Night and the City Page #6

This is for you.

This is 5,000 for a friend of yours.

You get me something for this,

and then...

you get this.

- Where'd you get this?

- Come on, Harry.

You know I kept every cent

I could get my hands on.

Look at this. Here.

You take this to Phil.

You say, "Phil, here you go.

Cough up your end."

Who's my friend for the 5?

You know the Blue Dolphin?

- What, on 11th Street?

- Yeah.

It's closed. Somebody

bought it or something.

It's been closed like

six months, something.

You take this, you get

me a liquor license

so I can open it.

You bought it?

Yeah, you were right, Harry.

I'm a city girl.

What the f*** am I gonna

do in California?

I mean, I'd die in California.

No, I got to make my stuff happen here.

It's just... it's just I

can't stand it anymore.

You know, he's all over me all the time.

But I can't get a liquor

license in New York

'cause of that felony

conviction I got on the books.

It's like a...

what, it's like a tattoo, you know?

Hey, Helen, you know,

you leave Phil, you leave town.

Screw him.

Look. Take this.

Get your friend to get me a license,

like you did

for Marty Fat-ass.

Marty fat-ass

was a goddamn hack license.

What you want is a whole

different animal.

You're talking the State

Liquor Authority now.

This is a whole different animal.

What, you haven't got

a f***ing friend at the SLA?

Why don't you just

get it under another name,

or take on a partner?

Well...

You want to be my partner, Harry,

You want to be my partner?

- Me?

- Yeah.

Why on earth would anyone who knows me

willingly take me on as a partner?

I mean, come on, truly.

Well, 'cause you got

more energy than Con Ed.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

You're an eternal optimist,

and...

you got a good heart.

- I do?

- Yeah.

You don't fool me.

Yeah, I don't?

No.

Come on, what do you say, Harry?

I really...

No, thanks.

I really think I want to take a shot

at this other thing.

Yeah? Really?

No problem. You know, you just...

You just get me the license,

and then you can have the money.

I gotta think.

Yeah. Now,

I was asking around.

They say the best was when they

had a Jew fight an Italian.

Then they'd line up for miles.

Also, I was thinking, what if

I had an amateur night?

You know, get a cop to fight a fireman

or a sanitation guy.

Drop some freebies off at the precinct,

the firehouse, the dump, you know?

F***in' Helen, man, this is it.

No more bullshit, no more.

I can't stand the man.

I'm better than this.

I mean, I'm no jerk.

Well, but...

I am a jerk,

but it's like playing possum so far.

It's like the light

under the bushel for me.

I been eating sh*t with a shovel,

but this is it, right?

This is it, man.

F*** Regis Philbin!

Ho ho ho!

Do you know me?

People know me in the boxing world,

but sometimes in an airport or

in a hotel or in a whorehouse,

I'm just another schmuck, another Harry.

That's why I carry this:

American Express.

Don't leave home without it.

- You really think I have a good heart?

- Yeah...

- I do, you know.

- I know you do.

- But you really think so, too?

- I do.

Yeah.

You b*tch.

I tricked you, didn't I, Harry?

SLA.

John Dugan, please.

Harry, I want to fly up

a lady friend from Miami.

What lady friend?

What, are you turning

sex beast on me now?

Dugan.

Dugan.

Dugie, Fabian the fox.

Fabian, how are you?

Good, good, good, very good.

Listen, I got to see you.

- No can do.

- No can do? No can do. What's "No can do"?

What's that, a Chinese appetizer?

- I got to see you. It's important.

- About what?

About what.

I'm getting married.

I want you to be my best man,

- that's about what.

- Don't f*** with me, OK?

- I'm serious.

- What else?

I'm serious. What else, what

else, why else would I call?

- Nothing else?

- Nothing else.

Where and when?

- 6:
00 good tonight?

- Yeah.

Maricaro on Mulberry Street?

- All right. I know it.

- 6:
00?

- All right.

- OK.

Now, what is this, Al?

Who's this woman?

I can't have this.

I can't have my personnel up

on morals charges. What is this?

Hey, Harry, you getting married?

Look at him.

Look at him.

You got any

frequent-flier miles?

You're sure?

Rock 'n' roll, champ.

Yes

I'm the great

pretender...

Dugie.

You're getting married, Harry?

Not exactly.

I didn't think so.

I couldn't imagine being your best man.

We don't even like each other.

I'm crazy about you.

You just got

a self-image problem.

Anyway, I got a friend who's

gonna get married, this lady,

and I want to get her

a unique wedding present

and I thought only you can help

me with, you know what I mean?

Can't do it anymore, Harry.

They're watching me, I think.

I'm not sure.

I got 5 bucks to spend, more or less.

You got 7,500 to spend, more or less?

- 75?

- 75.

No, I don't have that.

Then what did you bring me down here for?

You know, you waste my time, come on.

Sit down.

Sit. Come on.

Now it's 85, Harry.

You're still a prick, aren't you?

Yeah, I am, I am.

It takes one to know one.

You got any blanks?

I'll print my own.

You got a forger, Harry?

You got 1,500 for me?

It's in the paper.

So's your blank.

2,000, Harry.

Just do it right, Herman.

It's got to look right.

It's got to look legitimate.

What my heart

can't conceal

Yes,

I'm the great pretender

Just laughin' and gay...

Boy.

Like a clown

Harry.

- Hey, you want to celebrate or something?

- Nah. I'm gonna crash.

No, come on, come on.

I know what...

Do that...

Do that American Express

commercial. Come on.

- Nah.

- Yeah.

Come on, Harry,

come on, do it once, please?

Let me try it, then.

All right, let me try it.

Hi. You know me?

In the boxing world,

my name is a household word,

but sometimes in airports,

restaurants, whorehouses...

Come on.

You do it. You do it.

- Nah, no.

- Yeah, I want you to do it.

- Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it.

- No.

All right.

Do you know me?

In the boxing world,

I'm a household name,

but in an airport or in a hotel,

they treat me like everybody else:

A piece of sh*t.

You know something?

You're just like a... hero

looking for a target.

Come in with me on this thing.

I'm telling you, I could...

I'll bring you home, baby.

I can't.

What?

Come on, Harry.

You know, just you and me,

beneath a tree,

doin' what comes naturally.

What's this?

What's what?

Where'd you get this?

From my friend at Chase Manhattan.

What, did you go to Peck?

Peck? Do I look

that desperate, Phil?

Hey, Helen. Did you see this?

Where did he get this?

Hey, Phil, you might have underestimated

my resources, my resourcefulness.

- F*** you.

- OK, f*** me, I won't argue,

but a deal's a deal, right?

We're men of honor, honorable men,

good and honorable men and all that.

Where the f*** would you raise 7,500?

Well, so...

- So...

- No problem.

Just tell me when you need it.

You'll have it.

How about right now?

I got to rent a place,

a big place. I got to

line up my meat,

I got to lay down my bond.

How much is the bond?

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