Crime Story (1986–1988): Season 1, Episode 5 - The War - full transcript
Luca's takeover of the gambling business comes to a halt and Torello hits his other operations even harder. However, Torello suffers a major loss in his private life.
NARRATOR: Chicago, 1963.
Last week on "Crime
Story," Ray Luca schemed
for a national
gambling operation
centered on buying the Las
Vegas sports book owned by Noah
Ganz, a major Nevada odds maker.
Acting on its own, Luca ordered
Frank Holman to St. Louis
to steal a book
from Ganz's home.
The book contains the sports
world contacts from which Ganz
builds the odds on
sporting events.
Manny Weisbord told
Luca to negotiate first,
before taking overt action.
And Ray Luca realized
he was out on a limb.
He was further out than
he knew because Lt.
Michael Torello and the MCU
had Holman under surveillance
and tailed him to St. Louis.
Torello caught Holman in the
act of stealing Ganz's book
and carrying evidence linking
him to the Novak murder.
If indicted, Holman would roll
over and give Torello Ray Luca.
But before Torello could obtain
a request for extradition
and a warrant, Holman
convinced a Saint Louis Sheriff
to release him on
his own recognizance.
Holman promptly fled Saint
Louis and escaped from Torello.
He is now a wanted fugitive.
What has not escaped
Torello, however,
is the book Ray Luca
had Holman steal.
It is in Michael
Torello's possession,
and Ray Luca is in trouble.
Tonight, on "Crime Story."
-So what's in the book?
-Do not know.
Lab can't break the code because
they haven't got a code key.
But the boys are
pretty sure it's mostly
names and addresses, maybe a
couple of bank account numbers.
-We've got another problem.
We lost that third
trailer last night.
-What'd they get?
-A bunch of cigarettes.
-From where?
-A Depot at 35th and Western.
Joey and I covered
it this morning.
Loss was about $275,000
-This can't be that difficult.
Even if we can't
read it, we should
be able to figure
out what it means.
-What's Ganz's claim to fame?
-Major Vegas oddsmaker.
-And what business is it
that Luca wants to set up?
-Nationwide book
making operation, Joey.
-So what's in here
is crucial to that.
He's an odds maker.
He knows the names of the
teams, athletes, coaches.
Luca muscles Ganz.
Ganz says no.
Luca steals the book.
Let's turn up the
pressure on Ray Luca
and see if he makes a mistake.
This will let Ganz and everybody
else know who's got the book.
Find out where Ganz is
and mail this to him.
[theme music]
RADIO EMCEE: Try to stay
in the entertainment
know with daddy-O.
know with daddy-O.
[phone rings]
-Hello, Max?
PAULIE (ON PHONE): Not Max, Ray.
It's me, Paulie.
Yeah, all right,
what do you want?
-You want us to move or not?
You told me to
wait for your nod.
-Yeah, yeah, move.
-You know where go to?
[inaudible]
-Let's get this tied down.
Come on, let's get this loaded.
Ain't got all day.
-What's the matter with you?
What is this?
-A truck.
What, what'd I do?
-You're phenomenal.
You know that?
Look, the more scores we put
down, the dumber you get.
What am I supposed to carry on
this little truck, your lunch?
I can't get half
the load on here.
-It's the best I
could have done.
Ah, shut up, Paulie.
You're a mental
case, you know that?
-Get this tied over here.
-It's loaded.
-You heard what
the boss called me?
Remarkable.
[phone rings]
-Yeah?
HENCHMAN (ON PHONE): Mr. Bartoli
would like you at the house.
-Tell him when I'm
finished with this job.
HENCHMAN (ON PHONE):
He says right away.
-Yeah, I'll be there.
-Paulie, wait here.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Hey, Frank how are you.
-You've got to wait.
Come in.
-Max, you didn't call.
-It's not good, Ray.
-The load of whiskey is
on the way to Florida.
What's going on here?
-This is your end
on the cartage.
We live by the rules, so we pay.
But that's it.
-OK, I give up.
What happened?
-That was stupid, Ray.
That was very stupid.
We know about you
taking Ganz's book.
Why do you think Max's
face looks like putty?
-You tell everybody
what you're going to do?
No.
You go off, and you
do it all by yourself.
You think you look like a hero?
You look like a jerk.
Not only do you take
Ganz's book, you lose it.
And Torello at MCU has it.
-Ganz has gone to Cleveland.
-He said he could do
your idea with them.
Manny's real upset, Ray.
-He's doing this with Cleveland.
-We don't know what he's
doing because he ain't talking
because a cop has got his book.
-I was making a move.
Manny afraid to make moves?
-Manny Weisbord what
was making moves
when you were still
sucking on bottles.
-When Manny makes a move,
the earth shakes, Ray.
He's the king of making moves.
And when he makes a move,
the one thing he doesn't do
is fail.
You embarrassed him.
You make him look weak.
People get ideas, Ray.
-I told you at the
beginning how things work.
Decisions are made at the top.
You ain't at the top.
You ain't anyplace.
Now, you did this like an
independent, like an amateur.
Now you get out!
-Ray.
-Let me put it to you this way.
Manny says you screwed up.
Manny says you fix it.
-Or you get fixed.
-Singapore sling
with whipped cream.
-Scotch on the rocks.
-Hey David, join us
for a drink, huh?
-Thank you.
-How are you doing?
-I'm good.
-You know Paulie?
-Very well.
-How are you?
-How are you?
-Good.
-So, I like the way you play.
-Thank you.
-Not too square.
-Thank you.
-So counselor, how's life in
the public defender's office?
-I think Mr. Taglia
likes it pretty well.
-Ain't bad by me.
Kept me out of jail so far.
-Yeah, well, you
can't spend gratitude.
-I get by.
-Well, you'd make out a
lot better if you left
that bust-out of
a job you've got.
You know David, I
asked you before-- why
don't you come with us?
-Ray, you don't need me.
You're doing fine.
-Yeah, you think so?
-Hey, thank you, Terry.
-Cheers.
-L'chaim.
Eh?
-Paulie, do me a favor, go
feed your face at the bar.
David and I got some
things to talk about.
-Thanks, Paulie.
So you play with
this band a lot?
-Once in awhile.
You want to talking
about music, Ray?
-All right, listen.
I've got this-- I've
got this business deal,
and it's going south on me.
I've got this group
of investors together
for this real estate thing.
It's concerning a real
hot piece of property.
-So?
-So the buyers and sellers are
fighting each other like crazy,
which puts me in the middle.
And so now I've got
everybody jumping on my case.
-And?
-And that's it.
-We're talking about big bucks.
-So negotiate between
the two parties.
-It's not that simple.
Besides, negotiating
is not my strong suit.
-Ray, I don't know
what you're asking me.
You're not good at
negotiating, don't negotiate.
-That's it?
That's your advice for me?
-Look, Ray.
Number one, you're
not my client.
Number two, I
don't do civil law.
And number three,
I feel like I've
got a pretty hot hand tonight.
So if you'll excuse me, I'd
like to get back to the music.
Thanks for the drink.
Enjoy the evening.
-Yeah, sure.
Go knock yourself out.
-This is him coming.
RADIO DJ: This is Daddy-O Daily,
your musical host who loves you
most, dropping by to say hi,
and for your to ear check
some of those swinging
sounds from our supply.
-We got nothing on
the trucks, but we
shouldn't treat them
as a dead issue.
You get copies of
the shipping papers?
-Yeah, right here.
Two loads came in
piggie back on trains.
A third was driven in from
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
All different shippers,
all different destinations.
-All different truck lanes.
What's the exact location
they are grabbed from?
-Well, two loads
came off the lots.
The third one, right
out of the garage.
-All right, here's what I want.
Hey.
-Hi.
-Hey.
-How are you feeling?
-Not so good.
What is this?
-I knew you guys
would be working late.
I figured you'd be hungry.
-What's he doing here.
-Doesn't he work with you?
-Prima donna.
I knew she was yours
because, you know,
you've got all the jazz.
And you have all my sympathies.
I'm paying for the pizza.
Cubs 1 and 10.
Ron Santo could have cleaned up.
-Listen, I don't
know how long it's
going to take me
to get out of here.
-I had a long day, too.
I'm going to go home
and crawl in bed.
-All right, I'll be
there as soon as I can.
-No rush.
But why don't you wake me
up when you get through?
-It's a deal.
Goodnight.
-Good night, guys.
-Goodnight.
-Thank you.
-What happened to you?
-I was in the yard,
watching, listening.
A pit bull-- it was
terrible, Commandante.
But Ignacio, as
usual, was victorious.
Pit bull is over at
Cook County Hospital,
if you want to talk to him.
-I hope he looks worse than you.
-And then this
woman-- with a broom?
-A witch?
-No, she said I was
peeping through her window.
I am many things.
But looking through a window?
-How'd she look?
-Not bad.
-Where were we?
-What now, Commandante?
-Go home.
-Hey Byrne, good pizza.
-Yeah, thanks.
-It's all small stuff.
It could be moved easy
through discount houses.
And each trailer load
is worth a couple
of hundred thousand dollars.
And they know, always, which
one the grab-- which means they
got somebody inside the trucking
company setting up the scores.
Which means, you guys have got
a lot of people to round up.
How's the pizza?
At 3:20 AM yesterday, somebody
stole a tractor trailer load
of cigarettes off
of your property.
One of you is responsible
for that theft.
-You drag me down
here at this hour
to accuse me of stealing
from my own company?
-What's your name?
-Walsh, John Walsh.
-What do you do?
-I'm the district manager for
the Eastern Ohio Railroad.
-Are you a thief, too?
-Look, you can't talk to me--
-I can't?
You should be happy we're
all down here trying
to find out who
stole your property?
-You talk as though
it's your property.
-My property?
No.
But when $200,000 worth
of merchandise disappears,
my bosses think I'm
not doing my job.
You get the message?
When it gets stolen, it becomes
my property until I find out
who stole it-- which
starts with you guys
because one of you
guys gave up the score.
They had the time, the
place, the trailer numbers,
the bills of lading, everything.
And I'll drag you
down here every night
until I get something.
What's your name?
-Grody.
-You reported the loss?
-I come in.
I've got my bills of lading.
Joe, there, he tell
me where the rig was.
I go out, no rig.
I go back in, and, uh--
Joe calls the cops.
-Yes sir, I called right away.
-Good.
You ever been arrested?
-Never.
-What's your claim to fame.
-I'm a husband and a father.
I believe in God
and the scriptures.
-Ever do any time?
-No, never, no.
-You're all going
to take lie tests.
-You ever hear of
the Escobedo rule?
-Hey.
To me, Escobedo was
a guy who played
the outfield for the White Sox.
You feel you need a lawyer?
-No.
-Wait till after the test.
The first one who doesn't
want to take a test,
I know where to look.
-Can we talk privately?
-In my office.
You're going to tell me
how you've been tipping off
those loads, and you're going
to tell me about the next load--
where, when, and how.
You got it?
You got it?
-Do me a favor.
Holman is in Cleveland
by [inaudible].
Contact him and tell
him don't go anywhere.
-What are you doing?
-What did I just say, huh?
-All right, all right.
-Listen, my guy with
the trucks is coming
with a couple of
good loads for us.
-I don't have time for that.
I have other matters that
need my attention, all right?
-I've got a guy we
can deal direct to.
No fuss, no muss, in and out.
-No fuss, no muss?
You sound like a TV commercial.
-You've got trouble, Ray?
-Nah.
-What's the problem, then?
Can't we talked about it?
You want to play some Gin?
-Yeah, all right.
-Penny a point?
-Yeah.
Tell your guys to take the load.
-Got to tell you.
That executive pal of
yours is like gold.
-What'd they grab?
-A truckload of
those new cameras
where you get the
picture right away.
-We used a traffic
helicopter for the tail.
-We'd have never
been able to stay
with them through the streets.
-Pretty slick, huh?
Swing with the
rig, lay it up here
for a couple of days,
who'd ever find it, right?
-You lost the crew?
-Yeah. but the bonus is, we got
most of the cigarettes back,
right here.
-Great.
-We've got two trucks,
$300,000, $400,000 recovery.
Sounds like we're
hurting Luca where
it stings the most--
in his pocket.
-And he's got a brand new house.
-Let's get this junk
inventoried and get it
back to its rightful
owners, huh?
-And let's bring our friend
Ray Luca a housewarming gift.
[cars pull up]
-What's that noise?
-Go back inside.
Take the kids and go back.
Go back inside, all right?
Please.
-I'm looking for advice anymore.
I want you to go to
work for me-- now.
Here's $30,000.
-I don't want your money.
I only represent
indigent clients.
-It's good money.
What's wrong with you?
-I don't want it.
-You take it, David.
You hear me?
-Look, Ray.
You and I have a
couple of drinks.
We like the same music.
That's as far as it goes.
You take your money
to Dee Morton.
-I don't want Dee Morton.
I want you.
-I'm not a mob lawyer.
I get to choose the
work that I want to do.
-Do you?
-You threatening me?
-Look, David.
I need you to arrange
for your father
to call Manny Weisbord for me.
I mean, they came up together.
Manny will listen to him.
-You want to talk to my father?
Call him.
No, damn it.
You've got to tell
him to do this.
-I don't have to
do a damn thing.
I don't work for you, Luca.
And I don't work for my father.
-You have no idea
what's going on here!
And I'm getting nowhere!
-What, this negotiation?
It's a lousy apartment
building, isn't it, Ray?
-Yeah, right.
-Don't forget your money.
-Keep it.
Then your cleaning lady is going
to have an early Christmas.
[phone ringing]
-Something's wrong, Danny.
-Mike.
-Where's Julie?
-They took her to St.
Joseph's Hospital.
-Julie Torello, where is she?
Come on, come on, where is she?
-She's been moved to room 213.
What's the fastest way there?
-Stairs.
Oh, there.
-She's all right.
She had a miscarriage.
She can probably
still have children.
-Can I see her?
-Yeah, of course.
-[crying]
-Doctor told me that
everything is going
to be all right, that
things like this happen.
We have to try again.
-Maybe it's not a good idea.
-Don't say that.
-You know what I want?
I think I want to be left alone.
Could you leave
me alone, please?
JULIE NARRATING:
What's happening to us?
They haven't invented a
hard time we can't handle.
DAVID'S FATHER
(VOICEOVER): David, my son.
I was there at the
Waldorf-Astoria in 1933
when Luciano, Anastasia, Lansky,
Costello, Siegel, and all
the others got
together, and it all
became an organization
for the first time.
This is a business,
like any other business.
Methods?
What methods?
The methods are the same as
the Carnegies and the Morgans
when they started.
You show me the sin in
giving people what they want,
and taking a bet,
and making money.
It's a business, that's all.
Like any other business.
DAVID (VOICEOVER): I don't
want any part of the business.
I've seen all the
justice money can buy.
Who I'm most interested
in defending?
People with the
wrong color skin,
people who live on the
wrong side of town,
people who speak
the wrong language.
JOHNNY FOSSE
(VOICEOVER): Ray Luca,
what's he got to
do with anything?
He's just punk from a patch.
PHIL BARTOLI (VOICEOVER):
I told you at the beginning
how things work.
Decisions are made at the top.
You ain't at the top.
You ain't anyplace.
DAVID (VOICEOVER): Ray, I don't
know what you're asking me.
You're not good at
negotiating, don't negotiate.
PHIL BARTOLI
(VOICEOVER): Nothing
but a punk in a sharkskin suit.
You're not fooling anybody.
JOHNNY FOSSE (VOICEOVER): Think
you can take over Nevada just
because you whacked a couple
guys on Halsted street?
DAVID (VOICEOVER): An
apartment building?
RAY (VOICEOVER): Right, yeah,
just an apartment building.
DAVID (VOICEOVER): You're
not good at negotiating?
Don't negotiate.
-Paulie, it's Ray.
OK, get the work car.
Come pick me up.
-Counselor?
What brings you here?
-Money.
Ray Luca dropped
this money on me.
I refused it.
He left it anyway.
-Why tell me?
-I don't work for Luca.
And I don't work for you.
I know you're the one who is
putting the pressure on Luca.
I don't want it coming up
that I took money from him.
-Seems to me, counselor,
that you're on a fence.
You have a decision to
make-- go be a mob lawyer
and defend the
Luca's of the world
or prosecute the
Luca's of the world.
-Nobody else out there
accused of any crimes?
-Sure there is, but not for you.
You're your father's son, and
you're victimized by that.
Luca figures, born to the
outfit, die to the outfit.
You don't have the full
spectrum of the legal profession
before you.
You can forget about that.
The Luca's of the
world aren't going
to let you live the life
that you want to live.
You're going to have to
go one way or the other.
On the other hand,
counselor, life for me
is a bowl of cherries.
-Well, you're a lucky guy.
The thing is, I like my fence
and the work I do there.
-Don't forget your retainer.
-Here you are, Mr. Ganz.
Cheers, Lloyd.
-Cheers, Noah.
-It'll be so good to watch that
two bit punk crawling in here
with his hat in his hands,
begging us to go easy.
You should have seen the
way that punk talked to me
and Morry back in Chicago.
-I'm anxious to hear what he
thinks he's got to negotiate.
-Ha.
Manny's got to be sore as hell.
He comes out looking like
a jerk over this thing.
It's unbelievable.
-What's surprising to me is
why Manny hooked up with Luca?
I don't get it.
Are you ready.
-Yeah, let's get my book back.
All right, let's go.
Come on, let's get out of here.
Let's get over to
the other suite.
-Ganz and them, they
are moving, Frank.
-You know, I always think
too much whenever I win.
Heh.
Where do you get some
antacid around here?
-Room service, when we
get up to Luca's suite.
[alarm rings]
-He's here.
Yeah.
Ray.
-Yes, Mr. Weisbord.
-You took care of them, Ray?
RAY (ON PHONE): Yeah, you
won't hear from them anymore.
Not Ganz, not McManus, not
the people around them.
And also, our business
partner, Mory Hartman, formally
with Ganz, is finishing
negotiations on our acquisition
of the River Downs
sports book in Las Vegas.
[laughs]
-I see.
RAY (ON PHONE): I
hope so, Mr. Weisbord.
Call me Mack.
By the way, congratulations.
-Thank you.
-All right.
-Whoa!
-Here we go.
I like the way you do business.
I think we're going
to work well together.
-OK Johnny, sure.
-Yeah.
-Here we go.
-Here's to me, fellas.
-Paulie.
Drink some champagne,
join the celebration.
-Salut.
-What'd you drag me in
here for, lieutenant?
-Shut up and sit down, Paulie.
Where's Holman?
-I don't know where Holman's at?
-What do you think, you keep
getting free passes because you
gave us the department store?
That you can walk around
the streets like a peacock?
I want Holman, or I put
you away for anything--
from picking your nose to
taking milk off the doorsteps.
Now where is he?
-I don't know.
-Where's Luca?
-Luca's in Vegas.
-Doing what?
Getting a tan.
What do I know--
-Don't get smart
with me, Paulie!
-What am I, 411
on the telephone?
-You'd better be.
You'd better be
information to me, Paulie,
or tell Luca who gave us
Barnett's department store.
-Fine, and then I'm dead,
and you've got nothing.
I ain't putting a gun to my
head and pulling the trigger.
You want to do it?
Go ahead.
But no way, no way, am I hope
going to help you get Ray Luca.
Holman?
I'll see what I can do.
The scores?
Yeah.
But Luca ain't making scores.
Luca's out of your
reach, so forget it.
-Get out of here, Paulie.
[theme music]
Last week on "Crime
Story," Ray Luca schemed
for a national
gambling operation
centered on buying the Las
Vegas sports book owned by Noah
Ganz, a major Nevada odds maker.
Acting on its own, Luca ordered
Frank Holman to St. Louis
to steal a book
from Ganz's home.
The book contains the sports
world contacts from which Ganz
builds the odds on
sporting events.
Manny Weisbord told
Luca to negotiate first,
before taking overt action.
And Ray Luca realized
he was out on a limb.
He was further out than
he knew because Lt.
Michael Torello and the MCU
had Holman under surveillance
and tailed him to St. Louis.
Torello caught Holman in the
act of stealing Ganz's book
and carrying evidence linking
him to the Novak murder.
If indicted, Holman would roll
over and give Torello Ray Luca.
But before Torello could obtain
a request for extradition
and a warrant, Holman
convinced a Saint Louis Sheriff
to release him on
his own recognizance.
Holman promptly fled Saint
Louis and escaped from Torello.
He is now a wanted fugitive.
What has not escaped
Torello, however,
is the book Ray Luca
had Holman steal.
It is in Michael
Torello's possession,
and Ray Luca is in trouble.
Tonight, on "Crime Story."
-So what's in the book?
-Do not know.
Lab can't break the code because
they haven't got a code key.
But the boys are
pretty sure it's mostly
names and addresses, maybe a
couple of bank account numbers.
-We've got another problem.
We lost that third
trailer last night.
-What'd they get?
-A bunch of cigarettes.
-From where?
-A Depot at 35th and Western.
Joey and I covered
it this morning.
Loss was about $275,000
-This can't be that difficult.
Even if we can't
read it, we should
be able to figure
out what it means.
-What's Ganz's claim to fame?
-Major Vegas oddsmaker.
-And what business is it
that Luca wants to set up?
-Nationwide book
making operation, Joey.
-So what's in here
is crucial to that.
He's an odds maker.
He knows the names of the
teams, athletes, coaches.
Luca muscles Ganz.
Ganz says no.
Luca steals the book.
Let's turn up the
pressure on Ray Luca
and see if he makes a mistake.
This will let Ganz and everybody
else know who's got the book.
Find out where Ganz is
and mail this to him.
[theme music]
RADIO EMCEE: Try to stay
in the entertainment
know with daddy-O.
know with daddy-O.
[phone rings]
-Hello, Max?
PAULIE (ON PHONE): Not Max, Ray.
It's me, Paulie.
Yeah, all right,
what do you want?
-You want us to move or not?
You told me to
wait for your nod.
-Yeah, yeah, move.
-You know where go to?
[inaudible]
-Let's get this tied down.
Come on, let's get this loaded.
Ain't got all day.
-What's the matter with you?
What is this?
-A truck.
What, what'd I do?
-You're phenomenal.
You know that?
Look, the more scores we put
down, the dumber you get.
What am I supposed to carry on
this little truck, your lunch?
I can't get half
the load on here.
-It's the best I
could have done.
Ah, shut up, Paulie.
You're a mental
case, you know that?
-Get this tied over here.
-It's loaded.
-You heard what
the boss called me?
Remarkable.
[phone rings]
-Yeah?
HENCHMAN (ON PHONE): Mr. Bartoli
would like you at the house.
-Tell him when I'm
finished with this job.
HENCHMAN (ON PHONE):
He says right away.
-Yeah, I'll be there.
-Paulie, wait here.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Hey, Frank how are you.
-You've got to wait.
Come in.
-Max, you didn't call.
-It's not good, Ray.
-The load of whiskey is
on the way to Florida.
What's going on here?
-This is your end
on the cartage.
We live by the rules, so we pay.
But that's it.
-OK, I give up.
What happened?
-That was stupid, Ray.
That was very stupid.
We know about you
taking Ganz's book.
Why do you think Max's
face looks like putty?
-You tell everybody
what you're going to do?
No.
You go off, and you
do it all by yourself.
You think you look like a hero?
You look like a jerk.
Not only do you take
Ganz's book, you lose it.
And Torello at MCU has it.
-Ganz has gone to Cleveland.
-He said he could do
your idea with them.
Manny's real upset, Ray.
-He's doing this with Cleveland.
-We don't know what he's
doing because he ain't talking
because a cop has got his book.
-I was making a move.
Manny afraid to make moves?
-Manny Weisbord what
was making moves
when you were still
sucking on bottles.
-When Manny makes a move,
the earth shakes, Ray.
He's the king of making moves.
And when he makes a move,
the one thing he doesn't do
is fail.
You embarrassed him.
You make him look weak.
People get ideas, Ray.
-I told you at the
beginning how things work.
Decisions are made at the top.
You ain't at the top.
You ain't anyplace.
Now, you did this like an
independent, like an amateur.
Now you get out!
-Ray.
-Let me put it to you this way.
Manny says you screwed up.
Manny says you fix it.
-Or you get fixed.
-Singapore sling
with whipped cream.
-Scotch on the rocks.
-Hey David, join us
for a drink, huh?
-Thank you.
-How are you doing?
-I'm good.
-You know Paulie?
-Very well.
-How are you?
-How are you?
-Good.
-So, I like the way you play.
-Thank you.
-Not too square.
-Thank you.
-So counselor, how's life in
the public defender's office?
-I think Mr. Taglia
likes it pretty well.
-Ain't bad by me.
Kept me out of jail so far.
-Yeah, well, you
can't spend gratitude.
-I get by.
-Well, you'd make out a
lot better if you left
that bust-out of
a job you've got.
You know David, I
asked you before-- why
don't you come with us?
-Ray, you don't need me.
You're doing fine.
-Yeah, you think so?
-Hey, thank you, Terry.
-Cheers.
-L'chaim.
Eh?
-Paulie, do me a favor, go
feed your face at the bar.
David and I got some
things to talk about.
-Thanks, Paulie.
So you play with
this band a lot?
-Once in awhile.
You want to talking
about music, Ray?
-All right, listen.
I've got this-- I've
got this business deal,
and it's going south on me.
I've got this group
of investors together
for this real estate thing.
It's concerning a real
hot piece of property.
-So?
-So the buyers and sellers are
fighting each other like crazy,
which puts me in the middle.
And so now I've got
everybody jumping on my case.
-And?
-And that's it.
-We're talking about big bucks.
-So negotiate between
the two parties.
-It's not that simple.
Besides, negotiating
is not my strong suit.
-Ray, I don't know
what you're asking me.
You're not good at
negotiating, don't negotiate.
-That's it?
That's your advice for me?
-Look, Ray.
Number one, you're
not my client.
Number two, I
don't do civil law.
And number three,
I feel like I've
got a pretty hot hand tonight.
So if you'll excuse me, I'd
like to get back to the music.
Thanks for the drink.
Enjoy the evening.
-Yeah, sure.
Go knock yourself out.
-This is him coming.
RADIO DJ: This is Daddy-O Daily,
your musical host who loves you
most, dropping by to say hi,
and for your to ear check
some of those swinging
sounds from our supply.
-We got nothing on
the trucks, but we
shouldn't treat them
as a dead issue.
You get copies of
the shipping papers?
-Yeah, right here.
Two loads came in
piggie back on trains.
A third was driven in from
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
All different shippers,
all different destinations.
-All different truck lanes.
What's the exact location
they are grabbed from?
-Well, two loads
came off the lots.
The third one, right
out of the garage.
-All right, here's what I want.
Hey.
-Hi.
-Hey.
-How are you feeling?
-Not so good.
What is this?
-I knew you guys
would be working late.
I figured you'd be hungry.
-What's he doing here.
-Doesn't he work with you?
-Prima donna.
I knew she was yours
because, you know,
you've got all the jazz.
And you have all my sympathies.
I'm paying for the pizza.
Cubs 1 and 10.
Ron Santo could have cleaned up.
-Listen, I don't
know how long it's
going to take me
to get out of here.
-I had a long day, too.
I'm going to go home
and crawl in bed.
-All right, I'll be
there as soon as I can.
-No rush.
But why don't you wake me
up when you get through?
-It's a deal.
Goodnight.
-Good night, guys.
-Goodnight.
-Thank you.
-What happened to you?
-I was in the yard,
watching, listening.
A pit bull-- it was
terrible, Commandante.
But Ignacio, as
usual, was victorious.
Pit bull is over at
Cook County Hospital,
if you want to talk to him.
-I hope he looks worse than you.
-And then this
woman-- with a broom?
-A witch?
-No, she said I was
peeping through her window.
I am many things.
But looking through a window?
-How'd she look?
-Not bad.
-Where were we?
-What now, Commandante?
-Go home.
-Hey Byrne, good pizza.
-Yeah, thanks.
-It's all small stuff.
It could be moved easy
through discount houses.
And each trailer load
is worth a couple
of hundred thousand dollars.
And they know, always, which
one the grab-- which means they
got somebody inside the trucking
company setting up the scores.
Which means, you guys have got
a lot of people to round up.
How's the pizza?
At 3:20 AM yesterday, somebody
stole a tractor trailer load
of cigarettes off
of your property.
One of you is responsible
for that theft.
-You drag me down
here at this hour
to accuse me of stealing
from my own company?
-What's your name?
-Walsh, John Walsh.
-What do you do?
-I'm the district manager for
the Eastern Ohio Railroad.
-Are you a thief, too?
-Look, you can't talk to me--
-I can't?
You should be happy we're
all down here trying
to find out who
stole your property?
-You talk as though
it's your property.
-My property?
No.
But when $200,000 worth
of merchandise disappears,
my bosses think I'm
not doing my job.
You get the message?
When it gets stolen, it becomes
my property until I find out
who stole it-- which
starts with you guys
because one of you
guys gave up the score.
They had the time, the
place, the trailer numbers,
the bills of lading, everything.
And I'll drag you
down here every night
until I get something.
What's your name?
-Grody.
-You reported the loss?
-I come in.
I've got my bills of lading.
Joe, there, he tell
me where the rig was.
I go out, no rig.
I go back in, and, uh--
Joe calls the cops.
-Yes sir, I called right away.
-Good.
You ever been arrested?
-Never.
-What's your claim to fame.
-I'm a husband and a father.
I believe in God
and the scriptures.
-Ever do any time?
-No, never, no.
-You're all going
to take lie tests.
-You ever hear of
the Escobedo rule?
-Hey.
To me, Escobedo was
a guy who played
the outfield for the White Sox.
You feel you need a lawyer?
-No.
-Wait till after the test.
The first one who doesn't
want to take a test,
I know where to look.
-Can we talk privately?
-In my office.
You're going to tell me
how you've been tipping off
those loads, and you're going
to tell me about the next load--
where, when, and how.
You got it?
You got it?
-Do me a favor.
Holman is in Cleveland
by [inaudible].
Contact him and tell
him don't go anywhere.
-What are you doing?
-What did I just say, huh?
-All right, all right.
-Listen, my guy with
the trucks is coming
with a couple of
good loads for us.
-I don't have time for that.
I have other matters that
need my attention, all right?
-I've got a guy we
can deal direct to.
No fuss, no muss, in and out.
-No fuss, no muss?
You sound like a TV commercial.
-You've got trouble, Ray?
-Nah.
-What's the problem, then?
Can't we talked about it?
You want to play some Gin?
-Yeah, all right.
-Penny a point?
-Yeah.
Tell your guys to take the load.
-Got to tell you.
That executive pal of
yours is like gold.
-What'd they grab?
-A truckload of
those new cameras
where you get the
picture right away.
-We used a traffic
helicopter for the tail.
-We'd have never
been able to stay
with them through the streets.
-Pretty slick, huh?
Swing with the
rig, lay it up here
for a couple of days,
who'd ever find it, right?
-You lost the crew?
-Yeah. but the bonus is, we got
most of the cigarettes back,
right here.
-Great.
-We've got two trucks,
$300,000, $400,000 recovery.
Sounds like we're
hurting Luca where
it stings the most--
in his pocket.
-And he's got a brand new house.
-Let's get this junk
inventoried and get it
back to its rightful
owners, huh?
-And let's bring our friend
Ray Luca a housewarming gift.
[cars pull up]
-What's that noise?
-Go back inside.
Take the kids and go back.
Go back inside, all right?
Please.
-I'm looking for advice anymore.
I want you to go to
work for me-- now.
Here's $30,000.
-I don't want your money.
I only represent
indigent clients.
-It's good money.
What's wrong with you?
-I don't want it.
-You take it, David.
You hear me?
-Look, Ray.
You and I have a
couple of drinks.
We like the same music.
That's as far as it goes.
You take your money
to Dee Morton.
-I don't want Dee Morton.
I want you.
-I'm not a mob lawyer.
I get to choose the
work that I want to do.
-Do you?
-You threatening me?
-Look, David.
I need you to arrange
for your father
to call Manny Weisbord for me.
I mean, they came up together.
Manny will listen to him.
-You want to talk to my father?
Call him.
No, damn it.
You've got to tell
him to do this.
-I don't have to
do a damn thing.
I don't work for you, Luca.
And I don't work for my father.
-You have no idea
what's going on here!
And I'm getting nowhere!
-What, this negotiation?
It's a lousy apartment
building, isn't it, Ray?
-Yeah, right.
-Don't forget your money.
-Keep it.
Then your cleaning lady is going
to have an early Christmas.
[phone ringing]
-Something's wrong, Danny.
-Mike.
-Where's Julie?
-They took her to St.
Joseph's Hospital.
-Julie Torello, where is she?
Come on, come on, where is she?
-She's been moved to room 213.
What's the fastest way there?
-Stairs.
Oh, there.
-She's all right.
She had a miscarriage.
She can probably
still have children.
-Can I see her?
-Yeah, of course.
-[crying]
-Doctor told me that
everything is going
to be all right, that
things like this happen.
We have to try again.
-Maybe it's not a good idea.
-Don't say that.
-You know what I want?
I think I want to be left alone.
Could you leave
me alone, please?
JULIE NARRATING:
What's happening to us?
They haven't invented a
hard time we can't handle.
DAVID'S FATHER
(VOICEOVER): David, my son.
I was there at the
Waldorf-Astoria in 1933
when Luciano, Anastasia, Lansky,
Costello, Siegel, and all
the others got
together, and it all
became an organization
for the first time.
This is a business,
like any other business.
Methods?
What methods?
The methods are the same as
the Carnegies and the Morgans
when they started.
You show me the sin in
giving people what they want,
and taking a bet,
and making money.
It's a business, that's all.
Like any other business.
DAVID (VOICEOVER): I don't
want any part of the business.
I've seen all the
justice money can buy.
Who I'm most interested
in defending?
People with the
wrong color skin,
people who live on the
wrong side of town,
people who speak
the wrong language.
JOHNNY FOSSE
(VOICEOVER): Ray Luca,
what's he got to
do with anything?
He's just punk from a patch.
PHIL BARTOLI (VOICEOVER):
I told you at the beginning
how things work.
Decisions are made at the top.
You ain't at the top.
You ain't anyplace.
DAVID (VOICEOVER): Ray, I don't
know what you're asking me.
You're not good at
negotiating, don't negotiate.
PHIL BARTOLI
(VOICEOVER): Nothing
but a punk in a sharkskin suit.
You're not fooling anybody.
JOHNNY FOSSE (VOICEOVER): Think
you can take over Nevada just
because you whacked a couple
guys on Halsted street?
DAVID (VOICEOVER): An
apartment building?
RAY (VOICEOVER): Right, yeah,
just an apartment building.
DAVID (VOICEOVER): You're
not good at negotiating?
Don't negotiate.
-Paulie, it's Ray.
OK, get the work car.
Come pick me up.
-Counselor?
What brings you here?
-Money.
Ray Luca dropped
this money on me.
I refused it.
He left it anyway.
-Why tell me?
-I don't work for Luca.
And I don't work for you.
I know you're the one who is
putting the pressure on Luca.
I don't want it coming up
that I took money from him.
-Seems to me, counselor,
that you're on a fence.
You have a decision to
make-- go be a mob lawyer
and defend the
Luca's of the world
or prosecute the
Luca's of the world.
-Nobody else out there
accused of any crimes?
-Sure there is, but not for you.
You're your father's son, and
you're victimized by that.
Luca figures, born to the
outfit, die to the outfit.
You don't have the full
spectrum of the legal profession
before you.
You can forget about that.
The Luca's of the
world aren't going
to let you live the life
that you want to live.
You're going to have to
go one way or the other.
On the other hand,
counselor, life for me
is a bowl of cherries.
-Well, you're a lucky guy.
The thing is, I like my fence
and the work I do there.
-Don't forget your retainer.
-Here you are, Mr. Ganz.
Cheers, Lloyd.
-Cheers, Noah.
-It'll be so good to watch that
two bit punk crawling in here
with his hat in his hands,
begging us to go easy.
You should have seen the
way that punk talked to me
and Morry back in Chicago.
-I'm anxious to hear what he
thinks he's got to negotiate.
-Ha.
Manny's got to be sore as hell.
He comes out looking like
a jerk over this thing.
It's unbelievable.
-What's surprising to me is
why Manny hooked up with Luca?
I don't get it.
Are you ready.
-Yeah, let's get my book back.
All right, let's go.
Come on, let's get out of here.
Let's get over to
the other suite.
-Ganz and them, they
are moving, Frank.
-You know, I always think
too much whenever I win.
Heh.
Where do you get some
antacid around here?
-Room service, when we
get up to Luca's suite.
[alarm rings]
-He's here.
Yeah.
Ray.
-Yes, Mr. Weisbord.
-You took care of them, Ray?
RAY (ON PHONE): Yeah, you
won't hear from them anymore.
Not Ganz, not McManus, not
the people around them.
And also, our business
partner, Mory Hartman, formally
with Ganz, is finishing
negotiations on our acquisition
of the River Downs
sports book in Las Vegas.
[laughs]
-I see.
RAY (ON PHONE): I
hope so, Mr. Weisbord.
Call me Mack.
By the way, congratulations.
-Thank you.
-All right.
-Whoa!
-Here we go.
I like the way you do business.
I think we're going
to work well together.
-OK Johnny, sure.
-Yeah.
-Here we go.
-Here's to me, fellas.
-Paulie.
Drink some champagne,
join the celebration.
-Salut.
-What'd you drag me in
here for, lieutenant?
-Shut up and sit down, Paulie.
Where's Holman?
-I don't know where Holman's at?
-What do you think, you keep
getting free passes because you
gave us the department store?
That you can walk around
the streets like a peacock?
I want Holman, or I put
you away for anything--
from picking your nose to
taking milk off the doorsteps.
Now where is he?
-I don't know.
-Where's Luca?
-Luca's in Vegas.
-Doing what?
Getting a tan.
What do I know--
-Don't get smart
with me, Paulie!
-What am I, 411
on the telephone?
-You'd better be.
You'd better be
information to me, Paulie,
or tell Luca who gave us
Barnett's department store.
-Fine, and then I'm dead,
and you've got nothing.
I ain't putting a gun to my
head and pulling the trigger.
You want to do it?
Go ahead.
But no way, no way, am I hope
going to help you get Ray Luca.
Holman?
I'll see what I can do.
The scores?
Yeah.
But Luca ain't making scores.
Luca's out of your
reach, so forget it.
-Get out of here, Paulie.
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