Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014): Season 5, Episode 1 - Golden Days for Boys and Girls - full transcript
1931: Nucky is in Cuba attempting to set up networks for shipping into the US when the Volstead Act is lifted. Charlie makes a move on Joe Masseria. Chalky is in chains, and fights for his freedom. There are glimpses of Nucky's past.
"Be honest and true, boys!"
Whatever you do, boys,
"let this be your
motto through life."
"Both now and forever,
be this your endeavor,"
when wrong with the
right is at strife.
The best and the truest; Alas!
Are the fewest;
but be one of these if you can.
In duty, ne'er fail;
you will find 'twill avail you,
and bring its reward when a man.
Don't think life
plain sailing...
There's danger of failing,
though bright the
futures seem to be...
But bright honor and labor
and truth to your neighbor
"will bear you safe
over life's seas."
Commodore! Commodore!
Here, please. Throw another.
Mister!
Mr. Commodore. Throw one to me.
Now commences
our sun-kissed summer,
ladies and gentlemen.
We sprinkle the sea with gold
and the sea gives it
back to us 100 fold.
That is the glory of
this blessed strand
that we call Atlantic City.
- Throw it! Here!
- Mr. Commodore!
You want some more, do you? Huh?
- I want to have the money!
- Come on, over here!
Now that's how you
get yourself along.
The ceremony concludes
and libations await
compliments of the corner hotel.
To the wagons, ho!
- Look what I got.
- Whoa.
Over here. Look what I found.
How long was that?
I can hold my breath
longer than you.
- No, you can't.
- Yes, I can.
Shake it. Shake it.
I hate this.
It sells mojitos.
Where is the goddamn
son of a bitch?
He'll show.
Four days late?
You said you liked Cuba.
What makes you think I don't?
This conversation.
I just want the deal
to be nailed down.
Trust me or not?
Of course I do.
Then shut up and dance.
My customers are watching.
There's your marlin.
You happy now?
Me? I'm always happy.
Wendell.
Bienvenidos a La Habana.
♪ Juber do, juber don't ♪
♪ Juber will, juber won't ♪
♪ Juber up, juber down ♪
♪ Juber all around town ♪
♪ Sift the meal,
gimme the husk ♪
♪ Bake the cake,
give me the crust. ♪
- Hey. Hey, hey.
- Move it, move it.
- Hey.
- Line up, line up.
♪ Juber jump, juber sing ♪
♪ Juber cut that pigeon wing. ♪
Unload it.
Get moving, stripeys.
Get your tools and get to work.
- Get running.
- Let's go. Let's go. Pick it up.
Get running, stripeys.
This ain't no party.
Come on. Work.
- Get running.
- ♪ juber here, juber there ♪
- ♪ Juber everywhere... ♪ -
y'all keep moving. Let's go.
- Wake up, wake up.
- Pick up your feet. Let's go.
Come on, boys. Step up.
I said get running, stripey.
Pick up your feet. Let's go.
You heard me, boy.
Come on, stripey, let's go.
Keep moving.
Hope that tree chops up!
Let's go!
Bring 'em here.
♪ There's little
ole Uncle Jack ♪
- ♪ Have a pain in his back... ♪
- Let's go, stripeys.
♪ Every time he try to skip ♪
- ♪ Then he has to get a limp...
- pick it up.
♪ Juber, juber. ♪
Move it.
Put your back in it.
My wife was desperate to come.
Aw, shame she couldn't
join you, senator.
How's the presidente?
That's what this is called?
Damn refreshing.
Wait till you try the
one at Bacardi's.
- He'll pour out the...
- Anejo.
You'll see what the
fuss is about.
Well, it's important to learn
the facts on the ground.
What happened with Wilkerson?
Anything you can share?
The great engineer has backed
himself into a corner.
Wilkerson lays it all
out in the report.
11 years of Volstead
and all they've managed
to achieve is...
You're as aware as anyone.
Good intentions.
Unenforceable law.
- Ah.
- A presidente for you.
It's all on the house.
Ah.
25 billion up in smoke
since the crash.
16% unemployment.
900 million a year
in liquor taxes
and licenses the
government isn't getting.
You ask me, the whole damn
country could use a drink.
Will Hoover advocate repeal?
He rode in with the drys, he'll
have to ride out with them.
You think he will?
Will he what? Run in '32?
Do you think he'll lose?
This is all just
exploratory, understood?
Constitutional amendments
don't get overturned.
You have friends who
believe otherwise.
Men like that tend to
get what they want.
You said it yourself,
good for the country,
good for you and me.
He doesn't talk much.
That's what I like about him.
Let's just be clear.
Certain issues
regarding your past
make moving forward tricky.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Do I have to spell it out?
Your hands aren't the cleanest.
I won't lie. I have been
arrested and convicted.
1923, I bought a
pint of old granddad
in union station
in Washington DC.
I paid a $5 fine
and I spent the night in jail.
It's haunted me ever since.
Wendell, if America's not
about starting over,
where's the hope for any of us?
Senator, I hear you're a bit
of an expert on foreign trade.
I'm on the senate subcommittee.
Well, that young lady,
she is very interested
in the subject.
Would you be willing to share
some of your experience?
Who knows
what I did last night?
Anybody?
Miss Rohan?
Did I...
Mention anything to you?
I believe you intended to see
a "fillum," Mr. Bennett.
That's exactly right.
I went to a "fillum,"
as you charmingly pronounce it,
with my beloved spouse Laura,
the mother of my children,
because life is not just
about dollars and cents.
Is it?
No, sir.
Saw "the front page."
Lively comedy about
the newspaper game.
Enjoyed it tremendously.
The cartoon beforehand...
Mickey mouse cast away
on a desert island.
Just imagine the
hijinks that little...
Anyone seen it?
Then you know what
I'm talking about.
Gorilla, dancing
seals, baby tiger.
At one point, Mickey
finds a piano...
Not important.
What is important...
He doesn't give up.
He makes the best of the situation.
He stays cheerful.
And in the end...
What happens in the end?
He sails away on a turtle?
Sails away on a turtle!
You see, friends?
Don't let the naysayers
get you down.
The country is strong.
The market is strong.
Conors & Gould is strong.
It is a grand time
to make some money.
Oh, no, no. Everything's
gonna work out fine.
Fix this?
Cross and cross again.
See? It's called a reef knot.
You try.
Cross and cross again.
They inside?
Yeah.
She's real hot.
You can feel it.
Where is he?
On the bay.
Leave that.
Come on, now.
Eli.
Mom might need us.
Close the door.
What were the ladies wearing?
One was in a sort
of yellow bonnet
and green skirt
and green jacket about to here.
It's called a bask.
Did you eat something, Enoch?
Yes. There was a swell.
He was off to the station
so I carried his bags.
He bought me oysters.
There's cold bread and molasses.
I had the oysters, ma.
Well, here's something
you don't have.
Someone was throwing it away.
It's full of interesting things.
Your man was up to his
tricks today, wasn't he?
Sir?
Your Commodore.
With his pockets full of gold.
He opened the sea.
Does he own that, too, now?
Just for the city people.
Gold in the water.
All the little fishies biting.
Go on.
So what did you catch, hmm?
You catch some
gold, little fish?
No, sir.
Why not?
I wasn't quick enough.
My boots is drying on the porch.
Go check them.
It took your mother three
days to birth you.
I was out on the water.
I didn't know if I was
a father or a widower.
I come home, she was in
bed with her hair down.
Her beautiful hair.
A boy in her arms.
My boy.
You're the son of a fisherman.
And what are you
trying to catch?
Finish that.
The goddamn hell is this guy?
- He's your senator.
- It's a three-hour drive.
Nothing happens on time here.
It's not the clocks in
Cuba I'm worried about.
Hey, kid, please.
Here, you pick 'em.
I give you the good ones.
That's my lucky number.
You heard Lloyd. They
need the revenue.
I want everything set up and ready
the day the vote comes down
so I can be in there first.
Let's say you are.
Then, whatever anyone thinks,
whatever they claim I've done,
I'm clean.
What?
What is going on over there?
- What are they saying?
- Anti-Machado stuff.
Another day in paradise.
Always complaining
about something.
Might wind up doing
more than that.
Meyer.
Nucky. Hello.
And miss Wheet.
Been a while.
- A.R.'s funeral.
- A sad day.
- Rest his soul.
- What brings you here?
Wife's been hocking
me for a holiday.
- Married?
- Married.
A son. Makes you
concentrate on the future.
- We should all...
- We should.
Meyer.
My best to Charlie.
We don't talk too often.
One of us is still a bachelor.
What's his story?
Man on vacation.
Just like you.
Morning, folks.
It is still morning, isn't it?
Wendell, where have you been?
Tell the truth, I'm
not exactly sure.
I remember that last time.
- We were there.
- He was the life of the party.
- I don't know.
- Right you are.
Come on. Come on.
Move over.
Come on, I don't
have enough space.
- Yes, you do.
- No.
- You're crowding me.
- There's room enough.
- Stop.
- Get away.
Play fair, why don't you, Jim?
I ain't playing.
- Here they come.
- Shh. Come on.
- Whoa!
- Come on! Come on! Come on!
- There's one over there!
- I got that one!
Come on! Come on!
- Oh, I got another one!
- I got one!
Yes, I got a second one!
Thank you. Here, for you.
Got your skimmers, misters.
Can you beat that? The
blue band's mine.
- That one's mine right there.
- It's a fine one.
- Sir, is this yours?
- Give him something, Jake.
- 10 cents will do it, sir.
- You little pirate.
- Is this yours?
- Hey, where's mine?
Here. Here you go, son.
- Where is it?
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Here he comes.
- Very nice.
- Thank you.
20 cents.
I don't have it.
Go look.
You just hide here
and pray for wind?
No, it generally blows
up in the afternoon.
Ah.
Take one.
Hell, take two.
Hey, Pat. Are you coming?
Onward to rustic pleasures!
All right, here we go.
Come on, I'll race
you to the pier.
Bye! See you on the way back!
Good-bye.
Work it up. Work it up.
Work it up, now.
Put your back in it.
Put your back in it.
That one down, Hoss. 100 to go.
I didn't know you could
count that high, Milton.
10 fingers, 10 toes.
How much that is?
Don't worry yourself.
Some water maybe?
Bucket.
Coming up, Hoss.
Back in it!
How'd you get that
dent in your head?
Well, Hoss, I wasn't but nine
and pappy say, "Milton",
you know what that is?
That's an ass backwards.
"Ass like that do
everything in reverse."
So I go to ride him.
Climb up on that rump,
facing the South side.
Grab hold of that bushy
tail, yell, "geeyup!"
Whoo, and that mule tossed me
like a baseball on Sunday.
Yes, sir. Happy day.
Ain't none left.
Tie that boot.
Work it up.
Work it up. Work it up.
Work it up.
- Let's go, now!
- ♪ juber this, juber that ♪
♪ Juber get that yellow cat ♪
♪ Juber, juber. ♪
You ate oysters.
Says who?
Did you?
I can see you there.
With all the swells.
Like you belonged.
They're not so special.
All they have is money.
Ways to find that, I reckon.
How?
Get yourself there first.
Give me your hand, sue.
Sour.
I like it.
Signore, how may I please you?
Furthest from the door.
Miss Rohan. He wants to see you.
How are you feeling?
Sir?
How do you feel?
I... shocked?
And saddened.
- Concerned.
- We are all concerned.
All very concerned.
What did you do for Mr. Bennett?
Managed his appointments.
Made sure trade orders
were promptly filed.
That's all?
I sometimes ran errands for Mrs.
Bennett.
Shopping and the like.
Mr. Bennett assured me
secretaries were expected
to carry out duties
of that nature.
Was that improper?
I've been at this 40 years.
Boom and bust.
You can always make
money on the street
as long as you don't get
yourself turned around.
Hmm?
Don't get turned around.
Not married?
No, Mr. Conors.
Family?
Brother and sisters.
Time you found a husband.
Am I to be let go?
Do you know where
he kept the key
to the file cabinet
in his office?
No.
We need to open
the file cabinet.
I don't know where he kept it.
Call a locksmith.
Have him open it.
Did I ask how you feel?
You did.
Good.
Thank you, brother.
What you doing now?
Fixing up that boot, huh?
Yeah, that's smart.
Feet ain't right, everything
go slipways. Yes, sir.
These here? I sneak some
grease off from the cook.
Rub it all in,
keep it real soft.
Hole right here, though.
That ain't much.
Don't you never want
to say nothing?
What you done in
the first place?
Got myself caught.
You sure do weave a tale.
I stove my pappy's
head in is what.
'Cause I wouldn't stand for them
tricks he pulled on me no more.
Yes, sir.
♪ Who been here since
I been gone? ♪
♪ Pretty little gal
with a Jersey on. ♪
Hog eye!
Work it up. Work it up.
Work it up.
Let's go, stripey.
I said let's go.
Always the last one sitting.
- This is a work crew.
- I'll give you some, boy.
If you don't like the
work, there's the box.
I don't care! I don't care!
Fuck every motherfucking
one of y'all.
Get up, mutt!
You ever talk on a telephone?
Huh?
You ever talk on one?
How they fit a body's voice
inside that little box?
Electricity.
Money in a house
outside Thurmont.
Split it with you.
You handle all the
telephones and such.
Don Facundo came
here from Catalonia.
Before that, there was
nothing worth drinking.
But today, when you
think of Cuba,
you think of rum.
When you think of rum...
How did you wind up running
the company, Mr. Ronis?
Married the boss's daughter.
Well, lucky girl.
Tres gentille, miss Wheet.
And your market?
Latin America. Europe.
Next month we open
a plant in Mexico.
Sounds like something's missing.
It is no secret. We would like Bacardi
again for sale in the states.
Mmm, and I'd like to
be the man to sell it.
Not possible, though. Legally.
Not today. But that's
going to change.
Is it so, senator Lloyd?
Well, America is a
mighty vessel, sir.
- It's not easily turned.
- However...
The political capital needed to
effect a change of such sweeping...
However, your
informed opinion...
- I don't recall precisely...
- Of course you do.
It was you, me, Sally,
and what was the
senorita's name?
She was paying particularly
close attention.
Speaking privately
among friends,
the country is ready
to move forward.
And that is an opportunity.
Don Maxime, I have a distribution
network already in place.
Deepwater Port on
the Florida coast.
Agreements with rail lines
and trucking companies.
The day repeal passes, I intend
to be open for business legally
in the thirstiest
country on earth
with Bacardi rum as my
most exclusive offering.
Can the two of us come
to an arrangement?
A bodyguard?
Is that a problem?
No. I have several myself.
Cuba today is not so safe.
So build a plant in Mexico.
Well, it's always wise to
have an exit arranged.
A man like yourself
would understand that.
I found the key.
I come, 16 year old.
I don't got nothing.
Don't ask for nothing.
You pulled yourself up, Joe.
Ah, I have to fight. What
choice they give me?
Every day a fight.
But one man, one boss.
I don't work no other way.
Maranzano's got the same idea.
_
He's playing us for saps.
Oh.
You don't take what
someone else build.
_
And me...
_
_
Understand?
So give me the word
and we'll end it.
You fix all my trouble, huh?
- It's my trouble, too.
- And what do you do, then, huh?
After you fix?
Why do you have to say that?
Ain't I been loyal?
All this time, I stuck with you.
Huh? I'm here with you.
_
How you take care of it?
Just leave that to me.
What you don't know, you
can't get nailed for.
Joe.
How much more you want to lose?
One boss.
We gonna sit here all day?
Where you got to go?
The head. Five espresso.
Do what you need to.
How you doing, boss?
Charlie here?
- What the fuck took so long?
- Traffic the whole way.
Had to be done, right?
_
♪ We hurry to my ♪
♪ Blue heaven. ♪
I say, Walt. Walt.
Not so fast, my boy.
Get! Go on!
A man needs to get out of
town every now and then.
That's just the glory of
the whole proposition.
They have beaches in Brooklyn.
Right opportunity, Pat.
Can't you see it?
Then why don't you
do it yourself?
I need the New York money.
Just think, rail line straight
down from the Jersey crossing.
Stopping where?
On your doorstep?
It's Atlantic City I care about.
I aim to build
something great here
and those who join with me...
- You was warned once.
- No, I wasn't.
Bunch of wharf rats,
the lot of you.
Clear out, now. Let's go.
What's the ruckus, Jacob?
I told them no congregating.
Sheriff's meant to
be obeyed, boy.
This is his.
Well?
Here you go.
Sir?
Found my hat, didn't you?
It's too much.
Compared to what?
Did you know that
money was there?
Yes, sir.
Then why didn't you take it?
Answer true.
To get myself ahead.
No boys on the porch.
Scram.
Charlie, steady
this ladder for me.
All right. Hold on.
That good for you?
Freshen up. Come
down to the bar.
You'll have lots of
admirers waiting.
You're quite a slave driver.
Pin a note on you this time
so you don't get lost.
Well, oh, my.
Can we talk for a moment?
- I need to get cigarettes.
- See you boys inside.
Let's get something straight.
I'm not your whipping boy.
And I'm not here to get tarred
with someone else's brush.
Whatever happens with Volstead,
- whatever happens between us...
- Lucky Strikes.
I won't make guarantees
about legislation
nobody can...
I won't get bitten in the ass.
Are you listening to me?
What happened to the
ones I already bought?
Those were shit.
I give you good
number for tomorrow.
I've had that seat for 20 years.
And one night in some
dago cathouse...
How much for the whole book?
Doesn't buy you the
right to treat me...
Like some kind of
senate page boy.
You first.
You think you're the only one
who comes knocking on my door?
See? This is how we do business.
There are plenty of fellas with
cleaner fingernails than you.
Socio, watch out!
Watch out!
If don't get out of here...
There you go.
Amici. Amici.
What do we come to celebrate?
20 pills in Joe Masseria's gut.
Salute!
Kingdoms rise,
kingdoms fall.
Pretenders reach for the throne,
but only Caesar can rule.
And the pretenders fade away.
What does it all mean?
In the words of Marcus Aurelius,
"the universe is change.
Our life is what our
thoughts make it."
And my thoughts
are these.
Everybody in this room...
Is going to get rich!
A new friend is here tonight.
A son of Sicily.
A son of America.
We owe him much.
Come forward.
Let him through.
The hero.
Don Salvatore.
_
_
_
He says... He says these people
are thieves, criminals.
Enemies of Cuba.
They want something for nothing.
They steal, they rob.
A rich American on the
street, an opportunity.
He says there are formalities
concerning the incident.
How much
to keep it quiet?
200.
Hey, fellas, they're here.
- Let's go!
- Let's go!
- Move out of my way!
- No, you. Beat it.
- Me! Me!
- Hey, lady!
- Help you with your bags?
- We're here to help, ma'am.
May I help you?
Don't want to get sand
in your pretty slippers.
Take my hand, ma'am.
I'll help you.
I should be helping you.
I've got you, ma'am.
Watch your step.
There you go.
- Welcome to Atlantic City.
- You're quite the gentleman.
Thank you, young man.
Here you are.
- You look just like her.
- No, his butt is bigger.
Yes.
Get off.
Get him! Beat him! Get him!
- Stop it!
- Ain't fair!
- Boys, stop doing that.
- Ain't fair!
Ain't fair.
Piney can't fight worth a damn.
Let them fight.
Let's go.
Whose boy are you?
Ethan Thompson's.
Ethan the bay man.
You know him?
Thought you were being
clever before, hmm?
Thought you were
gonna get something
for being honest.
What have you got?
Everything goes through
me, understand?
Big and little.
Absecon inlet to
great egg harbor.
Anything else is
bad for business.
Here...
Is sand.
There is a broom.
And this...
Is one dollar.
Yes, sir.
Welcome to Atlantic City!
We got umbrellas, blankets...
You saw what he
did with the ear?
Is it still in his pocket?
Ronis doesn't need to
hear about any of this.
As far as he's concerned,
nothing's happened
and Lloyd's still on board.
Well, don't count on it.
You're not the only one
who pays off the army.
A man like me?
Where's the sense
in looking back?
Never does any good.
"Be honest and true, boys."
What's that?
Just running through my head.
Come up to the room.
I'm on the clipper out tomorrow.
- That's all right.
- No night to be alone.
Sweetie, I'm not alone.
Not all bad news.
Won five pesos.
Mrs. Lansky.
I'm an old friend
of your husband's.
Are you waiting for
him to join you?
Do you speak English?
I speak, yes.
You have a husband?
You can be my husband.
One night, one week.
We go around the corner,
I'll make you feel good.
"The best and the truest; Alas!
Are the fewest;"
but be one of these if you can.
In duty, ne'er fail;
you will find 'twill avail you,
and bring its reward when a man.
Don't think life plain sailing,
there's danger of failing,
though bright the
futures seem to be...
But bright honor and labor
and truth to your neighbor
will bear you safe
over life's seas.
Then up and be doing,
right only pursuing,
and take your fair
part in the strife.
Be honesty and true, boys!
Whatever you do, boys,
"let this be your
motto through life!"
♪ When skies were dark
came Noah's ark ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ When lions roared
came Daniel's lord ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ Lord helps those who pray ♪
♪ And on judgment day ♪
♪ If you believe,
he shall receive ♪
Whatever you do, boys,
"let this be your
motto through life."
"Both now and forever,
be this your endeavor,"
when wrong with the
right is at strife.
The best and the truest; Alas!
Are the fewest;
but be one of these if you can.
In duty, ne'er fail;
you will find 'twill avail you,
and bring its reward when a man.
Don't think life
plain sailing...
There's danger of failing,
though bright the
futures seem to be...
But bright honor and labor
and truth to your neighbor
"will bear you safe
over life's seas."
Commodore! Commodore!
Here, please. Throw another.
Mister!
Mr. Commodore. Throw one to me.
Now commences
our sun-kissed summer,
ladies and gentlemen.
We sprinkle the sea with gold
and the sea gives it
back to us 100 fold.
That is the glory of
this blessed strand
that we call Atlantic City.
- Throw it! Here!
- Mr. Commodore!
You want some more, do you? Huh?
- I want to have the money!
- Come on, over here!
Now that's how you
get yourself along.
The ceremony concludes
and libations await
compliments of the corner hotel.
To the wagons, ho!
- Look what I got.
- Whoa.
Over here. Look what I found.
How long was that?
I can hold my breath
longer than you.
- No, you can't.
- Yes, I can.
Shake it. Shake it.
I hate this.
It sells mojitos.
Where is the goddamn
son of a bitch?
He'll show.
Four days late?
You said you liked Cuba.
What makes you think I don't?
This conversation.
I just want the deal
to be nailed down.
Trust me or not?
Of course I do.
Then shut up and dance.
My customers are watching.
There's your marlin.
You happy now?
Me? I'm always happy.
Wendell.
Bienvenidos a La Habana.
♪ Juber do, juber don't ♪
♪ Juber will, juber won't ♪
♪ Juber up, juber down ♪
♪ Juber all around town ♪
♪ Sift the meal,
gimme the husk ♪
♪ Bake the cake,
give me the crust. ♪
- Hey. Hey, hey.
- Move it, move it.
- Hey.
- Line up, line up.
♪ Juber jump, juber sing ♪
♪ Juber cut that pigeon wing. ♪
Unload it.
Get moving, stripeys.
Get your tools and get to work.
- Get running.
- Let's go. Let's go. Pick it up.
Get running, stripeys.
This ain't no party.
Come on. Work.
- Get running.
- ♪ juber here, juber there ♪
- ♪ Juber everywhere... ♪ -
y'all keep moving. Let's go.
- Wake up, wake up.
- Pick up your feet. Let's go.
Come on, boys. Step up.
I said get running, stripey.
Pick up your feet. Let's go.
You heard me, boy.
Come on, stripey, let's go.
Keep moving.
Hope that tree chops up!
Let's go!
Bring 'em here.
♪ There's little
ole Uncle Jack ♪
- ♪ Have a pain in his back... ♪
- Let's go, stripeys.
♪ Every time he try to skip ♪
- ♪ Then he has to get a limp...
- pick it up.
♪ Juber, juber. ♪
Move it.
Put your back in it.
My wife was desperate to come.
Aw, shame she couldn't
join you, senator.
How's the presidente?
That's what this is called?
Damn refreshing.
Wait till you try the
one at Bacardi's.
- He'll pour out the...
- Anejo.
You'll see what the
fuss is about.
Well, it's important to learn
the facts on the ground.
What happened with Wilkerson?
Anything you can share?
The great engineer has backed
himself into a corner.
Wilkerson lays it all
out in the report.
11 years of Volstead
and all they've managed
to achieve is...
You're as aware as anyone.
Good intentions.
Unenforceable law.
- Ah.
- A presidente for you.
It's all on the house.
Ah.
25 billion up in smoke
since the crash.
16% unemployment.
900 million a year
in liquor taxes
and licenses the
government isn't getting.
You ask me, the whole damn
country could use a drink.
Will Hoover advocate repeal?
He rode in with the drys, he'll
have to ride out with them.
You think he will?
Will he what? Run in '32?
Do you think he'll lose?
This is all just
exploratory, understood?
Constitutional amendments
don't get overturned.
You have friends who
believe otherwise.
Men like that tend to
get what they want.
You said it yourself,
good for the country,
good for you and me.
He doesn't talk much.
That's what I like about him.
Let's just be clear.
Certain issues
regarding your past
make moving forward tricky.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Do I have to spell it out?
Your hands aren't the cleanest.
I won't lie. I have been
arrested and convicted.
1923, I bought a
pint of old granddad
in union station
in Washington DC.
I paid a $5 fine
and I spent the night in jail.
It's haunted me ever since.
Wendell, if America's not
about starting over,
where's the hope for any of us?
Senator, I hear you're a bit
of an expert on foreign trade.
I'm on the senate subcommittee.
Well, that young lady,
she is very interested
in the subject.
Would you be willing to share
some of your experience?
Who knows
what I did last night?
Anybody?
Miss Rohan?
Did I...
Mention anything to you?
I believe you intended to see
a "fillum," Mr. Bennett.
That's exactly right.
I went to a "fillum,"
as you charmingly pronounce it,
with my beloved spouse Laura,
the mother of my children,
because life is not just
about dollars and cents.
Is it?
No, sir.
Saw "the front page."
Lively comedy about
the newspaper game.
Enjoyed it tremendously.
The cartoon beforehand...
Mickey mouse cast away
on a desert island.
Just imagine the
hijinks that little...
Anyone seen it?
Then you know what
I'm talking about.
Gorilla, dancing
seals, baby tiger.
At one point, Mickey
finds a piano...
Not important.
What is important...
He doesn't give up.
He makes the best of the situation.
He stays cheerful.
And in the end...
What happens in the end?
He sails away on a turtle?
Sails away on a turtle!
You see, friends?
Don't let the naysayers
get you down.
The country is strong.
The market is strong.
Conors & Gould is strong.
It is a grand time
to make some money.
Oh, no, no. Everything's
gonna work out fine.
Fix this?
Cross and cross again.
See? It's called a reef knot.
You try.
Cross and cross again.
They inside?
Yeah.
She's real hot.
You can feel it.
Where is he?
On the bay.
Leave that.
Come on, now.
Eli.
Mom might need us.
Close the door.
What were the ladies wearing?
One was in a sort
of yellow bonnet
and green skirt
and green jacket about to here.
It's called a bask.
Did you eat something, Enoch?
Yes. There was a swell.
He was off to the station
so I carried his bags.
He bought me oysters.
There's cold bread and molasses.
I had the oysters, ma.
Well, here's something
you don't have.
Someone was throwing it away.
It's full of interesting things.
Your man was up to his
tricks today, wasn't he?
Sir?
Your Commodore.
With his pockets full of gold.
He opened the sea.
Does he own that, too, now?
Just for the city people.
Gold in the water.
All the little fishies biting.
Go on.
So what did you catch, hmm?
You catch some
gold, little fish?
No, sir.
Why not?
I wasn't quick enough.
My boots is drying on the porch.
Go check them.
It took your mother three
days to birth you.
I was out on the water.
I didn't know if I was
a father or a widower.
I come home, she was in
bed with her hair down.
Her beautiful hair.
A boy in her arms.
My boy.
You're the son of a fisherman.
And what are you
trying to catch?
Finish that.
The goddamn hell is this guy?
- He's your senator.
- It's a three-hour drive.
Nothing happens on time here.
It's not the clocks in
Cuba I'm worried about.
Hey, kid, please.
Here, you pick 'em.
I give you the good ones.
That's my lucky number.
You heard Lloyd. They
need the revenue.
I want everything set up and ready
the day the vote comes down
so I can be in there first.
Let's say you are.
Then, whatever anyone thinks,
whatever they claim I've done,
I'm clean.
What?
What is going on over there?
- What are they saying?
- Anti-Machado stuff.
Another day in paradise.
Always complaining
about something.
Might wind up doing
more than that.
Meyer.
Nucky. Hello.
And miss Wheet.
Been a while.
- A.R.'s funeral.
- A sad day.
- Rest his soul.
- What brings you here?
Wife's been hocking
me for a holiday.
- Married?
- Married.
A son. Makes you
concentrate on the future.
- We should all...
- We should.
Meyer.
My best to Charlie.
We don't talk too often.
One of us is still a bachelor.
What's his story?
Man on vacation.
Just like you.
Morning, folks.
It is still morning, isn't it?
Wendell, where have you been?
Tell the truth, I'm
not exactly sure.
I remember that last time.
- We were there.
- He was the life of the party.
- I don't know.
- Right you are.
Come on. Come on.
Move over.
Come on, I don't
have enough space.
- Yes, you do.
- No.
- You're crowding me.
- There's room enough.
- Stop.
- Get away.
Play fair, why don't you, Jim?
I ain't playing.
- Here they come.
- Shh. Come on.
- Whoa!
- Come on! Come on! Come on!
- There's one over there!
- I got that one!
Come on! Come on!
- Oh, I got another one!
- I got one!
Yes, I got a second one!
Thank you. Here, for you.
Got your skimmers, misters.
Can you beat that? The
blue band's mine.
- That one's mine right there.
- It's a fine one.
- Sir, is this yours?
- Give him something, Jake.
- 10 cents will do it, sir.
- You little pirate.
- Is this yours?
- Hey, where's mine?
Here. Here you go, son.
- Where is it?
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Here he comes.
- Very nice.
- Thank you.
20 cents.
I don't have it.
Go look.
You just hide here
and pray for wind?
No, it generally blows
up in the afternoon.
Ah.
Take one.
Hell, take two.
Hey, Pat. Are you coming?
Onward to rustic pleasures!
All right, here we go.
Come on, I'll race
you to the pier.
Bye! See you on the way back!
Good-bye.
Work it up. Work it up.
Work it up, now.
Put your back in it.
Put your back in it.
That one down, Hoss. 100 to go.
I didn't know you could
count that high, Milton.
10 fingers, 10 toes.
How much that is?
Don't worry yourself.
Some water maybe?
Bucket.
Coming up, Hoss.
Back in it!
How'd you get that
dent in your head?
Well, Hoss, I wasn't but nine
and pappy say, "Milton",
you know what that is?
That's an ass backwards.
"Ass like that do
everything in reverse."
So I go to ride him.
Climb up on that rump,
facing the South side.
Grab hold of that bushy
tail, yell, "geeyup!"
Whoo, and that mule tossed me
like a baseball on Sunday.
Yes, sir. Happy day.
Ain't none left.
Tie that boot.
Work it up.
Work it up. Work it up.
Work it up.
- Let's go, now!
- ♪ juber this, juber that ♪
♪ Juber get that yellow cat ♪
♪ Juber, juber. ♪
You ate oysters.
Says who?
Did you?
I can see you there.
With all the swells.
Like you belonged.
They're not so special.
All they have is money.
Ways to find that, I reckon.
How?
Get yourself there first.
Give me your hand, sue.
Sour.
I like it.
Signore, how may I please you?
Furthest from the door.
Miss Rohan. He wants to see you.
How are you feeling?
Sir?
How do you feel?
I... shocked?
And saddened.
- Concerned.
- We are all concerned.
All very concerned.
What did you do for Mr. Bennett?
Managed his appointments.
Made sure trade orders
were promptly filed.
That's all?
I sometimes ran errands for Mrs.
Bennett.
Shopping and the like.
Mr. Bennett assured me
secretaries were expected
to carry out duties
of that nature.
Was that improper?
I've been at this 40 years.
Boom and bust.
You can always make
money on the street
as long as you don't get
yourself turned around.
Hmm?
Don't get turned around.
Not married?
No, Mr. Conors.
Family?
Brother and sisters.
Time you found a husband.
Am I to be let go?
Do you know where
he kept the key
to the file cabinet
in his office?
No.
We need to open
the file cabinet.
I don't know where he kept it.
Call a locksmith.
Have him open it.
Did I ask how you feel?
You did.
Good.
Thank you, brother.
What you doing now?
Fixing up that boot, huh?
Yeah, that's smart.
Feet ain't right, everything
go slipways. Yes, sir.
These here? I sneak some
grease off from the cook.
Rub it all in,
keep it real soft.
Hole right here, though.
That ain't much.
Don't you never want
to say nothing?
What you done in
the first place?
Got myself caught.
You sure do weave a tale.
I stove my pappy's
head in is what.
'Cause I wouldn't stand for them
tricks he pulled on me no more.
Yes, sir.
♪ Who been here since
I been gone? ♪
♪ Pretty little gal
with a Jersey on. ♪
Hog eye!
Work it up. Work it up.
Work it up.
Let's go, stripey.
I said let's go.
Always the last one sitting.
- This is a work crew.
- I'll give you some, boy.
If you don't like the
work, there's the box.
I don't care! I don't care!
Fuck every motherfucking
one of y'all.
Get up, mutt!
You ever talk on a telephone?
Huh?
You ever talk on one?
How they fit a body's voice
inside that little box?
Electricity.
Money in a house
outside Thurmont.
Split it with you.
You handle all the
telephones and such.
Don Facundo came
here from Catalonia.
Before that, there was
nothing worth drinking.
But today, when you
think of Cuba,
you think of rum.
When you think of rum...
How did you wind up running
the company, Mr. Ronis?
Married the boss's daughter.
Well, lucky girl.
Tres gentille, miss Wheet.
And your market?
Latin America. Europe.
Next month we open
a plant in Mexico.
Sounds like something's missing.
It is no secret. We would like Bacardi
again for sale in the states.
Mmm, and I'd like to
be the man to sell it.
Not possible, though. Legally.
Not today. But that's
going to change.
Is it so, senator Lloyd?
Well, America is a
mighty vessel, sir.
- It's not easily turned.
- However...
The political capital needed to
effect a change of such sweeping...
However, your
informed opinion...
- I don't recall precisely...
- Of course you do.
It was you, me, Sally,
and what was the
senorita's name?
She was paying particularly
close attention.
Speaking privately
among friends,
the country is ready
to move forward.
And that is an opportunity.
Don Maxime, I have a distribution
network already in place.
Deepwater Port on
the Florida coast.
Agreements with rail lines
and trucking companies.
The day repeal passes, I intend
to be open for business legally
in the thirstiest
country on earth
with Bacardi rum as my
most exclusive offering.
Can the two of us come
to an arrangement?
A bodyguard?
Is that a problem?
No. I have several myself.
Cuba today is not so safe.
So build a plant in Mexico.
Well, it's always wise to
have an exit arranged.
A man like yourself
would understand that.
I found the key.
I come, 16 year old.
I don't got nothing.
Don't ask for nothing.
You pulled yourself up, Joe.
Ah, I have to fight. What
choice they give me?
Every day a fight.
But one man, one boss.
I don't work no other way.
Maranzano's got the same idea.
_
He's playing us for saps.
Oh.
You don't take what
someone else build.
_
And me...
_
_
Understand?
So give me the word
and we'll end it.
You fix all my trouble, huh?
- It's my trouble, too.
- And what do you do, then, huh?
After you fix?
Why do you have to say that?
Ain't I been loyal?
All this time, I stuck with you.
Huh? I'm here with you.
_
How you take care of it?
Just leave that to me.
What you don't know, you
can't get nailed for.
Joe.
How much more you want to lose?
One boss.
We gonna sit here all day?
Where you got to go?
The head. Five espresso.
Do what you need to.
How you doing, boss?
Charlie here?
- What the fuck took so long?
- Traffic the whole way.
Had to be done, right?
_
♪ We hurry to my ♪
♪ Blue heaven. ♪
I say, Walt. Walt.
Not so fast, my boy.
Get! Go on!
A man needs to get out of
town every now and then.
That's just the glory of
the whole proposition.
They have beaches in Brooklyn.
Right opportunity, Pat.
Can't you see it?
Then why don't you
do it yourself?
I need the New York money.
Just think, rail line straight
down from the Jersey crossing.
Stopping where?
On your doorstep?
It's Atlantic City I care about.
I aim to build
something great here
and those who join with me...
- You was warned once.
- No, I wasn't.
Bunch of wharf rats,
the lot of you.
Clear out, now. Let's go.
What's the ruckus, Jacob?
I told them no congregating.
Sheriff's meant to
be obeyed, boy.
This is his.
Well?
Here you go.
Sir?
Found my hat, didn't you?
It's too much.
Compared to what?
Did you know that
money was there?
Yes, sir.
Then why didn't you take it?
Answer true.
To get myself ahead.
No boys on the porch.
Scram.
Charlie, steady
this ladder for me.
All right. Hold on.
That good for you?
Freshen up. Come
down to the bar.
You'll have lots of
admirers waiting.
You're quite a slave driver.
Pin a note on you this time
so you don't get lost.
Well, oh, my.
Can we talk for a moment?
- I need to get cigarettes.
- See you boys inside.
Let's get something straight.
I'm not your whipping boy.
And I'm not here to get tarred
with someone else's brush.
Whatever happens with Volstead,
- whatever happens between us...
- Lucky Strikes.
I won't make guarantees
about legislation
nobody can...
I won't get bitten in the ass.
Are you listening to me?
What happened to the
ones I already bought?
Those were shit.
I give you good
number for tomorrow.
I've had that seat for 20 years.
And one night in some
dago cathouse...
How much for the whole book?
Doesn't buy you the
right to treat me...
Like some kind of
senate page boy.
You first.
You think you're the only one
who comes knocking on my door?
See? This is how we do business.
There are plenty of fellas with
cleaner fingernails than you.
Socio, watch out!
Watch out!
If don't get out of here...
There you go.
Amici. Amici.
What do we come to celebrate?
20 pills in Joe Masseria's gut.
Salute!
Kingdoms rise,
kingdoms fall.
Pretenders reach for the throne,
but only Caesar can rule.
And the pretenders fade away.
What does it all mean?
In the words of Marcus Aurelius,
"the universe is change.
Our life is what our
thoughts make it."
And my thoughts
are these.
Everybody in this room...
Is going to get rich!
A new friend is here tonight.
A son of Sicily.
A son of America.
We owe him much.
Come forward.
Let him through.
The hero.
Don Salvatore.
_
_
_
He says... He says these people
are thieves, criminals.
Enemies of Cuba.
They want something for nothing.
They steal, they rob.
A rich American on the
street, an opportunity.
He says there are formalities
concerning the incident.
How much
to keep it quiet?
200.
Hey, fellas, they're here.
- Let's go!
- Let's go!
- Move out of my way!
- No, you. Beat it.
- Me! Me!
- Hey, lady!
- Help you with your bags?
- We're here to help, ma'am.
May I help you?
Don't want to get sand
in your pretty slippers.
Take my hand, ma'am.
I'll help you.
I should be helping you.
I've got you, ma'am.
Watch your step.
There you go.
- Welcome to Atlantic City.
- You're quite the gentleman.
Thank you, young man.
Here you are.
- You look just like her.
- No, his butt is bigger.
Yes.
Get off.
Get him! Beat him! Get him!
- Stop it!
- Ain't fair!
- Boys, stop doing that.
- Ain't fair!
Ain't fair.
Piney can't fight worth a damn.
Let them fight.
Let's go.
Whose boy are you?
Ethan Thompson's.
Ethan the bay man.
You know him?
Thought you were being
clever before, hmm?
Thought you were
gonna get something
for being honest.
What have you got?
Everything goes through
me, understand?
Big and little.
Absecon inlet to
great egg harbor.
Anything else is
bad for business.
Here...
Is sand.
There is a broom.
And this...
Is one dollar.
Yes, sir.
Welcome to Atlantic City!
We got umbrellas, blankets...
You saw what he
did with the ear?
Is it still in his pocket?
Ronis doesn't need to
hear about any of this.
As far as he's concerned,
nothing's happened
and Lloyd's still on board.
Well, don't count on it.
You're not the only one
who pays off the army.
A man like me?
Where's the sense
in looking back?
Never does any good.
"Be honest and true, boys."
What's that?
Just running through my head.
Come up to the room.
I'm on the clipper out tomorrow.
- That's all right.
- No night to be alone.
Sweetie, I'm not alone.
Not all bad news.
Won five pesos.
Mrs. Lansky.
I'm an old friend
of your husband's.
Are you waiting for
him to join you?
Do you speak English?
I speak, yes.
You have a husband?
You can be my husband.
One night, one week.
We go around the corner,
I'll make you feel good.
"The best and the truest; Alas!
Are the fewest;"
but be one of these if you can.
In duty, ne'er fail;
you will find 'twill avail you,
and bring its reward when a man.
Don't think life plain sailing,
there's danger of failing,
though bright the
futures seem to be...
But bright honor and labor
and truth to your neighbor
will bear you safe
over life's seas.
Then up and be doing,
right only pursuing,
and take your fair
part in the strife.
Be honesty and true, boys!
Whatever you do, boys,
"let this be your
motto through life!"
♪ When skies were dark
came Noah's ark ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ When lions roared
came Daniel's lord ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ Lord helps those who pray ♪
♪ And on judgment day ♪
♪ If you believe,
he shall receive ♪