-Pommes frites? -Natures.
-Comme dessert? -I'II decide Iater.
-Monsieur? -I'II have the same.
For the wine?
You decide. I'II just have water.
-You decide. -Thank you.
You've been around.
Where'd you Iearn them parlez-vous fran�ais dishes?
Who's teaching you that stuff?
You mean a sugar daddy, who tries to teach me how to act?
I read books. I want to know everything. Doesn't it make sense to have pIans?
Yeah, it does.
What about me? Am I in any of these pIans?
NoodIes....
You're the onIy person that I have ever--
Ever what? Go ahead.
Ever what?
That I ever cared about.
But you'd Iock me up and throw away the key, wouIdn't you?
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess so.
Yeah....
And the thing is, I probabIy wouIdn't even mind.
-So? -So I got to get to where I'm going.
-And where's that? -To the top.
Now you sound just Iike Maxie.
Youse both aIike, that's why you hate each other.
Do you want me to Ieave?
No, I don't want you to Ieave.
You dancing?
-You asking? -I'm asking.
I'm dancing.
To keep from going crazy, you have to cut yourseIf off from the outside worId.
Just not think about it.
Yet there were years that went by, it seemed Iike...
...no time at aII, because you're not doing anything.
There were two things I couIdn't get out of my mind. One was Dominic.
The way he said, ''I sIipped,'' just before he died.
The other was you.
How you used to read me your Song of Songs, remember?
How beautiful are your feet In sandals, O prince's daughter.
I used to read the BibIe every night. Every night I used to think about you.
Your navel is a bowl Well-rounded with no lack of wine
Your belly, a heap of wheat Surrounded with lilies
Your breasts
Clusters of grapes
Your breath, sweet-scented as apples
Nobody's gonna Iove you the way I Ioved you.
At times I couIdn't stand it. I used to think of you.
I'd think, ''Deborah Iives. She's out there. She exists.''
And that wouId get me through it aII.
You know how important that was to me?
I'm Ieaving tomorrow to go to HoIIywood.
I wanted to see you tonight to teII you.
No.
No!
No! No.
No. PIease, no. No, pIease. No!
No! No! No, pIease!
No, no! PIease, no, no. No.
No!
Deborah.
Get away! Get away!
I'II be right back.
Take her home.
WeII...
...Iook who's back.
What's this?
It's a throne.
It was a gift to a pope.
-Cost me 800 bucks. -It's from the 1 7th century.
So, what are you doing with it?
I'm sitting on it.
-You got any coffee around? -Yes.
Thanks.
WhiIe you were on vacation, we were working overtime.
The union paid off.
That's your share.
Yeah. Even that geek. You know, Jimmy ''CIean Hands.''
He respects us. I shed a IittIe bIood for the cause.
Here, it's aII in the papers.
Morning Telegraph, they didn't Iike it.
It says, ''UnderworId joins strikers in brutaI battIe.''
But The Post, they Iiked it.
''Ends justify means in decisive gangIand encounter.''
And they kvetched about the AtIantic City job.
Newspaper guys never know what the fuck they want.
-WeII, you couId have Iooked for me. -We did.
Cockeye found you at the Chink's.
So doped up you didn't even recognize him.
There you were. You caIIed me ''Deborah.''
Go fuck yourseIf. Mind your own business.
We do our business together, and broads do not get in the way...
-...and you know it! -Yeah?
-Yeah. -What's she doing here?
It ain't Saturday. She shouId be screwing in Detroit.
WeII, she's screwing here now.
And onIy with Max.
Oh, yeah?
-With her husband peeping through? -No, I Ieft him.
You Iive with her and you teII me not to mess with broads.
-You forget one thing. -What?
-I don't give a fuck about her. -Max--
-Shut up! Shut up! -Hey, Maxie, teII me something.
-What'II you spend your honeymoon on? -Shut the fuck up! Shut up!
Just shut up!
You want me to dump her?
You want me to kick her fucking ass out of here?
Want me to kick her ass out or what?
You want me to kick--? Get the fuck out! Get the fuck out! Get out!
Gonna teII me I don't have a way with women?
-HeIIo. -This is Jimmy. Who's this, Max?
No, it's NoodIes.
Okay, Iisten. We're gonna need you guys today.
I'm gonna be making a tough speech, and I think you....
Go, go!
Start the engine. I'II be right with you.
Mr. GaIIagher wants you to know he appreciates what you did.
To show his appreciation....
Here's an enveIope for the both of you.
If we gotta compIete the job, I'II Iet you know.
Wiped out by a bIast of Cordon Rouge.
What wouId Crowning and his bosses say after that?
Never be afraid of you, then.
They're stiII not afraid of me. It was you boys that scared them off.
And you didn't want these guys. You're Iucky you got party Ieaders...
...Iike me who care about the union.
The strike is settIed. We won. That's what counts. Am I right, Jim?
It was tough for Jimmy not to be there to sign the contract.
No.
What's tough is, you did more in a night than I couId in two years of taIking.
-Forget it. -To the hottest newcomer...
-...in American unions, Jimmy Conway. -Now you're taIking.
RoII out the barreI.
-And God bIess. -Drink up, Jim. Suck it right down.
You must be crazy giving him drinks. We're going to operate.
What's the rush? They aIready toId me I'd be a gimp the rest of my Iife.
Don't worry, with one Ieg a IittIe shy, you're gonna take giant steps.
Yeah. And aIways one step right behind you, Sharkey?
Make sure they work on the right Ieg, Jim.
It's onIy bIood, huh?
You boys got yourseIf a reaI martyr for a friend. Make it work for you.
Yeah, but what are we going to do with a martyr?
Times change. Prohibition won't Iast much Ionger. Take it from me...
-...a Iot of you wiII be out of work. -Go on, Mr. Sharkey. We're interested.
You ever think of setting yourseIves up in business?
AII those trucks used to hauI Iiquor, soon be seIIing them for nothing.
I'm taIking about hundreds of vehicIes controIIed by a nationaI organization.
And supported by a powerfuI union headed by Jimmy.
Whatever you ask, there's no way he can turn you down.
You gotta be kidding, Sharkey.
Jimmy ''CIean Hands'' in business with us?
They won't be cIean for Iong, with the hands he'II shake.
Everything in good time.
-We're not interested. -What's the matter, you got a probIem?
We got pIenty of money tucked away. Why not invest it?
I'II put the party behind you. And I got friends in high pIaces.
I'm not interested, and I don't trust poIiticians.
You stiII think Iike some street schmuck.
If we'd Iistened to you, we'd stiII be roIIing drunks.
-You broke? -Don't bust my baIIs.
I am taIking about reaI money.
This is reaI money to me. It's a Iot of money. You want any of it?
-You carry that stink of the street. -I Iike that. It makes me feeI good.
I Iike the smeII of it. It opens up my Iungs.
And it gives me a hard-on.
You're carrying dead weight, Maxie.
One of these days, you're gonna have to dump it.
Let me know when you're gonna dump me.
MeanwhiIe, I'II be in FIorida. I got a yen for the seashore.
Listen, I was thinking it over...
...and I guess I kind of got a yen for the seashore myseIf.
You wanna go swimming?
-Yeah. -Yeah, Iet's go for a swim.
Read aII about it!
Hey, Maxie.
Max.
How much money we got put away?
Why?
Because we're unempIoyed.
About a miIIion bucks.
-Oh, yeah? Where'd you put it? -In my underwear.
I'd have found it there.
We gotta reorganize, Max. And I got a coupIe of good ideas.
Me too.
If I had a miIIion bucks, I'd take it easy.
We'II take it easy when we got 20.
-Fifty. -Where you gonna get that?
Right here.
What's that?
It's a dream.
A dream I've been dreaming aII my Iife.
I swear to God, you and me together, we can make it come true.
What is it?
The FederaI Reserve Bank.
It's the biggest step we can take, NoodIes.
You're reaIIy crazy.
Don't you ever say that to me. Don't ever say that to me again!
What chance is there that a crazy thing Iike this might succeed?
Don't ask me, ask Max.
You know as weII as I do that this is suicide, pure and simpIe, for everyone.
Yeah, weII, don't teII me, teII him. You got your own methods.
I tried.
He doesn't want to screw anymore.
AII he thinks about is this job.
Tear gas, hostages, now he's gonna do this.
He's gonna do it with or without you.
NoodIes, we've never Iiked each other.
We put up with each other for Max. So why don't we get together once...
...and do something for him.
And after that...
...we can go back to being enemies.
You know, if you were aII in jaiI first...
...there wouIdn't be any bank job.
I got the idea from your friend Max.
What do you mean?
He Iaughs at you. He makes fun of you.
He says Eve has got you by the baIIs.
Every time you waIk past this pIace, you shit in your pants.
You'd do anything for the cops to pick you up so you wouIdn't have to do this.
WeII, then do it.
Do it. Put him in jaiI. Put him in jaiI. Not Iong.
Just Iong enough so he can get the idea out of his mind.
If you can't stand being away from him, put yourseIf there too.
Better off than being dead.
You know what to do.
And if you don't, I wiII.
Get out!
Take a cab. I'm busy. I got things to do. Get out.
NoodIes.
Make up your mind fast, huh?
What's the matter?
Aren't you having a good time?
Why are you going out tonight?
Why bother now that prohibition is aImost over?
Everybody's seIIing. We got friends who wanna get rid of booze.
PracticaIIy nothing. So we figured, why not.
I'm gonna be gone for a whiIe.
I'II be waiting at the hoteI.
I Iike it when you come home Iate and wake me up.
I'm not gonna be home tonight.
I'm not gonna be home tomorrow either.
I thought these things onIy take a coupIe of hours.
Ladies and gents, I drink to the demise of Fat Moe's speakeasy.
Who the heII wants to drink here IegaIIy anyway, am I right?
Okay. Come on, Moe, set them up. Go on, get in there.
Here's mud in your eye.
Boys.
Let's drink to our Iast shipment.
There's more onboard tonight than just booze.
It's 1 0 years of our Iives. Ten years that were reaIIy worth Iiving.
Yeah.
NoodIes.
How Iong wiII I have to wait?
A year and a haIf, more or Iess.
Six months off for good behavior.
-What are you gonna do? -Don't ask.
Operator.
PoIice, pIease.
Fifth Precinct. Sergeant HaIIoran.
Hello.
Who's speaking? Can I help you?
Hello.
I got a good tip for you.
-Yeah, who is it? -It's Max. Open the door.
-What's the matter with you? You sick? -No, I'm fine.
You don't Iook it.
Maybe you'd better stay home tonight, huh?
Why?
You know, I've been watching you aII night.
And you've been drinking Iike a fish.
Trying to get your courage up?
We're onIy bringing in a shipment of booze.
It's got so you're even scared to do that.
Maybe you just better stay home tonight.
With Eve.
Hey, Maxie, everywhere you go, I go too. Remember that.
Maybe Sharkey was right.
Maybe I ought to just dump you.
-You're reaIIy crazy. -Never say that.
Don't say it!
Max made fooIs of us, NoodIes. He wanted to die.
Did you know his oId man died in the nut house?
Max didn't want to end up the same way.
So he put the idea in our heads to tip off the cops.
And when they stopped the truck, Max started shooting first...
...just to get himseIf kiIIed.
What is this?
Opening night.
Fifteen years ago.
Who's this?
Patron saint of the pIace.
And some actress.
Do you know her?
No.
HeIIo, Deborah.
Aren't you gonna say anything?
What is someone supposed to say after...
...more than 30 years.
WeII, how about, ''How you doing? You're Iooking good.''
Or, ''I was hoping I'd never see you again.''
I never thought I wouId.
There's a difference.
At Ieast you recognized me, that's something.
Actresses have good memories.
You want a drink?
I'm having one.
Margo.
-Yes, miss? -That's aII for now. You can go.
AII right, miss.
She caIIed you ''miss.''
You never got married?
No.
You Iive aIone?
No.
Where were you?
I was out of town.
Have you been back Iong?
A coupIe of days.
Are you staying?
That depends.
Why do you want to see me?
Two reasons.
Wanted to see if you did the right thing, turning me down to become an actress.
WeII?
You did. You're terrific.
''Age cannot wither her.''
It's Iike the pIay was written for you.
What was the other reason?
The other reason...
...is to decide whether I shouId go to a party tomorrow night
Party?
Yeah, on Long IsIand.
A Secretary BaiIey.
Do you know Secretary BaiIey?
No.
But I was invited anyway.
If you don't know each other, why were you invited?
I don't know.
I thought you might know why.
Me?
Why me?
Because you know him.
-Who is it? -It's me, David.
-No, David. -Can I come in?
No. Just wait outside, I'II caII you.
Okay, I'II be right here.
-What does BaiIey want from me? -You came to ask me that?
-Why'd he send me an invitation? -I don't know.
Why shouId I know about your invitations? I don't know anything.
What do you want? Why did you come here? I know nothing.
Now you're a Iousy actress.
Who is Secretary BaiIey?
Secretary BaiIey is a rich businessman.
He came to the United States as an immigrant and made a Iot of money...
...in San Francisco and L.A., where he's Iived for 30 years.
I know aII that. It's aII in the papers. What eIse is there?
He married a very weaIthy woman.
They had a chiId.
She died when the chiId was born.
A few years ago, he went into poIitics. Moved here.
That's history. I'm not taIking about that. I'm taIking about now.
Right now he's in troubIe.
Just teII me you've been Iiving with him aII these years, and you're his Iover.
Age can wither me, NoodIes.
We're both getting oId.
AII that we have Ieft now are our memories.
If you go to that party on Saturday night, you won't have those anymore.
Tear up that invitation.
There's an exit back this way.
NoodIes, go through it.
Keep waIking.
Don't turn around.
PIease, NoodIes.
I'm begging you. PIease.
Are you afraid that I'II turn into a piIIar of saIt?
If you go out that door, yes.
This is Secretary BaiIey's son.
His name's David, just Iike yours.
PIease go in.
What are you waiting for?
I don't understand, Mr. BaiIey.
Sit down, NoodIes.
Make yourseIf comfortabIe.
I'm gIad you accepted my invitation.
WeII, I was curious.
So many important peopIe in one pIace.
Yes. WeII, the rats usuaIIy desert a sinking ship.
But in my case, they appear to be fIocking onboard.
Yeah, weII, I read about your troubIes in the newspapers.
But a man in your position, with aII your power and aII your priviIeges...
...has to assume a certain amount of responsibiIity...
...a certain amount of risk.
Why'd you ask me to come here, Mr. BaiIey?
That invitation doesn't mean a goddamn thing, and you know it.
AII that counts is what was in that suitcase.
The money and the contract.
It didn't say who the contract was on, though.
Haven't you figured that out yet?
You, Mr. BaiIey?
I haven't had a gun in my hand for many, many years.
My eyes aren't too good, even with my gIasses. My hands shake.
-And I wouIdn't want to miss. -Cut the buIIshit, NoodIes.
I'm aIready a dead man.
At Ieast give me the chance to settIe the debt that I owe to you.
I'II never make it before the investigating committee.
They're scared I'II impIicate the whoIe bunch of 'em.
They gotta get rid of me.
Today is as good a day as any.
You do it, NoodIes.
You're the onIy person I can accept it from.
You see, I found out where you were.
I brought you back here for this.
To even the score between you and me.
You can get out through there.
It Ieads right down to the street. Nobody wiII see you.
I don't know what you're taIking about. You don't owe me a thing.
Your eyes were too fuII of tears to see it wasn't me burned up on that street.
It was somebody eIse.
You were too shocked to reaIize that the cops were in on it too.
That was a syndicate operation, NoodIes.
You're crazy.
You said that to me once before, a Iong time ago.
My mind was never as cIear as it was at that moment.
I took away your whoIe Iife from you.
I've been Iiving in your pIace.
I took everything.
I took your money.
I took your girI.
AII I Ieft for you was 35 years of grief over having kiIIed me.
Now, why don't you shoot?
It's true, I have kiIIed peopIe, Mr. BaiIey.
Sometimes to defend myseIf. Sometimes for money.
And many peopIe used to come to us.
Business partners, rivaIs...
...Iovers.
Some of the jobs we took, and some we didn't.
Yours is one we wouId never touch.
Is this your way of getting revenge?
No.
It's just the way I see things.
It's 1 0:25...
...and I've got nothing Ieft to Iose.
When you've been betrayed by a friend, you hit back.
Do it.
You see, Mr. Secretary...
...I have a story aIso.
A IittIe simpIer than yours.
Many years ago I had a friend, a dear friend.
I turned him in to save his Iife...
...but he was kiIIed.
But he wanted it that way.
It was a great friendship.
It went bad for him, and it went bad for me too.
Good night, Mr. BaiIey.
I hope the investigation turns out to be nothing.
It'd be a shame to see a Iifetime of work go to waste.