Force of Evil Page #7

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I've invested

in this combination.

I didn't bring Leo

into the combination

To take a beating,

But that's what it's

going to be from now on in.

I can smell it in the air,

and I want him out.

I want him paid off

and out.

I want him out tonight.

That's a fine way

to talk to me, Joe,

After we establish him

in the trade

As the number-One bank.

I'll take over instead then.

I'll pay off Leo and take

over myself personally.

That's O.K.

With me, Joe.

The minute

you start working

Out of the banks,

Meeting a hundred people,

a day, handling details,

You won't

be able to say

You're just

Tucker's attorney.

You'll be

Tucker's partner.

But suit yourself

about your brother.

The people versus Leo Morse...

I think we're on now.

Doris Lowry,

Frederick Bauer, Edgar Ryan...

She's in there,

Mr. Morse.

Can't you see Im busy

talking to someone?

I want

to talk to you, Doris.

Just send me a bill.

I'll pay your fee.

So Ill be right home,

mother. Don't worry.

I don't have time

to argue with you.

I wanted to say how sorry

I was for all this,

But it doesn't seem

necessary.

I'm perfectly all right.

You'd better worry

about Leo,

And you'd better worry

about yourself.

When you make a living,

you accept the risks,

But that has nothing

to do with you.

I kept watching you

in the courtroom, and I...

and what, Joe?

If I ever thought

of loving you,

It was to love

something rotten

And corrupt in myself.

I don't wish to love you

or see you or know you,

And Ill try

not to remember you.

I didn't ask you

to go down there.

You forced Leo to stay

in the business.

He wanted it.

You tempted him,

The way you try

to tempt me now

To forget what's so plain

here in front of me.

Well, you'll see.

Leo's not like you.

He'll die of this.

Oh, you'll

make him rich-

In his death.

Well, I don't wish

to die of loving you.

Leo, I arranged with Tucker

for you to quit tonight.

I'll pay off

your investments.

I don't want it, Joe.

The money I made

in this rotten business

Is no good for me, Joe.

I don't want it back.

And Tucker's money

is no good, either.

The money has

no moral opinions.

I find I have, Joe.

I find I have.

And now Im

speaking to you.

I'm speaking to you

as your older brother

Who slaved for you.

You stop now.

Stop now, Joe,

Because Im getting old,

and old people die.

There will be nobody

to cry for you.

I'll get you the money,

and you're out.

Freddy.

You come along

with me, Freddy.

I want to get

a glass of water.

I'm going down

to my office.

Mr. Morse, I just want you

to know something.

I want you to know

That every time a tip

comes over the phone,

You're going to get a raid-

Whoever you are

and whoever you know.

Go ahead and raid,

Mr. Detective.

You're talking

to a retired man.

And next time, Mr. Bauer-

Next time you call,

Just ask for Egan,

the bus inspector.

You'll get

personal service.

You, you, you...

do you want

to kill yourself?

To get yourself

killed?

Hello?

This is Wheelock.

Got everything else,

But I can't get

into the safe.

He must have changed

the combination.

All right.

I'm leaving now.

I knew I would never come back

to this fancy office again.

I could see the cobwebs

on the walls

And a sign-

"Office for rent

for a smart young lawyer

Trying to get ahead

in the world."

Go in

and get your rolls.

I'll wait for you.

Freddy!

Dumb, rotten dog.

Freddy!

Freddy!

Freddy.

Freddy!

You stupid fool!

Do you know

what you're doing?

Let me alone.

What do you think

you're doing?

Do you want to make

a butcher of my brother?

A murderer?

You want to live,

don't you?

You want to live

to eat these, don't you?

Let me alone,

please.

Don't say that to me.

I'll kill you

with my own hands

Rather than let you

Put the mark of Cain

on my brother.

Remember me, Bauer?

I'm Wally.

Now's the time

to set up that meeting

Between Ficco

and Leo Morse-

Tonight.

I can't do

a thing like that.

Come on, Bauer.

I'll show you how you

can get out of this jam-

Alive.

Your friend

didn't show yet.

What's the matter?

You in a hurry

for the table?

Did I say that?

There's no one here.

You're not losing

any tips letting me sit.

It makes

no difference to me.

I'm here till 3:
00

anyway.

I thought maybe

you might want to order.

It's getting late,

Mr. Bauer.

He said he'd come.

I thought

you'd never come.

My car was put away.

I had to find a taxi.

I'm glad you

called me, Freddy.

I'm glad you

thought it over,

And to listen to me.

To calm down

and listen to me

So I can help you.

Coffee.

I know how bad

you feel, Freddy.

It was a wicked,

foolish thing to do

To put a gun

in my brother's hand

For him to kill you.

That's what

you wanted to do.

That's what it was.

I know how it feels

to try to find someone

To kill you,

to finish you off,

To take the crimes

of your life

On his head,

in his hands.

Please, Mr. Morse,

all I want is to quit.

That's all.

Nothing else.

They won't let me quit,

and I want to quit.

I'll die

if I don't quit.

I'm a man

with heart trouble.

I die almost

every day myself.

That's the way I live.

It's a silly habit.

You know,

sometimes you feel

As though you're dying

Here... and here.

Here...

you're dying

while you're breathing.

Freddy,

what have you done?

Freddy, what have

you done to me?

Take it easy, pop.

You won't get hurt.

You're coming with us,

pop. Come on!

You can't

take all night.

Stand up and walk!

Stop him! Stop him!

He knows me!

Kill him! Kill him!

He knows me!

Joe, Im

not going to eat

If you don't eat.

Come on, now.

Eat something.

You'll feel better.

I'm eating,

and I feel better.

Why don't you

do something

That's good

for yourself?

Why don't you stop

drinking and eat,

Or why don't you

go home?

Just why don't you

do something-

Hey!

Tell them to play louder.

I have something private

to tell the lady.

Yes, Mr. Morse.

It's true.

It's something private,

And I don't want

the whole world to hear.

I don't want the whole world

to know what you know-

That hall, link hall,

my partner's friend,

Is going to take my life

away in the morning.

Why are we

sitting here, then?

If it's so serious,

If it's so bad,

what are you doing here

Getting drunk

and talking so crazy?

I'm celebrating.

I'm celebrating.

It's a holiday.

A holiday is when

you celebrate something

That's all finished up,

That happened

a long time ago,

And now there's nothing left

to celebrate but the dead.

You talk as if

you were dead.

That's what I am-

Dead, disbarred, done for,

finished, kaput.

When did this

happen, Joe?

The day I was born.

And Im sorry for you,

that I got you into this-

A girl with advantages

trying to make a living.

But I was a man,

A boy with advantages

trying to make a living.

Let's dance.

Oh, Joe!

Oh, Joe, I want to

help you,

If you'll

be serious.

I'm serious.

Joe, please-

Don't be afraid.

You don't know what it is

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