The Great McGinty

Tommy.

Mmm?

You buy me a drink, Tommy?

OK.

Sure.

You don't feel so good tonight, Tommy,

yeah?

I'll be all right.

- Two maiden's prayer.

- On the fire.

I had a wife and a couple of kids.

The house was almost paid for.

It was what they call half-timber,

with tapestry brick underneath.

My brother, he live in a big house, too,

with many butlers and maids.

Hm?

Oh, it doesn't matter.

People used to say,

"You watch that Thompson boy.

"He'll go a long way in this world. "

I came a long way, all right.

One crazy minute.

- You want the Tabasco in it?

- Do you want Tabasco in it?

Huh?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

OK.

What do you do back home, Tommy?

Bank.

What do you care what I did?

Oh, I was just talking, Tommy.

Thank you.

That's right. Don't lose any of it.

It's wonderful stuff.

She used to play that.

Give that to the band.

You go home so soon, Tommy?

No, I'm going in there.

You feel bad, huh?

You ask a lot of questions, don't you?

What's that got to do with me?

All right.

- I got him.

- Thank you.

Go ahead. Heave-ho.

Hey!

Give me that gun!

What happened? Why shoot him,

you big bull? What is wrong?

Get outta here. Somebody lit a firecracker.

I'll bring him out.

Let me at it, then. What do you care?

Go on. Let me do it.

I'm not like the rest around here.

I don't fit, see? I'm not a crook.

- Come on, now.

- Don't you understand?

I was a cashier at the First National Bank.

- I was going places, I had a future.

- Come on, come on. Outside.

Cashier at the... what?

What's the matter, Tommy?

What happened?

Oh, you.

You leave him alone, you big horse.

The guy wants to burn his brains

cos he was cashier of a bank. No fooling.

And I suppose you

was the president of the bank?

Who? Me?

No.

Here.

I was the governor of a state, baby.

What you were?

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

All the latest news.

Move along and give your friends a chance.

And don't forget the mayor

who didn't forget to remember the less

fortunate on this cold election night.

Boys, mosey on to that tool shed

around the corner. Don't forget.

Come on, boys, step right along.

There's a couple of bucks in it for you.

On to the tool shed.

You could use a couple of bucks.

- You're kidding.

- I ain't kidding.

Soon as you finish your soup, go to

that tool shed. They'll tell you what to do.

- All right, boys, step right up.

- Right over there.

- On to that tool shed.

- Come on. Give your friends a chance.

Come on, you're next.

Hold it, boys. Come on. One at a time.

Don't forget who give it to you, boys.

- Soup guy sent me over.

- Some soup, ain't it? Kind of the mayor...

Never mind the apple sauce,

how do I get the two bucks?

Simple, baby-face,

you go and vote for Mayor Tillinghast,

- and come back here and collect.

- How do I know you'll be here?

How do you know I'll be here?

How do you like that?

Listen to this guy. You fill him full of soup

and right away he don't trust nobody.

You got your soup, didn't you?

You'll get your two bucks.

The nerve some guys got.

"How do I know you'll be here?"

Go round the corner to the barbershop.

- Did you register?

- No.

When the guy asks your name,

that's the watcher, see?

You say, "Hello, Bill",

then he'll call out the right name for you.

You vote and that's all there is to it.

- What do you get for repeating?

- Who said anything about repeating?

Where do you think this is?

Some people is too lazy to vote, that's all.

Some of them are sick and can't vote.

Maybe a couple of 'em croaked recently.

That ain't no reason why Mayor Tillinghast

should lose their support.

All we're doing is getting out the vote.

The watcher will give you a ticket.

- What if I get two tickets?

- Two tickets is four.

- Three is six?

- Can't get away from arithmetic.

Give me one of them lists.

Smart guy.

Next.

- Who will I get?

- Huh?

- Your name, please?

- Oh, yeah.

- Hello, Bill.

- Oh.

Hello, hello, hello, hello.

Rufus J Widdicombe, 165 North Clark

Street. How you been, Rufus?

- Fine, Bill.

- Sit right down.

Rufus J Widdicombe.

Wid-di-combe.

Just pull the handle down.

Well, so long, Bill.

So long, Rufus.

Give my regards to Minnie.

Ah, yes. I'll tell her you were asking for her.

- Hello, Bill.

- Oh, hello. Hello.

- How have you been?

- Oh, fine, fine.

- That's the stuff.

- I've got a list here for...

Emanuel J Goldberg,

117 Davison Road.

Right this way, Mr. Goldberg.

- Doctor Heinrich L Schussendorf.

- Thank you, Heinrich.

Doctor Heinrich I...

Why, I could have sworn

Doctor Schussendorf was dead.

Not yet, lady.

Not quite.

Well,

I ain't gonna wait around here all night.

The guy's had time to vote ten times.

If you see him,

tell him I've got something better to do.

There you are.

From the time you took,

anybody would think that you...

There you are. 37.

37?

- You heard me.

- 64 bucks!

74 bucks.

74? Hey, Mike, come in here a minute.

You might not...

74 bucks?

Well, look, um... I've been paying off

a little heavier than I figured today.

How would you like to meet me someplace

tomorrow?

You wouldn't care for that?

You'll get your dough. You don't have

to look sidewise at everybody.

Come on. We'll go down to the club.

You'll get your dough.

I'll let you wear my coat

when we get down there.

Come on up. This way.

Wait here.

- 37.

- What do you mean he voted 37 times?

He voted 37 times

and I need the dough to pay him off.

- I don't believe a man can vote 37 times.

- I tell you, he voted 37 times.

Who voted 37 times?

Oh, evening, boss. Good evening, Mr. Mayor.

A lug I got outside here. He voted 37 times,

but Charlie won't give me the dough for him.

Pay him off. See what kind of service

I'm giving you, Wilfred?

- Bring the lug here. We want to look at him.

- We certainly do.

Hello.

Come on. Give me that dough.

Hey, you.

Quit feeding your face and come on in here.

Markov?

This is the lug, eh?

Yeah. This is him.

You ain't supposed to vote more than once.

Who are you?

A tough guy, eh?

You like the dark meat, eh?

You got 'em now?

A landslide?

A landslide. Thanks, Hibney.

A tough guy, eh?

Come over to the bar, Wilfred.

You too, tough guy.

Set 'em up.

- What will you have, boys?

- Orange juice.

Orange juice.

- How's my back hair, Flossy?

- What did he say?

Give me a double pecan fudge twist

with two cherries on it.

What did he say?

Give me a boilermaker.

- A what?

- A whisky and a glass of beer.

- Where's he been?

- A funny guy, eh?

- I guess you don't know where you are.

- That's right and I don't care.

A wonderful feeling.

Anyway, the gentleman to your right

happens to be the mayor of the city,

the Honorable WH Tillinghast.

That geek?

And me, I happen to be somebody you'd

better not forget the next time you see me.

So just to help you remember...

Hey! Cut it.

The guy don't know better.

I'll take care of him later.

OK.

Mayor Tillinghast wins the election.

Congratulations, Wilfred.

- Now, listen. You...

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