The Don Is Dead Page #6

---

If I had one wish,

it'd be that this war would be over

when I got back.

By the way,

in case something does come up,

how can I get in touch with you?

Ruggiero Nanzini, Naples.

Oh, yeah. He's a good man.

Say hello for me.

We've come to pay you

for that yellow Cadillac

you left with us.

And you broke the window

in the john when you left.

Happy birthday, Mr. Zutti.

[ Cheering ]

Happy birthday, cara mia.!

Happy birthday!

I love you!

Make a wish.

Come on. Blow it out.

Okay. All right. Shh!

[ Inhales Sharply ]

Take a deep breath.

[ Laughing ]

[ Cheering ]

- Sam.

-[ Woman ] Let's drink to Sam.

And many, many more.

Happy birthday.

[ Screams ]

[ People Screaming, Shouting ]

Hey, Pete.

[ Alarm Bell Clanging ]

[ Alarm Stops ]

[ Muffled Moan ]

Hot enough for you,Johnny?

You set Vince up,Johnny.

No, Tony, I didn't do it!

I swear to God!

I didn't do it!

Please, Tony!

[ Muffled Groaning ]

[ Groaning Stops ]

[ Tony ]

You talk,you'll get the same.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'll tell him.

Who was that?

They gotJohnny Tresca.

Send Orlando in.

Let him in.

[ Door Opens ]

Hey, Luigi,

whose side are you on?

Nobody's. You know that.

Then get out!

I got no use for you.

The commission doesn't like

what's going on.

They wanna talk to you.

Tell them to talk

to Tony Fargo.

Tony. He's just a pawn.

Frank calls the shots.

Come on.

Tony's in charge, and you know it.

Frank hasn't got what it takes.

He pays the bills.

You get rid of him, and the war's over.

I won't do it.

You want to stay my friend?

You leave now.

[ Intercom Buzzes ]

Yeah? Hello.

Ruby's here,

waiting in the back garden.

You wanna talk to her?

Mitch, send her away.

From here we walk.

Too much traffic.

Now the car is waiting

in warehouse.

If you like,

we can eat first.

They have delicious calamari

at the end of the pier.

Nah, let's do the work first.

All right?

So, like your father, huh?

Eccolo. All that remains is to

put the shipment in the tires.

Nice.

How's the quality?

Come.

You see for yourself.

Frank, I love you

almost as a son.

But one acquires

obligations, debts.

Sooner or later,

one must pay them.

[ Chuckles ]

What about your obligations

to my father?

God has taken him.

My obligations are to the living--

to Luigi Orlando.

I have no choice.

As a favor,

do not go to God...

with a curse against me

on your lips.

[ Speaks Italian ]

[ Chuckles ]

Thanks.

Who was that?

Bernardo's lawyer.

Jimmy gets out of jail tomorrow.

The bastard's found some

legal technicality in the ruling.

I'm supposed to pick him up.

[ Sighs ]

Beautiful!

Take it slow, you said,

and the whole town

would belong to us,

including Jimmy!

You took it slow, all right.

And where are we now? Nowhere!

That Fargo kid screwed up our plans.

I don't care what he did.

You tell me whatJimmy's going to do...

if he learns you've been trying

to cut him out.

Wait. We're in this together.

You remember that.

Warden, thanks.

Louie.

[ Chuckling ]

Jimmy, you look terrific.

Yeah?

Maybe you should

take a vacation yourself

if you think I look so terrific.

Hey, Rack.

You keeping out of trouble?

Yes, sir, Mr. Bernardo.

I bet you have.

[ Chuckling ]

Well, where would

you like to go first?

[ Engine Starts ]

The closest place

I can get a big, thick steak.

First decent meal I've had

since they locked me up.

Almost a year.

[ Chuckles ]

A lot of bad news came to me

the past couple of months.

I was lucky to hold on

to what we had.

Mm-hmm.

Paolo, Angelo.

Vince dead.

- And Frankie too.

- And Tony on top of the heap.

I don't understand

how it all could happen.

- How's Maria?

- She's the same.

Uh-huh.

Terrible.

Just terrible.

But nothing we can't

straighten out, huh?

With a little luck.

Luigi,

would you lend me a dime?

[ Chuckling ]

I wanna make a call.

Hello, Maria?

Yeah. Yeah, it's me.

[ Chuckles ]

This is the last charge.

Got it.

We got five minutes.

Okay. That's it.

Okay.

Here we go.

It's ready.

Set. Now!

[ Men Coughing ]

[ Coughing Continues ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

Mitch.

Mitch?

[ Sirens Continue Wailing ]

Angie, I'm sorry.

He must've taken about 1 6 slugs.

[ Sobbing ]

[ Groans ]

Where are you going?

A meeting...

with DiMorra and Jimmy Bernardo.

Jimmy Bernardo?

I thought he was in prison.

He got out yesterday.

- Tony, please don't go.

- I have to.

- I called the meeting.

- I have to say how I feel.

I can't take any more dying.

Nobody's gonna die, Nella.

We're just gonna talk.

Talk? That's what they said

the day they killed Vince.

They were just gonna talk.

Tony, if you won't listen to me

as your brother's wife,

then listen to me

as somebody who loves you.

If we can settle this,

we have nothing to worry about.

And if you can't settle it?

I'm doing what I have to do.

Uncle Tony, where are you going?

I'm going to work, baby.

Come here. Give me a kiss.

Bye-bye.

Good-bye.

He doesn't want it.

[ Car Door Opens ]

[ Car Door Closes ]

Mr. Bernardo.

Hello, kid.

??[ Radio..Soft Jazz ]

Jesus.

You're responsible for this.

After we talk, you can go with me

and look at my brother's grave.

The way I heard it,

you never cared for the business

anyway, so pull in your horns.

You'll live to see next week.

You've been away,Jimmy.

Times have changed.

Right now I'm wondering

if I should let you work in this town at all.

You got a big mouth, kid.

I admire that kind of brass,

if you can back it up.

I can.

We have to find a way to make peace

between all of us.

I don't care who killed who.

I wanna know how this

whole mess got started.

Where do you wanna begin?

Well, you tell me.

Like you say,

I've been out of town.

Somebody sent Frank a note

that his chick was shacking up

with Don Angelo.

The man who sent the note

is responsible for

everything that followed.

Who's the man?

Orlando.

For Christ's sake, Tony.

I don't like those kind of jokes.

Shut up!

How do you figure it?

He's the only one

who stood to gain from it all.

You know something, kid?

You're smart.

Luigi,

I had a little talk

with your wife.

Maria's an ambitious broad.

What I didn't know...

was that you got

so much ambition.

She's got a great memory, that girl.

She and I get along just fine.

Rack.

Give Rack a hand.

Marie.

Marie. Marie. Open up.

[ Groans ]

How'd you know about him?

I didn't know about him.

It was the only way it figured.

He had to come out with half the city.

You play a hard game, kid.

Suppose I hadn't

taken care of him?

He would've had an accident.

Well, now he's had it.

I'm gonna tell you what

we're gonna do with this city.

You got it backwards,Jimmy.

I'm telling you.

We split the city in half,

you and me.

We both see to it that Don Angelo

has whatever he needs,

whatever he wants.

The war stops as of now.

That's not quite

what I had in mind, kid.

You don't have a choice.

What do you say, Ang?

We got a deal,

Don Antonio.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes