The Man with the Golden Arm Page #8

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Mr Machine.

Mr Lane.

Ok, can you read music?

Yes.

Shelley, let Mr Machine

sit in on this one.

Number thirty-seven,

it's right in front of you.

You know it, Mr Machine?

Ok, let's try it. One, two, three, four.

Mr Machine the first

four bars is all you.

C'mon let's try it again.

One, two, three, four.

I'm sorry.

Are you all set? Once again,

one, two, three, four...

Ok, Shelley let's go.

Zosh do we have any money?

I need some money.

No. What's the matter?

There was some around

here yesterday, wasn't there?

I need some money, Zosh.

Well there ain't any.

What is it Frankie? What is it?

You can walk. Since when?

Well, what's the angle?

What are you and Frankie tryin' to pull?

Come on tell me one

hustler to another, huh?

Go on let me in on it. Let me in on

it or I'll queer it for you, d'ya hear?

I'll tell everybody you can walk,

you always could.

I'll tell 'em all you can walk,

you're a phony.

No Louie, Louie.

Louie, no, no you can't do that.

You can't tell anybody, please Louie.

- Let me be.

- Please Louie.

- Get your hands off.

- No!

(Neighbours)

Don't touch him. Call the police.

Molly! Molly! Molly!

Ain't that the way it happened?

They had a fight. Next thing

anyone knew Louie was falling.

Come on level Zosh.

Don't try to out think me;

you'll only get tangled.

I don't know anything about a fight.

I was sleepin' all morning,

right here in this chair.

Then for all you know

it did happen that way.

While you was sleepin'

Frankie shoved him over.

He didn't.

How do you know if you was sleeping?

It wasn't like I was sleepin',

more like dozin' kinda'.

I'd have heard a fight

if there was one.

Frankie didn't do it,

he wasn't even here.

- When wasn't he here?

- When it happened.

How can you be sure

if you was dozin'?

I was up when he left,

that's how I'm sure. I saw him go.

Then he was home this morning?

For only a second, honest. He didn't get

in a fight. He was here only a second.

Why didn't he stick around?

Was somebody after him?

Nobody was after him, nobody.

He just wanted some money, is all.

What for?

I don't know what for.

- A fix. He wanted it for a fix from Louie.

- It had nothing to do with Louie.

How do you know?

'Cos there was no money.

Why would he want to see Louie

for a fix, if he didn't have no money?

To try and get one without money.

Ok I can wait. Wherever he is, sooner

or later he's gotta' come out for a fix.

Molly. Molly wait, please.

It's finished Frankie, like I told you.

I gotta' talk to you Molly, please.

No, once and for all.

I gotta' talk to you. Got any money,

Molly? I need a few dollars.

Ten dollars would do it.

I'll give it back to you in a few days,

or five even, five would be fine.

Please. I feel so sick Molly,

I hurt all over, I feel so bad.

Don't say no, please don't say no.

Why not, Molly? Why not?

Jump off a roof if you gonna' kill

yourself, but don't ask me to help you.

I'll do anything for you Molly, but right

now you gotta' help me, I need a shot.

No!

Five would do it, or three,

or two even, but please hurry.

You mustn't take

that dirty stuff no more.

I know, I know you're right and I

promise, but right now I need a fix,

just one fix to help me stop hurtin'.

And I'll promise you I'll kick it for good.

Just a few dollars Molly, please.

(Knock on door)

(Johnny ) Hello Molly.

I just wanted to come say hello.

Ain't you gonna' let me in?

I asked you please

not to bother me no more.

I miss you.

Look I'm awfully tired Johnny.

I'll stay only a few minutes.

No.

(Sound coming from Molly's room)

Who's in there with you?

Go away Johnny

and don't come back.

Who is it, not the dealer?

You ain't hidin' him, are you?

You wouldn't be dumb enough

to be an accessory, would you?

What do you mean, accessory?

He killed Louie. The cops

are lookin' for him this minute.

Frankie Machine?

Is he in there?

No.

I'm comin' in.

Not if you ever

want to see me again.

Will you meet me tomorrow?

Yeah, I'll be around Anteks,

maybe not tomorrow but soon.

I miss you.

Honest I didn't.

What am I gonna' do?

Go tell Bednar it wasn't you.

I couldn't. I couldn't stand up

to the cops the way I am.

Look at me; I'd say anything

they'd want me to say, just for a shot.

Then get cured first.

What are you talkin' about.

How am I supposed to get cured?

You did it once.

That was with help and medicine,

and doctors.

I can't go applying to Lexington

with a murder hangin' over my head.

Couldn't you do it

without going there?

You mean just stop?

Cold Turkey.

You don't understand, pain.

What else can you do?

All I need is one shot, just one.

Alright!

I said take it, go on and take it all.

'Cos all that you're gonna' need

after that one shot, is another,

and then another, and then another.

Take it! Take it!

Why should you hurt,

like other people hurt?

Yes, so you had a

dog's life with never a break.

Why try to face it

like most people do?

No just roll up all your pains into one

big hurt and then flatten it with a fix.

What do you think you'll

find just outside that door?

Don't you think that Bednar

knows what you are,

and what you need just to

get through that next hour?

Don't you know he's just waitin'

for you to come and get it?

Go on let him kill ya.

Let him kill ya. It'll be quicker

and better than doing it your way.

No.

No.

I won't let him kill me.

No.

And I won't run into no grave.

But kickin' it.

Look a guy can't do it by himself.

I'll help.

You know what you're

letting yourself in for?

It ain't pretty and

it could be dangerous.

If they find you here,

then they find you, is all.

I don't mean dangerous from Bednar.

I mean dangerous from me.

Sometimes a junkie will kill

to get away from the treatment.

Understand?

So if you've got any knives

or scissors in the house,

you've got to put 'em

away for a while.

And don't let me out of the room.

No matter what I say or promise,

or how much I beg.

'Cos if I get out, it'll only

be to go out and find a fix.

That's the way it is,

you understand?

Just lock me in the room.

And if I try to make a break for it,

stop me any way you know how.

No matter how much

you see it hurtin' me,

don't try to help me with pills or

dope or anything else like that.

You think you can handle it?

Here we go, down and dirty.

You can't hold me. You're commitin'

double jeopardy or somethin'.

Sit down.

You can't hold me.

You can't hold me.

I ain't got all my marbles,

you know that captain?

Right down to cases Sparrow

and quit horsin' around.

I didn't do nothin'.

Frankie did somethin' alright

and I want you to tell me about it.

Whoever killed that peddler

should get a tickertape parade.

Yeah and maybe I'd lead the band,

but I still want you to tell me about it.

Listen to me Sparrow,

when we catch him he stands trial,

whether you talk or whether you don't.

The only question is do I

take you as an accessory?

Bednar don't nail me to the cross.

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