The Man with the Golden Arm Page #3

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You know just to break

the daily monotony.

Wow!

Dealer...

Hello dealer,

I come runnin' as soon as I heard.

You want I should get you out dealer?

You fink.

The store will drop the charges.

Thirty-seven buck's a lot of dough.

How do I know you'll pay me back?

You fink.

It would be different

if you was dealing for me.

If you wanna' deal

for me I can get you out.

Dirty lousy stool pigeon.

I don't know what you mean.

Just tryin' to do you a favour.

Yes or know?

Ok.

Took off like a whipped dog.

He's scared of you Frankie.

Nobody's ever been scared of me.

Them krauts were scared of you.

You was a big man in the army.

Big man. I was the guy picked

the fly spots outa' the black pepper.

Get me out!

Get me out!

Get me out!

I need a fix.

I wanna' fix!

Can you get me a fix!

Can you get me a fix!

I wanna' fix.

(Frankie)

Jacks check, bullet say a buck.

Big aces here we go down and dirty.

Better luck next time, friend.

(Frankie) Man with a

hammer bums a buck. Jack calls.

Bucket of paint all red.

Coffee.

Doesn't mean a thing if you haven't

got the king. Winner every hand.

You bet more you get more.

Slip me half make me laugh.

You still take tips dealer? Or don't

they pay so good in the music game?

What happened to that big job you

had lined up? You stink out the joint?

Give us a fresh deck.

I decide when we need

a fresh deck at this table.

Hey Louie borrow me a dirty dollar.

Get back on the door lame brain.

I take orders only from Frankie.

Don't give me lip you

cheap little hustler.

Hustler, schmustler,

I'm the jib compared to some.

Ain't no fourteen-year-old

junkies waitin' around to see me.

You wanna' die?

And here we go down and dirty.

Hey.

I'll deal the next one down.

Sorry.

What's it a sign of when

a dealer's hands begin to shake?

Schwiefka take the slot

for a while, will ya'?

Alright men, new deal.

Ok men here we go,

down and dirty. Ace, seven.

You know what's eating at you.

You shot off the mouth

about kicking it for keeps.

So now you're ashamed for even

thinkin' well, what you're thinkin'.

Ain't that right?

You know I don't talk about my

customers, so who'll be the wiser?

Why fight it dealer, for whom,

for what? Come over my place.

What do you say?

Huh?

I'll be around.

(Sound of band playing)

They tell me you was working here,

and I was passing by, and I thought

I'd come in and have a drink.

I've been here a while.

Doin' any good?

Alright. Small kind of a game.

Usual kind of drinks.

Ain't got all night Jack.

Rye. Have some.

Rye.

Two doubles.

You didn't have to do that, Frankie.

No reason you should go losin' money,

by wastin' your time talking to me.

You know you're no waste.

I've been hopin' you'd come to see me.

You know how it is, Molly.

Sure. So busy and all.

Here's to it Molly-O.

Molly-O. I ain't heard that

since you went away.

You're lookin' good Frankie.

Feel good.

They tell me you're goin'

be a drummer now.

Yeah, I've got an appointment

with a man tomorrow.

That's swell.

Probably I won't get the job, though.

Sure you will.

Molly, I don't play good enough.

I bet you play fine.

You was always whistlin' and drummin'

on tables and things. Real good too.

Haa.

I mean it. You've got a natural rhythm.

I was thinkin' maybe I'd take

a stage name. Jack Duvall.

Jack Duvall. Yeah, that's real class.

It is, ain't it?

Oh, it's a swell name.

Just fits you, Frank.

This guy I'm gonna' see tomorrow,

he books all the big bands.

I get in with him, boy I'll wear a tux.

You'll look swell in a tux.

I already got the drums.

I need a buck. Ante up kid, huh?

I got lonely.

I needed somebody and he's a poor

big guy, who needs somebody too.

Everybody needs somebody.

But you can do better than him.

Can I Frankie?

Molly I, I thought a lot about

you while I was away.

About you and me and Zosh.

How it would never work out

between you and me,

as long as she was upstairs

sitting in that chair.

It would be different if she didn't

love me and she wasn't so helpless.

You can't make a fool of somebody

who loves you and they're so helpless.

That's why I didn't come around sooner.

That's why I ain't comin' around

no more, you understand?

Sure, sure I understand.

You're a good girl, Molly.

Sure, real good.

Frankie...

Good luck

with that fella' tomorrow.

You're not the first to come to me

with a letter from Doctor Lennox.

I've taken care of a lot of you people.

The doc, he told me.

I like doing it, understand. So don't feel

that this is charity or anything like that.

Now have you played

professionally before?

Only down at Lexington.

I see, then you wouldn't

mind auditioning?

I mean I know some bandleaders

who might have an opening,

but they'd have to be sure

that you could play.

Oh, sure, sure.

Now alright, then.

There's only one thing Frankie.

You see a good many people

like yourself, well they mean well

but they're weak.

They let me down.

I mean, I go to all this trouble, vouch

for them and they go back on the habit.

It makes me look bad.

Oh, I wouldn't, honest.

Alright, I'm telling you this because,

well, once a man lets me down

I'm done with him.

Even if he comes back on his knees.

And don't think that

some of them haven't.

I wouldn't let you down Mr. Lane.

Good. I'll call you... er... let me see a

week from Friday about noon. Alright?

Fine. I sure do appreciate it.

Oh, forget it.

Bye.

Good-bye.

Do you like my hair better this way,

or upswept, Frankie, huh?

Well you can at least tell me. It ain't my

fault he don't phone. What did I say?

Just don't hold your breath till you

hear from that guy, that's what I said.

He told you noon and here it

is almost six o'clock already.

So how do you still think he'll phone?

Honest, I'm surprised at you.

Oh I just don't want you should

eat your heart out, is all.

Forget the whole thing

Frankie I bet he has.

Do you think he's got nothing

better to do than worry about you?

You think he don't sleep nights

on account of Frankie Machine?

Bet he don't get no.

(Phone ringing)

Excuse me, uh.

Hello. Oh, just a minute, it's for you.

Hello.

Are you Doctor Dominowski?

Yes I came as soon as I could.

Well how are you feeling, little lady?

See, the doc asks how I'm feeling.

Ah, we'll have you feel fine

in one, two-a or thre-ee.

What is this?

It happens friend to be an electric

blood reverser and spine manipulator.

It helps to reverse the blood.

What's the gimmick?

Gimmick? It happens so

brother that I am a member

of the American Association

of medical hydrology, psychology

and divine healing.

Where's the socket?

Cold hands, poor circulation.

Eat lots of hot things.

Chillies, peppers, hot sauces.

Pickles?

Not more than three a day.

Now lean forward and

we'll vibrate the vertebrae.

You know how I got like I am today?

My spine was hurt.

Oh, I can see that. The ligatures

in the vertebrae is locked together.

In a car accident I was hurt.

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