Cut! Okay, that's a print.
That was great, Billy.
Okay. Everybody.
Eddie, get up there and see what the hell's happening.
That thing crashed exactly where you were.
I know. I know.
Watch it up there.
It was an accident.
Okay, that's a wrap.
Great fight, Billy. Really nice.
Be sure you get tomorrow's call sheets.
And please, don't get lost on the way to location.
Time is money, gentlemen.
Time is money, Time is money.
So, you got in here, finally.
We haven't heard from you.
You know, I once knew a...
super rock group in London.
Called themselves "The Flight Crew. "
Had brilliant potential. Good.
Yeah, but they were, ah, very stubborn.
Their lead guitarist lost a couple of fingers one night.
Just like that.
Hands and feet have been known to disappear.
Lights
they fall outta the sky. All kinds of things happen.
A man has gotta have all of his parts to make it.
Don't you agree with that, Billy?
Get the hell outta here!
Yeah, it's, ah...
getting a little late.
Well, I'm sittin' right there by the telephone,
just waitin' for you to call.
But patience that's not one of our virtues.
Don't be a slow learner, Billy.
Oh, you shouldn't a done that.
No, that was a very big mistake.
WILL THIS BE THE SONG
I'LL BE SINGING TOMORROW?
WILL THE PIPER BE PAYED FOR THE TUNES
THAT HE PLAYED BY AND BY?
IS THIS THE BEST RHYME,
MAJOR MINOR ONE AND ONE TIME?
OR WILL THE TUNE FALL FROM FAVOR.
FOREVER? OH, YES, TONIGHT'S SONG
WILL THIS BE THE SONG
I'LL BE SINGING TOMORROW?
I'm here to take you to dinner.
Hey, Billy Can we go spaghetti tonight?
We got one more number to get today, Ann.
Thanks a lot, Charlie.
You're messing around with my love life.
Is the boss upstairs?
Yeah.
You're looking a little pale.
What you need. Is a good nourishing meal.
Something stick to your ribs.
You, you... you beautiful bastard.
I'll get you another one.
Dr. Land?
Doctor, Steiner's here.
We're all next door.
What?
Steiner's here.
Oh! We'll get right to it.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon, Doctor.
How was your trip to New York?
It was uneventful.
The heat was terrible, God awful.
Not much better here humid.
Ah, so much for the weather report.
I'm not the only one who just arrived.
How about your trip to Berlin, Stick?
It went pretty much as you figured.
Now, that, ah... he's the big star,
I couldn't reason with him.
He said he was Pulling out. Then he threatened me.
The rest of it was in the papers.
That's when he committed suicide, huh?
He just, ah... got up and jumped out the window.
Oh, my...
The merger of S and S Records with Globe has been completed and construction
has started on the new record pressing plant in Buenos Aries.
But the more important,
the more immediate is coming championship fight in Macau.
I know we're getting world wide press.
That and plenty more.
All the, ah...
posters have been approved.
And the Ad campaign.
Best one we've ever had.
Looks good. Looks great.
Besides the gate and our TV rights
it's, ah, generating the kind of international betting we'd hoped for.
We oughta turn over about thirty million dollars.
That was the computer's readout as of today.
Yes.
Well, fight's only three weeks off.
I assume your training is going well, Carl You look fit.
I'll be ready.
We've got a little, ah, problem in Detroit.
A couple, of, ah, reluctant ballplayers.
Hakim think you can, ah,
fly to Detroit and handle that and be back in time for the fight?
Figure it's done.
Also, I'm afraid we're gonna have to do something about Billy Lo.
I was wondering about that.
I was gonna ask how that was goin.
Well, he refuses to sign our management contract,
but that's not what bothers me. No,
he's starting to shoot off his mouth.
He's holding out.
We've given him so many chances.
An amazing amount of resistance.
And then, then there's that girlfriend, Ann. Morris.
I went to talk to her today.
Her last album's on the charts and it's doin' great in Australia and France.
She says she wants to talk to Billy about her contract. Before she signs.
Doctor, I think we oughta squeeze a little.
Yeah, yes. Squeeze a little. As you say.
Billy?
Yeah?
I had another visit today from one of those syndicate men.
Well, not exactly. I mean, not in so many words.
But I knew I was being threatened.
Billy, do you think it's worth holding out?
I mean, I've heard some pretty ugly things about those guys.
Ugly stories!
If we're stopped... don't do anything that will give them an excuse to hurt you.
Ann, I love you and I don't want you hurt.
Trust me to handle this.
I would like Miss Morris to leave.
Oh, I'm afraid we can't do that, Billy.
We're all in this together.
Now, would you mind stepping out of the car?
No matter what happens... don't get out of the car.
You're got until tomorrow morning to call us.
It's the last time we're gonna ask, Billy.
Billy!
No!
Billy!
Please! Stop it!
Please, don't!
Billy!
He hasn't got too much time.
You tell him that.
We wanna hear from him in the morning.
Billy... I've always been straight with you.
You don't have too many choices.
You and Ann are nothing to them.
You're just another piece of property.
Just one of a couple of thousand of public personalities that they own...
all of, or a piece of.
It seems like a good thing... at the moment.
They take care of everything, your...
your booking, your salary, your taxes.
If you need five thousand in your pocket, you've got it.
It's later that you start to realize what it's costing you.
I don't have to remind you about Charlie Wang.
We know the pressure they put on him...
and we know they called him in for a... talk.
The next day he was fished out of the harbor.
But going along with them... isn't much better.
You've come up fast, Billy.
Your pictures are grossing big all over the world.
You're an international...
celebrity... and they smell that money!
Thank you.
You can sign with them and live very well...
or you can defy them and go to the police,
which means you won't live so well... if at all.
Is it your advice to let them own us?
I just don't want to... write an obituary on you.
She says she wants to talk to Billy about her contract.
I've got a midnight deadline... in the States.
I can't allow it.
It is better to die a broken piece of jade...
than to live a life of clay.
Quit!
You've got enough money.
Tell them to go to hell.
I can leave this all behind.
I don't need this if you don't need it.
There's got to be another answer.
I've got to find one.
The Chinese Opera is in town.
Maybe see your uncle.
Yeah, he just got back.
I'll go to the theatre tomorrow.
Good idea.
All three of them are leaving the restaurant.
What should we do?
Don't lose 'em!
Now, look, Andre, from now on I want you to coordinate all your...
efforts with the ad agency in New York.
And by the way, what are the odds where you are now?
Well, then keep the publicity going about Carl's rumored sprained ligament.
Don't... give the impression that the fight's gonna be cancelled...
Ciao. The odds are a little too heavy on
Carl, especially in London.
Yes. It's... a good idea to even that up a bit.
Oh, by the way,
what, uh... what about Billy Lo? What...
He, uh... was told to call earlier today.
He has a number to call.
Oh? Do we know where he is at this moment?
Well, we always know where he is.
Well, then... a final warning...
eh, Carl?
Yes, Pasquel, you go with him.
Pasquel loves to fight.
Let me use your brush. Thanks.
Billy! Good to see you.
Hi, John. Glad you're back.
Your uncle's in his room.
Billy! Come in, Billy, come in! Hey! Hey!
You go ahead.
Ahh, it's good to see you, boy
Sit down. Sit down.
We do not see you much...
since you got to be a big man.
Oh, yes, I know.
I've been running for months.
Yeah. Very busy, huh?
I heard that the syndicate is after you.
You must be a big man.
How did you know that?
It's a small business.
I can�t join them... and I can't be forced to join.
You have just described a problem as old as man.
You're not unique.
There is a solution I do not think you've considered.
When you get to the top, you understand
how far it is to fall.
But if you think very little of yourself...
then you can be pushed off and fall very easily.
What is your opinion of yourself?
I believe I deserve to be where I am.
I've worked hard for it.
Then don't let them push.
They will never let you rest.
You push!
You mean... kill.
Integrity can be am expensive thing.
What is the price of your integrity?
What are you willing to pay?
There is another person as well.
A girl.
If I fight, she may be hurt.
Send her away.
Do you need help?
I know some men who can help you.
No.
You're not allowed back here! Get out! Get out!
Another message, Billy.
The Chinese syndicate wants to make sure they're riding with the winner.
So they're... willing to buy a little insurance.
A million and a half dollars in cash'll be... arriving in Macao.
Just before the fight.
They're gonna drop it right on your door step.
Huh! Clean money?