Kill the Irishman Page #5

MAN:
So where the f***'s a guy like you

come up with 70 large?

It was going to some chump in Cleveland.

I borrowed it temporarily.

OFFICER:
All right! Up against the wall!

(SIGHS)

There's no way to sugarcoat this, kid.

The courier picked up your money,

but instead of bringing it here,

he bought six kilos of cocaine.

I'll f***in' kill him.

Probably not. He's in Rikers Island.

Where's the money?

Evidence locker, I suppose.

I'll make an arrangement.

Talk to Licavoli, offer that you do

a couple jobs free for the family.

That way you don't have to pay a vig.

"Vig"?

There's gonna be interest on the money.

You borrowed money

from the Gambino family, Danny.

I did? How do you borrow money

if you don't receive it?

I understand that, but they won't.

In their eyes, lost money is lost money.

- I didn't lose it, the courier lost it.

- I understand.

It was your courier.

If anyone's on the hook, Shondor, it's you.

What?

I didn't hire the courier, you did.

What are you saying?

What I'm saying is, I lost nothing to nobody.

Thus, I owe nothing to nobody.

Coming after me will be unjust.

And if the wops in New York

don't see it that way, then f*** 'em.

And if you don't see it that way, f*** you!

You give this to the man

who kills the Irishman.

(ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYING

ON CAR STEREO)

DANNY:
Come on. Shondor?

I mean, sure, we had a little argument.

Nah. Shondor wouldn't do this.

Contract went out yesterday.

Twenty-five G's

for the head of Danny Greene.

Twenty-five?

Yeah. In cash. (LAUGHS)

Hey, come on. You should be flattered.

You want my advice?

Always.

Turn this thing around. You know,

pay Shondor the 70 large that you owe him.

You know, don't argue, just pay it.

And walk away.

- I can't do that.

- Why not?

Pride.

What? Celtic warrior sh*t?

It's not sh*t.

You know, you've been careful always.

And that's what's kept you alive.

You cannot go to war with Shondor Birns.

Remember what I told you.

Can't be too careful.

Thank you, Mr Greene.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)

(MUSIC BREAKING)

(EXPLOSION IN THE DISTANCE)

...firecrackers to kill Danny Greene!

JOHN:
Danny, come on!

The Cadillac. It was Danny Greene's.

Put a 24-hour tail on him.

That was fun.

That Ferris wheel was something, huh?

I'm not dumb.

The men outside,

they're the police, aren't they?

Cleveland's finest.

You have a bad reputation. People say

you're crazy and I should watch out.

What people? Who's saying this?

I'm not telling you. You'll probably kill them.

You really believe that?

Why'd your wife leave you?

I was different then.

- Look, maybe I should just go.

- No, no, no. Stay.

- There's beer in the fridge.

- I don't drink.

- You got soda?

- In the fridge.

KEITH:
Shondor Birns is in the pawn shop

down the street from St Malachy's.

He's a sitting duck.

The alley behind my house. Five minutes.

(PEOPLE SINGING HYMNS)

(MAN CLICKS TONGUE)

Here he comes.

Ah, sh*t.

Where the f*** did she come from?

REPORTER:
Investigators have been here

well over a half hour.

What have they pieced together?

Any idea who it is?

OFFICER:
As far as I can determine,

it's a white male.

The part that we've got, recovered.

Just the upper torso.

There's pieces all over the place.

We found a leg over against the fence.

Inside, Rabbi Rudolph Rosenthal

characterised Birns as no saint.

But he said the numbers figure

had much charity

and was often generous

and had many friends.

But also to recognise

that everybody is fallible.

Shakespeare said if each one of us

got his just deserts,

nobody would escape a whipping.

John Scalish at 3:45 this afternoon

had a heart attack and died.

JOE:
John Scalish, Cleveland's don of

34 years, died during routine surgery.

The problem was that Scalish

hadn't named a successor.

And the only two candidates for the job

hated each other.

Jack Licavoli, who spent half his time

sucking up to the Sicilians in New York,

and John Nardi, who didn't.

Guess who won?

LEO:
What are we gonna do

about the Irishman?

All right. Ask for a meeting. And keep Nardi

out of it. He's friends with the f***.

The Irishman can have Shondor's business.

But we take our cut.

So essentially what you're saying

is we do all the work

and you get 30% for doing nothin', right?

That's the arrangement. 30%.

And characterise it any way you want.

Any way I want?

Any way you want.

Really?

Really.

Okay.

How about this?

A gang of hairy, greasy wops who came

into existence when a Greek f***ed a goat

want to extort hard-earned money

from a band of noble Irish stock. How's that?

- That is ridiculous! F***...

- Hold it! Hold it!

You got a dirty mouth, young man.

You guys have bled me dry for too long.

Irishman's in business for himself now.

Oh, by the way,

I know why you guys call each other

Ronnie the Crab and Peanuts and Frankie B.

It's 'cause you're too f***in' stupid

to remember each other's names.

See you around, Lips.

Okay, what do you think?

Oh!

(CHUCKLES)

Thank you. (CHUCKLES)

(ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC PLAYING)

Danny Greene's going down.

- When?

- Tonight.

You wanna talk?

Yeah, I wanna talk. Not here.

- So you and Danny are close?

- We grew up together. What's your angle?

I know insults are insults.

But the Shondor Birns thing

has got a lot of people pissed.

Not at you, Billy.

How would you feel about

going into business with me

and owning all of Collinwood?

What the hell is this thing?

You've talked to Licavoli?

Of course.

Ain't it about time you stepped up?

Think how easy it'd be.

Very easy.

(PHONE RINGING)

Come on, Danny, come on.

Come on, Danny!

Danny?

(ELLIE GRUNTS)

(ELLIE COUGHING)

There's been times

when other people have attempted

shots at his life, the Frato situation...

But I have no idea.

And I'm sure Mr Greene doesn't at this time.

He's a little shook up.

Police have issued arrest warrants

for the two men they say are responsible

for blowing up Dan Greene's home.

So far those men have not been caught.

And police are expected to go to the

grand jury this week to seek indictments.

Ryan Ross, Action 3 News.

You missed?

What the f*** does that mean, huh?

People are intimidated!

Intimidated? Are you intimidated? Huh?

You? You intimidated?

Come on. Get outta of here. Get outta here!

DANNY:
The night before my house went up,

I heard a rumour that Tommy Sinito

came to you with an offer to play Judas.

Two days later, Cleveland P.D. Finds him

at the bottom of a lake,

tied to a cast iron sink

you were hauling around.

I wouldn't know anything about that.

(DANNY LAUGHING)

BILLY:
You're the only thing that I've

got in this world, Danny. You know that.

(GUN FIRES)

(GUN CLICKS)

(TYRES SQUEALING)

(GRUNTS ANGRILY)

REPORTER:
This is about the fourth time

someone's tried to kill you.

How do you account for the fact

that you survive each time?

I'm an Irish Catholic

with the grace of God on my shoulder.

I'm not going anywhere until he says so.

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