Prince of the City Page #12

I don't give a sh*t that he's working

for you guys now.

I know things about Levy.

And Levy worked with Ciello.

Can you give us any evidence

against Levy?

Maybe.

For the very reason you told me.

A polygraph is not admissible in court.

Blomberg's motion for a new trial is

based entirely on the King's deposition.

- You've gotta deny it.

- What's happening with Alvarez?

- Is he gonna get a deal?

- He's cooperating fully.

Didn't you recommended Gus Levy

for that job in the Garment Center?

Is that f*** Alvarez trying

to pin something on Gus?

Hey!

- Mr. Dana.

- Yeah.

My name's Estrada.

I'd like to talk to you.

Let's take a walk.

Listen...

...tell that chiseler his overhead goes

down when my overhead goes down.

I ain't paying freight

on his featherbed.

My office is bugged.

When we first started,

I unloaded everything myself.

Only way I could get an honest count

till I figured out controls.

- Last six months, we've been in profit.

- Congratulations.

Well, the work's congenial.

I heard you travel with an army

these days. Where's all the guns?

Gave them the slip.

Yeah, what's so important?

They got Alvarez.

Yeah, I heard. I heard he's

a regular little chatterbox, huh?

He was your partner, Gus.

He can't hurt me.

I never let that spic

put one penny in my hand.

Let him yap.

Son of a b*tch never takes a full load.

Paige has set you up

with one hell of a front here.

Cute, huh? When it's all over,

I'm gonna keep my costume.

Alvarez doesn't have

to hurt you much, Gus.

Just a little.

It's Kanter and a prosecutor

named Polito.

These guys have got this French

Connection thing like a fly on their nose.

And it's gonna hurt everybody.

I didn't steal the f***ing

120 pounds of horse.

Did you?

Jesus Christ, Gus.

You're losing your sense of humor, kid.

It's the company you've been keeping.

- These... These are very serious guys.

- F*** them.

But I know what you came here for.

- To say, "I'm okay, you're okay."

- Yeah, I mean...

...they wanna get you so you'll get me.

Then I'll come back at you.

So, what do we got to worry about?

Nobody can give us up but each other.

Danny, I'm sorry.

I keep trying to avoid these Fridays.

But this is important, let me ask you.

Do you remember a bust you made

when you first came into SIU?

This may help you.

How can you let a piece of sh*t

come in here and spit at me?

I'm a police officer.

What are you?

- Do you remember him?

- Yes, I remember him. He's sh*t.

Danny, tell me about the case.

You were working with Gus Levy,

Bill Mayo and Dom Bando, right?

It was a very sweet bust.

He's a Lebanese dealer.

We arrested him.

He offered us 5000.

And we added attempted bribery.

Mr. Halazi out there says someone

took $400 from him, Danny.

Which one of you took the 400?

Or did you split it four ways?

That scumbag offered us 5000.

And you're saying we split 400?

I'm not saying it.

Mr. Halazi is saying it.

I never saw his f***ing $400.

Danny, one of you saw it.

Oh, Christ, Polito, I'm really

trying not to hate you.

Look, even if it did happen,

which it didn't...

...don't you think I might not have

known about him?

Danny, in my opinion, no.

I don't think it's possible.

You took whenever

there was anything to take.

I think you shared in everything.

I think you were in on Halazi's 400.

And I also think

I can get an indictment.

You are a f***ing lunatic.

You can't make a nutcase accusation

like that stick, not on me.

If not you, then on Levy,

Marinaro, Mayo.

Half the SIU will be coming in here,

and they will cooperate.

They will not cooperate.

Danny, nearly all of them

will cooperate.

They're cops. In their hearts

they want to admit their guilt.

That's the way cops are,

that's how you got here.

Don't you understand this?

Danny, Polito's pulling in Gus Levy

next week. He's going to indict him.

- On what?

- Four-hundred-dollar job.

It's me he's after, right?

Okay. I mean, he wants me, right?

Whatever you wanna tell me, I won't

give to Polito. Let him make his case.

Mario, I don't know a f***

about the missing junk, okay? Nothing.

And I don't think

Gus Levy does either.

Or the famous $400. Sh*t.

So far, every allegation against you,

the King's, Halazi's, it's all unsupported.

If just one cop comes in and

corroborates anything, you'll go to jail.

Not me, no one can save you.

Gus Levy is not gonna put me in jail,

Mario.

Carla, call the kids. It's ready.

- The indictment is bullshit.

- Take a lie-detector test.

- You didn't do it. So take the test.

- You take the f***ing test.

That guinea prosecutor ain't getting

yes, no or maybe out of me.

I'll never cooperate.

Don't let one of the three-piece suits get

you in a room and tell you I'm talking.

I ain't talking.

- Like they say, we hang together, kid...

- Gus, Gus. Gus...

...they could cut me up in little pieces,

and they'll never get nothing out of me.

Was he wired?

Don't trust him.

He's going down the tubes.

You indict me on the squawk of a dealer

who tried to buy me out of a bust?

You wanna break up an operation that'll

put away more mob guys in a year...

...than you'll touch your whole career?

- Detective Levy...

...you're hardly in a position...

- All right, you f***!

I'll tell you what I'm in a position to do,

throw you out the window!

It's the fifth floor. I'll try to aim

so you land on your head.

Levy, you can easily avoid trial.

All you have to do is cooperate.

F*** it. You got your mind made up

to try me? Go ahead and try me.

But not for a lousy $400.

At least get me for assault.

You never even looked

at Bobby's drawings.

He's been waiting all week

to show them to you.

His teacher says they were the best.

Things are getting bad.

Goddamn it,

my gums are bleeding again.

What's so bad, Danny?

I mean, we've gone through it.

It's over, the bad part.

I never thought we'd survive it,

but we did.

It's coming to an end. Everything.

Everything what?

Gus thinks what he's doing

for Paige is gonna protect him.

It's not.

They'll indict him for bad breath

if that's all they got.

Gus?

They're gonna indict Gus?

You don't need that many.

Don't tell me what I need.

Dan, listen.

Polito is getting an indictment against

you. I'm coming on the next shuttle.

Now, you're telling me to trust Polito

instead of my own people?

Your people are out to get you worse

than anybody on our side.

Internal Affairs, DEA, the regulars.

Nothing you ever say or do

is ever gonna convince them...

...that you're not a rat.

Danny, Danny, the police,

they hate you.

You've run out of options.

You've got to tell the truth,

whatever it is.

I will not give up my partners.

I will not cross that line, ever.

Don't you realize that by just

saying that, you've confessed?

- You've confessed you're all in it.

- My goddamn gums are killing me.

You've gotta tell us what you guys did.

Stop protecting your partners.

You'll be the one under oath.

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