The Long Arm of the Godfather Page #4

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- I'm going.

- When will you be home?

Probably late.

- Don't forget the cannoli!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Rocco, sit on the other side.

You block the rear-view mirror.

Sonny's running wild. He wants

to go to mattresses already.

We have to find a spot on the

West Side. Try 309 West 43rd Street.

- Know a good spot on the West Side?

- I'll think about it.

Think while you're driving.

I want to hit New York this month.

Watch the kids.

Paulie, go down 39th Street, pick up

Yeah, all right.

Make sure they're clean, because

the guys will be there a long time.

- They're clean and exterminated.

- That's a bad word to use.

Exterminate! Watch out,

so we don't exterminate you!

Pull over. I've got to take a leak.

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.

Hey, Mike! Hey, Mikey!

- Yeah.

- Phone call!

- Who is it?

- Some girl.

- Hello. Kay?

- How's your father?

He's going to make it.

I love you.

I love you!

- Michael?

- Yeah, I know.

- Tell me you love me.

- I can't talk.

Can't you say it?

I'll see you tonight.

Why don't you tell that nice girl

you love her?

I love you with all my heart. If I don't

see you again soon, I'm going to die!

Come and learn something. You might

have to cook for 20 guys some day.

You start with a little oil,

then fry some garlic.

Throw in some tomatoes, tomato paste,

fry it and make sure it doesn't stick.

You get it to a boil, you shove in

all your sausage and meatballs.

Add a little bit of wine.

And a little bit of sugar. That's my trick.

Cut the crap. I have more important

things for you. How's Paulie?

You won't see him anymore.

- Where are you going?

- To the city.

- Send bodyguards with him.

- I'm going to the hospital...

He'll be all right. Sollozzo knows

he's a civilian.

- Be careful.

- Yes, sir.

Send somebody with him anyway.

- I have to go.

- Can I go with you?

No, Kay. There will be detectives there,

people from the press.

I'll wait in the cab.

I don't want you to get involved.

When will I see you again?

Go back to New Hampshire, and I'll

call you at your parents' house.

- When will I see you again, Michael?

- I don't know.

What are you doing here?

You're not supposed to be here.

I'm Michael Corleone. This is my father.

What happened to the guards?

Your father had too many visitors.

They interfered with hospital service.

The police made them leave

about ten minutes ago.

Get me Long Beach 45620, please.

Nurse. Wait a minute. Stay here.

Sonny, I'm at the hospital.

I got here late, there's nobody here.

No Tessio's men, no detectives,

nobody. Papa's all alone.

- Don't panic.

- I won't panic.

I'm sorry, but you will have to leave.

We're going to move him to another

room. Can you disconnect the tubes?

- That's out of the question!

- Do you know my father?

Men are coming here to kill him.

Do you understand?

Help me, please.

- Who are you?

- I am Enzo, the baker.

- Remember me?

- Enzo.

You'd better go,

there's going to be trouble.

If there is trouble, I'll stay here to

help you. For your father.

Listen. Wait for me outside,

in front of the hospital, all right?

I'll be out in a minute.

Just lie here, Pop.

I'll take care of you now.

I'm with you now.

I'm with you.

Get rid of these. Come here.

Put your hand in your pocket, like you

have a gun. You'll be all right.

You did good.

I thought all you Guinea hoods

were locked up!

- Why isn't anyone guarding my father?

- You little punk!

Don't you tell me my business!

I pulled them off.

- Stay away from this hospital!

- Not until my father's room is guarded.

- Phil, take him in!

- The kid's clean, Captain.

- He's a war hero. He's never been...

- I said take him in!

- What's The Turk paying you?

- Take a hold of him. Stand him up.

Stand him up straight.

I'm the Corleone's attorney. These men

are hired to protect Vito Corleone.

They're licensed to carry firearms.

If you interfere, you'll have to appear

before the judge and show cause.

Let him go.

- What's with all the new faces?

- We'll need them now.

After the hospital thing, Sonny got mad.

We hit Bruno Tattaglia this morning.

Jesus Christ.

Looks like a fortress around here.

Tommasuccio! Hey... 100 buttonmen

on the street 24 hours a day.

That Turk shows one hair on his ass,

he's dead.

Mike, let me look at you.

You're beautiful, beautiful.

You're gorgeous.

The Turk wants to talk! Imagine

the nerve of the son-of-a-b*tch.

- He wants a meeting today.

- What did he say?

What did he say... He wants us to send

Michael to hear the proposition.

He promises that the deal

is too good to refuse.

- And Bruno Tattaglia?

- That's part of the deal.

- He cancels out what they did to Father.

- We should listen to them.

No more! Not this time, Consigliere.

No more meetings, discussions,

or Sollozzo tricks.

I want Sollozzo, or we go to war...

- The other families...

- They hand me Sollozzo!

This is business, not personal!

- They shot my father...

- Even that was business, not personal.

Then business will have to suffer.

Do me a favour.

No more advice on how to

patch things up. Just help me win.

I found out about Captain McCluskey,

who broke Mike's jaw.

He's definitely on Sollozzo's payroll,

and for big money.

McCluskey has agreed to be

The Turk's bodyguard.

So when Sollozzo is being guarded,

he's invulnerable.

Nobody has ever gunned down

a New York police captain.

All the families would come after you.

The Corleone family would be outcasts!

Even the old man's political protection

would run for cover.

Do me a favour.

Take this into consideration.

All right, we'll wait.

We can't wait. We can't wait.

No matter what Sollozzo says,

he's going to kill Pop.

That's the key for him.

We've got to get Sollozzo.

- Mike is right.

- Let me ask you something.

What about this McCluskey?

What do we do with this cop?

They want to have a meeting

with me, right?

It will be me, McCluskey and Sollozzo.

Let's set the meeting.

Get our informers to find out

where it's going to be held.

We insist it's a public place.

A bar, a restaurant.

Some place where there are people,

so I feel safe.

They'll search me when I meet them,

right?

So I can't have a weapon on me.

But if Clemenza can figure out a way to

have a weapon planted there for me...

...then I'll kill them both.

Nice college boy. Didn't want to

get mixed up in the family business.

Now you want to shoot a police captain

because he slapped you?

This isn't like the army! You have to get

close and get their brains on your suit.

You're taking this very personal.

Tom, this is business

and he's taking it personal.

- Where does it say you can't kill a cop?

- Mikey...

I'm talking about a cop who's mixed up

in drugs, a dishonest cop.

A cop who got mixed up in the rackets

and got what was coming.

That's a terrific story. We have

newspaper people on the payroll, right?

- They might like a story like that.

- They might.

It's not personal, Sonny.

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