Gangster Squad Page #6

...and Mickey Cohen

will touch every penny.

If he gets that thing up and running,

inside a week it won't matter what we do.

It'll be growing faster than we can

tear it down.

He'll own the whole goddamn state.

Where is it?

I don't know.

They haven't said a thing.

Well, we gotta find it.

Yes, we do.

We don't have a lot of time, Jerry.

I'm not gonna get her killed.

You gotta ask her.

Or I will.

You know, I ain't gotta

prove myself to you.

You asked me to be here and I'm here.

I'm risking my life,

like every single guy in there.

But there's a line.

You go and talk to my girl...

...you put her in danger, you're gonna

cross that line with me, pal.

I'm not questioning your loyalty, Jerry.

Don't go near her.

Just do what needs to be done.

You're going somewhere?

I gotta go.

You gotta do that in front of me?

You gotta make yourself pretty for him

in front of me?

- What's the matter?

- You got a lot of nerve.

What are we doing?

I can't figure out your angle.

What's your angle?

What were you doing in his house, Jerry?

You don't wanna know that.

Why didn't you tell me you're a cop?

I'm looking out for you.

- Trust me.

- No. I don't trust you.

He's gonna plant us both.

- That stirs you a little, doesn't it?

- Oh, yeah, that stirs me up.

- It does, Jerry, admit it.

- It stirs me right up.

Maybe that's why you're with him.

- You think that's why I'm with him?

- I don't know.

I came out here to be a star, Jerry.

I figured I couldn't lose.

I figured wrong, didn't l?

I'm open to suggestions.

Don't go.

Don't let me.

HERBERT:

One-two. Ho-ho. Whoa.

This the one where you break his jaw?

Hey, Claude Rains.

Come here,

I wanna show you something.

HERBERT:

Hurt him. Yeah.

- This putz was trying to steal my title.

GRACE:
Heh.

COHEN:

Story of my life.

Some bum's always trying to steal

what's mine.

HERBERT:

You gotta dance.

Come on. Finish him.

Oh!

(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE ON RADIO)

- Hey, Dad?

- Yeah?

Mom wants to know when you're gonna

put up the lights.

As soon as I'm done here.

Can you hand me those wire strippers?

Yeah.

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

Son, your dad's a genius.

Go tell your mom that.

So the first one's Pacific Telephone.

The second one's Western Union.

And that third one...

- Cohen's.

KEELER:
That's right.

That's all there is to it?

Just cut the wire?

No. You cut the wire, they'd be out

here in an hour to repair it.

El Dorado Trust is the terminus

of the wire, right?

So all you gotta do is ping the wire and the

pulse echo will tell you how far away it is.

Why didn't I think of that?

Hey, keep an eye out.

(CHATTERING)

What'll it be?

Remember 75.

KEELER:

And bingo.

You gotta be shitting me.

KEELER:
Am I the only one who thinks

this is f***ing insane?

Because there's an alarm,

it goes right to Cohen.

It'll take me 10 minutes to find it

and disable it.

You got 5 then.

Shooting starts, sheriffs are gonna be

all over our asses.

You sure we can pull this off?

No.

Let's do it then.

(SINGING "CHICA CHICA BOOM CHIC"

IN PORTUGUESE)

O'MARA:
Hey.

HARRIS:
Hey.

RAMIREZ:
Hey.

KENNARD:
Howdy.

- Who are you guys?

KENNARD:
We're the band.

MAN:

Unh!

HARRIS:

Oh, sh*t.

- Keeler?

KEELER:
(OVER RADIO) All clear.

(CHATTERING)

Boom, chica, boom-boom-boom-boom-boom

MAN:

Aah!

All right, everybody, time to go home!

Out!

Ladies, go on and take

the rest of the night off.

Come on, ladies. That means you. Get up.

RAMIREZ:

Let's go, ladies. Come on.

We already took care of that.

Ch-ch-chica, boom

Chica, chica, boom, chica boom

Chica, boom-boom-boom

Boom, chica, boom-boom-boom

(GUNSHOT)

SINGER:
Aah!

O'MARA:
Everybody out! Now!

Everybody out!

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

My, oh, my.

What the f*** happened here, Eugene?

We don't know, Mr. Cohen.

Right now, I'm coordinating the...

"Coordinating"? What's this coordinating?

Take the dog.

No, the deputy.

This how you take care of business?

You motherf***er!

You will find the cocksuckers

that did this to me!

You will find them!

HARRIS:

Drink. Come on.

- Look, look. Come on.

RAMIREZ:
Shut up.

HARRIS:

Come on, you son of a... Drink.

JERRY:

No, it's right here, man.

Drink it. Don't be scared, don't be scared.

Our young Seor Ramirez is drunker

than a peach orchard sow.

- Let me tap you.

- No, I'm good.

You sure?

It's not good right now.

JERRY:

Sarge, come here for a second.

- Come on, everybody. Get over here.

- Come on, sarge.

Sarge, come here.

To the sarge.

For bringing us all home safe.

You're a bull in a china shop, but we'd

follow you anywhere. To the sarge.

No, look, this victory belongs to all of us.

You know, I've run with a lot of outfits,

but none better than you group of misfits.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Cheers.

HARRIS:
To the Gangster Squad.

RAMIREZ:
The Gangster Squad.

How much did they get away with?

Nothing.

Neddy says they didn't take the money.

They're cops.

Chief Parker put them up to it.

I've had it with that sadistic,

Bible-thumping boozer.

He's done.

We never had that kind of trouble before.

Trust me, Karl.

I've bought myself enough cops.

I know what I'm talking about.

These guys are a special brand.

They're hard cases, not interested in money.

A cop that's not for sale

is like a dog with rabies.

There's no medicine for it, you just gotta...

...put him down.

Heh.

Somebody peached to them.

Somebody up and turned rat on me!

There's ears in this f***ing house!

Find them!

The slut cluck b*tches!

Come on. We need to get you out of here

before he runs out of pretty things to break.

Now, you don't ever need to come

back here, Miss Grace. Not ever.

(DEVICE BLEEPING)

COHEN:
(OVER RADIO) Wrevock's gonna

pick up the shipment tonight in Chinatown.

Use the laundry truck.

No, wait, you gotta hear this.

COHEN:
You don't make this deal,

we're finished, you hear me? Done.

That hit on Slapsy's is still killing us.

Wrevock's gonna pick up the shipment

tonight in Chinatown.

Use the laundry truck. Don't f*** it up.

I need this.

We hurt him.

He is bleeding cash. Desperate enough

to do this out in the open.

We intercept that dope,

he is dead in the water.

You know, I signed up for this...

...ahem...

...so that I could tell my boy that I

at least tried to do something about it.

But I hope he never finds out about

all the things we've done.

Con, we did what we had to do.

Can you remind me of the difference

between us and them?

Because at this point, I can't tell anymore.

You want to find a witness to sign

their own death warrant?

Con, look, this is the only way

we can beat him. The only way.

Okay.

All right, look,

I need you on the wire tonight.

- Okay?

- Oh, no.

In case Cohen has a change of plan.

It's all right, Con.

You sit this one out. We can handle it.

All right?

Okay.

JERRY:

Hey.

You wanted to talk to me?

He thinks somebody ratted.

He what?

- It's a matter of time before he gets to me.

- What are you doing here?

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