Little Caesar Page #2

Yes, Mr. Montana.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Do yourself a favor, will you, Rico?

Leave your gat home on the piano

the next job you pull.

Yeah, park it next to your mil k bottle.

Hey. Run your own mob, Arnie.

I'll take care of mine.

Yeah, I'll park it.

I don't need no cannon to take care

of guys like you, Mr. Lorch.

Yeah, we gotta be careful.

Little Arnie's interested

in this here nightclu b.

- Lf it ever gets out who pulled the job...

- They' II never get wise to us.

They' re careless,

but they' ve never been tapped.

Yeah, but I don't like the whole business.

Neither do I, Sam. Honest, I don't.

I couldn't sleep last night.

I was up worried.

I don't want to take any chances. Not now

the way they' re closing down on us.

What' s the matter, Tony, getting yellow?

No, but, geez, none of us

wanna hang, do we?

You'd like to quit, wouldn't you?

You'd like to run out on us.

- You're yellow, you dirty...

- Wait a minute, Rico.

Where do you get that yellow stuff?

You want to know who' s yellow,

I'll tell you.

Joe Massara, your pal.

- That's why he didn't show tonight.

- He'll be here. Just because...

I know all about that stuff. I'm gonna

give him 10 minutes more. Then we' II see.

Now, listen, Sam, Joe' s all right.

He' s the best front man in the world.

Why, he can go to a swell hotel

and order a suite, a suite, and it' s all right.

Without Joe, we can't pull the job,

and you know it.

What' s that paper?

It' s this layout I've been

figuring out with Scabby.

- What, this nightclu b job?

- Yeah.

Well, let me see it.

And until I say different...

...nobody' s gonna plan

for this mob but me.

You get me?

He' II learn.

Now, come here, you guys.

Now, get this.

Hello, Joe.

Hello, Rico.

Come here.

I told you to be here at 8:30.

Oh, well, you see, l...

I was busy.

I was rehearsing, and...

- Oh, you know how it is.

- Yeah, I know how it is.

They' ve been saying it,

only I didn't believe them.

They're crazy when they call you yellow.

T ell them they can go to...

Say, what's the big idea

of the rush anyway?

It's a little job we need you for.

A little job at the Bronze Peacock.

What do you mean?

Are you trying to kid me or something?

How can I take the chance?

They' re all my friends, they all know me.

That's why, they' II never suspect you.

Now, don't stall, Joe.

I ain't stalling.

You gotta get me out of this, Rico.

You gotta. I don't want to...

Well, don't you see,

I'm working steady now, and...

- Can't a guy ever say he's through?

- You're gonna be in on this, and you'll like it.

The time is to be sharp midnight

on New Y ear' s Eve.

I won't. I can't.

I can't, don't you see? L...

Well, gee, l...

- I'll be working New Year' s Eve.

- Now, listen, Joe.

This is the joint where you're working.

And don't you be forgetting it, either.

Come on in.

Well, maybe it ain't so hot.

- Maybe we can't buck Little Arnie.

- I can.

You're too good, that's what.

Hello, Joe. You were in a big hurry

about getting here, weren't you?

- Maybe this kind of work ain't to your li king.

- Joe's all right. He's in with us.

Yeah, I'm in with you.

Well, let' s see, now.

Here' s the way I dope this thing out.

I, Sam Vettori, not you, Rico,

or nobody else.

- That' s plain, ain't it?

- Sure.

Only, who stands here?

You kind of forgot that, didn't you?

Hey, I'm boss on this job, not you.

Right here.

Smart guy, Rico.

He' s got plenty of brains.

I tell you, I'm afraid, Otero.

I'm afraid.

You're crazy. Rico's coming with us.

Come on now, buck up.

And you, Joe.

You'll be in the lobby

and give us the high sign...

...if everything's on the up and up.

You get me?

Yeah, and if we get in a jam, you'll have to

take a chance with the rest of us.

Hey, quiet, quiet.

Holy Moses, it' s Alvin McClure.

The crime commission buzzard.

Hey, DeVoss. Come here.

What is it, Arnie? What is it?

Bring McClure over here,

I want to buy him a lemonade.

- Not tonight, some other time.

- Go on. Do as you're told.

Go on, De Voss, bring him here.

As you wish.

What can I order for you?

- Good evening, Mr. McClure.

- Good evening, DeVoss.

- Quite a party.

- Than k you.

Delighted to have you with us, fol ks.

Mr. McClure, a Mr. Lorch,

a financial backer of mine...

...would like to meet you.

- May I bring him over to your table?

- Lorch? Lorch?

- You mean the man they call Little Arnie?

- Yes, but...

- You say he's a financial backer of yours?

- Yes, but...

I didn't understand that a man of his type

was connected with this place.

I'm sorry, DeVoss, but you might

inform Mr. Lorch that we're leaving.

I came to this place

under a misapprehension.

- Now, Mr. McClure...

- I'm sorry, folks...

...but we'll have to go somewhere else.

You like my hair this way, Joey?

Sure.

I used to wear it...

Where are you going?

- Just to get a package of cigarettes.

- Hurry back, darling, it's almost 12:00...

...and I wanna be with you

for New Y ear's.

I'll be back in a minute.

- What can I get you?

- A Victor Noble.

Stay where you are.

Oh, help! Oh, God!

Open her up, Tony, this ain't no picnic.

What's the matter, Tony,

losing your nerve?

Come on, let's go. Let's go,

we gotta get out of here. Come on.

Happy New Year.

Why, Joe...

Joey.

What is it? What' s the matter?

Nothing.

It's all right.

- The joint' s been held up, that' s all.

- Held up?

They...

- They shot McClure.

- Joe.

- Now you know.

- It was you.

- No. No, it' s a lie! L...

- You shot McClure.

No, I didn't, I swear.

It wasn't me that shot him. It was...

I don't know who.

But it' s our hips for this job, all right.

Maybe... Maybe everything

will be all right, Joey.

Maybe he wasn't hurt badly.

But you're through with that bunch.

You don't belong, Joe.

You're not that kind.

You'll never go near them again.

Olga...

...you can't go back...

...on a gang.

Well, everything come off

all right? T ell me.

Everything was all right.

Only I had to take care of a guy.

- Who was it?

- McClure.

McClure.

You shot McClure.

A million guys in this town, and you

had to pick the crime commissioner.

What did I tell you, Rico?

Didn't I say to make it clean?

Didn't I say no gunplay?

Thin k I'm going to let a guy

pull a gat on me?

Any more of these cracks,

and this is my last job.

The head of the crime commission.

The Big Boy can't do us

no good this trip.

They'll get us dead sure now.

- What am I gonna do?

- Why don't you go and give yourself up?

You're slipping, Sam.

And Tony, what about him?

Where is he?

Getting rid of the car.

Tony got nervous. He' s like a big baby.

What a fine pickle we' re in.

You and that rod of yours.

Flaherty' s downstairs,

a couple of d*cks with him.

They' re coming right up.

Stay where you are, all of you.

They won't know nothing unless they

picked Tony up. Give them the shaft.

I'll be in here listening.

Happy New Year, boys.

Say, there's a lonesome

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