Prince of the City Page #6

- I want cops.

- You'll have them, Danny, I promise.

Hey, you know what that

f***ing scumbag said to me?

He said it was lucky I showed up.

They were on the way to my house!

My wife's there and kids. Alone.

Call my house! There could be somebody

there. Call my house. Call my house!

There's a cop who lives on

my block, Ernie Fallacci.

He lives on my block.

Four cops on my block.

- They know who belongs there.

- No answer!

- Don't tell me there's no answer!

- Danny, it's 3:
00.

She's probably taking the kids

home from school.

- I gotta get out. I wanna get out.

- I'll get a car.

No, I'll call the precinct.

I want my guys. I want my own.

I think it's over.

We have to end it. That's it.

- I gotta call...

- No! No!

No, it'll die down. The hearings will

be over, I won't have testified...

...the f***ing thing will be over,

it'll die down.

- Hello, Edelman?

- Danny, are you okay? We were worried.

Yeah. Listen, Sam, I had

some problems with some f***ing guys.

Stay where you are. We'll get you.

It's okay, I'm all right.

I gotta get home. I can't reach Carla.

Where are you? We're on our way.

I'm at Fulton Street under the bridge.

Right by the old fire boathouse.

Twelve minutes.

Edelman cares more about me

than you guys.

And I'm putting him in jail.

I want you to go away.

You and Carla and the kids.

- Where?

- There's a nice place on the island.

I want you to go for 10 days.

- What will I do there?

- Rest.

Me too. Rick?

Yeah, sure. We could all use that.

Danny, it's hard on you.

On me too.

What's hard on you?

The lines don't stay clear.

The feds f***ed up.

And your life was saved by a

Mafia guy we're trying to lock up.

That's right.

So you leave my cousin Nick alone.

What if you catch a whale?

I'll let him go.

What if you catch a shark?

I don't know. I'd hate to let a shark go.

It might swim off and bite somebody.

I don't care. Let it go.

Okay.

Cappalino and Paige, these men

don't know about cops or care.

They don't care about you.

Yeah, they do.

They do care about me.

You think if you get yourself killed

you're gonna be some kind of hero?

You'll get an inspector's funeral

and everybody that loves you will come.

You get your inspector's funeral

and my life is over, Danny.

Nobody loves you

but your partners and me.

Mr. Santimassino.

Cappalino?

- Good morning, sir.

- Good morning.

- Good to see you.

- How are you?

And you're...

You're Detective Ciello.

Oh, welcome to Washington.

Well, you three have been working

a very short time with such nice results.

Your operation interests me,

and I propose to commit men and funds.

I think we may have a chance here

for some international cases.

I myself will be spending

a good deal of time in New York.

Let's have a drink and talk.

To date, there are

16 indictments being prepared.

They've got six Mafia dealers,

three of whom we consider major.

A corrupt captain of police,

four detectives...

...five smaller

organized crime soldiers...

...the bondsman, DeBennedeto,

and Mike Blomberg.

And we also have four other

ongoing investigations here.

Needless to say, we're very proud of

Detective Ciello's work.

I've been studying

Detective Ciello's file very closely.

Interesting career.

- Da... May I call you Dan?

- Oh, yeah, sure. Dan's good.

Now, let me ask you a question, Dan.

What do you know about a man

who calls himself Marcel Sardino?

- He's a major connection.

- Yeah, everybody's heard about Sardino.

I'd like to have Mr. Sardino. Can you

fit him in? I know you got a lot.

No. No, that's no problem.

Easter is coming up,

and things ease off at Easter.

I don't know how it is with the feds.

But with cops...

...we don't like to make

too many arrests over the holidays.

Nobody wants to put people

in jail at Easter.

It's a little different

on the federal side.

Well, we'll be meeting again soon,

Dan.

You'll be coming to Washington

quite often.

Ask Krimsky to drive

these gentlemen to National.

- Finally.

- Yup.

Hey.

- He looks great. He's, what, 14?

- Sixteen.

I bought him when the

department retired him.

Gino ever tell you how we met?

No. I know he was a Mountie.

You too?

Oh, no, I'm scared of horses.

But I'm alone, there's 2000

blacks in the street.

And I feel like I'm

the only white man in Africa.

I'm 23 years old, and these blacks,

they want to burn the precinct down.

So down comes the U.S. Cavalry.

Fast Gino on a lead horse.

- And those nightsticks were flying.

- Yeah.

This beauty goes right up

the steps of the station house.

I'm telling you, the natives scattered.

All of a sudden I got this

horse's ass in my face.

His tail's in my nose,

it's in my mouth.

This one, this big guinea cop, he sits

up on the horse like John Wayne.

Lays his nightstick on this guy's head,

it's so loud, it sounds like a pistol shot.

Then he looks down at me.

I'm leaning against

the station-house door. He says:

"Hey, kid, you want the collar?"

What about this new case? Sardino?

What do you know about Sardino?

We were on him too.

Wondering how you got on to him.

- Buddy Meatballs.

- Buddy Meatballs.

Nobody from Europe?

- You know who his supplier is?

- Yeah, you?

- Yeah.

- Well, are you gonna tell me who it is?

I thought you knew.

- Show you mine if you show me yours.

- I don't think so.

Detective, how are you? Rick.

Good to see you, sir.

Sardino got picked up by somebody.

- Who?

- You don't know him. A good detective.

I met with him. He won't

give up anything about Sardino.

Well, what's his name?

- Detective?

- The detective.

Gino Mascone.

I know that good detective.

I want him.

- What? He's a top cop.

- He knows about dope.

- I know about dope.

- Not like Mascone.

He's dirty, not just on the street.

I heard his name

when I was serving in France.

This may be a good accident.

I want you to tie into him.

No way, Mr. Santimassino.

He's a buddy. Was my rabbi

when I first came on force.

Rick, I thought the deal

was no partners. Correct?

- You're correct.

- Was Mascone your partner?

- No.

- So what's the problem?

- He's a friend. And he trusts me.

- He'd sell you and his mother...

...in the same lot.

He's federal level. I want him.

If you're right, you'll have to get him

some other way. Not through me.

Any other way

of getting a line to Sardino?

- I'm working on it.

- Let me know.

I'm here till Monday morning.

Who wants a lift?

We're going the other way, thanks.

Take it easy.

Well, I guess I owe you one.

What do you need?

You ever heard of a guy named Marcel

Sardino? Very big, like international.

Yeah. Yeah, I bonded him once.

He skipped.

- I want to know where he's holed up.

- Who doesn't?

You really are an a**hole,

you know that?

What are you gonna do

if you find him, punch him out?

Find out for me. I put a tap on him...

...you get the tapes.

You sell the tapes to him.

You walk away with your bond

and 50 grand. This guy is big.

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