UP AND MOVE OUT.

IT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE

GOTTA KEEP IT THAT WAY, RIGHT?

I'LL LET YOU KNOW. I MIGHT

HAVE TO WORK LATE THURSDAY.

NO, YOU GOTTA MAKE THE MEETING. IT'S

IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY ON THE BLOCK.

YOU SHOULD BE THERE. I KNOW

YOU'LL BE THERE. I KNOW IT.

OKAY? THIS IS ME.

YEAH. SEE YOU THURSDAY.

HELLO, MR. NEWMAN. HELLO.

GOOD MORNING, MR. NEWMAN.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING,

MR. NEWMAN. GOOD MORNING.

NEWMAN. GOOD MORNING,

MR. GARGAN. HOW ARE YOU?

PRETTY GOOD. SO, UH,

HOW'D YOU LIKE THE NEWS?

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK

AT... YOU CAN'T READ IT, CAN YOU?

WHY IN THE WORLD DON'T YOU

GET YOURSELF A PAIR OF GLASSES?

I'M NOT THAT BAD.

BUT YOU ARE THAT BAD!

YOU ARE. I DOUBT YOU

CAN SEE ME CLEARLY.

- YOU CAN'T HAVE SEEN

MISS KAPP THAT CLEARLY.

- WHAT'S WRONG WITH MISS KAPP?

HER NAME MUST BE KAPLINSKY

IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER?

OH, NO, SHE COULDN'T... I'M

NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND ARGUE.

JUST TELL ME WHY IN THE WORLD YOU

DON'T GET SOME GLASSES. WELL, I HAVE.

I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE

TIME... WELL, TAKE THE TIME.

WE CAN'T HAVE HER KIND

HERE. YOU KNOW THAT.

NOW I'M GOING TO

HAVE TO DISMISS HER...

AND PRAY GOD SHE DOESN'T GO RUNNING

TO THE NEWSPAPERS OR SOME POLITICIAN.

FOR GOD'S SAKES, MAN. GET SOME

GLASSES, STUDY WHO YOU'RE INTERVIEWING.

I WILL, I WILL. AFTER

WORK THIS EVENING.

TAKE THE DAY IF YOU HAVE TO.

OH.

BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T FEEL

IT'S ANYTHING PERSONAL, DO YOU?

OH, GOD, NO, MR. GARGAN. NO.

WHY ARE WE IN THIS WAR?

WHY IS CHRISTIAN AMERICA

FIGHTING CHRISTIAN GERMANY?

HOW DO I DARE

RAISE THIS QUESTION?

I DARE BECAUSE I OBEY THE

PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

SO AS ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION APPROACHES,

CONTROVERSIAL ROMAN CATHOLIC

PRIEST FATHER CHARLES CRIGHTON...

IS SERIOUSLY INVOLVED

IN NATIONAL POLITICS.

HIS VOLATILE SPEECHES

OVER THE RADIO...

CONTINUE TO ATTRACT

THE LARGEST AUDIENCES.

AND HIS FOLLOWING,

NUMBERING 12 MILLION TODAY,

IS EXPECTED TO

GROW EVEN FURTHER...

YOU GOT GLASSES? I

JUST PICKED THEM UP.

OH.

WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S

SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.

WHAT, MOTHER? WHAT?

YOU LOOK JEWISH. COULDN'T

YOU GET THE RIMLESS KIND?

I... I TRIED THOSE TOO.

THEY ALL DO THE

SAME THING TO ME.

THESE ARE BETTER THAN

ANY ON THAT ACCOUNT.

OH, WELL. I DON'T SUPPOSE

ANYONE WILL NOTICE.

DON'T SUPPOSE.

HOW'S MR. GARGAN? HE'S JUST FINE.

MR. LORRING IS IN FOR A WEEK OR SO.

- LORRING?

- COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT.

HE'S HERE FOR THE ANNUAL

REVIEW OF PERSONNEL.

♪♪

♪ DOES EVERYONE

KNOW ABOUT THIS ♪

♪ DOES EVERYONE

KNOW ABOUT THIS ♪

♪ THIS WONDERFUL THING

THAT'S MAKING US CLING ♪

♪ IS THERE SOMETHING TO THAT

JUST THE TWO OF US FOUND ♪

♪ OR HAS IT BEEN AROUND

BEFORE BEFORE WE MET ♪♪

GOOD MORNING, MR. FINKELSTEIN.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

GOOD MORNING, MR. LORRING.

GOOD MORNING, GIRLS.

GOOD MORNING, MR. LORRING.

SEND IN MISS HART,

PLEASE. YES, MR. NEWMAN.

PSST.

GERTRUDE HART. HELLO.

HELLO.

SIT DOWN, MISS HART.

I AM. THANK YOU.

UM... UM...

HOW LONG WERE YOU WITH

THE SPANCHER COMPANY?

UH, WELL, I WORKED

THERE ABOUT THREE YEARS.

MM-HMM. MM-HMM. AND

HOW LONG WERE YOU THERE?

THREE YEARS. I...

OH. I'M SORRY. I...

AS YOU, UM... I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

DO YOU HAVE, UH, UH... HAVE YOU

EVER USED AN ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER?

ONCE IN A WHILE. I HAD A CHANCE TO

USE ONE. WE ONLY HAD ONE IN THE OFFICE.

IT WASN'T BIG LIKE THIS PLACE.

JOHN, I THINK YOU SHOULD

HAVE A WORD WITH THAT NEWMAN.

MM-HMM. YES.

I ASSUMED YOU HAD THAT.

UH, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

I CAN RUN ONE PERFECT

WITH ONE DAY'S PRACTICE.

IT'S EASY TO LEARN HOW TO RUN

THEM IF YOU'RE AS GOOD A TYPIST AS ME.

WE PREFER PEOPLE WHO...

I WAS BORN EPISCOPALIAN,

MR. NEWMAN, IF THAT MEANS ANYTHING.

BUT YOU ARE WHAT

YOU LOOK LIKE, RIGHT?

I'M TOO MUCH OF A LADY TO

TELL YOU WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.

EVERY PLACE I GO, IT'S

THE SAME STUPIDITY.

I'VE HAD SECRETARIAL JOBS

WHERE I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TYPE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD JOBS.

WHAT'S THE USE?

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY OUGHT TO DO TO

PEOPLE LIKE YOU? THEY OUGHT TO HANG YOUSE.

WAIT. MISS HART?

COULD YOU SEND IN THE

NEXT APPLICANT, PLEASE?

MISS BLANCHE BOLLAND.

YES, MR. NEWMAN.

GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

SEE YOU MONDAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

LAWRENCE.

UH, MR. LORRING HAS BEEN LAYING

OUT A BIT OF REORGANIZATION.

I WON'T GO INTO

DETAILS RIGHT NOW, BUT...

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

TO MOVE YOUR DESK INTO HOGAN'S OFFICE.

HOGAN'S OFFICE? MR. LORRING

THINKS THE BEST THING WOULD BE...

FOR YOU AND HOGAN TO

SORT OF SHIFT POSITIONS.

JOBS? WELL, YES,

SHIFT JOBS. EXCHANGE.

NOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT

HOGAN'S NOT MAKING YOUR SALARY,

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT YOU.

YOU'LL KEEP MAKING

EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GETTING

AT PRESENT. IS THERE

SOMETHING I'VE DONE...

OH, NO, NO, IT'S

NOTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT HOGAN HASN'T BEEN HERE

BUT FIVE YEARS, MR. GARGAN.

I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 20 YEARS. I UNDERSTAND

EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL, LAWRENCE.

I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY IN HIS POSITION.

HOGAN DOES IMPORTANT WORK.

BUT WHY? MR. GARGAN, HAVEN'T I

DONE MY JOB? I GOT MY GLASSES.

I JUST HIRED A FINE GIRL. MR. LORRING

AND I JUST FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER...

FOR EVERYBODY CONCERNED IF YOU

WERE TO WORK IN MR. HOGAN'S OFFICE.

NOW, THERE'S NO RUSH,

BUT, UH, TRY TO HAVE

YOUR THINGS MOVED BY

THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.

MR. GARGAN, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT HARM I'D BE DOING IN MY OFFICE.

FRANKLY, I HAVE TO SAY THAT

I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING...

UNTIL MR. LORRING DREW MY

ATTENTION TO IT, BUT I CAN SEE HIS POINT.

WE DON'T THINK YOU MAKE

THE RIGHT IMPRESSION...

ON PEOPLE WHO MIGHT COME INTO

THE OUTER OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT

ELSE TO TELL YOU, FELLA.

MR. GARGAN, I DON'T THINK I

CAN ACCEPT THIS EXCHANGE.

IT'S NOT AS IF YOU DON'T

KNOW MY BACKGROUND.

MR. LORRING DOESN'T

KNOW BUT WHAT HE SEES.

AND MR. LORRING HAS THE RIGHT

TO HIS OWN IDEAS, DOESN'T HE?

I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THEN.

I'M NOT SAYING LEAVE.

I'M SAYING SHIFT JOBS.

SLEEP ON IT. THERE'S NOTHING TO

SLEEP ON. I'LL HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

- THINK IT OVER.

- THERE IS NOTHING

TO THINK OVER!

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE, MR. GARGAN!

DINNER'S IN THE OVEN, MA'AM,

AND I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.

HELLO, DEAR. HANG YOUR JACKET UP

AND COME IN AND SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE.

I'LL COME DOWN AFTER I'VE

SHOWERED. GOOD NIGHT NOW.

GOOD NIGHT.

♪♪

YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING THE OTHER

NIGHT, DID YOU, DEAR? HEAR ANYTHING WHEN?

THE OTHER NIGHT. NO. WHY?

AHA. I THOUGHT NOT.

I TOLD THE POLICE YOU'D HAVE SAID

SOMETHING IF YOU HAD. WHAT POLICE?

A POLICEMAN CAME

BY THIS MORNING...

PLAINCLOTHES DETECTIVE

MAKING INQUIRIES ALONG THE BLOCK.

INQUIRIES ABOUT WHAT?

SOMEONE IN THE

HOSPITAL. A WOMAN.

SHE WAS BADLY BEATEN.

SHE'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

AND HE SAID THAT SHE

MAY HAVE BEEN RAPED.

WHY WAS HE ASKING HERE?

WELL, APPARENTLY SHE SAID SOMETHING

ABOUT A NEWSSTAND ON THE CORNER.

YOU KNOW THE WAY I SLEEP. I

TOLD THEM I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING,

AND NOR HAD YOU OR YOU'D HAVE

TOLD ME IF YOU HAD, I TOLD 'EM.

OF COURSE.

DID HE ASK ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

EXCEPT... EXCEPT THAT SHE WAS FOUND

LYING IN THE STREET OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL.

SHE SLIPPED INTO A COMA, AND

NOW SHE'S CRITICAL, THE POOR THING.

A PUERTO RICAN I

THINK HE SAID SHE WAS.

THOUGH I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT A PUERTO

RICAN WOULD BE DOING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

NO. I WONDER.

HE SAID SHE HAD

NO IDENTIFICATION.

♪♪

OH, LAWRENCE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

WATER THE GRASS BEFORE DINNER.

OTHERWISE IT'S

GONNA BURN UP SURE.

GET THAT WATER

GOING. JUST GETTIN' TO IT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

JESUS!

♪♪

SUNDAY PAPER! BUY

AMERICAN, MISTER.

JUST A MINUTE.

WHAT'S GOING ON, FRED?

JUST MAKING SURE BILLY HERE

GETS HIS RIGHTS. THAT'S ALL.

MONEYBAGS OVER THERE WAS

TRYING TO PUSH HIM OFF THE BLOCK.

IS THAT SO? IMAGINE

THE NERVE OF THAT KIKE.

PAPER, MISTER?

SURE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY

HAVE TO MAKE 'EM SO THICK.

HEARD YOUR DOGS LAST

NIGHT. ANYTHING WRONG?

MUST'VE BEEN THE MOON.

THERE WAS A FULL MOON LAST

NIGHT. DID YOU NOTICE THAT, CARLSON?

YEAH. THEY REALLY

BARK AT THE MOON, EH?

SURE. YOU NEVER HEARD OF THAT?

NO, I NEVER DID. IS THAT A

SCIENTIFIC FACT? IT'S A FACT.

I READ ABOUT THIS SCIENTIST

WHO SAID WE'D BE TRAVELING...

TO THE MOON IN ROCKET SHIPS

AFTER THE WAR. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

ANYBODY WHO TRIES THAT

WOULD BE SMASHED TO PIECES.

I BETTER GET HOME. MY

MOTHER'S WAITING FOR HER PAPER.

THANKS, MISTER.

SEE YA!

GRANDMA, MOM'S ON THE TELEPHONE.

YOU OUGHTA BE

ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

ASHAMED, I SAY!

WAS THAT MRS. DEWITT SHOUTING?

YES. HER GRANDDAUGHTER'S OVER FOR

THE DAY. UP TO SOME MISCHIEF, I SUPPOSE.

THIS ISN'T THE CITIZEN.

I DIDN'T GET YOU THE CITIZEN.

FINKELSTEIN WAS SOLD OUT.

DIDN'T HE SAVE ONE FOR YOU? YOU KNOW

THAT I PREFER THE CITIZEN ON SUNDAYS.

THE INVASION'S ON.

SO I SEE.

GOT YOURSELF SOME NEW SPECS, EH?

I CAN SEE A MILE AWAY. IT'S

'CAUSE... 'CAUSE I EAT VEGETABLES.

THAT'S WHY DOGS EAT GRASS WHEN

THEY START TO LOSE THEIR SIGHT.

I THOUGHT THEY ATE

GRASS FOR CONSTIPATION.

CONSTIPATION LEADS TO BAD SIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

SURE. NEWMAN.

CAN YOU READ THE SIGN

ON THAT TRUCK DOWN THERE?

"ORCHARD STREET, MOVING AND

STORAGE. 629 ORCHARD STREET."

ORCHARD STREET. THAT'S

THE LOWER EAST SIDE.

THAT'S THE ELEMENT THAT

HE'S BRINGING IN DOWN HERE.

CARLSON BET ME THIS MORNING

YOU'D BUY FROM HIM. FROM FINKELSTEIN?

I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T. WE'RE GONNA HAVE BILLY

ON THAT CORNER EVERY SUNDAY FROM NOW ON.

SWELL.

YOU WERE IN THE ARMY,

WEREN'T YOU? YEAH.

23rd INFANTRY. THAT'S SOMETHING

YOU DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT.

PETEY TOLD ME THAT YOU GOT

YOURSELF A FRITZ ONCE. IS THAT TRUE?

YEAH. YEAH, I GOT A FRITZ.

HOW WAS IT? HOW'D YOU GET HIM?

DID YOU GO UP TO HIM AFTERWARDS

AND SEE WHERE YOU GOT HIM?

WAS IT ONE SHOT? IT'S SOMETHING

I DON'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT.

YOU KNOW WE'RE PLANNING TO PUT THE

FEAR OF GOD INTO THEM HYMIES, DON'T YOU?

WE'RE GONNA DRIVE 'EM OFF THE

BLOCK. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

WE GOT A REALLY BIG

ORGANIZATION HERE, NEWMAN.

YES? YEAH, AND WHEN

THE BOYS GET HOME,

THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR AN

ORGANIZATION THAT GIVES 'EM WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE STANDING FOR A LOT OF

KIKES TAKING ALL THE JOBS AND BUSINESSES.

NO, I GUESS NOT. NEWMAN,

WE'RE GETTING MORE

PEOPLE IN EVERY DAY.

AND WHEN WE GET ENOUGH, THAT'S

WHEN WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR MOVE.

WE'RE GETTING ONE OF THEM

MEETINGS UP PRETTY SOON AGAIN.

YOU GONNA COME THIS TIME OR NOT?

YE... SURE. YEAH, YEAH, I GUESS.

YOU'LL JOIN THE ORGANIZATION.

'CAUSE IF WE ALL STICK TOGETHER,

WE CAN CLEAN UP THIS SITUATION.

WE CAN KNOCK THEM

OVER LIKE TENPINS.

YOU WANNA JOIN?

EVERYBODY ON THE BLOCK

WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU...

CARLSON, PETEY, EVERYONE.

NEWMAN,

WE WANT YOUR CLASS OF PEOPLE.

THIS MORNING, CARLSON WAS

WILLING TO LAY A REAL BET...

THAT YOU'D BUY FROM FINKELSTEIN.

HE THOUGHT YOU WERE

THE TYPE. WHAT TYPE?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. BUT

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, NEWMAN.

YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE ON

THE BLOCK I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH.

HAVING TROUBLE WITH ME? YEAH,

BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

I... I GOTTA WALK MY

PUPS, NEWMAN, OKAY?

I'M BUILDING A MODEL SAILBOAT

DOWN IN THE BASEMENT.

YOU SEE THE LIGHT ON,

YOU COME IN, OKAY? OKAY.

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, NEWMAN.

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER. YEAH.

OH, YOU'RE LOOKING

FOR A POSITION WITH US?

I'M INQUIRING, YES. I WONDERED

IF YOU HAD ANYTHING IN MY LINE.

I SEE. WELL, JUST

WHAT IS YOUR LINE?

I'M PERSONNEL. I HIRED MOST OF THE

PEOPLE IN THE LAST COMPANY I WAS WITH.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU

FOLKS HAD ANYTHING OPEN.

FRANKLY, TRUTWELL ISN'T LOOKING

FOR ANYONE IN PERSONNEL RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S QUITE ALL

RIGHT, MR. STEVENS.

I'M JUST GOING OVER THE

GROUND FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

I STOPPED BY BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE

THE KIND OF OUTFIT WHO WOULD BE USING...

MY TYPE OF MAN. OF COURSE.

I'M DOING A SORT

OF LAY OF THE LAND.

I HOPE YOU'LL COME SEE US AGAIN IF

YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING MEANWHILE.

BE HAPPY TO, MR. STEVENS.

AND THANKS FOR THINKING OF US.

WHAT DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS AGAIN?

NEWMAN. LAWRENCE

NEWMAN. GREAT, GREAT.

WELL, I HOPE YOU COME UP AND

SEE US AGAIN. I'LL GIVE YOU A TRY.

YES. YOUNG WILLIE DOYLE.

WELL, HE'S BEEN WORKING JUST A

BLOCK FROM ME ALL THESE YEARS,

AND WE NEVER KNEW IT.

NO, NEITHER OF US KNEW IT.

WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED HERE

AND I WON'T BE LATE, ALL RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE

GOT YOURSELF A FINE POSITION.

ACTUALLY, I'M IN CHARGE

UNTIL THE WAR'S OVER ANYWAYS.

CHIEF'S IN THE NAVY.

SO, HOW 'BOUT YOU?

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,

YOU'VE CHANGED QUITE A LOT. HAVE I?

I DON'T THINK I WOULD

HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU.

WELL, YOU HIT 40 AND... I

GUESS. YOU NEVER GOT MARRIED.

NO, NO, NEVER HAD THE TIME.

WORKING. PAYING OFF THE HOUSE.

HOW'S THE JOB?

YOU STILL OVER AT...

NO. UH, ACTUALLY I DECIDED

TO MAKE A BREAK FINALLY.

ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING FOR

ANOTHER PLACEMENT. IS THAT SO?

HOW LONG YOU BEEN OUT?

SINCE JUST THE OTHER DAY.

YOU JUST STARTED LOOKING?

YEAH. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.

I JUST WONDERED IF YOU KNEW OF ANYTHING

AT YOUR PLACE. I'M IN PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW.

SAY, I DO KNOW A

PLACE FOR YOU TO TRY.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME

OF THE COMPANY THAT HE'S WITH.

I SAW HIM ON THURSDAY AND HE SAID

HE'S LOOKING FOR A MAN IN PERSONNEL.

STEVENS. COLE STEVENS AT

THE TRUTWELL CORPORATION.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE

MAN YOU WANT TO SEE.

I THINK THEY'RE

OVER THERE ON 37th...

I KNOW WHERE THEY

ARE. BELIEVE ME. ANYWAYS,

YOU WANNA GET THERE FIRST THING,

BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMEONE.

I-I-I WILL. I'LL GET THERE FIRST

THING. LET ME KNOW HOW THAT GOES.

YES, I WILL, WILLIE. THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU TAKE CARE. YEAH.

♪♪

I'M LAWRENCE

NEWMAN, MR. STEVENS.

I'M A CHRISTIAN PRESBYTERIAN. DO YOU

WANNA SEE MY BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE?

YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! YOU

DARE NOT DO THIS TO ME, GODDAMN IT!

I AM NO ONE BUT LAWRENCE

NEWMAN, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!

MISTER, ARE YOU OKAY?

YES.

YEAH. I'LL DO ANYTHING

THAT YOU SAY, MEL. ANYTHING.

YEAH. YEAH, YOU'RE

RIGHT, YOU KNOW.

THEY ARE DOING IT RIGHT IN

GERMANY. WE GOTTA GET IT RIGHT. YEAH.

CLEAN OUT THE

NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT?

ACTION. YOU'VE GOT

TO HAVE ACTION, MEL.

YOU'RE OKAY, MEL.

YEAH, YOU'RE OKAY.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL

HIM WE GOT A LIST?

WE GOT NAMES AND ADDRESSES. WE

KNOW WHAT TO GO AFTER, WHO TO HURT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL

HIM ABOUT THE LIST?

BECAUSE, CARLSON, HE'S COMING

TO SUPERVISE THINGS PERSONALLY.

MEL'S GONNA SUPERVISE.

SHH!

WHO'S THERE?

OKAY, SETTLE DOWN.

WHO'S THERE?

COME ON, BOYS.

GOOD-BYE, MOTHER.

GOOD-BYE, DEAR.

SEE YOU AFTER WORK.

THEY KICKED MINE AROUND

TOO. WHO'S DOING THIS?

WHO ALWAYS DOES IT?

THE UNION CRUSADERS.

IT COULD HAVE

BEEN SOME CHILDREN.

I DIDN'T GO TO SLEEP TILL 1:00

LAST NIGHT, AND GOT UP AT 5:00.

BETWEEN 1:00 AND 5:00, YOU DON'T

FIND CHILDREN IN THE STREETS.

BUT YOU GOT NOTHING TO

WORRY ABOUT, MR. NEWMAN.

BY YOU, IT WAS PROBABLY

A MISTAKE. WELL, IT MUST BE.

IF IT WAS EARLIER IN THE NIGHT,

I MIGHT HAVE HEARD SOMETHING,

LIKE THE NIGHT THAT

WOMAN WAS BEAT UP.

YOU SAW THAT? NO, BUT

I HEARD THE SCREAMS.

IT'S HARD TO TELL

WHERE IT CAME FROM.

YOU KNOW, I TOLD THE POLICE.

THEY WERE ASKING PEOPLE FROM THE

NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRY AND IDENTIFY HER.

NO PAPERS, NOTHING. NO FAMILY.

SO I DID MY DUTY. I WENT

ROUND TO THE HOSPITAL,

BUT, UH, I NEVER

SEEN HER BEFORE.

IS THERE A POSITION OPEN?

EVENING, MR. NEWMAN.

GOOD EVENING, MRS. DEWITT.

NEWMAN. HEY, NEWMAN.

HELLO, MR. NEWMAN.

FRED!

YOU DIDN'T BY ANY CHANCE SEE ANYONE

IN MY GARBAGE CANS THE OTHER NIGHT?

GARBAGE? YEAH.

ONE WAS TURNED OVER. GARBAGE

ALL OVER THE LAWN. REALLY?

NO, I DIDN'T... I

DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT IT, LARRY.

SORRY.

MR. NEWMAN. YES.

YOU CAN GO IN NOW.

WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

MR. ARDELL'S GONE OUT AND I'M

TAKING OVER UNTIL HE GETS BACK.

IF YOU WANT, YOU

CAN WAIT FOR HIM.

SOME MEN DON'T LIKE TO BE

INTERVIEWED BY WOMEN. NO, I DON'T MIND.

YOU WANT TO WORK HERE?

I WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING

HERE FOR A PERSON OF MY EXPERIENCE.

YOU DON'T NEED YOUR

EXPERIENCE FOR THIS

PLACE. ALL THEY DO IS

ASK IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN.

JEWS, NIGGERS, WOPS. ANYBODY.

YOU THOUGHT I WAS A JEW. I

WANT TO APOLOGIZE, MISS HART.

I WAS UNDER TENSION THAT DAY.

I CAN IMAGINE.

I... I HAD ORDERS. I

COULDN'T TAKE THE CHANCE.

THAT COMPANY DOESN'T

HIRE THEM. THEY NEVER

HIRED ANY SINCE THE DAY

THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS.

NONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYHOW.

I CAN'T HIRE YOU MYSELF. I... I...

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT!

I... I'M...

I'M... I'M JUST SO PLEASED TO HAVE

RUN INTO YOU AGAIN, MISS HART.

I'VE THOUGHT A GREAT DEAL

ABOUT YOU SINCE THAT DAY.

PLEASE, BELIEVE WHAT I SAY.

I REALLY HAVE.

YEAH?

YEAH.

I'VE BEEN HAVING

A HARD TIME SINCE...

WELL, TO TELL THE TRUTH,

SINCE THE DAY YOU SAW ME.

I, UM... YOU SEE, I HAD TO...

WELL, FRANKLY, I HAD

TO QUIT THAT POSITION.

THEY WERE GOING TO

TRANSFER ME TO A CLERK'S JOB.

WHY?

THEY SEEM TO FEEL THAT

SINCE I GOT MY GLASSES...

I DON'T MAKE THE KIND OF APPEARANCE

THEY WANT IN THE FRONT OFFICE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN THEN?

I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEAN.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PLACED,

AND IT'S THE SAME EVERYWHERE I GO.

SURE, THEY'RE ALL MORONS. YOU'LL

NEVER GET ANYWHERE WITH 'EM.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE DECIDED.

HOW'D YOU KNOW THIS

PLACE WAS JEWISH?

IT IS?

DIDN'T YOU KNOW?

WELL, THE NAME.

MEYER IS A JEW.

YOU DON'T WANNA

WORK HERE NOW, HUH?

YOU BETTER WANT TO.

YOU'RE IN A BAD WAY

YOURSELF, MR. NEWMAN.

I CAN SEE THAT NOW MYSELF.

CAN YOU?

OH, YEAH.

IT'S THERE, ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY THAT I...

MISTOOK YOU THAT WAY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. GOD, IT

WASN'T THE FIRST TIME.

LISTEN.

THE REASON I BLEW UP

AT YOU IS I THOUGHT YOU...

YOU KNOW.

YOU REALLY DID? YEAH, I

DID. I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

WHAT? YOU THOUGHT I WAS WHAT?

JEWISH.

OH.

I THOUGHT... I THOUGHT

YOU WERE GOING TO SAY...

THAT YOU WERE WHAT?

MR. NEWMAN,

I CAN'T HIRE YOU.

BUT IF YOU COME BACK IN ABOUT AN

HOUR, I'LL TELL MR. ARDELL ABOUT YOU.

IS THERE A POSITION OPEN?

WELL, IT ISN'T EXACTLY YOUR OWN

LINE, BUT IT'S A DECENT KIND OF JOB.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A

MAN WHO CAN INTERVIEW

PEOPLE WHO COME INTO

THE COMPANY TO SELL THINGS.

IT'S KIND OF A SALES

TRAFFIC CONTROL THING.

THE COMPANY'S BIGGER THAN IT LOOKS, AND I

GOT AN IDEA IT'LL BE AN AFTER-THE-WAR JOB.

UNLESS THE WHOLE COUNTRY

CLOSES DOWN OR SOMETHING.

- YOU'LL COME BACK?

- OH, YES.

YES, UM... YES. IN

AN HOUR, YOU SAY?

YEAH.

MAKE IT ABOUT AN HOUR.

I'LL RECOMMEND YOU.

YEAH? YEAH.

THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS HART.

CHALK IT UP.

HEY, LARRY!

WILLIE. HOW ARE YOU?

VERY WELL. DID YOU SEE STEVENS?

NO. I'M ALL SET UP AT

MEYER-PETERSEN. MEYER-PETERSEN?

IN NEW JERSEY. HOW

LONG YOU BEEN THERE?

THREE WEEKS NOW. THREE

WEEKS? HOW'S IT GOING?

IT'S SWELL. IT REALLY IS.

EXCUSE ME, WILLIE. MY DATE.

UH, GERTRUDE, WILLIE DOYLE.

WILLIE, GERTRUDE HART. HI, WILLIE.

HI.

LOOK, I GOTTA GO MEET A FRIEND, BUT

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

BYE, WILLIE. IT'S A

PLEASURE. WHOO!

I WANNA WALK.

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR

EXCITEMENT USUALLY?

NOT MUCH. I'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY

MOST OF MY LIFE JUST WORKING.

SOME HAVE IT ALL

AND SOME GOT NOTHIN'.

THAT'S THE TRUTH, I GUESS.

ALTHOUGH, I'VE HAD

MY SHARE OF THINGS.

LIKE WHAT?

OH, A NICE HOME

AND A... GOOD JOB.

BUT YOU DIDN'T EVER HAVE A GOOD TIME.

THAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH YOU, LAWRENCE.

THAT'S WHY I'VE ALWAYS

PICKED ACTORS. THEY

MAKE A DOLLAR AND SPEND

A DOLLAR TWENTY-FIVE.

SO, UH, ARE YOU GONNA

KEEP TAKING ME OUT?

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO? SAY YES

OR NO. I'M NOT THE HARPOONING TYPE.

WELL, OF COURSE I

WOULD... I WOULD LIKE TO.

I JUST, I WONDERED

WHAT YOU THOUGHT.

MMM, YOU GOT ALL

THE ANSWERS, RIGHT?

YES, I WOULD LOVE TO. HEY, WAIT.

DID YOU LIKE IT IN HOLLYWOOD?

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU IN A PICTURE.

I THINK YOU'RE REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

NAH. I GOT THE WRONG

TYPE OF BEAUTY.

I GOT A TEST, BUT THEY

THOUGHT I LOOKED TOO TRAGIC.

SO, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. ANYWAY,

I WAS THERE ABOUT TWO YEARS

AND I WORKED FOR THIS MAN...

WHO OWNED A DOG MANICURING

PLACE... YOU KNOW, WASHING AND CLIPPING.

HE WAS ALL RIGHT

TO ME... FOR A MAN.

THAT'S WHEN I FELL IN

LOVE WITH THIS ACTOR.

I BROUGHT MY MOTHER OUT

FOR THE WEDDING. FROM WHERE?

HOME. BUFFALO.

I GOT SEVEN SISTERS.

THEY'RE ALL MARRIED.

BUT I'M THE OLDEST. THE MA.

HE DIDN'T MARRY

YOU? NOT EVEN MAYBE.

HE JUST LIT OUT, YOU KNOW.

ANYWAY,

I WENT BACK TO

BUFFALO, YOU KNOW,

TRIED TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT WENT WRONG.

DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL IN BUFFALO?

WHAT, YOU DON'T BELIEVE

ME? YEAH, I-I BELIEVE YOU.

YEAH? OF COURSE.

YEAH. LIKE YOU BELIEVE

EVERYTHING I SAY, RIGHT?

YEAH.

OH, LAWRENCE, THAT'S...

OH, GOD!

WHA-WHA... WHOA!

NO. I MEAN, IT'S NOT

ALLOWED. COME ON!

WAIT. WHA... COME ON!

WE'RE GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE.

YOU... HEY.

YOU KNOW WHAT

I'M THINKING? WHAT?

I'M THINKING WHAT I'D SAY IF

YOU ASKED ME TO MARRY YOU.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

I'D PROBABLY SAY NO.

WHY? WHY WOULD YOU SAY NO?

- I'D PROBABLY RUIN YOUR LIFE.

- HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY

RUIN MY LIFE?

DANCIN'. I LIKE TO DANCE.

YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE ME

OUT DANCIN' ALL THE TIME.

I'D TAKE YOU DANCING

ANYTIME YOU LIKE.

I NEVER DID STUFF

LIKE THAT BECAUSE,

WELL, I'VE NEVER BEEN WITH THE

KIND OF WOMAN WHO APPEALED TO ME.

REALLY, GERTRUDE, I NEVER

STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU.

IT'S LIKE I'VE BEEN THINKING

ABOUT YOU FOR YEARS.

THAT'S WHY YOU STRUCK ME

SO THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU.

NOW YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

MARRY ME, GERTRUDE.

ALL RIGHT. WHEN?

WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO?

TWO WEEKS FROM SATURDAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU HOME TO MEET

MY MOTHER. DO YOU THINK SHE'D LIKE ME?

OH, I'M SURE SHE WILL. SHE'S BEEN WANTING

ME TO GET MARRIED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO, IS SHE RELIGIOUS? NOT FANATIC, BUT

WE'D HAVE TO GET MARRIED IN A CHURCH.

THAT'S THE ONLY

PLACE. ABSOLUTELY.

HOLD IT.

IT'S HOT.

WHEN ARE WE GONNA CUT THE CAKE?

HOW YOU DOIN'? WOW.

FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS?

THANKS.

THAT'S IT!

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

MMM.

YES.

AND THAT'S WHEN I

LOOKED UP AND I SAW FRED.

FRED'S HOUSE, AND I

SAW ELSIE IN THE WINDOW.

I DON'T... I DON'T KNOW

WHAT SHE WAS WEARING.

IT-IT SURE LOOKED ODD TO ME.

YOU'VE GOT A RETURN? YES.

GOOD CHRISTIAN

BROTHERS AND SISTERS...

GOOD MORNING, FRED.

MORNING.

GOING TO THE COUNTRY

FOR THE WEEKEND.

I GO OUT WITH THE

DOGS SOME DAYS.

FRED, YOU GOT A LIGHT? SURE.

WE ARE REACHING THE END OF THE

MOST HORRIFIC WAR IN

THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

OUR SONS, OUR BROTHERS...

I USED TO LISTEN

TO HIM BEFORE. WHO?

FATHER CRIGHTON. YEAH, I WAS

GOING THROUGH SOME BAD TIMES.

FELT LIKE HE WAS TALKING TO

ME PERSONALLY. BYE, MOTHER.

MADE ME BELIEVE IN GOD AGAIN.

GAVE ME HOPE, YOU KNOW?

YEAH, HE'S A GOOD MAN.

I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT

IT SOMETIME. NICE TALKING TO YOU.

READY? UH-HUH.

THANK YOU.

FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!

I GOTTA TELL YOU

SOMETHIN'. WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S ABOUT BUFFALO.

I WASN'T BORN THERE. I WAS

BORN AND RAISED IN STATEN ISLAND.

BUT I ALWAYS SAID BUFFALO SO

EMPLOYERS WOULDN'T THINK I WAS A JEW.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH? YOU MAD ABOUT WANAMAKERS?

I'M NOT MAD, NO.

I-I JUST DON'T THINK YOU OUGHT TO HAVE

$100 DRESSES DELIVERED FROM STORES...

WHEN YOU KNOW WE

HAVE TO SEND THEM BACK.

WHY? EVERYBODY DOES IT.

COME ON. I JUST WANTED TO TRY

SOME THINGS ON AT HOME FOR YOU.

WELL, YOU HAVE

EXCELLENT TASTE, GERT.

NO, R-REALLY. I NEVER THOUGHT

YOU COULD LOOK LIKE THAT.

LIKE AN ACTRESS. YEAH?

YEAH! EXCEPTIONAL TASTE.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT

I PRIDE MYSELF ON.

OOH! GET OVER HERE.

COME ON.

YOU KNOW WHO I WISH

WAS WITH US? FRED.

WHY FRED? HE SEEMS NICE.

IT WAS NICE OF YOUR MOTHER

TO INVITE THEM TO THE RECEPTION.

YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORLY. WE

OUGHTA GET TO KNOW THEM BETTER.

I DON'T KNOW. I THINK HE'S

THE ONE WHO TURNED OVER...

WHAT? WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY?

THERE IT IS, GERT.

OH, LOOK! I'M SO EXCITED.

OH, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

TALKING ABOUT

ORGANIZING A BRIDGE GAME.

VERY NICE CROWD HERE.

HELLO. THERE'S A YOUNGER COUPLE.

LEAVE THESE RIGHT HERE.

ALWAYS SOMEONE INTERESTING TO

TALK TO HERE. NICE, LIVELY CROWD.

I WANNA TAKE A SWIM

BEFORE LUNCH. YES, SIR?

HI. UH, LAWRENCE

NEWMAN. YES, SIR.

I CALLED LAST WEEK. I TALKED

TO A YOUNG MAN, A MR. SULLIVAN...

ABOUT A FRONT ROOM.

HE TOLD US YOU'D BE ABLE

TO HELP US. A RESERVATION?

NO. HE SAID THERE'D

BE NO PROBLEM.

YOU CAN'T GET

ANYTHING HERE. FULL UP.

OH.

UM, IS MR. SULLIVAN AROUND?

I'M SURE HE'D REMEMBER ME.

UH, HE'S SWIMMING, BUT

HE COULDN'T HELP YOU.

HE'S MY SON. I OWN THE PLACE.

OH. I JUST THOUGHT HE'D REMEMBER

ME. I WAS HERE FOR TWO WEEKS.

MISTER, WE'RE FULL UP.

I COULDN'T HELP

YOU IF I WANTED TO.

WE'LL GO ON TO THE

OTHER ONE THEN, LAWRENCE.

WE WANTED TO SAVE ON

GAS. THAT'S WHY WE TRIED YOU.

I'D BE GLAD TO HELP YOU

IF WE WEREN'T SO FULL UP.

OH, YEAH, WE KNOW. WE SAW THE MOB

OUT THERE. WHAT, WITH 12 CARS OUTSIDE.

HOW'D EVERYBODY ELSE

GET HERE? BY YACHT?

I SAID WHAT I HAD TO SAY, LADY.

JUMP IN WITH YOUR SON

AND DROWN, WILL YA?

LET'S GET OUTTA HERE BEFORE WE GET

SQUEEZED TO DEATH BY THE MOB IN HERE.

YOU WOULD THINK HE COULD'VE

THOUGHT UP A GOOD EXCUSE.

CROWDED. I WANTED TO CHOKE

HIM. DON'T TAKE IT TO HEART.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE ANYMORE

WITHOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING.

JUST GO TO ANOTHER PLACE, LULLY.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

WE'RE GOING HOME.

NO! I WANNA GO TO ANOTHER PLACE!

I WANNA GO TO ANOTHER

PLACE! STOP THAT!

WHAT... LET ME OUT! LULLY!

JUST LET ME OUT!

STOP THE CAR! STOP IT!

I'M NOT GOING HOME! STOP

IT! WILL YOU CALM DOWN?

I WANNA FIND ANOTHER PLACE. NO!

I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THAT AGAIN.

AND I DON'T WANT YOU

INSULTED EITHER. TURN AROUND!

THEY'RE ALL RESTRICTED

HOTELS ALONG HERE.

IT'LL BE THE SAME NO

MATTER WHERE WE GO.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED

TO TREAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

GOT THE RIGHT TO DO

ANYTHING THEY WANT.

BUT THEY'RE WRONG, AND YOU SHOULD'VE

TOLD HIM THAT! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HIM?

TELL THEM WHAT,

GERT? TELL THEM WHAT?

IF PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE THAT ATTITUDE

WITH YOU, YOU CAN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THERE'S

NOTHING YOU CAN TELL THEM?

THEY PULL THAT ON ME

AND I TELL 'EM WHAT I AM.

NOBODY MAKES A JEW OUTTA

ME AND GETS AWAY WITH IT.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

THERE'S A-A LITTLE STATE

PARK UP THE ROAD HERE.

WE'LL HAVE LUNCH.

WE'LL SIT BY THE LAKE.

I DON'T WANNA SIT BY THE LAKE. I

CANNOT GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN TODAY!

NOW STOP IT!

DO JEWS EAT CLAMS?

NO SHELLFISH.

HAVE YOU DECIDED? YES.

CLAMS. MY WIFE WILL HAVE CLAMS.

AND I'LL HAVE CLAMS TOO. A

LARGE ORDER OF CLAMS FOR TWO.

THAT'S AN ORDER OF CLAMS FOR

TWO, SIR. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE?

NO, NOT JUST YET.

WE'LL SEE AS WE GO.

OKAY.

WE'LL TURN AROUND, WE'LL DRIVE BACK

DOWN THE ROAD FOR A COUPLE OF MILES.

WE'LL FIND ANOTHER PLACE.

MUST BE ANOTHER PLACE.

OKAY.

I STILL THINK YOU SHOULD'VE

SAID SOMETHING TO HIM.

NO! NO! THAT'S TOO

COLD! I DON'T CARE.

ALL RIGHT, I CALL.

TWO OF A KIND.

FULL HOUSE. OKAY.

OH, OH.

THOSE ARE PERFECT.

WAIT!

IT'S USUALLY OPEN ON SUNDAY.

SOMETHING MUST'VE HAPPENED.

HELLO? MOTHER, WE'RE HOME.

OH, HELLO, DEAR.

I'LL GO PUT THE CAR

AWAY. ALL RIGHT.

HI.

DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME?

YES, WE DID. WE HAD

A WONDERFUL TIME.

SO I FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

YOUR MOTHER TOLD ME THAT

FINKELSTEIN GOT IN A FIGHT WITH SOME GUY...

OVER THAT KID WHO SELLS

NEWSPAPERS ON SUNDAY.

WAS HE HURT? NO.

THEY FELL AGAINST A

WINDOW AND IT CRACKED.

SHE SAID SHE SAW IT FROM HERE.

THE WHOLE BLOCK WAS WATCHING.

SHE TOLD ME ABOUT FRED.

THE TWO OF YOU USED TO GET TOGETHER AND

TALK, VISIT WITH EACH OTHER IN HIS CELLAR.

YOU DON'T DO IT ANYMORE? MM-HMM.

AND HE'S A UNION CRUSADER? I

KNOW HE'S A UNION CRUSADER.

YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT, LULLY.

YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT HE INVITED

YOU TO A MEETING AND YOU DIDN'T GO.

AND ABOUT THE GARBAGE CANS.

I ASKED FRED ABOUT

THE GARBAGE CANS.

AND WHAT DID HE SAY? HE

DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

OH, LULLY! THAT'S

PART OF THEIR TACTIC.

FIRST WITH THE GARBAGE CAN, AND

THEN THEY BLOW OUT A WINDOW OR TWO.

NOT MY WINDOW, THEY'RE NOT.

- WHO ARE THEY?

- I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM

BEFORE. HE'S HAVING A MEETING.

OH, EXCUSE ME. IS THIS 144?

NO, JUST NEXT DOOR.

THANKS A LOT.

COME INSIDE.

THERE'S SOME THINGS

I DIDN'T TELL YOU.

AND MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE, BUT THERE

ARE THINGS YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME EITHER.

WHAT THINGS? WHAT HAVEN'T I

TOLD YOU? ABOUT THE GARBAGE CAN.

AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THE UNION

CRUSADERS ARE ALIVE AROUND HERE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE GOTTA STOP

FOOLING AROUND HERE!

YOU EITHER GET IN WITH

FRED AND YOU JOIN THE

UNION CRUSADERS, OR

WE GET OUT NOW AND FAST.

GET OUT OF... WHAT

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHAT AM I

TALKING ABOUT? I JUST TOLD YOU.

AND YOU HEARD ME. LOOK.

I WAS OUT SHOPPING, AND I HEARD THE PEOPLE

TALKING ABOUT THIS MEETING NEXT SATURDAY.

LULLY, YOU SHOULD GO.

I DON'T KNOW.

ALL RIGHT, DON'T GO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO.

BUT WE GET IN OR WE GET

OUT. THAT'S THE ONLY CHOICE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH

ABOUT THE UNION CRUSADERS?

- I JUST KNOW, OKAY?

- HOW?

THAT GUY I TOLD YOU I WORKED FOR

IN HOLLYWOOD, THE DOG GROOMER...

I LIVED WITH HIM, LULLY.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING

ELSE, SO I STAYED.

I STAYED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

LULLY,

HE'S A UNION CRUSADER.

SO I HEARD A LOT.

THEN THEY STARTED

BEATIN' UP ON JEWS,

AND THE POLICE CAME AROUND.

I'D HAD ENOUGH, SO I GOT OUT.

BUT I DIDN'T GET OUT BEFORE I

GOT TO KNOW THOSE PEOPLE, LULLY.

THAT FAT GUY WE SAW DOWNSTAIRS,

I SAW HIM IN L.A.

HIS NAME'S MEL.

HE'S REAL IMPORTANT

WITH THE CRUSADERS, LULLY.

THEY DON'T BRING

HIM IN UNLESS THEY...

IT'S GONNA GET REAL DANGEROUS.

OKAY? THEY GOT

RIFLES, THEY GOT BOMBS.

FRED'S GOT RIFLES.

FRED GOES HUNTING.

AND REVOLVERS, LULLY? YOU

GO HUNTING WITH REVOLVERS?

THEY'RE DRAWING

A RING AROUND US.

NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS,

BUT THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE'RE NOT JEWS!

OH, LULLY, LISTEN TO ME.

IT ISN'T FAIR,

BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WHEN THEY MAKE UP THEIR

MIND ABOUT WHO YOU ARE,

IT'S OVER.

SO YOU GO TO THE MEETING

OR YOU GET OUT NOW.

OH, GOD.

LET'S GO.

CALLAHAN PETE'S, 221 FLATBUSH.

TWO MALE NEGROES,

POSSIBLY JUVENILES.

BOB, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

EXCUSE ME. THAT'S

SAVED. I'M SORRY.

THERE HE IS.

FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!

FATHER! FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!

YOU MUST BE FRED.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!

FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

THANK YOU! PLEASE BE SEATED!

I COME TO YOU

TONIGHT, GOOD PEOPLE,

IN THE TERRIBLE

HEAT OF THIS DAY,

TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT...

AGAINST THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN

PROPAGANDISTS,

AND TO STAND FAST... FAST...

AGAINST THE INTERNATIONALIST

WARMONGERS...

DETERMINED TO CRUCIFY

CHRIST ALL OVER AGAIN!

- STAND FAST!

- YES! YES! YES!

THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY...

WHEN 95 PERCENT OF

OUR FELLOW CITIZENS...

HAVE THEIR MINDS AND

EMOTIONS AROUSED BY ONLY...

FIVE PERCENT OF THESE

INTERNATIONALIST WARMONGERS,

WHOSE MAIN CONCERN IS THE

DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE...

IN THE SERVICE OF COMMUNISM!

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT! BOO!

THIS IMPENDING MENACE MAKES IT

NECESSARY FOR US TO SOLIDIFY...

A CLOSELY WOVEN UNION CRUSADE...

TO BLUDGEON THIS ASSAULT BY

THESE INTERNATIONALIST BANKERS...

AND THEIR WARMONGERING

COMMUNIST BROTHERS!

AND WE ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE!

JEWS! JEWS!

NOW WE MUST BE

DILIGENT IN ROOTING OUT...

THESE MAGGOTS THAT FEED

ON THE ULCERS OF CIVILIZATION,

AND GROW FAT ON THE

DOCTRINES OF ZIONIST GREED...

AND MARXIST ATHEISM!

WE MUST BE RESOLUTE IN

DENYING THESE PARASITES...

THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAX FAT...

ON THE WOUNDS OF OUR PROSPERITY!

BUT, BUT, BEFORE I CONTINUE,

DEAR BRETHREN AND CO-PATRIOTS,

BEFORE I CONTINUE, I

SHOULD LIKE TO INFORM...

NAY, WARN YOU... THAT THERE

ARE AMONGST US TONIGHT...

HOW SHALL I SAY IT? THE

INTERNATIONALIST PRESS.

YES! LOOK AROUND YOU!

I THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL A

NATIONALIST FROM AN INTERNATIONALIST.

I SUSPECT THESE

PRESS PEOPLE WILL...

GIVE US DUE ATTENTION

IN THEIR NEWSPAPERS.

AND WE MUST STEEL OURSELVES FOR

EXCLAMATIONS OF DISSENT TONIGHT.

AND SHOULD ANY SUCH

DISSENT BE NOTICED,

I TRUST YOU WILL

RESTRAIN YOURSELVES...

AND DEAL WITH ANY SUCH INDIVIDUALS

AS BEFITS OUR CHRISTIAN VALUES.

AMEN!

AS YOU ALL KNOW,

WE ARE CLOSE TO THE END OF

THE MOST BRUTAL WAR IN HISTORY.

A WAR TO WHICH MANY OF YOU...

HAVE LOST BROTHERS,

HUSBANDS, FRIENDS.

AND I TELL YOU, WHEN

OUR BOYS COME HOME,

WE WILL RISE UP AGAINST THE

MONEY-GRABBERS WHO STARTED IT!

AND OUR BYWORD WILL

BE ACTION! ACTION! ACTION!

- ACTION!

- ACTION!

ACTION! ACTION!

STAND UP, MISTER!

NOW FRIENDS, PLEASE!

PLEASE, PLEASE, SIT DOWN!

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH

YOU? HE DIDN'T CLAP ONCE.

FOR PETE'S SAKE, I NEVER

CLAP. HE'S A JEW, A SAMMY.

YOU'RE OUTTA HERE! STOP IT!

SIT DOWN! PLEASE GO BACK

TO YOUR SEATS! PLEASE!

LET US EXERCISE SOME

CHRISTIAN COMPASSION.

LISTEN TO ME!

MY NAME IS LAWRENCE NEWMAN!

MY FAMILY CAME FROM

ALDWICH, ENGLAND IN 1861!

ALDWICH, ENGLAND,

FOR PETE'S SAKE!

MY-MY ANCESTORS

WERE PILGRIMS, EVEN!

PROTESTANTS! PRESBYTERIANS!

I... LISTEN!

YOU BETTER GO HOME, MISTER.

WELL, I... I... YOU HURT?

NO, NO, BUT THEY'RE OUT OF

THEIR MINDS. THEY'RE CRAZY!

CAN'T THEY SEE? I'M NOT A HEBE!

BETTER GO HOME NOW.

MR. NEWMAN. CAN I HELP YOU?

UH, UH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

I THINK YOU'LL WANT TO TAKE YOUR

JACKET OFF. IT DON'T LOOK NICE.

ARE YOU GOIN' HOME?

I'D LIKE TO WALK WITH YOU, IF

YOU DON'T MIND MY COMPANY.

I SEEN THERE WHAT HAPPENED.

I FIGURE THAT THEY'LL COME TO ME

ANYWAY, SO FIRST I'LL GO TO THEM.

I STOOD OUTSIDE. I SEEN

WHAT THEY DONE TO YOU.

FIRST, I'M ASKIN' YOU

TO UNDERSTAND ME.

I'M... I'M AFTER INFORMATION.

I AM A MAN WHO READS EVERY

DAY, SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS.

ALL KINDS, FROM COMMUNIST

TO THE UTTERMOST REACTIONARY.

IT'S MY NATURE I

SHOULDN'T BE HAPPY...

UNLESS I CAN UNDERSTAND

WHAT IS GOING ON.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND

IS HOW SO MANY PEOPLE...

CAN GET WORKED UP TO

SUCH A PITCH ABOUT JEWS,

WHEN IN THAT WHOLE HALL THERE AIN'T A

PERSON WHO KNOWS HIMSELF PERSONALLY...

MAYBE MORE THAN

THREE JEWS TO SPEAK TO.

MOST OF THEM AREN'T

VERY INTELLIGENT.

YEAH, BUT SOME THERE LOOK

MORE INTELLIGENT THAN ME.

I-I WANNA LAY THINGS OUT

ON THE BOARD, MR. NEWMAN.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU

CAN DISCUSS WITH ME.

WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO GET

OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

IT ISN'T YOU, PARTICULARLY.

IT IS ME PARTICULARLY.

IF YOU WANT THE JEWS TO GET

OUT, YOU WANT ME TO GET OUT.

I DID SOMETHIN' YOU DON'T LIKE?

IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF DOING

SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE. YES, THEN, WHAT?

YOU DON'T REALLY WANT

TO KNOW THIS, DO YOU?

WHY, DON'T YOU WANT TO TELL

ME? NO, I'LL TELL YOU IF YOU WANT.

THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE JEWS.

UH, FOR ONE THING, THEY HAVE

NO PRINCIPLES. PRINCIPLES?

YES. IN BUSINESS, FOR INSTANCE,

YOU'LL FIND THEM CHEATING

OR TAKING ADVANTAGE.

LET ME UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT ME NOW?

NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING

ABOUT YOU. SOME, YOU MEAN.

OF COURSE I'M NOT

TALKING ABOUT YOU.

THEN SOME GENTILES, NO?

OF COURSE, YES.

SOME GENTILES, YES.

YOU EVER PUT A NICKEL IN FOR A

LOCAL CALL? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE PHONE COMPANY COULD MAKE

A GOOD PROFIT CHARGING A PENNY.

THIS IS A FACT FROM THE

UTILITIES INVESTIGATION.

THE PHONE COMPANY IS

RUN AND OWNED BY GENTILES,

BUT SHOULD I HOLD

YOU RESPONSIBLE?

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IT ISN'T WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

IT'S WHAT OTHERS OF

YOUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU

LOOK AT ME, YOU DON'T SEE ME.

I DON'T SEE YOU?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I MEAN WHAT I SAID.

YOU LOOK AT ME AND

YOU DON'T SEE ME.

SO WHAT DO YOU SEE, MR. NEWMAN?

I...

WHAT HAPPENED? YOU'RE

ALL DIRTY. I'LL WASH LATER.

LAWRENCE, YOU'RE CUT! I WAS

SITTING THERE WITH SOME MORON.

HE STARTED YELLING AT ME.

WHY? WHAT'D YOU

DO? I DIDN'T DO A THING.

HE-HE SAW I WASN'T APPLAUDING.

I NEVER APPLAUD. YOU KNOW

THAT. BUT DID YOU TELL HIM THAT?

HOW CAN YOU TELL

THOSE MORONS ANYTHING?

THEY WENT CRAZY

AND SHOVED ME OUT.

SO YOU DIDN'T STAY TO THE END?

THEY PUSHED ME OUT,

FOR PETE'S SAKE! RIGHT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE APPLAUDED.

WHY? WHY SHOULD

I HAVE APPLAUDED?

THEY'RE ALL MORONS.

TAKE CARE. OKAY,

YOU TOO. GOOD NIGHT.

I WANT TO SEE YOU, FRED.

- WHO'S THAT?

- IT'S ME.

SIT DOWN A MINUTE, WILL YOU?

YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?

WELL, UH, WHAT DO

YOU WANT, LARRY?

I COULDN'T DO

ANYTHING, NOW COULD I?

I JUST DON'T WANT TO

BE MOLESTED AGAIN.

MISTAKES HAPPEN.

THEY JUST GOT EXCITED,

LARRY. THEY JUST GOT EXCITED.

AS EXCITED AS THEY GET WHEN THEY

THROW MY GARBAGE ON MY LAWN?

I TOLD YOU,

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT

THE GARBAGE ON YOUR LAWN.

OH, COME ON, FRED!

YOU SAW IT THE FIRST TIME, WHEN YOU

WALKED YOUR DOGS BEFORE I GOT UP.

BUT LET'S STOP FOOLING

AROUND, ALL RIGHT?

LET'S BE HONEST, ALL RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT

ME TO DO, LARRY?

I WANT MY NAME

TAKEN OFF THE LIST.

I KNOW YOU GUYS KEEP A

LIST, AND I WANT MY NAME OFF.

A MAN DOESN'T GET

GARBAGE TWICE ON HIS LAWN...

OR GET ATTACKED LIKE

TODAY, UNLESS HE'S A JEW.

AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT, FRED.

I TOLD 'EM.

I SAYS, THE MAN HAS BEEN A

NEIGHBOR OF MINE FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT THEY CLAIM THAT THEY

KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKIN' ABOUT.

AND TO TELL YOU

THE TRUTH, LARRY,

I WAS MAKIN' HEADWAY UNTIL

YOU BROUGHT THE MISSUS AROUND.

GERTRUDE? YOU

THINK SHE'S JEWISH?

YOU MEAN, SHE'S NOT?

NO! WHERE'D YOU

EVER GET THAT IDEA?

OH, GEE, I'M...

I'M AWFUL SORRY,

LARRY. I DIDN'T KNOW.

I THOUGHT YOU'D DONE GONE AND

MARRIED YOURSELF A JEW WOMAN.

I'M NOT GIVING UP

MY HOUSE, FRED.

WHO GAVE YOU THAT IDEA?

I'M TALKING, FRED, AND I'M

TELLING YOU WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

I BOUGHT AND PAID

FOR THAT HOUSE,

AND I'M NOT GIVING IT UP!

AND AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED,

DON'T KID YOURSELF ABOUT ME.

I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

I CAN TAKE PRETTY GOOD CARE

OF MYSELF, SO DON'T KID YOURSELF!

WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT THAT

WOMAN PETEY RAPED THAT NIGHT.

MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT

ME AND GERTRUDE.

MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT

FINKELSTEIN THERE,

OR MRS. BLYTHE OR MRS. DEWITT.

MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT WHO OF US

WOULD COME OUT TO HELP EACH OTHER...

IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ONE

OF US, LIKE TO YOU, FOR INSTANCE.

OR FRED OR FINKELSTEIN.

YEAH, I'M INCLUDING HIM, LIKE I'M

INCLUDING THAT WOMAN SCREAMING...

WHILE PETEY RAPED HER AND

NONE OF US CAME OUT TO HELP.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT, CARLSON?

IT WAS ABOUT YOU

AND FRED AND PETEY...

AND ALL THIS GODDAMNED HATRED

GOING AROUND AND AROUND US...

LIKE SOME CRAZY

CAROUSEL, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS

ABOUT. ALL RIGHT?

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. HOW ARE YOU?

I WANTED TO ASK

YOU A FEW THINGS.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE

GOING TO DO IF THEY COME AFTER YOU?

YOU GOT SOME DEFINITE INFORMATION

THEY'RE GONNA START WITH ME?

WELL, IT'S COMING, ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT IT'S

GOING TO COME. WHAT WILL YOU DO?

THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER. SOLID WOOD.

WHAT ABOUT THE

POLICE? THE POLICE, SURE.

IF WE COULD GET A

DELEGATION TO COMPLAIN.

BUT IS THAT POSSIBLE

ON THIS BLOCK?

MR. FINKELSTEIN,

I'LL GIVE YOU MY HONEST OPINION.

I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE

SENSIBLE THING FOR YOU TO DO.

YES? I THINK YOU OUGHT

TO THINK ABOUT MOVING.

IT'S MY HONEST OPINION.

ARE YOU A JEW, MR. NEWMAN?

NO, BUT THEY THINK

YOU ARE, RIGHT? WELL...

SUPPOSING I TOLD YOU

TO MOVE? MR. FINKELSTEIN,

I CAME TO GIVE YOU MY OPINION.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE BUYING FROM THEM

ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE THEY MADE YOU BUY.

I THOUGHT NO MATTER WHAT YOU

DID, YOU WERE STILL MY FRIEND...

BECAUSE YOU WERE A MAN OF

INTELLIGENCE. I DIDN'T COME HERE TO...

FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T YOU

SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING?

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN

THIS COUNTRY, AND A

COUPLE OF MILLION IS JEWS.

IT'S YOU THEY WANT, NOT ME!

THEY ARE A GANG OF DEVILS...

AND THEY WANT THIS COUNTRY.

AND I MUST TELL YOU, IF-IF YOU

HAD ANY REGARD FOR YOUR COUNTRY,

YOU WOULDN'T TELL ME TO MOVE.

I WILL NOT MOVE, MR. NEWMAN.

I WILL NOT DO IT. I WON'T!

I SIMPLY WAS

TRYING... NO, I WILL NOT!

DID YOU TALK TO FRED?

I TALKED TO FRED AND I TALKED TO

CARLSON AND I TALKED TO FINKELSTEIN,

AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE HAVING ANY

TROUBLE WITH OUR GARBAGE CANS ANYMORE.

ALL RIGHT?

I WAS JUST ASKING, THAT'S ALL.

WHY'D YOU TALK TO FINKELSTEIN?

TO WARN HIM TO MOVE.

YOU DID? YOU TOLD HIM TO MOVE?

AND FRED. WHAT ABOUT FRED?

GERT, I TOOK CARE OF THINGS.

ALL RIGHT? PLEASE, DON'T WORRY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

HI, ELSIE. HOW'S FRED DOING?

OH, HE'S OKAY. GREAT.

FIVE. THERE YOU GO.

HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU.

AH. OH, EXCUSE ME. I

THOUGHT I WAS NEXT.

HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON,

MRS. HAMILTON. THANK YOU.

MRS. DEWITT, LET ME GIVE

YOU A HAND WITH THAT.

YOU GO AHEAD, MRS.

NEWMAN. YOU WERE BEFORE ME.

AH. THANK YOU.

THIRTY-FIVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HELLO, ELSIE.

OH. I'M SORRY.

I'LL BREAK YOUR HAND IF YOU

PICK THAT UP. YOU REALLY...

DON'T, DON'T. IT'S GONNA BE

VERY PAINFUL WHEN I DO THAT...

AND SAY, "GIN!"

DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS, LAWRENCE?

THAT WOMAN IS STILL IN A COMA.

STILL? YES.

- WHO'S THAT?

- OH.

JUST SOME WOMAN. THE POLICE THOUGHT

SHE MIGHT'VE BEEN ATTACKED NEAR HERE.

YEAH?

BUT SHE'S PUERTO

RICAN, NOT JEWISH.

SO IT ISN'T, YOU KNOW...

WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE?

OH, COME ON, GERT. IT

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US.

GERTRUDE,

WE'VE GOT TO START

ENJOYING OURSELVES AGAIN.

I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE, LULLY.

YOU... DO YOU MEAN, MOTHER?

OR... NO.

OR ARE YOU TALKING

ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

I THOUGHT THINGS HAD CHANGED WHEN YOU SPOKE

TO FRED AND CARLSON, BUT THEY HAVEN'T.

IT SEEMS THEY GOT WORSE.

SOMETIMES I THINK WE OUGHTA MOVE

FROM HERE MAYBE, TO ANOTHER CITY.

NOW, LET'S EXAMINE THINGS, DEAR.

LULLY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE

GONNA MAKE A LIFE FOR ME.

I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET TO

STAY HOME AND FIX A PLACE FOR YOU.

I AIN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO

COOK SOMETHING NICE. I COOK GOOD.

I AIN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE

TO HANG UP CURTAINS.

- ALL IT'S BEEN IS TROUBLE

AND MORE TROUBLE.

- WHAT CAN I DO?

- THINK ABOUT IT. WHAT EXACTLY CAN I DO?

- GO TO FRED.

GO TO FRED! GO TO FRED! I CAN'T.

LULLY, LET ME TELL

YOU SOMETHING.

THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OVER THIS

NEIGHBORHOOD AS SURE AS YOU'RE BORN,

AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT END

OF THE BROOM WE'RE GONNA BE ON.

GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, DEAR.

DO YOU FEEL THEY HAVE THE RIGHT

TO TELL FINKELSTEIN WHERE TO LIVE?

OR FOR THAT MATTER,

TO TELL US WHERE TO LIVE?

NO, BUT THEY DO.

EVERYBODY ON THE COAST

WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.

THEY'LL HAVE SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOODS

FOR ALL OF US, OR EVEN SPECIAL STATES.

OH, NONSENSE.

THEY CAN'T DO THAT.

OF COURSE THEY CAN. LOOK

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN EUROPE!

I AM NOT GETTING DOWN ON MY KNEES

TO FRED OR THAT GANG OF LUNATICS...

FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF

LIVING IN MY OWN HOUSE.

WELL, WHEN THE WAR'S OVER

AND THEY START CRACKING DOWN,

WE'LL FIND OURSELVES FORCED

OUT OF HERE ALONG WITH FINKELSTEIN,

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT

OR NOT, I'M TELLING YOU.

I'LL GO TO FRED. MAYBE

HE'LL LISTEN TO ME.

NO, ABSOLUTELY

NOT. LISTEN TO ME!

I FORBID IT. YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

GERT? GERTIE, COME ON.

LISTEN. FORGET IT. COME ON.

LET'S GO TO THE

MOVIES, ALL RIGHT?

WE'LL WALK OVER,

WE'LL CATCH A MOVIE.

I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

BOTH OF YOU BEHAVE.

DRIVE SAFE.

ARE YOU COLD?

NOT THAT MUCH. IT'S NICE OUT.

GERT, HOW WOULD YOU

LIKE TO TAKE A LONG TRIP?

TO HOLLYWOOD, SAY?

IT'S CHEAP TO LIVE OUT THERE.

NO, NO. I MEAN, TO VISIT.

IS IT TRUE THAT YOU CAN BUY MAPS

THAT TELL YOU WHERE THE STARS LIVE?

YEAH. BEVERLY HILLS.

EXCUSE ME.

THAT SEEM STRANGE?

NOT PARTICULARLY.

WHY WERE THEY STANDING AROUND

THERE? WELL, MAYBE WAITING FOR SOMEONE.

YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF 'EM? NO.

WHAT ARE THEY

GOING TO DO WITH US?

BETTER WE DON'T KNOW.

NO, NOT MY CHILD!

NO!

THEY CAN'T KILL THE CHILDREN

JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE JEWISH.

WHY NOT?

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, IKEY?

HEY, WE'RE WATCHING THIS!

THEY'RE JUST A BUNCH OF JERKS.

GERT, YOU'VE GOT TO

STOP BEING THIS WAY.

I HAVE NOTHING TO

SAY TO FRED ANYMORE.

I CAN'T ACT THAT WAY.

EVEN IF THEY DECIDED

THAT I WAS ALL RIGHT,

I COULDN'T GO ALONG WITH THEM.

AND NEITHER COULD YOU.

YOU'RE TOO FINE A PERSON.

YOU ARE!

TOO FINE.

GERT, I WAS THINKING.

WHEN THE WAR'S OVER, MAYBE

YOU COULD STOP WORKING...

AND WE COULD THINK

ABOUT HAVING A CHILD.

HEY, SAMMY, WHERE YOU GOIN'?

DIDN'T YOU HEAR HIM?

WHAT'S YOUR HURRY? HEY!

ALL RIGHT, NOW CUT THAT OUT!

HEY! NO! NO!

- LULLY!

- RUN!

OH! STOP IT!

OH!

COME HERE!

- MR. NEWMAN!

- AAH!

AAH!

AAH!

HOLD IT!

ALL RIGHT, YOU HEBE BASTARDS.

THIS WAS A WARM-UP.

- I AIN'T FINISHED WITH 'EM YET!

- YOU'RE FINISHED! LET'S GO!

COME ON, BOYS, LET'S GO.

SHAKING? SO ARE YOU.

HERE.

EASY.

HOW'S YOUR HEART?

NOT WHAT IT WAS. ICE?

DO YOU HAVE ICE? IN THE BACK.

OVER THERE. OVER THERE.

HOLD IT AGAINST YOUR

NOSE. KEEP YOUR HEAD BACK.

YOUR WIFE? IS YOUR WIFE HOME?

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, SHE AND THE CHILDREN

AND THE OLD MAN GO VISITING TO THE BRONX.

TO THE... TO THE RELATIVES.

DID IT STOP?

NO, NO, NO. KEEP-KEEP

YOUR HEAD BACK.

I TELL YOU, MR. NEWMAN,

WE WERE LUCKY, HUH?

I'M THINKING OF THAT WOMAN.

SHE DIED TONIGHT, YOU KNOW.

SHE DIED?

YEAH.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

IT'S A TRAGEDY, I MEAN,

WHAT'S HAPPENING...

WHAT'S HAPPENING THESE DAYS.

PEOPLE MURDERING ONE

ANOTHER, NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING.

ANYWAY, WE...

WE SHOWED THOSE BASTARDS

SOMETHING, DIDN'T WE?

YEAH.

WILL YOU BE ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

THANK YOU, MR. FINKELSTEIN.

LULLY! OH, MY GOD!

YOUR FACE! WH-WHAT

WERE YOU DOING IN THERE?

I-I THOUGHT FRED

COULD STOP IT FASTER. I...

- YOU WENT TO THE WRONG GUY.

- I WANNA TALK TO YOU, LARRY.

THAT WOMAN DIED, FRED.

DID YOU KNOW?

IT'S A HOMICIDE NOW.

I KNOW, BECAUSE I SAW

PETEY RAPE HER THAT NIGHT.

SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA

TALK ABOUT, FRED? HUH?

WHAT THE HELL ARE

WE GONNA TALK ABOUT?

OH, MY GOD.

OH.

LULLY. OH, WAIT.

LULLY! LULLY, WAIT!

DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL

YOU AN AMBULANCE? NO.

ARE YOU HAVIN' SOME TROUBLE?

MY NAME IS LAWRENCE NEWMAN.

I LIVE ON HARGROVE ROAD. I WAS

ATTACKED AND BEATEN UP A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

HE ROB YOU? NO.

THERE WAS FIVE OF 'EM. FOUR

YOUNGER FELLAS AND AN OLDER MAN.

UNION CRUSADERS.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

THEY'VE BEEN THREATENING

TO DO IT FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

YOU KNOW THEM? WELL, I...

YOU KNOW ANY OF THEIR NAMES?

NO. YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES?

NO, I TOLD YOU, BUT

I-I-I KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

I CAN'T GO LOOKIN' FOR

PEOPLE WITHOUT NAMES.

I GOT NAMES.

I CAN GIVE YOU NAMES.

MY WIFE.

DID YOU SEE THIS ATTACK, MA'AM?

YES.

WHAT STREET WAS THAT

YOU SAID? HARGROVE?

IT'S THE ONE WITH THE

NEWSSTAND ON THE CORNER.

YEAH, THAT'S A BAD STREET.

HOW MANY OF YOU PEOPLE

LIVE ON THAT STREET?

US PEOPLE?

YEAH. HOW MANY?

WELL, THERE'S THE

FINKELSTEINS ON THE CORNER.

JUST THEM AND YOURSELVES?

YES. YES.

JUST THEM AND US.

OKAY.

YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT A

MINUTE HERE. COUPLE OF FORMS TO FILL OUT.

TOMORROW MORNING I GUESS I'LL

SEND A MAN AROUND TO THE FINKELSTEINS,

SEE IF THEY'VE HAD ANY OF

THE TROUBLE YOU HAD TONIGHT.

SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT.

IT'LL JUST BE A MOMENT.

I NEED A SECRETARY.

I'LL SEND SOMEBODY

OVER TO TALK TO THEM.

PROBABLY HAVE THE

SAME PROBLEMS YOU HAVE.

NOW, JUST BE PATIENT. WE HAVE

SOME FORMS TO FILL OUT HERE.