Kill the Irishman Page #2

Yeah, same guy.

It was only a matter of time before he

started hanging out at that Theatrical Grill.

Every city's got a Theatrical.

The one place where crooks and cops

sit side-by-side.

Mr Greene wants you to know he appreciates

the fine job Cleveland P.D. Are doing.

He wants to pick up your tab.

Tell Mr Greene that Cleveland P.D.

Will pick up its own tab

to avoid any look of impropriety.

But thank you.

BARTENDER:
He said no.

Something about impropriety.

Now you are a beauty.

(BABY CRYING)

(LAUGHING)

But I told you.

Come here.

He's not bothering you, is he, huh?

(CLICKS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Thank you, Artie.

Detective Manditski?

Steve Marshack with the newspaper.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Yeah, I know who you are, Mr Marshack.

I read your column. What can I do for you?

Somebody told me you played hoops

against Danny Greene in high school.

Is that true?

Was he really the best player at Metro East?

Second best.

So you're gonna do a story on Danny?

Went from rags to riches, from orphan

to union president? Something like that?

Well, we're gonna do a story on him, all right,

just not the kind he's going to like.

- Call this a heads up.

- Thank you.

(CLATTERING)

Danny, aren't you coming?

No.

I'm not going anywhere without you.

They don't want you, Billy.

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

(SIRENS WAILING)

(OFFICERS CHATTERING ON RADIO)

REPORTER ON TV:

A 12-count indictment has been returned

by a Cuyahoga County grand jury

against labour leader Daniel Patrick Greene.

Greene, arrested last Tuesday

is charged with multiple counts

of grand larceny, extortion

and labour racketeering.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

WOMAN:
All right.

Is it true?

All of it?

I paid the lawyer.

We don't have any money left.

Sell the house.

The house? Where are we gonna go?

We'll find somewhere next week.

We?

(SCOFFS) Excuse me. You're in jail.

No testifying?

No testifying. We drop the extortion

and labour racketeering charges.

It's 10 years.

You plead guilty to two counts

of falsifying financial records

and agree to a lifetime ban from the union.

That's what I get.

F*** you. What do you get?

Well, the Bureau knows very little

about organised crime in Northern Ohio.

So talk to us, say once a month.

Tell us what you hear.

I can do that.

Feds just released Danny Greene.

GIRL 1:
I win again.

GIRL 2:
I won again.

GIRL 1:
I won.

(MOTORBIKES APPROACHING)

(MEN WHOOPING)

I wanna ride.

We can't live here.

It'll have to do.

What are you gonna do for work?

It's America. Land of opportunity.

John Nardi, please.

Tell him it's Danny Greene.

He's got the best restaurant in town.

He runs the cleanest numbers.

Now everybody wants to play

Shondor's numbers. The Irish. Polacks.

Even the Shiser, Edie Stewart.

She doesn't discriminate.

Get yourself a job.

You like stroganoff?

(DANNY LAUGHS)

Danny, taste that.

Mmm.

More salt, I think.

I have to tell you how impressed I am

with how you handled your recent adversity.

I provide a unique financial service

to men who like to gamble.

Before your time,

gamblers borrowed money from casinos.

The problem was if a gambler skipped town,

the casino had no recourse.

So I started to offer a six-for-five, meaning

you borrow five, you owe six within a week.

If you don't pay,

you get charged 30% interest, figure-ish.

Now all this was perfectly legal.

And the best part,

I ran my own debt collection.

Then, in its wisdom, the federal government

labelled such practices "loan sharking",

which is (SCOFFS) a stupid term.

Come here, I wanna show you something.

Joey.

Honey, what happened?

The wife let you out of the doghouse finally.

Eat something. Enjoy.

(SOFTLY) Cuyahoga County DA.

Where was I?

Yes. The two of them running

like their collection had been incarcerated.

Is this a position

that would interest you, Danny?

DANNY:
A man's gotta work, Mr Birns.

So many young people

don't understand that these days.

I swear I don't have it.

(UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

I swear I don't have it. I swear.

I swear I don't have it.

(GROANING)

WOMAN:
Agent Malloy will be with you

in just a moment, Mr Greene.

MALLOY:
Danny. How you doing?

Hanging in there.

You got anything for us?

Well, nothing of interest.

(ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN:
Oh, Danny Greene, huh?

How about you tell Shondor Birns

that I get Shorty's money first, baby.

Second.

Hey, baby, I can deal with that.

Here, take this.

No, thanks.

Tell Shondor sorry I was light last month.

Giants plus seven against the Eagles.

It's a lock, right? Wrong.

I'm Mike Frato, by the way.

Nice truck, Mike.

Thanks. I was hauling gravel

till I discovered garbage.

Big money in garbage. I highly recommend it.

You like what you do?

Yeah. Sure.

It's good to like what you do.

Keeps the blood pressure down.

(CHUCKLES) Nice Caddy, by the way.

JOE:
My wife met his wife Joan Greene

at a church luncheon. They hit it off.

That made things a little awkward.

JOAN:
Thanks, Clare. Thank you.

Bye. Thank you.

CLARE:
See you next Sunday.

Well, you missed an excellent sermon.

What the hell is this?

Joe and his wife gave us a lift.

Joe and his wife.

Father Kilden said it would be nice

if you came to one of his services.

You know, sometime this decade.

... to take the oath of induction...

Never should have taken away

this guy's title.

He wouldn't go to Vietnam.

DANNY:
I wouldn't go if I were drafted.

Why stick our nose in Vietnam?

English been doing that to the Irish

for 2,000 years.

And by the way?

How we gonna pay for it, huh?

Deficit spending, my ass.

Next thing you know

we'll be going off the gold standard.

The country's going to hell.

So is kids smoking pot.

If I were President,

I'd legalize the stuff and tax the sales of it,

like booze and cigarettes.

In two years' time

we'd be richer than Ken Croesus is.

Danny, the game. It's the Packers.

Go ahead.

You got anything to eat other than that?

That's Grade-A sirloin chuck.

We got no vegetables, no fruit, no nuts.

The stuff's got too much cholesterol.

What's cholesterol?

(BIKES REVVING)

(BIKERS SHOUTING)

(ROCK MUSIC BLARING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

Party's over.

You got five minutes to clear out.

Party ain't over.

You show yourself here again,

I'm coming over there.

And I'm knocking all your teeth out.

And I'm f***ing that hot little wife of yours

all night long while you watch.

(BIKERS LAUGHING)

(ROCK MUSIC BLARING)

(GUN FIRING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

MAN:
Come on.

Come on, stupid, move! Come on!

ART:
Get him, Danny!

(BIKERS CHEERING)

(GROANS)

ART:
Come on, Danny!

(CHEERING STOPS)

Tell Licavoli we're sorry.

You're on my level, so mind your p's and q's.

You're the only wop I can stand, Johnny.

You know that, right?

(LAUGHS) Just be respectful.

Jack.

Leo. You remember Danny Greene.

Of course.

How you doing, Danny?

Here. Sit down, Danny.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, somebody say something?

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