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you're supposed to do!

All you have to do

is make the deal!

United States of America

wants me to pay taxes.

I'll pay the f***ing taxes!

It's not as simple as that.

Stop with the papers

and listen to me a minute.

Look around you. What do

you see in this place?

I got 20 desks here, right?

How many men do you see?

I got 10 men, right?

Those empty desks

mean anything to you?

Don't you understand

every week this goes on...

I lose money, I lose men to

those dago scumbags downtown.

You don't hold all the cards

in this situation.

What do you mean?

I'm paying you an arm and a leg.

I'm paying off half the judges

and the cops in this town.

What do you mean,

I don't hold the cards?

These are my favorite.

This is the government.

Al Capone is serving 41 years

for tax evasion.

We're gonna beat it, but it's

gonna take money and time.

You understand what I'm saying?

- Who are you?

- A kid with luck.

Yeah?

Well, we could use some.

We haven't heard from George.

Joey's flaked with me.

Irving, I want to talk to you.

You forgot the coffee.

- That's it for today.

- Okay.

Wipe the board clean.

All right.

You play the numbers, kid?

No, sir.

- Good. Got a mother?

- Yes, sir.

Don't let her play

the numbers either.

But I'll tell you what. I'll put

you onto a sure thing. A horse?

The world is numbers,

not horses.

I'm gonna tell you

how much money you got.

If I'm right, I win it.

If I'm wrong,

I'm gonna match it.

Then you're gonna have

double what you had.

Now count your money.

Don't let me see it.

I know how much it is.

Good. Now double that in your

head and add three, okay?

All right. All right.

Product that by five.

- Product?

- Multiply that by five,

subtract six and tell me

what you come up with.

- 279.

- Just lost 27 cents.

Yeah.

You might consider

the study of numbers.

Question.

What's a 125th and 3rd?

A street corner.

There's a candy store.

It's one of our numbers houses.

B*tch.

Let's get out of here.

Otto sent me.

Nothing I can do.

I work for them now.

You tell him that, hear?

You see what happens

when I try to do right?

You can all go to hell

as far as I'm concerned.

All white men together.

You tell him that, too.

Sounds like Jack Kelly.

I don't start these things.

I'm just this

good-natured slob...

That people think they

can walk right over.

- You in a gang?

- No, sir.

No? How do you expect

to learn anything?

I hire from gangs.

That's a training ground.

- Hear of the frog hollow gang?

- No, sir.

That's where the original

Dutch Schultz came from.

He was the toughest

street fighter that ever lived.

They named me Dutch Schultz.

Is was like an honorary thing.

Most of the gangs now...

Are just dumb kids mostly.

Is that right?

I think for the real training,

you gotta go right to the top.

Otto, you oughta listen to this

kid and you'll learn something.

Thanks.

What?

Jack Kelly's gonna be at

the big Ben barber shop

tomorrow morning at 9:00.

Good. We'll let Bo handle this.

You give him a ring.

I tried to get Bo for two days.

I can't find him anywhere.

Where the hell is he?

He's supposed to be

minding the store.

Kid, I want you to be at

Broadway and Nassau at 9:00.

What do I do?

What you do is you don't

ask any questions.

Extra, extra!

Get your "daily mirror." Kid.

Mr. berman.

- Is that the car?

- Yes, sir.

Extra, extra!

Get your "daily mirror."

New n.R.A. Upsets labor board.

- You sure that's him?

- Yes, sir.

I'm gonna have a talk

with Mr. Kelly.

Wait 'til Bo gets here.

I don't need Bo for this.

Not now.

I'm just gonna talk to him.

Gangland murder.

Barbershop slaying.

Gangland murder.

Barbershop slaying.

Grisly? There was

nothing grisly about it.

It was a professional

piece of work.

It was neat, clean,

end of story, good-bye.

They're never gonna

think it was you.

So how did I know it was the

dutchman right off the bat?

It's good to see you, Bo.

We thought you was dead.

Obviously I ain't.

You couldn't wait 24 hours?

Couldn't wait 24 hours for me

to come home and do this right?

Believe me, it was done right.

Where were you?

I called around.

He was with some broad.

She's no broad.

This was a real lady.

Where'd you take this

real lady that's more

important than business?

Wherever it was,

she wasn't complaining.

You could've checked in.

We never know where you are.

You're always with some dame.

We're running a business here.

Arthur's going on trial.

You're supposed to be in charge.

Got some complaints about the

way I'm running things, Otto?

All Otto is saying, if you're

gonna get shacked up, fine.

But we didn't know where you was

so we couldn't reach you.

The way you handled it wasn't

too f***in' smart, that's all.

- That's all.

- Look at it this way.

You're the one on the lamb

and I'm the one on the town.

Who would you rather be

at this moment?

Know what I mean?

Pack up all my care 'n woe

Here I go singing low

Bye-bye blackbird

Where somebody waits for me

Sugar's sweet so is he

Bye-bye blackbird

Hey, kid, take this

to Mr. Schultz.

Oh, what hard-luck stories

they all hand me

Make my bed

and light the light

I'll arrive late tonight

Blackbird bye-bye

You didn't know I could

do that, did you?

Yeah, that's right.

What?

Bo weinberg's

double-crossing us.

He met with one

of the other gangs.

He offered to cut them in

on our whole operation.

That's a lot of sh*t.

I can't believe that.

Meeting took place on the 10th.

Saratoga, piping rock casino.

The barber shop was on the 10th.

Why we couldn't reach him.

He said he was shacked up.

But he didn't say

who with... or where.

No, no, no. It doesn't

make sense, Otto.

Why would he do

something like that?

Arthur, nobody thinks

you're gonna beat this rap.

Word on the street is that

you're as good as dead.

- Bo's lookin' to the future.

- What are you talking about?

You know how far back we go.

Come on... what do you want?

Yes, sir. The bartender

asked me to give you this.

Thank you.

Good day, Mr. weinberg.

I'm going to the

bathroom. Okay.

Kid?

Kid.

Mr. weinberg.

Dutchman got you workin' late?

Yes, sir.

Where you from, kid?

The Bronx. Bathgate Avenue.

Jerome Avenue.

Say hello to a friend of

mine from the Bronx. Hello.

Mr. weinberg,

this is 20 dollars.

Yeah. Get some sleep, kid.

Thanks! Thanks a lot.

You know what a loyal man is

worth these days, kid?

His weight in gold.

You remember that.

He lied to me, Otto.

He lied to me.

I will take him down

and that is a sacred vow.

You have to be careful.

Bo has many friends.

He was the best.

I never had to tell Bo

to do anything twice.

I would say it one time,

and bang, it was done.

And it was done right.

I promise you, kid,

it was done right.

You get high marks for this.

Hey!

It's the fire inspector.

Must be payday.

Open up!

He had balls.

Nobody had balls like Bo.

The manager's not here.

Come back later.

I remember one time.

The guineas wanted him to

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