Kill the Irishman Page #6

You see this trailer behind me?

It's where I work.

See the bar at the end of the street there?

Get a shot of that. I live on the top floor.

Let me tell you something.

If any of these maggots from

the so-called Mafia wanna come after me,

I'm not a hard man to find.

JOHN:
You know, you must have

the biggest nuts in Cleveland.

Yeah. I saw you on the news.

The problem is,

is you got too much heat on you.

Licavoli breaking your balls, John?

Well, he's not blowing up my house.

Ha!

The f***ing cretin won, you know?

He's the boss. I get that.

(SIGHING)

The cocksucker's trying

to take over my business.

I gotta put my foot down.

I was thinking,

maybe you need somebody

to watch your back.

What are you saying?

Well, what I'm saying is,

alone, I could never take over Licavoli.

But together, there's no stopping us.

- You wanna be partners?

- Yeah.

You're serious?

You know,

I'm gonna show you how serious that I am.

(MUFFLED MOANING)

This is the kid from the Highlander,

the valet who put the bomb in your car.

(STABBING)

(MUFFLED MOANING)

Look at him.

Your enemies are my enemies.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

F*** you! I never should have trusted you!

You ain't got the balls to do it yourself,

do you?

REPORTER:
There is some

kind of gang war in Cleveland.

The figures over recent months

show that for those involved, life expectancy

is very short and getting shorter.

JOE:
That summer in 1976,

36 bombs exploded in Cleveland.

The Danny Greene War

became the subject of national attention.

REPORTER:
Federal authorities

expect more murders,

as the hierarchy of organised crime

in Cleveland continues to violently realign.

Jeff Campbell, Eyewitness News, Cleveland.

A steel door?

It's just a precaution.

I want you safe.

I don't want safe. I want you.

It's a Claddagh ring.

Women in Ireland have worn them

for 300 years.

The hands symbolise friendship.

The heart, love.

And the crown, loyalty.

If you wear it with the heart facing out,

it means you're free.

If you wear it with the heart facing in,

it means you're taken.

Don't put it on until you know.

Ellie, I have a plan.

A plan to set things right.

But it will mean leaving here for good.

- But Cleveland...

- It's all I've ever known,

but it's no good for me any more.

I wanna go someplace I can breathe again,

you know?

JACK:
I'm getting calls from New York

every half hour.

This guy, he went on television

daring us to do something about it,

for crying out loud!

What am I gonna tell them, huh?

(SHOUTING) What is going on here?

Your people! Your people...

You can't do a simple job?

My people? My people are your people!

TONY:
Your family is becoming

a major f***ing embarrassment.

I am still getting calls from Paulie Castellano

about that 70 Gs

that he lent to that prick Shondor Birns.

What the hell is going on out there?

This is one guy, and you can't take care of it?

We've shot him. We've blown him up.

I mean, nothing we do

seems to matter with this guy.

Eight times you tried

to get this mick cocksucker, huh?

What are you doing? Where's your men?

Where's Brancato?

- He's watching the city.

- Watching the city?

You might as well

give the city to this mick prick.

(BREATHING HARD)

(EXHALES)

All right. I understand

that you got a difficult situation here.

Generally speaking, you got things

under control. I understand that.

I'm gonna propose something to you, okay?

I would consider it a personal favour

if you would ask my help in this.

Okay? I can do this for you.

I can be there for you on this one here.

But you have to give me the word.

Do me this favour.

Then it's done.

JOHN:
"Vast lands

fit for an industry on the rise."

(READING)

I don't know

where you come up with these crazy ideas.

I mean, do you know anything about Texas?

No.

You know anything about cattle ranching?

No, you do not.

He's crazy. You know that?

What's it gonna take to get this place

in order, John? All of it.

The land, new cattle. The whole thing.

A couple of million.

I mean...

- That much, huh?

- I'm guessing.

Why not?

ELLIE:
We can move there?

DANNY:
Damn straight.

You have that much money?

You know, someone once told me,

"A businessman

never invests his own money."

(LAUGHING)

TONY:
You got a pair of balls, let me tell you.

$2 million! $2 million!

You didn't pay back

the $70,000 that you borrowed.

Why should I lend you $2 million?

- To get rid of me.

- To get rid of you?

I could get rid of you with one spick outside

for $100.

What the f*** you talking about?

Hey, let me take this guy out back

right now and take...

TONY:
Shut the f*** up!

I apologise.

I'll leave Cleveland,

hand everything over to Licavoli.

Your money will help fix up Texas feed lots,

land, cattle.

And the best part.

We sell the meat through co-op outlets

that I can tie directly to the unions.

That guarantees sales nationwide.

Projected income is $3 million

in the first year alone.

TONY:
Gonna have a cattle drive

like John Wayne, huh?

Yippie-aye-oh!

We're gonna become cowboys.

So this is the Irishman, huh?

That's right.

It's not as crazy as it sounds.

You know, you'll be getting 50% of the cut.

And more importantly,

this business is legitimate.

You know, totally. I mean, almost.

I'll think about it.

Yeah, it's good to see you again, Frank.

How do you think it went in there?

Yeah, it was good to see you, too.

Who knows when I'll see you again.

- I got a joke you can pass on to Salerno.

- What is it?

Why do you call Italian guys "wops"?

Throw a piece of sh*t against the wall,

it goes, "Wop!"

- Yeah, yeah. Wop this.

- (DANNY LAUGHS)

Get the f*** outta here.

All of yous, you bunch of Irish pricks.

All of yous.

Move the f*** outta here.

I want you to go to Los Angeles,

see Ray Ferrito.

- I thought he went back to Italy.

- No.

You take Julius with you.

This way we get two for the price of one.

Okay. Whatever's gotta be.

Irish pricks.

JULIUS:
This is the guy?

He don't look so tough.

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

I understand you're having

some problems in Cleveland.

FRANK:
I got two problems.

This guy Nardi and this guy, the Irishman.

- What's in it for me?

- JULIUS:
Don't worry about your share.

New York wants this guy out,

you take him out.

You'll get yours, all right, guy?

Once John Nardi's gone,

you'll get his territory

and everything that comes with it.

- Licavoli's agreed?

- Yeah.

So how you gonna do it?

I mean, it's not like you can just walk up

to the guy in your fancy business suit

and say, "Hi, I'm here to whack you."

Sure you can.

Hi, I'm here to whack you.

See you in Cleveland.

Yeah, have a nice trip.

JOHN:
Who gives a sh*t

about Texas, anyway?

The place smells like sh*t.

We're gonna take this city over, Danny.

- Right, pal?

- Sure.

You and me.

John, I want you to be careful.

You know, you Irish, you worry too much.

Look, I never liked that Licavoli.

And I don't trust that cocksucker

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