Cry of the City Page #2

Just see her, look at her.

You'll know.

Here.

l've police permission

to talk to him.

Go ahead.

Hello, Martin. How're you?

-Fine.

We go bowling?

At least your mind's all right.

Martin,...

...l'm going to defend you.

Why?

l think l can get you off.

You talk pretty good.

l think l like this.

How're you going to do it?

There are angles...

...self-defense.

McReady's killed a couple

of other men.

l need your complete

confidence though.

Of course.

The D.A. thinks you were in

on the de Grazia case.

Might not be a bad idea to admit it.

Why?

That's the angle.

The whole city's on the D.A's

neck over the de Grazia case.

Robbery and murder.

For a confession...

...l think he might make a deal.

Second degree.

-Second degree?

No chair.

lt's not bad.

As long as you're alive.

There's always probation.

Might take time but...

But if l confess, so what?

How am l going to prove it?

l got no jewels. l don't

how the job was done.

Yes.

There's a chance l might get

one or two pieces of it.

l wondered why you came

in the other night.

You thought l was too

sick to remember?

Tell'em you did it, Rome.

Don't go with this on your soul.

l remember.

'Tu berbanti'.

Wait, Marty.

Go ahead, get out.

Get out, you crook.

l know you work for Whitey Leggett.

You think l lie and count my fingers?

You think l'll take a rap for

you? Go confess yourself.

Don't get excited, Marty.

l'm sorry.

l shouldn't have tried

to pull that on you.

Be practical, my friend.

You're going to the chair anyway.

You killed a cop.

You can't beat that.

-Get out!

Homicide is beginning to think

you and your girl did the job.

l got no girls, Niles.

Of course, you haven't.

What would you think

of 10,000 dollars?

lf you had a girl,...

...10,000 would take her a long way.

You haven't...

...so we'll give it to you mother.

Think of it, Marty.

...for a lines that don't

mean anything to you.

That cop is going to throw you out.

-They're looking for her.

Looking hard.

-Let'em look.

She must be beautiful, Marty.

You always could pick them.

Dark, l bet...

...with a face like a Madonna.

Niles...

-Young, too.

You better knock off that yapping.

The police can't find her...

...but maybe we can...

...and make the police

believe she did it.

They might not...

...the way she is now...

...but if we worked on

her for a few days...

...maybe she wouldn't

be sure herself,...

...or she wouldn't look the same.

Even you wouldn't recognize her.

Maybe she wouldn't be...

You pig! l'll tear your

dirty tongue out!

Nurse!

Nurse!

He tried to kill me.

Tina.

Tina.

Sedative.

-Tina.

Tina.

Tina.

Tina.

Tina.

You'll find the figures correct.

-Certainly.

The cash balance is 37.83 dollars.

Ten,...

...twenty, thirty, thirty five,...

...thirty six,...

...thirty seven.

l took 8 cents for carfare

the last time.

Please.

'Prego'.

'Fratello',...

...the Society has instructed

me as the president...

...to thank you for the

honourable services...

...that you rendered

to our organization.

We hope...

Well, we hope sometime,...

Mario,...

...my dear friend,...

...l'm very sorry.

Mama!

Mama!

Mama! Policeman!

Blackberries!

Brother, l'm sorry about

what happened...

...this evening. lt isn't my fault.

-Lieutenant Candella.

Hello.

This way, please.

Hi.

-Hello, Candela.

Vaseli.

l'll be back in a minute.

Won't you be seated?

-Thanks, l'll stay for a minutes.

'S'accomoda un minuto'.

You keep company to the

Lieutenant Candella.

l will only take off my apron.

Mama, you shouldn't have done that.

You drink first.

How is Martino?

He's all right.

They moved him from

the hospital today.

Moved?

-Yes, to prison.

Vittorio,...

...what will they do to him?

Well, first he'll be tried.

Then,...

...l don't know.

Then?

You know perfectly well

that he killed a policeman.

Yes.

l can't understand why he did it.

Martino was always such a good boy.

He sent me money every week.

Sure he sent you money, Mama.

But how did he send you money?

What kind of work did he do?

l don't know.

l don't know. Martino is

very smart, you know.

Very smart boy.

-Very smart.

But he should have married

and settle down.

Yes.

Didn't he have a girl?

Sure. Angelica Norelli.

l made a contract with

her father, Norelli.

But...

Any other girl?

-No, no other girls.

He liked Carmen Domingo.

-Perdita!

He told me so.

Well, l think l'll

be getting along.

Just one minute, Lieutenant Candella.

Vittorio, please, tell me something.

What they going to do to him?

You think Martino...

-Mama,...

...that snoopy Candella's

in the neighbourhood.

Don't tell him that.

Hello, Tony.

Don't tell him what?

Don't tell you nothing, copper.

Antonio! You talk

polite to the police.

'Sousi, Vittorio, quello

e un ragazzo'.

Lieutenant,...

...will you see Martino?

Well, l hadn't...

...planned to.

Please,...

...you give him this for me.

-Well, Mama, l...

Please.

Okay, l'll give it to him.

-Thank you.

Thank you.

'E la madre, sai'.

Just a minute, Mama.

Did you put a saw in it?

A little hot soup.

And you tell him we all love him.

Please, Vittorio, will you?

Goodbye, Mama.

You don't like it?

lt's fine, Mr. Ledbetter.

When do you change

the sheets Decoration Day?

You want'em changed you got to pay.

How much?

-A deuce.

l'll give you a buck.

Two.

l'll talk to the night man.

Okay, wise guy, a buck.

All right, you mallet-head,

what're you doing?

Get moving!

Crazy old cluck.

Mallet-head cluck.

Who's he think he's talking to?

Every day he tells me that.

Don't let him bother

you he's a big boob.

That's right big boob.

Call me a cluck.

Are you Martin Rome?

Yeah.

-You killed a cop?

l'm Orvy, l'm a trusty.

Hello, Orvy.

Want to break out of here?

What?

-Break out.

lt's easy.

This ain't no prison...

...just a plain old hospital.

You break out, then Ledbetter gets

blamed and they throw him out.

They throw him out.

lt's kind of tough, isn't it?

lt's nothing.

You can do it, Marty.

Look.

How does it work?

l'll show you.

l been here three months.

They don't know l know that.

Wait till l get my keys, Lieutenant.

Look it, Orvy!

l'll only be a few minutes.

Take your time, Lieutenant.

l'll leave the door open for you.

-Thanks.

Some soup from your mother.

Mama.

How is she?

How do you think?

Yeah.

How's Papa and the kids?

-Okay.

l saw your brother, Tony.

He's a great boy.

Yeah.

l beat he told you where to head in.

Great boy.

He thinks you're a hero, Marty.

l'll be chasing him, too.

Maybe.

He'll have plenty of fun first.

Do you think it's worth it?

How much money you make?

Ninety four dollars and forty

three cents a week.

Ninety four dollars and forty-three

cents, don't go far.

Ever go to Florida for

a couple of weeks?

Or bet 100 bucks on a horse?

Or give a girl a big

bunch of orchids...

...because you like her smile?

-No, but l sleep good nights.

ln some cheap room.

Not me. l had enough of

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