Kill the Irishman Page #7

in New York, either.

You know what?

And they're scared of you and me.

And they got good reason to be.

(DANNY CHUCKLES)

Hey, Danny. We're moving up!

(EXPLOSION)

(DANNY PANTING)

John?

Give me a hand up, all right?

Come on. I'll walk home.

I don't live far from here.

I'm gonna go home.

I'm gonna lie down, have a rest.

John, let's just rest here. Hey, buddy?

Hey, Danny. We're moving up, Danny boy.

We sure are.

Everything's gonna be all right.

(SIRENS WAILING)

BILLY:
Danny, come on.

REPORTER:
John Nardi,

for three decades, a prominent member

of Cleveland's crime syndicates,

was killed today by a bomb

rigged to the ignition of his car.

Nardi's murder

brings the number of organised crime figures

slain in Cleveland this year to four.

Reporting live from Cleveland, Jeff Campbell.

You got a problem?

No. Do you?

I don't have a problem.

I think you do.

I think most people in Cleveland

would say you've got a problem.

Who are you? Huh?

(ENGINE STARTING)

Answer me!

(SHOUTING) Who are you?

What did you call me for?

I shouldn't be doing this.

Licavoli wants a sit-down with you.

Just you and him.

He's gonna offer you a treaty

and he wants you to sell it to Danny.

You're the only one he'll listen to.

What, do I look like a f***ing idiot?

We're gonna drive over to a pay phone

down at the docks.

Licavoli is gonna call at 3:00 p.m.

You tell him where you want him to go,

and he'll be there.

And if anything feels fishy,

shoot me in the f***ing head, okay?

Come on.

- Get in the f***ing car.

- You f***ing don't believe nobody.

You're f***ing impossible, man.

(CAR HONKING OUTSIDE)

Danny? What the f***?

Brings back memories, huh?

(PAYPHONE RINGING)

Right on time. Name the place.

- Tell him to meet me behind the Highlander.

- You got it.

JOE:
What's with the ice?

DANNY:
Bad tooth.

JOE:
You wanna talk?

I heard about your friend Billy

and your man Keith.

Me and mine will take our chances.

(SIGHING)

It's bad, Danny. It's over.

His name is Ray Ferrito.

We checked him out.

He doesn't make mistakes.

He gets close. Your family.

Your mother. Your girlfriend.

They have not built a bomb big enough

to kill Danny Greene.

You really think the luck of the Irish

is gonna save you?

My enemies will be taken care of, Joe.

I promise.

Good luck, Danny.

Hey, Joe.

Thank you.

BILLY:
"I was too embarrassed to recite this

in person, so I'm sending this in a letter.

"The Ballad of Danny Greene.

"They've shot and they've bombed.

"Tried all that they knew

to bring Danny Greene's time to an end.

"But warriors don't fall.

This legend still stands.

"My captain. My brother. My friend.

"Bill McComber."

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

ELLIE:
Hey, baby.

I made you that dentist appointment.

Take this down.

Brainard Medical Building,

2000 Brainard Place, Lyndhurst, 3:00 p.m.

DANNY:
Thanks, honey.

There's something else.

Something I...

I want you to know.

I love you.

Danny?

(SOBBING)

Danny?

(STIFLING SOBS)

I changed the oil. She's clean.

- You sure you don't want me to go with you?

- Nah.

Get your f***in' hands off my car.

DENTIST:
Let's take

a look at that tooth, Mr Greene.

Hey, mister, are you him? The Irishman?

What about it?

My cousin Timmy says you got

more balls than anybody.

He wants to be just like you.

(DANNY CHUCKLES)

You don't wanna be just like me, kid.

Go on, get outta here.

Come here, you.

Whoa.

Whoa.

Go on, beat it.

JOE:
Ray Ferrito, the hit man who killed

Danny Greene, got too big for his britches.

So the Cleveland Mafia

took a contract out on him.

What did Ray Ferrito do?

Went to the feds and cut a deal.

The resulting trial led

to the indictments of Jack Licavoli

and L.A. Gangster

Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno,

who testified against Mafia associates

across the nation.

It would all lead to

the famous Commission trial,

which convicted bosses

in each of New York's five families.

Danny Greene's murder directly led to

the indictment of 27 Mafia associates,

and the collapse of organised crime

in Cleveland.

The Cleveland Mafia has never recovered.

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?

(DANNY CHUCKLES)

You want me to give you the Irish version?

REPORTER:
What's the Irish version?

The guy upstairs pulls the strings,

you're gone. There's no other way.

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