Underworld U.S.A. Page #5

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Put this back

in Driscolls safe.

Take Guss car.

Yes, sir.

You come with me.

Gunther? Connors.

Come over to my house,

right away.

You work with a man

for 30 years,

You know him

for 30 years,

It doesn't mean

a thing.

My closest sidekick

ready to sell me out.

What happened?

What's the matter?

Why the S.O.S. This time

of the night?

If I hadn't seen the proof

with my own eyes,

I'd never have

believed it.

What proof? What are you

talkin' about?

I'm talking about

the fat bulk

Of double-Crossing blubber

who made a deal

To save his own

fat skin.

You must be crazy!

Give me a light.

Come here.

Turn around.

Turn around.

Sit over there.

Well?

I'm gonna set you up

in a apartment.

Why?

'Cause you stuck your neck out

for me, that's why.

I wouldn't be

kept by you

If you gave me

a million dollars.

Wait a minute, honey.

I don't mean walk the streets

or work a house.

I'm talkin' about

givin' you a break.

I want to set you up...

you know what you can do with

that break. Wait a minute.

You are a mixed-Up broad.

All right.

I'm a mixed-Up broad.

So what?

So don't fly off the handle

When somebody's tryin'

to do something for you.

Do something for me!

Do what?

You don't have to con me.

I made my pitch,

you didn't buy it.

How do you know

what's inside me?

'Cause I know

what's wrong with you.

And I don't care.

Did you hear me?

I don't care.

I know, the day'll come

When you won't get your kicks

from me anymore.

And you want to go out

and get yourself a new...

that was kind of a low blow.

I'm sorry.

You like your way

of turnin' a buck.

I was wrong needlin' you.

No, no.

You're right.

All my life it's been

near misses with every guy.

Until I... met you.

You're... you're more

than that now.

Now I... I know something

I never thought Id know.

We got a right to climb

out of the sewer

And live like

other people.

We could start

from scratch.

Make every minute

count twice,

For the one we lost.

I want your kids.

What?

We could quit our way

of turnin' a buck.

I want your kids, Tolly.

I want you for my...

my husband.

You must be

on the needle.

Marry you?

Marry you?

No woman can tell

the whole truth

About herself to a man,

but that broad did!

What is this

with marriage and kids?

Are you kiddin'?

With her?

Aw, c'mon...

why don't you take

a good look at yourself.

Sandy, don't start.

What do you see?

A doctor? A scientist?

A businessman?

You see a scarfaced ex-Con.

A two-Bit safecracker.

A petty thief

who don't know

When he really made

the big time.

Where do you come off

to blast her?

No matter what she's been,

what she's done.

She's a giant, and you want to

know why? Well, Ill tell you.

Because she sees something

in you worth saving.

If only one-Tenth

of one percent

Of all the good in her

could rub off on you,

You'd be a giant too.

But you're a midget!

In your head, in your heart,

in your whole makeup.

You're a midget!

I never felt like this before.

How do you feel?

Well...

some women,

When they kiss, blush.

Some call the cops.

Some...

swear, some bite,

some laugh, some cry.

Me...

I die.

Tolly, I die inside

when you kiss me.

Connors wants me to deliver

the reports to him first,

Not to let Gela know.

Good.

Now there's no one

he can trust.

Are they ready?

No.

The next few nights,

Tell him you found

nothing in my safe.

What?

Make him sweat.

Yeah, but we ought to get Gela

as soon as possible.

We'll get him,

we'll get him.

I gotta figure out

a different angle.

Repeating the same

frame-Up so soon

Might make him suspicious.

You see what I mean?

Yeah.

Leave it to Uncle Sam.

Meeting...

meeting with uh... Gela.

Yeah, meeting with Gela.

Confidential from Driscoll.

Wednesday, 2 A.M. Meeting

with Gela.

Saturday, 10 P.M. Meeting

with Gela.

Sunday, 4 P.M. Meeting

with Gela.

Monday, meeting with Gela.

You brought this report

directly to me first, right?

Yes, sir.

You say your name is Tolly?

That's right.

Tolly Devlin, sir.

Good work, Tolly.

Put this back

in Driscolls safe.

Tell barney to tail Gela

round the clock.

And make sure

he personally gives me

An hour to hour

report on Gela.

Well...

maybe he was too drunk

to know what he was sayin'.

What'd he say?

I'm at the pool, right?

Gela's in the pool

with one of his punks.

You got the picture?

Gela's in the pool

with one of his punks.

No, he's not in the pool.

He's too drunk

to be in the pool,

But he's at the pool.

All right, Gela's at the pool.

I hear him say

to this punk

That if he thought

he could get a short sentence,

He'd make a deal with you

as long as nobody knew

He did the singin'.

Gela said that?

That's what I heard him say.

Call off your cannibals.

I won't bruise you.

Not here.

Relax, Danny.

Okay, Mr. Gela.

What are you prowlin'

around here for?

I wanted you

to know I...

I understand

your feelings.

Now get outta here.

I've got to be sure.

When I drove past him,

My lights picked up

his face.

It was big as life,

close to my car.

That guy was Driscoll,

all right.

Find Gus

and send him here.

You want me to keep

on Gelas tail tonight?

No.

It won't be necessary.

I just got your note.

What's up?

Phone Gela at home,

right now.

Tell him you got some reports

out of Driscolls safe.

He'll ask you to bring

them over right away.

It's about 11:
00 now.

He'll expect you at 11:30.

Only you won't be there.

I'll be there for you.

Yeah?

Mr. Gela, this is Tolly.

Oh, hello, Tolly.

Good, good.

Bring them right over.

Take you about a half hour.

I'll let you in myself.

Got the reports

for me?

Mr. Gela...

when I was a kid,

I seen a messy thing.

I seen four shadows on a wall

kill a guy.

You know, I never could

rub that out of my mind.

'Cause the guy was my old man.

Huh?

That's right.

You know, it took me 20 years

To find the faces

of them shadows.

But I found 'em.

The first guy...

he conked out in a hospital

asking me

To forgive him.

Vic Farrar.

The second one...

he's gettin' the chair.

Smith.

The third one...

he got barbecued.

Gunther.

There's one punk left,

Mr. Gela.

That's you.

You wrap up

the package.

That's Gus.

I set you up

for a hit.

That's the only way

I could even up.

What's the matter?

Don't you pay the light bills

around here?

How you doin'?

You're not the only one

with ideas, you know.

I got ideas too.

You made your point.

Quittin' our way

of turnin' a buck, I buy.

But I don't buy it alone.

I gotta have a partner.

Like sandy said,

the only good partnership

Is between

a man and a wife.

What are you

getting at, Tolly?

Well, I want you

to be my wife.

And all...

everything

that goes with it.

There's a man outside

who wants to see you.

His name is Tolly Devlin.

He's here?

He wants to see you alone.

Well, tell him

to come on in.

All right, everybody,

Let's take

a ten-Minute break.

Hello, Mr. Driscoll.

I stopped by your house,

They told me you were

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