Casino Page #9

ACE (V.O.)

She knew how to take care of people.

And that's what Vegas was all about.

CASHIER:

(As she pushes a stack

of $100 bills across

the counter)

Sixty-eight hundred.

GINGER:

Thanks

She picks up the cash.

CASHIER:

You're welcome.

ACE (V.O.)

It's Kickback City.

GINGER:

You have a good night.

CASHIER:

Thank you. You too.

Close-up of GINGER folding a $100 bill and placing it in her

palm. She slips the folded bill deftly into the palm of a

floor manager.

ACE (V.O.)

She took care of the dealers...

GINGER:

Hey, Mitch.

ACE (V.O.)

...pit bosses, floor managers.

GINGER:

Thank you.

ACE (V.O.)

But mostly...

EXT. TANGIERS ENTRANCE - NIGHT

GINGER, on her way out of the casino, passes a folded $100

bill to a smiling older SHIFT BOSS.

ACE (V.O.)

...she took care of the valet parkers,

the guys who could get you anything

and take care of anything.

GINGER:

Thanks a lot.

SHIFT BOSS:

Thank you, Ginger.

EXT. TANGIERS ENTRANCE - NIGHT

GINGER exits and gets into her car, slipping a VALET PARKER

a $100 bill.

ACE (V.O.)

Ginger took care of the parkers

because they took care of the security

guards, who took care of the metro

cops, who let her operate.

VALET PARKER #3

Thank you, Ginger.

GINGER:

(Getting into her car)

I need that stuff tonight.

VALET PARKER #3

No problem.

GINGER:

You're a doll.

ACE (V.O.)

The valet parking job was such a

money-maker that they had to pay off

the hotel manager just to get the

concession.

INT. GINGER'S APARTMENT - DAY

GINGER enters the room with $25,000 in her hands. She taps

LESTER DIAMOND's leg with it and he turns to her.

ACE (V.O.)

But one thing I could never

understand, was that she could have

everything under control, except for

her old pimp boyfriend, Lester

Diamond.

LESTER:

Look, Gin, you know I got other people

in this. I got partners. But I want

you to understand that I am lookin'

out for you in this thing. Okay?

You're going to get yours back...

and you're gonna get it back first.

Okay?

GINGER:

All right.

LESTER:

Okay?

GINGER:

Yeah.

LESTER:

Where are you goin'? Where are you?

You're in that place. Where are you?

GINGER:

I'm here.

LESTER:

No, you're not. Where are you? Where

are you?

GINGER:

I'm always here for you.

LESTER:

You are.

GINGER:

I am.

He hastily kisses GINGER and slips out the door.

ACE (V.O.)

The Ginger I knew wouldn't even look

at this creep.

GINGER:

Good luck.

LESTER:

Yeah.

ACE (V.O.)

He was a moocher, a card cheat, a

country-club golf hustler. A

scumbag... chasing dentists for a

few bucks.

GINGER:

Careful.

GINGER looks out of the window and sees LESTER get into a

convertible and drive off.

ACE (V.O.)

I mean, the guy was always broke, he

always had a story. And somehow, she

could never turn him down. The way

Ginger saw it, I guess, was that

Lester was just an unlucky guy.

Somebody had to take care of him.

INT. BACK HOME AIRPORT/CUSTOMS - DAY

NICKY, his wife JENNIFER, with a beehive hairdo, and their

eight-year-old son LITTLE NICKY, are detained while their

luggage is searched by a customs agent.

TITLE IN:
'BACK HOME'

ACE (V.O.)

But nobody had to take care of Nicky.

NICKY:

(To customs agent)

You find any cash in there, we'll

whack it up with you.

ACE (V.O.)

I mean, he took care of himself only

too well. And that's why every badge

back home wanted to nail him.

JENNIFER:

(To customs agent)

Excuse me, but I folded these things

beautifully and I would appreciate a

little respect. Jesus Christ!

NICKY:

Don't look at me, pal. I gotta live

with her.

We see MARINO waiting for NICKY outside the customs area.

Two COPS push past him.

ACE (V.O.)

Even after a little vacation, they

hassled him at the airport.

COP #1

(To MARINO)

Excuse me.

ACE (V.O.)

I mean, Frank Marino was there to

meet him, but so were the cops. This

time they wanted to pinch him for

some diamond burglary in Antwerp.

CAMERA DOLLIES IN ON JENNIFER'S BEEHIVE.

JENNIFER:

Oh, yes. Will you help me fold these,

please?

ACE (V.O.)

They were ready to blame him for

anything, no matter where it happened.

FLASH FORWARD - INT. NICKY'S HOUSE/BACK HOME - DAY

NICKY, JENNIFER, LITTLE NICKY and MARINO walk in.

JENNIFER:

(To LITTLE NICKY)

You go and put your things away.

ACE (V.O.)

And they were usually right.

NICKY, JENNIFER and MARINO are gathered around the kitchen

table. JENNIFER leans over and starts to shake her hair.

MARINO:

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

NICKY:

Hold it, hold it. Here.

NICKY places a red towel down on the table. JENNIFER leans

over again, tugs and shakes her hair until diamonds begin to

fall out of her beehive.

ACE (V.O.)

Because Nicky enjoyed being a

gangster, and he didn't give a damn

who knew it.

JENNIFER:

Come on. There we go. Look at that.

Beautiful.

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