Crackers Page #5

She didn't take your damn silver, man!

All right.

Hey, what is this? What

are you all doin' here?

We just wanted to make

sure you got off okay.

I'll get off okay if you get out of my way.

Come on, move, huh?

She'll kill me if I'm late.

Let's go.

Here, lock it.

Oh, Turtle. Here, look.

First of the season.

[ Sniffs ] Incredible!

Incredible.

[ Garvey ] What's so incredible?

It's only a salmon.

[ Starts Engine ]

We have to approach this as if

it was a military exercise.

Timing, precision, coordination,

teamwork, skill, courage.

That's hip, that John Wayne sh*t.

You're not gonna bring that

with you, are you? [ Gurgling ]

We can't get through there.

I got that front all wired.

You didn't wire the back, did you?

The back's just a solid wall. Precisely.

We are gonna go through that

wall from the apartment...

on the second floor of the building

next to the O'Malley building.

That's how we get to the safe.

We get into that building...

from the coal chute on 23rd Street...

and that's where we meet this

morning at 0200. Okay? [ Groans ]

0200. Okay. Okay.

Okay. 0201:
Bolt cutter

cuts the coal chute lock.

0202:
Turtle goes into the

coal chute and up the stairs.

0203:
You open the front

door of the building.

0204:
We force open the door of the apartment

upstairs. Did you get the crowbar?

You got a tire iron in the

trunk of that pink thing?

No sweat. [ Exhaling ]

We then use the jack...

to go through the wall

into Garvey's upstairs.

- Jack, Ramon?

- Crank type, right?

Right. [ Exhales ]

Drill? Not to worry. [ Exhales ]

Okay, I figure all that

should take about 17 minutes.

So, at 0221 we are

downstairs and at the safe.

[ Tyrone Fusses ] [ All ] Hawaii!

Shut up. 0222:

We use the plasticene

and Dillard wires the hinges.

Two drops of soup, electrical outlet and...

Open sesame!

Okay. Alibis. Ramon?

I don't need one. I don't even

supposed to be in this country.

[ Laughing ] A black man don't need one.

Law don't believe him anyway.

- Dillard?

- I figured I'd say I was with you.

I have an alibi.

I forgot.

[ Boardwalk ] I'll check

you out later on, okay?

Okay.

Come with me. We'll get the jack.

I gotta get some wire for the soup.

Okay, we'll do that on the way.

Well, special wire.

Okay.

[ Harmonica ]

Mami, estoy muy cansada.

Andale, ya.

- [ Stops Playing ]

- [ Maria ] Mama!

Took control over my mind

Made me want him every day

Say, what the hell you think you doin'?

Getting ready for work. What kind

of work you dressed for like that?

Well, you know. Girl, you crazy.

I didn't like being an interior decorator.

The customer's never satisfied.

What you doing?

Gettin' you off the street. Certain people

are real protective of their territory,

and we're on it.

You're standing me up, aren't you?

It's not standing you up if I tell

you I can't make it beforehand.

[ Man ] You can't do this to me.

There's no reason to do it.

With all the crime in this city,

you're giving out tickets!

Why don't you do something

about real criminals?

Weslake, I expected better from you.

This is awfully short notice, you know, and

it's not easy in San Francisco these days.

Maxie, it's just one night.

It was just two minutes! Come on!

Maxie, I will make it up to you, I swear!

I can't make up a lost Saturday night.

But next Thursday you might

be on your back in Paris.

France!

Come on, Weslake, you know you'll

never have to deliver on that one.

Why? Because I have to be

back here on Friday...

for Don Fernando.

Well, we could have dinner

at Chez Panisse. Yes?

Just don't ever let this happen again.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

[ Motorist ] Okay, I'll move the car.

I hate the car. I'll move the car.

Hey, fella.

You busy tonight?

What are you doin', honey?

[ Ripping Ticket ]

Ramon, you gotta let me

explain about last night.

I was only taking Maxine home.

I certainly didn't mean to be disrespectful

to your lovely sister Maria.

In fact, I have a small

token of my affection.

I come to wash up. [ Jasmine

] Why you won't let me?

You ain't gonna whore for two reasons.

One:
It's skilled labor.

You gotta learn before you earn.

Nobody gonna be payin' you $500 a

night just because you look good.

Five hundred dollars.

What's a $500-a-night whore do?

See? There ain't no such

thing as a $500 whore,

just $500 johns.

There's tricks to walkin'.

There's tricks to talkin'.

You could teach me.

Now that brings us to the second

reason why you can't whore.

Which is?

You're too smart. You're too pretty.

[ Laughs ]

[ Tyrone Gurgling ]

Damn it.

The keys to the apartment.

Here, let me take care of that for you.

How come? Oh, let's just say,

I give them the keys, show them how

honest you are, we split the silver.

What silver? [ Laughs ] Come on, now.

This is Boardwalk you're talkin' to.

The silver you took when you was decoratin'.

They say that I took their silver?

Oh, it's cool.

We won't take it to Garvey. We'll go

uptown and get some real money for it.

Damn it to hell, Boardwalk!

You're just like 'em!

Any time they lose something with

all their damn furniture movin',

they have to blame the n*gger maid.

The same damn thing

happen at the last place.

The old lady say I broke her Cuisinart.

I can't even run a damn

Cuisinart, but she fired me!

And it's gonna happen again and again and...

[ Sighing ]

[ Inhales, Exhales ]

Mm-hmm, that's right.

I ain't no decorator.

I'm a maid, and I was a good one too.

But now I ain't got a job, and I

wish I had taken their damn silver!

[ Sobbing ] It's okay. It's okay.

I knew you wasn't no decorator.

Didn't make no difference to me.

[ Sniffling ] 'Cause you got a pretty face.

You got a pretty name. Jasmine.

[ Crying ] What?

[ Crying ] My name is Betty.

I made up "Jasmine."

[ Continues Crying ] [ Laughing ]

Come on, come on, it's okay.

It's all right. [ Laughing ]

You think my mama named me "Boardwalk"?

Hmm? [ Laughing ]

Now, don't... Don't you worry.

I got something goin'.

After tonight you gonna be workin' for me.

But you said I didn't know how.

No, not that.

I'm gonna be needin' a personal secretary.

Maybe you can start tonight.

Take care of Tyrone for me.

I mean, if it's cool.

[ Sniffs ]

I wouldn't mind you teachin'

me some of that stuff.

What stuff?

Oh, that stuff.

[ Mexican ]

[ Woman Laughing ]

[ Continues ]

[ People Chattering ]

Mama!

I' Ramoncito, mi hijo!

I' Oh, mi hijo!

Oh, gracias, mi hijo. Gracias.

I want you to meet Don Dillard.

He's been so good

to take care of la Maria...

while I was away and you were so busy.

Nice to meet you.

I' Ramon! I' Con respeto!

Nice to meet you, Don Dillard.

[ Tapping ]

[ Weslake ] Testing, one, two, three, four.

[ Static, People Laughing, Chattering ]

What's so funny over there?

You havin' a good time? Huh?

[ Crunching Chips ]

[ Woman's Voice ] Oh, Weslake, I this

is just the most wonderful party.

Do you think I could have a little

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