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[Vendors yelling]
[Hurdy-gurdy playing the sidewalks of New York]
[Vendors yelling]
Ha ha! Bull's-eye.
Aw, it's dead as a doornail around here.
Yeah. How about seein' a picture, Rocky?
They got a good one down at the academy on 14th street.
Yeah? What?
Covered wagon. it's brand-new. Just come out.
You got any dough?
Nah. You got any?
No.
Oh, look. There's Rocky Sullivan.
Walk right by him. Make out we don't see him.
Hey, Rocky, there's Laury martin comin'.
So what?
Oh, my books. They're coming loose.
Say! That ain't a bad-lookin' doli...
that one in the middle,
the one with the pretzel legs.
He means you, Laury.
Why, the fresh...
don't be so smart-alecky, Rocky Sullivan.
Go on. Beat it, pigtails.
Trying to show off, ain't you?
Scram, before i wipe the street with you.
You better wipe your nose first.
Is that so? Well, l値l fix you.
You better scram. You know Rocky.
Oh, leave me alone. I can handle him.
Wait till i get down there.
I'll fix you.
Aw, l値l slap you down.
Ooh! Why, you... you...
shut up.
Ha ha! Ha ha!
Come on. Let's get out of here.
You won't get away with that, Rocky Sullivan!
I'll get even with you someday! You just wait!
[Train bell clanging]
[Engine slowly chugging]
[Speeding up]
[Whistle blows]
Maybe this winter, we can hop one of these freights
down to Florida.
They say you can go swimming there,
even in January.
Sure. We can even hop one to California,
if we wanted to. Look here.
"Rubelin Coal Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
It's too bad it ain't winter.
We could grab a couple bags of those coals.
"Everwrite Fountain Pen Co."
I wonder what's in there.
Come on. Let's take a look.
It's loaded full of cases.
Fountain pens! Hundreds of 'em!
We can break that easy.
Maybe we shouldn't, Rocky.
We don't need those pens.
It ain't like stealin' coal to keep warm.
We can sell 'em, can't we?
Now, listen. What we don't take we ain't got.
Come on, look around.
See what you can find to break that lock.
All right, whoever's in here, come on out.
Come on out, i say!
[Tweet]
What's the trouble?
A couple of kids.
Come on out of there.
Come on, you hoodlums.
You ain't gonna get away with this.
Come out, or l値l come in after you.
We gotta make a break for it, Jerry.
Right now!
[Whistle blows]
[Train whistle blowing]
[Bell clanging]
Come on, Rocky! Jump!
Hi, snowflakes.
Hi, Jerry.
Whaddya hear? Whaddya say? Come on. Sit down.
How are they treatin' you, Rocky?
Like a prince. I get three square meals a day
and i get real butter on my bread.
What a life. Say, is that a bad cut on your eye?
Not bad. Just a few stitches in it.
I thought you knocked your eye out or somethin'.
Comin' to my trial tomorrow?
Listen, Rocky, l致e been worrying about this
all last night.
I can't let you take the whole blame.
Pipe down. You want that flapper to hear you?
Now get this. You got away, didn't you? Ok.
Now, why be a sucker?
But, Rocky, maybe if they thought i was in on it,
they'd go easier on you.
In a pig's eye they would. Now you listen to me.
Just 'cause you can run faster than me,
you don't need to go around and eat yourself.
But it ain't fair to you, Rocky.
Look, so they send me up. So what?
What have i got to lose?
The old man's got troubles enough without me.
Forget it. It's the breaks.
I got caught, and you got away, that's all.
But you, Rocky. Supposin' i was the one who got caught.
I bet you wouldn't keep quiet.
You'd make 'em send you up, too.
Go on. What do you think i am?
I'd lay dead, just like you're gonna do.
You would?
Sure. Always remember... don't be a sucker.
Listen, Rocky, l知 pulling every string i can.
I'm seeing all the right people.
I think i can get you off with about three years.
You talk like i could do that three years in a handstand.
That's along time. That ain't no picnic.
You'll be outside having it soft on those cushions.
It's a tough break, but l知 not gonna mark time.
I'll scout around, make connections for both of us.
Why should i take the fall?
There's no other way out. Now, be sensible.
If they get me, too, l値l not only be disbarred,
but they'll check my vault and grab that 100 grand.
You don't want to lose that dough, do you?
All right, Frazier.
It's my rap, and l値l take it,
but it's my 100 grand,
and l値l take that, too, the day i get out.
Look, i know you're a smart lawyer,
very smart,
but don't get smart with me.
[Swing music playing]
[Horn honking]
[Music playing]
[Boys choir singing in Latin]
[Singing along silently]
Very good, boys. That's all.
Wait till i get you outside, you mug-face.
I'll immobilize you.
Yeah? You and your old maid!
[Knock on door]
Come in.
What's on your mind, son?
Oh, not very much, father.
It's just been botherin' me for about 15 years.
What did you do with those fountain pens
you stole out of that freight car?
Rocky, you old...
Jerry, glad to see you.
Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?
Whaddya hear? Whaddya say? I'm glad to see you.
15 years. Hasn't changed a bit.
You remember father Boyle's old sacristy, huh?
Remember it? He used to stand right where you are
and boil the tar out of me.
Gosh. 15 years. It doesn't seem possible
i haven't seen you in that length of time.
I've seen you.
You have? Where?
I was in the stands
the day you made that 90-yard run against Nyu.
Why didn't you come back and see me?
Couldn't. Some people were waitin' for me.
Oh.
Well, i got a kick coming, though.
Why haven't you written to me?
Aw, you know how it is, Jerry.
I changed my address and number so often,
you had no way of answerin' me.
And you know what happens to letters written in the stir.
Everybody from the P.K. Down reads 'em.
Then when i was inside nothin' happened anyway,
and when i was out,
it was all there to read on the front page.
Yes, i... i read all the papers.
Well, you certainly make a good-lookin' priest.
Thanks.
Your mother always wanted you to do it,
but what finally decided you?
I was riding along on the top of a bus,
looking down, passing the cathedral.
That give you the idea? That's funny.
I got an idea on the top of a bus one time.
Got me six years.
Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
I was standin' around
while you were singin' with those kids,
and i kept thinkin' of you and me
doin' the same thing 20 years ago.
Remember the time
we slipped the music of merry oldsmobile
into the hymn book?
How could i forget it?
How'd it go?
* lead, kindly light *
* 'mid the encircling gloom *
* lead thou me on, for the night is dark *
* and i am far from... **
ha ha! Certainly did a lot of crazy things
in those days, Rocky.
Certainly did. Certainly did.
[Knock on door] Come in.
Fadda, youse is s'posed to be down at the store.
The fellas are all waitin' for you.
You run along and tell 'em l値l be right over.
Tell 'em to get the game started.
Ok, fadda!
What's this store racket?
You got the kids shillin' for the parish?
Ha ha! That's not a bad idea, Rocky.
No. It's a pet scheme of mine...
sort of a recreation spot for the kids.
Kind of a kindergarten place, huh?
No. It's for the big fellas, too.
You'd be surprised how tremendously it's helped
to keep the kids from becoming...
hoodlums like me?
Ha ha!
You know, you've cost me a lot of prayer.
I've been to kind of a retreat myself.
Yes. Will you be here for some time?
Depends. I got a little business to attend...
well, anyway, i gotta find a place to live.
Get a room here in the parish.
That's not a bad idea. No place like home.
Yes, and it's great to have you home, too.
I just came back to take a look at your kisser.
Take a lot of them. This is Maggione's.
Go in there and get a furnished room.
You remember her, don't you?
Took a lot of good lead pipe out of that cellar.
Church is right around the corner.
I can drop in to see you from time to time.
See you at mass Sunday?
Sure. I'll help you with your collection.
It's a deal.
Fair enough.
[Ring]
Is Mrs. Maggione at home?
What do you want?
Lookin' for a room.
My mudda ain't here now,
but the lady in 2, she'll show you the rooms.
In there?
Woman: Yes?
I'm lookin' for a room.
Mrs. Maggione's kid told me you'd take care of that.
Yes. L値l... l値l get the key.
Third floor.
You know, there's somethin' about your face
that looks awfully familiar.
You just been lookin' at the funny papers, that's all.
No, really.
Listen, sister, all l知 lookin' for is a room.
Here it is.
Mrs. Maggione will give it a good cleaning.
That's all right. I've seen worse.
I guess you have.
[Shade flaps]
I'll take the room. What's the tariff?
Five dollars a week.
Sold.
In advance.
Oh.
All right.
Write me a receipt.
You can trust me.
Say, how did you happen to come to this house?
Lookin' for references, huh?
An old friend of mine sent me over here...
Jerry Connelly, the priest over at the parish house.
You know him?
Father Jerry?
Yeah. Does that send me in?
Oh, i get it now.
You're Rocky Sullivan.
Yeah.
Remember me?
No.
Laury martin?
That little fresh kid with the pigtails?
Well, hello. Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?
Hello.
Hey! Wait a minute!
I've waited 15 years to do that!
Ha ha ha ha!
[Crash]
[Swing music playing]
I want to see Jim Frazier.
I want to see Frazier.
He's busy.
I'll wait.
Who are you?
Rocky Sullivan.
Oh. Come on.
Man: Number one. Clear the board.
Wait here.
There's somebody outside to see you.
Yeah? Who?
Rocky Sullivan.
Rocky Sullivan?
Yeah.
Does he know l知 here?
Sure. Didn't you want me to tell him?
That's all right.
Send him in.
Well, well, Rocky. This is a surprise.
Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?
I had the date on the calendar,
only i thought it was next month.
Otherwise, i would have met you
with the brass band and all the trimmings.
Yeah, i thought it was funny you didn't show,
but you've been busy the last three years.
You certainly got a swell layout here.
Looks like you're in the dough.
Yes. Well, you know Mac Keefer.
Heard of him. He owns the town, can buy it and sell it.
Only he doesn't buy it. He sells it.
That's soft, eh?
A whole lot softer than that store cot
l致e been sleeping on for the last three years.
Well, you're out now, Rocky.
Yeah. Where's that dough?
What? The 100 grand?
I had it for you, only, as i said, i didn't expect...
i know. You said it before.
You don't have to worry about it.
I'm not worried about it.
I'll have it for you by the end of the week.
In the meantime,
i suppose you'd like some spending money.
Here. Here's 500.
It will take me a few days to get settled.
You can get that dough together
and tell me where i come in.
Where you come in? What do you mean?
What business you want me to handle,
what parts of town, and what my cut is.
Your cut?
Yeah. That was the idea, wasn't it?
I took the rap, the three years.
You took the dough, made the connections,
built it up for you and me. Wasn't that it?
Oh, i see. Yes. Uh... i understand,
but... you've got this thing all wrong.
You see, i work for Keefer. He's the boss.
I haven't anything to say.
If you want to find a spot in his business, why...
you'll have to take it up with him.
Now, look, Frazier,
l知 not takin' up with anybody but you.
You figure it out for yourself.
I'm takin' up with you where i left off.
That was the agreement, and we're gonna stick to it.
Got it?
Well, yes, but, uh...
but what?
Well, uh...
[door opens]
Frazier: Hello, Mac.
Am i breaking in on anything here, Jim?
No, not at all. Come right in.
I want you to meet Rocky Sullivan.
Pleased to meet you, Sullivan.
I know all about you. You're ok.
When'd you get out?
Couple days ago. I'm looking around.
Maybe i might have a spot for you.
We were just talkin' about that.
Where you stopping, Rocky?
I've got a room over at my old neighborhood,
on dock street, number 24.
Well, l値l blow now. I'll drop up, say, Monday?
Monday? That will be fine.
I'm going downtown. I'll give you a lift.
Oh, thanks.
See you later, Jim.
Monday.
Get me Steve.
Hello. There's a fella leavin' with Mac,
and i want you to...
yeah?
Yeah, i got a good look.
Yeah, yeah. I got it.
Sure, l値l take care of it.
[Whistling]
Out of the way, blubber-head.
The famine is on.
All you guys can have cigarettes off of me.
You better pack 'em now, boys.
Here comes the beef trust.
How do you do?
A nickel you don't conk him.
All right. A nickel i do.
You missed him, chump.
Yeah. It's a nickel apiece you owe us.
Aw, that cop don't walk right or somethin'.
Those cops are so dumb, it's pathetic.
You'd think they'd learn where a tomato comes from
in police college.
Look.
[In a cutesy voice] Hello, toots.
You want the bottle?
Aw, nuts.
Hey! What are you do with my baby?
[Mockingly] hey! What are you do with my baby?
Here's your baby!
You loafer! I'll get the cops after you!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The way he talks, you'd think he had somethin' there.
Hi, Johnny. Excuse me.
Hey. Look at the dude.
Come on. Let's give him the works.
All right, kiddo.
Hey, watch out!
Give me that!
I'll make you eat that ball in a minute!
Aw, come on! Let's go!
Like takin' candy from a baby.
[Indistinct excited chatter]
How'd you get it, Crab?
I hoisted it over the transom back of the alley
and dropped it down to Hunky here.
The corner caught me right in the dome.
So long as it didn't break the Machine.
Boy, we'll be in the money now.
Six nickels and two slugs.
Imagine crooks like that puttin' slugs in a slot Machine.
Chiselers.
[Whistling]
Shh! Pipe down.
Aw, it's only Soapy and the gang.
Hi, Soapy!
Soapy, look what we got.
Aw, you should see the hook i got.
It's the most i got in me life.
We got a sucker's poke.
No kiddin'!
Come on. Dish it out. Time's a-wastin'.
You grabbin' already?
Haa haa haa!
Gimme air! Gimme air!
How much you got there, Soapy?
Let me see. 10, 20, 30, 35.
Gee! There must be more than 100 there!
100, nothin'. We're in the big chips now.
Wow! What a haul!
[Mockingly] What a haul! Nyah!
Six ways! Don't forget! Six ways!
You'll get yours.
What, are you grabbin' already?
Aw, come on.
Come on. Gimme, Soapy.
Oh, that looks nice.
Oh, my!
We split half, all right?
Hey, i didn't get mine!
Gimme!
You bunch of chiselers!
Stick 'em up!
[Silence]
You're all covered.
Hey, give us a break, mister. We wasn't even there.
We didn't have nothin' to do with it.
Say your prayers, mugs.
On the level, mister!
We wasn't there!
Soapy: Shut up, brats!
Stop your squealin'.
Who's the leader?
I am.
Come here.
Collect that dough...
and fast.
Come on. Hand it over.
You, too. Come on.
Here.
Now get 'em up and turn around.
Hey!
Hey! What's the matter?
Next time you roll a guy for his poke,
make sure he don't know your hideout.
How'd you know?
Come here, suckers.
Hey, how do you know this place so good?
Yeah!
Let me show you. Here.
Look at this.
Hey, you ain't...
you ain't Rocky Sullivan!
Hey, did you get that? It's Rocky Sullivan!
We tried to hook you! What a boner!
The minute you saw us duck down the alley,
you knew we was headin' for the hideout.
I took the old shortcut. What do they call you?
Soapy's the name. This guy's Bim.
This mug here's Swing.
This palooka up here's Hunky.
Hi, Rocky.
And l知 Pasty, and this guy's Crab-face,
but we just call him Crab for short.
Hi.
Glad to meet you, Rocky.
Fellas, meet Rocky Sullivan!
Hiya, Rocky! Hiya, Rocky!
Good to see you!
[Boys talking at once]
Hey, Rocky.
Hey, you took the room above us...
number 24... didn't you?
Yeah.
Sure, sure. We knew.
You knew when you rolled me?
Certainly, certainly. Johnny Maggione told us,
but he didn't tell us who you was.
You still shouldn't have taken a chance.
Never bother anybody in your own neighborhood.
You kids got a lot to learn.
You could learn us, Rocky.
How would you like to have a bite with me?
[Boys yelling]
Go down to the delicatessen
and get some sandwiches and pickles and some beer.
Bring 'em over to my place. We'll have a feed.
[Boys yelling excitedly]
[Coins clinking]
Come on. I'm not in a bread line no more.
Will ya give me some beans?
All right, all right!
I'm on no hunger strike.
Give out with this Irish caviar.
Come on. A little more, you stingy grubber.
Gimme some pickles.
You don't want any pickles.
Haa haa haa! Sure, i want pickles.
You like pickles? Take 'em.
Boy! Pickles!
What are you doin'? Goin' into business?
No. Souvenirs. Free.
Oh.
Here, Rocky.
Here's your change. 41/2 bucks even.
Where's the other 50 cents?
We had to buy somethin', didn't we?
You guys got an awful lot to learn.
Come on, now. Chuck your chest up to the wood.
Aw, these beans are rotten.
Oh. You don't like the beans?
No!
Ha ha ha ha!
Hey, these beans taste Soapy.
Ahh... but good!
Very good.
Come in!
Rocky: Hello, Jerry.
Hello, Rocky.
Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?
Just havin' a little bite to eat with the kids.
Sit in? Right here.
Thanks.
How about a sandwich?
All right.
Thanks, Swing.
It didn't take you boys long
to get acquainted with Rocky, did it?
Hey, rock, looks like you and the fadda
are old pals.
Look, next time you go down to the hideout,
look at that old door.
You'll see right next to my initials... J.C.
Jerry Connelly.
You mean fadda used to hang out
with Rocky at the old boiler-room?
Certainly did.
Of course, we spend most of our time
at the gym now, Rocky.
That reminds me, boys.
I hoped to start that basketball game today.
We're too busy. Too busy.
Hey, gimme a sandwich.
What's the matter, Soapy?
Why don't you want to go to the basketball game?
It ought to be fun.
What do you think we are? A bunch of cream puffs?
Hey, imagine us playin' basketball all of a sudden.
[Laughter]
Oh, yeah? Well, l値l tell you what.
I'll bet you a buck to a plug nickel
you can't get the ball past the other team.
Aw, we'll run 'em into the ground.
[Boys yelling]
You'll come with us?
Yeah. Whaddya say? Is it a bet?
Bim: Yeah. I got a nickel. It's a bet.
We ought to have some practice first, though.
Gym's open. You can go over right now.
[Boys yelling excitedly]
Good-bye, fadda!
[Door closes]
Young roughnecks... l致e been workin' on them for a year.
Can't get anyplace. You talk to 'em 10 minutes,
they'd jump through a hoop if you asked 'em to.
Maybe it's because i wear my collar frontwards.
Maybe. As long as you're sponsoring the gym,
let's take a look at it.
You mean now?
Sure, why not? Come on, Rocky.
You remember old Krausmeyer's store, don't you?
Yeah, sure. We used to rob it.
Yes! [chuckles]
Sure, i been trailin' him,
but he's mixed up with a priest and kids,
and i can't get a crack at him.
Don't let him out of your sight.
I'll send bugs down with a couple boys.
Let's wipe up the floor with these kids!
Your kids play a swell game, Rocky.
Keep a good eye on 'em.
Keep your chin covered.
[Blows whistle]
Clear the floor! Take the mats off!
Hello.
Friends?
Ok.
What have you been doin',
playin' a duck for me?
I wasn't gonna hurt you.
No. I'd forgotten you were in the neighborhood.
Oh.
Well, uh, what are you doin'?
Same thing you're doing...
watching the game.
Say, uh, you know, you turned out to be
a pretty snappy-lookin' dish.
Thanks.
For a sociable worker.
Thanks again.
I can't figure out
why some smart guy hasn't grabbed you off.
Some smart guy who's always in the headlines, huh?
You could do worse.
[Blows whistle]
You know better than that.
Wait till i blow the whistle.
Ok. Let's get goin'.
[Blows whistle]
Here you are. Right here.
Ready?
[Blows whistle]
Run! Run!
[Blows whistle]
Free throw.
Oh, no! That's not fair. He didn't do nothin'.
Come on!
That's it.
Come on! Take it down!
I got my man!
[Blows whistle]
You do that again,
l値l take you out of the game.
I didn't do nothin'. He's screwy.
Give us a break.
Can't you even shove a guy in this game?
What do you mean, shove a guy?
It's a free throw, gibby. Take it.
That's not fair!
Hey, dribble that ball and pass it.
Dribble that.
[Blows whistle]
Foul!
That big bozo just stuck his belly out.
You boys know better than that.
You've been committing technical fouls
and personal fouls. Now, stop it.
You've got six men on the floor.
Pasty, get off the floor.
Somebody, take care of that trapeze.
Just be my good deed for today.
All right. Red out. Take it.
[Blows whistle]
Here. Watch this.
Make a few notes.
All right, boys!
Mr. Sullivan's gonna referee.
Don't forget about that bet.
Go on.
Get off the floor!
What am i, an orphan?
Now! Get goin'! Ow!
Don't forget. Accordin' to rules, now.
Here we go. Wait for the whistle.
What's the matter with you?
Come in. Get in here. Play ball.
Ready?
Position, now. Here we go.
Wait for the whistle.
Ow!
What's goin' on here? What's goin' on?
Rocky sure handles those kids, doesn't he?
Yes, but don't you think it's a little bit
like playing with dynamite?
Why do you say that?
Just because you've got me seeing things straight now,
there's no reason i should wear blinders.
I still remember what Rocky's kind is like.
I don't know.
Somehow i feel that Rocky could be straightened out.
Get up!
Come on! Let's go!
[Cheering]
Foul!
All right!
Come on, Soapy! What are you doin'?!
Foul!
Foul ball!
They got two on the ball.
It's our ball.
All right. Ready?
Wait for the whistle. You understand?
[Whistles]
What's the idea?
He didn't do nothin'!
What's the big idea, Rocky?
That's what l知 askin' you.
Play accordin' to the rules,
or l値l slap some sense into you.
I didn't do nothin'.
If you didn't do nothin', don't do it again.
Come on. Give me that ball.
Here we go. [Whistles]
Hey, Bim!
Hey, where you runnin'?
Personal foul. Free throw over here.
I didn't do nothin'.
[Whistles]
Foul!
Foul? What did he do, hit me?
Foul. Ball over here.
Get him!
Gimme...
what's the matter?
What are you doin', playin' for the other team?
Are you guys gonna play accordin' to rules or not?
Ok, Rocky.
Accordin' to the rules, fellas.
Got me? Accordin' to the rules.
We'll beat them right! Play the ball.
32-8. Boy, what a slaughter.
What do you mean 32-8? It was a close game.
You just won by a nose.
All you guys, shower down.
All those nickels. You. You. You.
Hey, Rocky...
put 'em in there.
Somebody stole my nickel.
Those guys played too rough.
Where's my nickel?
Who put those slugs in there?
Not me.
Come on.
Think l壇 gyp you?
Rocky, you give us some practice tomorrow,
and we'll mop up these mugs.
I don't know nothin' about that.
You better ask father.
Father, you give us another chance tomorrow?
Give us some practice.
Be a sport.
Promise there'll be no fouls.
Meet me here tomorrow.
I'll try to arrange a game.
Can you get smaller kids?
Oh, boy!
You didn't know it was there, did you?
No.
[Knocking on door]
Aha! Just in time. Thanks.
Say, you goin' home?
Yes.
I'll wait for you.
Hey, rock, you want to watch out for that dame.
She's a jinx.
She put her last guy 6 foot under.
Anybody ask you?
I didn't say a word.
Who's carryin' your books for you now?
Nobody.
I heard somewhere
about you bein' mixed up with a guy.
Who was that?
There was only one... my husband.
Oh. Took care of him, huh?
Yeah, about four years ago.
What happened?
What usually happens when a boy gets mixed up
with a bunch of would-be tough guys.
He was a swell kid when we first got married,
but he tried to give me a lot more than he could get
driving a cab.
Partly my fault. I didn't stop him.
Well, he got in deeper and deeper.
Finally, one night,
he tried to shoot it out with the cops.
That's what always happens, isn't it?
Maybe, yeah, with guys who don't know their business.
I think i got somethin' in my eye.
Can you see anything?
No.
Got a handkerchief?
Yeah, sure.
Nah. Nah. It's all right.
What's the difference? I've seen everything.
You know, you were right the other day.
This neighborhood don't change much.
Know that?
There's too much traffic.
We gotta wait for a better opening.
Trail him slow. We'll get him.
Well, here we are.
And here we go.
Look, honey, make out this is where you live.
Say good night to me, and go on inside.
What's the matter?
Stop askin' questions. Go on in.
Yeah, sure. Good night, Rocky,
and thanks for bringing me home.
Rocky, please be careful.
[Horns honking]
He just went in the drugstore.
Can i help you, sir?
I don't think so. Uh, cherry coke.
You go in and keep the place cleared out.
I don't like the setup.
We gotta figure out somethin'.
The guy's heel is in too good a spot.
We go in the front,
he Swings around and starts poppin'.
It's no good.
Good evening.
We get him in the phone booth
where he can't move.
Hop in the delicatessen.
Ring the drugstore and ask for Sullivan.
Leave the receiver off the hook.
If he falls for it, we're set.
Ok.
Got a phone?
How about my prescription?
When'd you leave it?
Yesterday. My brother brought it.
What is the name?
Peterson.
Excuse me. I'll see.
[Telephone ringing]
Hello. Nadler drugstore.
Who?
Just a minute.
You Rocky Sullivan?
Yeah.
You're wanted on the telephone.
Hello. Rocky Sullivan speakin'.
Hold the line.
He fell for it.
Ed, hop in the car and keep close.
Let's go.
Get in that back room.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes closed.
Get it? Come on. Get goin'.
Just a minute.
Give me that canister.
Now, back up.
Come on. Faster.
Now, get in there, and get in deep.
Answer that phone.
[Woman screams]
[Woman screaming]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Siren]
Right over there, officer!
What do you know about this?
I never saw him before.
He came in, asked for a prescription.
Said he left it the day before.
I couldn't remember.
He said his name was Peterson.
Clean it out! Clear out!
Get out of here. Come on. Hurry it up.
Can you see him?
There must be 100 holes in him.
Who do you think done it, Soapy?
[Imitating Machine gun]
Clear out of here!
Who do you think you're pushin'?
Hello. Frazier? This is bugs.
Everything's fixed. We got him.
That's good.
All right, drop out of sight
for a couple of days.
Rocky.
Yeah. Rocky. I ain't dead yet.
Gimme those keys. Get goin'.
Open it up.
I didn't have anything to do with it, Rocky.
I swear to you i didn't.
I ought to give it to you right in the head,
but you owe me a hundred grand.
I got to get that first.
I've only got about 2,000 here.
I can get you the rest later.
Shut up and get it open.
Get away from there.
Savin' these, too, huh?
You're a smart lawyer, Frazier.
A little too smart for your own good.
Two grand.
Yeah, that's all there is.
There's some securities there and some bonds.
Get out of here. Get over there, sit down.
There.
"Fourth street national, 280,000.
"Farmers and merchants, 160,000.
Industrial trust, 65,000."
You done very all right, Frazier.
I'm mighty proud of you.
Why shouldn't i be?
We're partners, ain't we?
Of course, Rocky. Of course.
Just like we said three years ago.
Now, let's see...
that's nothing.
Sit down and relax.
Ah, we're collectin' autographs, huh?
Some pretty important...
some very important people.
Some officials here might be interesting
to know more about.
You know just about everybody in town.
You made 'em sign, too.
That's the way you held the club over 'em, huh?
I'm gonna take this and study up.
One partner should know what the other is doin'.
What's Keefer's number?
Circle 0500.
His private number.
That's it.
Dial it.
Now, look. You're gonna get on there
and tell Keefer l知 comin' up there in the mornin'.
He's to give me that 100 grand.
And no wrong cracks,
or l値l cut you off short.
Hello, Mac. This is Rocky.
Yeah. Surprise, surprise.
No, i ain't down the morgue.
That's one of your own boys.
Frazier's here. He wants to talk.
Hello. Mac?
Rocky will be up the el Toro in the morning.
About 11:00.
That'll give him time to get to the bank.
11:00. that'll give you time to get to the bank.
I want you to take $100,000 out of my personal account
and give it to him.
What's up? Is he holding you?
Tell him yes.
Yes. You've got to do it, Mac.
You understand? You've got to do it.
Ok. I'll give it to him.
And tell him no slip-ups.
And no slip-ups. It's very important to me.
Ok, ok. I said l壇 give it to him.
Mac, i get you out of bed?
Oh, l知 so sorry.
I think he's sore.
Morning, gentlemen. Nice day for a murder.
Where's Frazier?
Where's that 100 grand?
Think we're gonna pay off, huh?
Certainly. If i don't get that dough in three minutes,
Frazier will be splashed all over my hideout.
You don't expect to get away with this.
Why not?
I guess we can make you talk.
Uh-huh.
All right.
Suppose you don't make me talk.
I give you a wrong number. Maybe another wrong number.
Meanwhile, Frazier's watchin' the clock,
and waitin' for the phone to ring.
How much you like Frazier?
Give him the dough.
Well, look...
give him the dough.
Look. Suppose you don't produce Frazier.
What do i want with him?
All right. 100 grand.
Now give me a phone and an outside line.
[Telephone ringing]
Hello. Poleano vegetable market.
Hello. Yeah, this is Rocky.
Hey, look, when i walk past your window,
call that number i gave you.
But don't call
if you see me smokin' a cigarette.
That means l知 bein' followed.
Hello. Hello. What you talk-a?
You crazy?
Yeah. Yeah, i got it.
Yeah. Bye.
See, when i walk past that window,
Frazier will be sprung... unless l知 followed.
Ok. Beat it, and let him go.
[Door slams]
We'll get him as soon as we see Frazier.
I got a better idea.
Get me the Tyson street police station.
Hello. This is Mac Keefer.
Let me talk to Buckley.
Hello, buck? Mac.
Yeah.
Say, listen, l知 gonna do something for you.
I'm gonna give you a hot tip.
Last night, Rocky Sullivan snatched Frazier.
I just paid off 100 grand to him.
What are you doin', kiddin' me?
Yeah. Yeah, i get you. Thanks for the tip.
Ok!
What you doin'? I don't get you.
Yeah. What's the idea
of bringing the cops in on it?
Because l知 not a mug. I'm smart, see?
Sure, you'd like rough stuff.
Why? When you can do it nice and legal?
No trouble, no fuss.
The top boys will like it.
Why don't you guys use your brains like i do?
[Horn honks]
Soapy, my room, quick.
Where's Rocky Sullivan's room?
Woman: Upstairs.
Get out of here without the stairs.
Drop it where it'll be safe.
And don't open it.
Ok, Rocky.
This is it.
[Kicking door]
Come on, Sullivan. Open up.
Come in. It's open.
[Kicking door]
How are you, Rocky?
Hello. Why all the artillery?
Readin' your life story.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
You forgot the garbage can.
What'd you do with it?
You tell me what you're looking for,
maybe i can help you.
The dough.
What dough?
Get your coat on.
Speed it up, Rocky. You're not so funny.
[Chuckles] It's killin' me.
Uh-huh.
[Boys yelling excitedly]
Quiet! Quiet!
What'd the cops jug him for?
He didn't have time to tell me nothin'.
He just gives me this and he tells me to hide it.
What do you think's in it?
How should i know?
Let's open it and see.
You want to lose your hand?
Hey, what's the idea?
Rocky said not to open it. See?
All right, all right, i was just askin'.
How'd you get away with it?
Them cops passed me right on the stairs.
They don't know nothin'.
And me with this in me shirt.
You're all wrong, boys. There was no snatch.
Me and Frazier was away on a business trip.
Spill. We've got the dope anyway.
Let me call my lawyer.
Oh, sure.
Who is your lawyer?
Frazier.
Hello, Jim.
Hello, Mac.
I don't know how you feel. You look terrible.
It wasn't a picnic in the cellar
with the rats and dirt.
That'll teach you to leave the rough stuff to me.
Is it my fault if your apes can't get the right man?
You didn't put anybody after Sullivan, did you?
No. You did that once too often.
I'm lettin' the coppers take care of him.
You what?!
I tipped them off that he snatched you.
I just got word from Buckley he picked him up.
That's just what you shouldn't have done.
But it's already done.
You don't understand.
Sullivan picked me up at my home.
He's got everything that was in my safe...
account books, receipts, names, addresses,
bank books, everything.
If he's prosecuted for this kidnapping, he'll talk.
He's got evidence to back it up.
He'll tear this whole town wide open.
We gotta pull him out of there.
If anybody pulled a boner, you did.
Hello. Get me Buckley.
Let me talk to him.
Hello. Hello?
Buckley? This is Mac.
Say, listen, you'll have to spring Sullivan.
Yes, i just learned it's all been a little mistake.
A little mistake? What do you mean?
A mistake in the pig's eye!
You can't pull a thing like this on me.
See you soon, Rocky.
Not if i can help it. Drive west.
Extry! Extry! Read all about it!
Lawyer kidnapped!
Extry! Extry! Lawyer kidnapped!
Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Extry! Extry! Two-gun Rocky held!
Extry! Extry!
"Two-gun Rocky Sullivan, well-known gangster and bad man,
"perpetrated the snatch and received the money.
"Rocky Sullivan evidently returned
"directly to his boyhood haunts following his release
"and had been in the district only a few days
"before he kidnapped James Frazier,
the prominent attorney and playboy."
Ransom asked was 100,000s Mackers.
You don't find that in poor boxes.
Leave it to Rocky.
Hey, l値l bet that dough's in the envelope.
Maybe it is. So what?
So the kid has an idea,
and if Rocky does go up, it all belongs to us.
That envelope goes to Rocky, see?
Even if it got to wait 20 years.
You won't have to wait that long.
Rocky!
Hiya, Rocky.
Glad to see you. We was just talkin' about you.
Hey, what happened? Did you break out?
No. I walked out.
It said in the papers that...
don't believe what you read in the papers.
First you're in, and then you're out.
They certainly can't hold you.
Come on, where's that envelope?
I got it. I got it.
All right, let's have it.
Wait a minute, Rocky. I'll get it for you.
Here you are, Rocky.
Just like you give it to me.
That's the 100 grand the paper said you got.
Askin' questions again, huh?
Listen, some of these days,
you're gonna stick your nose,
and you're gonna get somethin' in it.
I only thought it was...
shut up!
Now, look, you don't know
anything about this, see?
No. No. I don't know nothin'.
But you do know what guys get who talk.
Yeah.
Huh?
Yeah, yeah.
Now, look, that goes for the rest of you.
You understand?
Certainly.
Sure!
All right. Now we're pals.
Put her there, Rocky.
All right, Soapy. Here you are.
[Whistle]
Cut that up any way you like.
It's ok. I just saw it made.
Thanks, Rocky.
You don't have to worry
about the guys talkin', either.
We once had a squealer in the gang,
but now he ain't got no teeth.
I'll see you in a couple days.
So long, Rocky!
Bye, rock! Have a good time!
Come on, guys!
Yeah!
You want to see what it's like?
Yeah! Here's your cut.
Come on. Give me some of that.
50 bucks! Wow!
And the same for the rest of youse, too.
Oh, boy. 50 simoleons.
My old man never made that much dough
in his whole life
workin' for the department of sanitation.
How much you got there, Soapy?
About 100.
100? How come?
That's twice as much as i got.
You want to make somethin' out of it?
He deserves it. He hid all the stuff.
You pull in your ears.
Say, what are we gonna do with it?
This is burnin' a hole right through my hands.
I'm gonna get me a pair
of chromium-plated brass knuckles.
Come on! Let's go!
[Excited chatter]
[Knock on door]
Can i come in, Rocky?
Yeah. Wait a minute, Jerry.
Just a second. I want to dry me hands.
Hello, Jerry.
Hello, Rocky.
Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?
What do you say?
You gave me a terrific scare.
Huh?
Before i finished reading about you being arrested,
there were headlines saying you were out.
There was nothin' to it.
You know how it is with a guy with a record.
Haul him in because they have nothing else to do.
What are you worrying about?
Plenty.
What's up?
Soapy and the boys had a return game
at the gym today,
and they haven't shown up.
Thought you might know where they were.
How would i know? What am i, a nursemaid?
No, Rocky. I didn't mean that.
Thought they might be up here
celebrating your release.
With them, it's kind of a hero worship.
You can't blame 'em for that, can you?
Rocky, why don't you tell me what it's all about?
Look, Jerry, l致e been answerin'
a lot of questions all mornin', see?
A lot of 'em.
Frazier and me were just away
on a little business trip, that's all.
Some dope wanted to start some trouble
and happened upon the cops at the same time.
Spread a false alarm, that's all.
I'm glad it wasn't any more than that.
[Knock on door]
Hello, Laury! Whaddya say?
This looks like it's gonna be a big day.
I have to admit, i was pretty worried.
That sounds very nice to hear.
Well, father,
i finally located our precious angels.
You did? Where?
Over in Murphy痴 poolroom.
What?
Yeah, Soapy and the gang.
They're passing out beer to the neighborhood kids.
Throwing dollar bills around like confetti.
Wonder where they got the money.
You might ask them.
Well, l知 gonna be going, Rocky.
So soon?
Coming, Laury?
No, father.
I want to stay and talk to Rocky for a while.
When will i see you, Rocky?
I'll catch up with you.
Ok. Bye.
Well, Rocky, i guess...
now, wait a minute.
You're the kind of gal that's smart enough
to mind her own business.
Am i right or wrong?
Don't worry. I know all the rules.
Get your 10 here! All bets covered!
Where'd you get the dough, Pasty?
We wrote to Santa Claus, see.
Then when we woke up this morning,
there it was in our socks.
All bets covered. Come on, boys.
[Men arguing]
Give me another one.
What do you mean, another one?
You tryin' to gyp the kid or somethin'?
He owes me five bucks.
Shut up!
Dirty tables aggravate me.
You're gonna make this shot, you know.
Put your eightball on the corner.
Ok. All right.
Hey, bury that beef, will ya?
Pull in your head and get that off the table!
Got a threeball off the corner.
Nice shot, boy! Eight bucks!
My mother has to work almost all week
to make this much.
Give, give, give!
All right. All right.
All gamblers die broke.
Hey, Soapy, you promised us
another round of beers if you won.
Ok, go on. Bring up another case.
What's the difference? Those chumps are payin' for it.
What is this, a raid?
No. Maybe they're gonna make
a Sunday school out of it.
Come on.
I'll take two. Give me two.
Aren't you boys goin' over to the gym
and start that game?
Sure, father.
We just wanted to see
what was going on in here.
Come on, Joe. Come on, kids.
Let's go to the gym.
Givin' a party, Soapy?
Everybody invited?
Yeah.
Why don't you give it over at the gym?
'Cause l知 havin' it here.
What about that return game you asked for?
Hey, small change,
double that bet on that shot, ok?
Ok. It's your murder.
Where'd you get this money you've been spendin'?
Hasn't anything l致e told you
for the last three years meant anything to you?
What makes you think hanging around hoodlums,
spending this kind of money with a lot of hoodlums
is gonna get you anyplace but jail?
Come on, fellas, what do you say?
Why not go with me,
and we'll figure this whole thing out?
Come on, let's go over to the gym.
How about it, Swing?
I don't know, father.
I got a sore leg.
What do you say, Bim?
Ah, father, there ain't no future
in playin' basketball.
Well, how about you fellas?
Can't a guy even have any fun?
It's a waste of time.
Look, father...
we don't fall for
that pie-in-the-sky stuff no more, see?
Ha ha!
What' s the matter?
Can't you get 'em to go to heaven with ya?
You got the wrong slant, honey.
You got a bad break a long time ago,
and you're still figurin'
that's the only way things can go.
You've been readin' stuff about "crime don't pay."
Don't be a sucker. That's for yaps
and small-timers on shoestrings.
You belong in the big-shot class.
Both of us do.
I wonder.
Got any glad rags... something fancy,
an evening gown?
A very old one.
Get it on. We'll do some celebratin'.
What will we be celebrating, Rocky?
All this! You don't get
on the front pages every day.
You don't get away from the cops every day, Rocky.
You do if you're smart. Come here.
You see those white lights up there?
Huh? That's where you belong,
and that's where you're goin'.
Come on, l値l show you
who this town's made for.
I hope that old gown of mine hangs together.
[Music playing]
Wants an eight.
10,000.
You gotta bet!
36 red! Place your bets.
Give the lady a stack of black chips.
For whom? For me.
Rocky Sullivan.
Oh, yes. Sure, of course.
There you are, baby. Try your luck.
I got some business to attend to.
I'll be back in a little while.
But, Rocky, l知 not lucky.
Don't be afraid.
Let your hair down. Have fun. Go ahead.
How much are these?
$50 each.
Change them to dollar chips.
But Mr. Sullivan wants black.
I don't like black.
Oh, you don't like black.
Seeing as how Jim owed you the dough
and it being a misunderstanding,
we decided to call it square
with no hard feelings,
especially now you're in the know.
You boys really want to talk business?
Ok, let's talk.
Look here, Rocky, what about those accounts
you took from my safe?
I figured it was good insurance,
in case you boys change your minds.
What do you want, Rocky?
Nothin' from you, Mac,
just my original agreement with Frazier...
50% of his share of everything.
That sounds fair enough, Jim.
All right. It's a deal.
I'm gonna take very good care of those accounts.
I wouldn't do anything l壇 be sorry for
because l知 gonna pay very special attention
to those books. You understand?
If it's a deal between you guys,
it's just like it was on paper.
I always do everything legal.
Oh, yeah, i know that.
Now, partners, l値l have my accountant go over the books
to make sure you boys ain't cheating.
Fair enough? Yeah.
Ok.
How long do you think
l値l let that guy sit in my chair?
As long as he hangs onto that information.
You like this place?
Sure. Why wouldn't i?
Just got a piece of it.
Rocky. Yeah?
Maybe you are smart enough.
Baby, how'd you like
to give up that two- for-a-nickel job
and move in here?
Doin' what?
Just sittin' around, lookin' pretty,
dance a little, play a little.
Kind of a hostess.
Give you $100 a week and expenses.
It'll be very nice to have
at least one friend in this place.
[Knocking on door]
Come in.
Yes, Mrs. McGee, what is it?
I've had your lunch waitin' since noon.
Then this package came by messenger.
I thought maybe it was important,
so i brought it up.
All right. Thank you.
Is there anything wrong, father?
No, no, nothing. Oh, i won't have any lunch.
If l壇 known that this morning,
i could have saved some money.
You wait. I'll tell him you're here.
Uh, make yourself at home.
Thanks.
Hi, Jerry. Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?
What are you doin', tryin' your luck?
Yes, l壇 like to,
but i haven't got any money.
Except this. And it's not mine.
Where did you get ahold of that?
Where did you?
Huh?
Here, Rocky. Thanks, but i can't accept it.
You silly or somethin'?
That ain't mine.
I know it isn't. That's why i can't take it.
What is this?
You flash this wad on me,
then try to tell me the dough is mine.
You've got a great poker face, Rocky,
but don't forget l致e known that face a long time.
I know you forced Frazier to get you $100,000.
Everybody knows it.
What's the difference
where the dough came from?
Frazier owed it to me. It was mine.
Better you get a chunk of it than him.
Suppose the dough is hot?
Nobody knows that but you and me.
That's just it.
Oh, come on. Don't be such an angel.
You want to get that center built?
Go ahead! Get it started!
I don't want to build on rotten foundations.
Ah, don't be a sucker!
All right, Rocky. Supposing i take the money,
i kid myself that it's a means to an end.
Well, it isn't. It never will be.
Inside the center, my boys will be clean,
and outside, they'd be surrounded
by the same rotten corruption and crime and criminals.
Yes, yourself included.
Criminals on all sides
for my boys to look up to and revere
and respect, admire and imitate.
What earthly good is it for me to teach them
honesty is the best policy
when all around, they see dishonesty is a better policy?
The hoodlum and gangster
is looked up to with the same respect
as the successful businessman or popular hero...
you, the Fraziers, the Keefers,
and all the rest of those rotten politicians
you've got in the palm of your hand.
Yes, and you've got my boys, too.
Whatever i teach them, you show me up.
You show them the easiest way,
the quickest way is with a racket or a gun.
Well, it's so, ain't it?
[Drops cards]
Yes, it's so... god help us.
You see, Rocky...
i thought i could solve my problems...
problems with my boys...
which, after all, they are...
from the bottom up. But i can't.
I've gotta start from the top down.
Yeah? How?
I'll tell you how.
I'm gonna use your case
of kidnapping Frazier
as a crowbar to uncover this cesspool.
I'm gonna force the law, corrupt or not,
to indict, prosecute and bring to the light of day
this entire filthy affair.
There's gonna be
a lot of people stepped on, Rocky,
and if you happen to get in the way,
l値l be sorry, but you'll be stepped on
just as hard.
All right, Jerry, go to it.
But you've got as much chance of gettin' an indictment
as i have of gettin' into bible society.
You'll find nobody cares about the whole thing.
You'll find 'em laughing, end up with blind alleys.
But go ahead, kid.
If l知 in your way,
keep on steppin' just as hard.
For being honest
and for old times' sake,
there's one favor l知 gonna have to ask you.
Maybe i won't be able to return it.
Well, go ahead. Anything you say.
Soapy and those kids...
give 'em a break, will ya?
Don't offer 'em any more money.
Don't encourage them to... admire you.
All right.
I'll do that.
Sure, you will.
Father Connelly, l壇 like to help you,
but we can't get away with it.
The organization is too powerful to fight.
You know what you're asking of me.
Yes, Mr. White.
The other papers have gone to great lengths
to explain the risks to me.
You'll go into the fight personally,
devote your full time to it?
Believe me, nothing would please me more.
Very well, father Connelly, l知 with you.
The press will back you to the limit.
Thank you, and i appreciate it.
Get me the inside on Frazier and Keefer's bank accounts.
I don't care where you get the dope.
Pap, get information on Frazier before he got to this town,
if he'd been mixed up with Sullivan.
Jenkins, find out how many of Keefer's men have been sprung
since Frazier moved in.
Why are you hounding Rocky?
Why are you trying to send him to prison for life?
You can't do that to Rocky. I won't let you.
It's not his fault, father.
He was just a kid
who made a mistake
and got sent to reform school.
They made a criminal out of him,
but he's not really bad. You know that.
And whatever they've done to him,
no matter what he is now,
whether he's right or wrong,
we both love him, father.
Yes, Laury, we both love him.
I've loved him
since we were kids 6 years old.
We worked together, fought together...
stole together.
Oh, l知 not blaming Rocky
for what he is today.
But for the grace of god,
there walk i.
I'd do anything for him, Laury,
anything in the world to help him.
I'd give my life if i thought
it'd do any good.
But it wouldn't.
You see, Laury,
there's all those other kids,
hundreds of them,
in the streets, in bad environment,
whom i don't want to see
grow up like Rocky did.
I can't sacrifice them for Rocky.
You see, Laury,
they have lives, too.
I can't throw them away.
I can't.
Connelly: the very fact that countless thousands of you
are listening in tonight
is proof to these cynics that the public does care
and does propose to do something
about the appalling conditions i have tried to describe.
Do not doubt that our efforts have not struck panic
into the cesspool of official and near-official corruption.
Yeah, l知 shaking like a leaf.
This very afternoon, i was approached
with a sugar-coated proposition,
a bribe offered me by this corrupt officialdom...
$100,000 for the building and equipment
of a recreation center in my parish
if i would agree to refrain from further attacks,
if i would sabotage this campaign,
if i would shut my eyes, stop my ears,
and hold my tongue.
But building a playground to shield my boys from crime
is not rooting out the crime itself.
We must rid ourselves of the criminal parasites
that feed on us.
We must wipe out those we have ignorantly elected
and those who manipulate this diseased officialdom
behind locked doors.
Tonight, we have in our power to ask definitely
incriminating questions of these officials
and the power to demand satisfactory answers.
What really is the truth
in the case of the racketeer and gunman Rocky Sullivan?
Why did the police release him so suddenly
with all the evidence they had against him?
Why did the notorious Mac Keefer
pay Sullivan $100,000 in cash,
and what political sword does he hold
over the trembling hands of district attorneys,
judges, and police officials?
But tomorrow, the new grand jury will meet,
and these questions must be answered.
Therefore, i ask all of you listening in...
you thought you could buy him off?
I told you you were wastin' your time.
We ain't wastin' any more time.
That was that guy's last chance.
We're gonna take care of him tonight.
Ah, you're talkin' through your hat.
You can't bump off a priest. Forget it.
I'll forget it tomorrow morning
when he's floating down the river.
Get this straight, Sullivan.
Even if he is an old pal of yours,
l知 still runnin' the works.
I'm not taking orders from you
all of a sudden.
He's not gonna appear
at no grand jury tomorrow shooting off his mouth.
I say he gets it tonight.
Not if l知 around.
Wait a minute, gentlemen.
There's no sense in running
too far ahead of ourselves.
Don't forget,
there are all kinds of grand juries,
and there's all kinds of ways
of handling them.
That's what you got me for.
If you can do a thing legally...
sure. I don't care how we stop that guy,
i only want him stopped.
Then leave it to me.
You know, this is no penny ante reform wave
this priest is starting.
This is a tidal wave,
and unless we stop it quick,
we're gonna find ourselves in the pen.
Look, Frazier, nobody knows better than me
that we're in a spot. I know that.
And, Mac, you can settle it any way you like.
But lay off the rough stuff, see? That's out.
I'll see you later.
Frazier: Don't worry, Mac.
I've got an idea how we can stymie that grand jury.
That preacher won't get to first base.
I hope you were stalling. I meant what i said.
Sure. Connelly's, first of all, Rocky's pal.
Second, he's a priest.
So what?
Where would Rocky keep those accounts?
With that priest,
with instructions to make 'em public
if anything happens to Rocky.
That ain't news to me.
That's why he can be a wise guy.
If we're gonna get that preacher tonight,
why not get those accounts, too?
Yeah.
Only this time, no drugstore mistakes.
I'm taking care of this job myself.
Get Blackie up here right away.
I don't care how you handle Sullivan,
but it's got to look like an accident
with that priest.
Leave that to me.
Rocky!
Don't! Don't! I'll do anything.
No, you won't. You've had your last chance.
Take this with you... i never let go of those papers.
All you had to do was bump me off.
[Women screaming]
Come on, stand back. We'll shoot it off.
[Police whistle blowing]
Gunfight at the el Toro.
Is father Connelly still there? I must talk to him.
[Sirens]
Well?
Rocky Sullivan, captain.
He got Frazier and Keefer.
They've chased him up on the roof.
McMahon, throw a cordon around the block.
Come on, men, with me.
Here's the microphone, captain.
O'Flannigan, hook up those searchlights
and play them on the building.
Galavan, cover the warehouse skylights.
[Coughing]
There he is!
Sullivan, are you coming out,
or must we smoke you out?
All right, give him the tear gas.
Please.
Captain... l知 father Connelly, an old friend of Rocky's.
He'll come out for me. He'll listen to me.
This is a job for the police, father.
He'll need a priest later.
You want to kill him, or do you want him alive?
What do you mean by that?
He'll listen to me.
Won't you let me talk to him?
Go ahead. Thank you.
Rocky, this is Jerry. Please come out.
Tell him we'll get him anyway,
even if we blow up the whole block.
Rocky, you've got to come out!
I'm coming up.
Officers, hold your fire.
Rocky?
Rocky.
What are you doin' up here?
Go on. Get outta here! Beat it!
I'm coming in, Rocky.
You want your skull full of lead?
Get outta here!
I thought you were smarter than to stick your kisser
into a place like this.
I couldn't watch them shoot you down, Rocky.
You're covered from every angle.
Your only chance is to give yourself up.
You're through, Rocky. You're finished.
Yeah, i was until you stepped into it.
Father Connelly, are you all right?
Go on. Get over there
and tell them to call off their dogs.
I'm goin' down with you.
[Coughing]
Sure, you are.
[Coughing]
Call off your men, all of them!
Sullivan's coming out with me!
Hold your fire, men, but stand by.
Let's go.
[Coughing]
Come on, get 'em up, Jerry.
Sorry it has to be you, kid,
but get goin'.
Get away from there, or l値l let him have it!
Turn back around.
Come on.
Get 'em up high. High!
Get back, all of you,
or l値l give it to him right in the head!
Back!
Duck, Jerry!
[Gunfire]
Got him in the leg.
Empty.
Heh heh. So is your thick skull, copper.
Extra! Identified killer!
Papers! Get your papers! Extra!
Extra! Get your papers!
Identified killer!
Gee, that's tough.
Boy, l壇 like to get my hands
on those squealers.
"Special prosecutor for trial of Rocky today.
State builds strong case."
That dope of a governor's so scared of Rocky,
he's appointin' a special shyster.
"Rocky guilty; to die!"
Gee, you think they'll burn him
in the chair?
Nah. They can't build no death house
that'll hold Rocky.
You mean he'll blow it and make a getaway?
Just wait, that's all. Just wait.
He'll show those mugs how to die in a big way.
Sure, he will. They'll never make him crack.
There's nothin' yellow about Rocky.
Remember what he said at the trial?
Said he'd spit in their eye.
He'll do it, too. He'll laugh at 'em.
Sure, he'll show those phonies up.
Guard: Sullivan.
Rocky.
Father Connelly has received permission
to be with you.
He just arrived.
You'll see him, won't you?
Yeah, sure, send him in, but tell him
none of that incense and holy water stuff,
will ya?
Whatever you say, Rocky.
Did you enjoy your dinner, Mr. Sullivan?
Yeah, it was pretty good,
only the meat was kinda burnt,
and i don't like burnt meat. Do you?
Listen, big shot, you got only 10 minutes to go,
so don't try stalling around
with that priest pal of yours.
[Spits]
10 minutes till that hot seat.
I'm gonna tell the electrician
to give it to you slow and easy, wise guy.
Somebody get this screw out of here!
Come on! Take him out of there!
Get him out of there!
[Inmates yelling]
Let him alone, Herbert.
Quiet.
Hey!
Quiet, now! Quiet.
How are you, father?
How much time?
About 10 minutes.
Hiya, Jerry.
Whaddya hear? Whaddya say?
Hello, Rocky. How do you feel?
Like a million.
Uh...
how is Soapy and the kids?
Pulling for you all the way.
As long as there's the slightest hope
from the governor.
They'll be easier to handle with me
out of the way, won't they?
That's up to you, Rocky.
Huh?
We haven't got a lot of time.
I want to ask one last favor.
There's not much i can do, kid.
Yes, there is, Rocky...
perhaps more than you could do
under any other circumstances,
if you have the courage, and i know you have.
You mean walkin' in there?
That's not gonna take much.
I know that, Rocky.
It's like sittin' a barber chair.
They're gonna ask, "anything to say?"
I'll say, "give me a haircut, a shave
and one of those nice new electric massages."
But you're not afraid, Rocky?
No. They'd like me to be.
I can't oblige 'em, kid.
You know, Jerry, i think to be afraid,
you got to have a heart. I don't think i got one.
I had that cut out of me a long time ago.
Suppose i asked you to have the heart,
to be scared?
What do you mean?
Suppose the guards dragged you out
screaming for mercy?
Suppose you went to the chair yellow?
Yellow? Say, what's the matter with you, Jerry?
You just been worryin' about my courage.
I know that.
This is a different kind of courage...
the kind that's...
well, it's born in heaven.
Not the courage of heroics and bravado,
the kind that you and i and god know about.
I still don't know what you mean.
Look, Rocky, before i came up here,
the boys saw me off on the train,
Soapy and several of the others.
You can imagine what they told me.
"Father, tell Rocky to show the world
"what he's made of.
"Tell him not to be afraid,
to go out laughing and..."
what do you want?
I'm not gonna let them down,
if that's what's worryin' you.
I want you to let them down.
You've been a hero to these kids
and hundreds of others all through your life.
Now you're gonna be
a glorified hero in death,
and i want to prevent that, Rocky.
They've got to despise your memory.
They've got to be ashamed of you.
You're askin' me to pull an act, turn yellow,
so those kids will think l知 no good?
You're askin' me to throw away
the only thing i got left,
the only thing they haven't been able to take away from me,
to give those newspaper sob sisters
a chance to say, "another rat turned yellow."
You and i will know you're not.
You're askin' me to crawl on my belly
the last thing i do in life.
I know what l知 asking,
and l知 asking
because being kids together
gave me the idea that you might like
to join hands with me
and save some other boys from ending up here.
You're asking too much. You want to help those kids,
figure out some other way!
It's impossible to do it
without your help, Rocky.
I can't reach all of those boys,
hero-worshiping kids all over the country.
Don't give me that humanity stuff.
I had enough in the courtroom.
Told everything i knew. Named names,
gave the lowdown on the whole dirty mess.
What more do you want?
What l致e always wanted, Rocky...
straighten yourself out with god.
Outside of that,
i can't ask for anything else.
Well, don't!
It's time, Rocky. Are you ready?
Yeah.
You figure on goin' in with me?
I'd like to, Rocky, that is, if...
you can if you wish. Do you mind, father?
Certainly not.
That's better.
Be kind of lonesome goin' down that last mile.
Oh, uh, promise me somethin'.
Promise me you won't let me hear you pray.
I promise you won't hear me.
Get away from me, screw,
or l値l bust your face in.
It'll be the last face you see, big shot,
and it'll be laughing at you.
Don't get near me now.
I'll spit in your eye again.
Herbert, stand back.
Thompson, take care of him.
Lay off. I don't need anybody.
Come on.
Inmate: That-a-boy, Rocky.
Pick your own company.
So long, Rocky. We won't be long.
So long, Rocky.
Rocky, please.
No.
So long, kid.
Good-bye, Rocky.
May god have mercy on you.
Oh, i don't want to die! Oh, please!
[Sobbing] I don't want to die!
Oh, please! Please!
Ah, don't make me burn in hell!
[Gasp]
Oh, please, let go of me!
Please, don't kill me!
Oh, don't kill me, please!
[Sobbing]
Man: Ok, hold him down there!
[Sobbing] no!
Please, don't kill me!
Ohh...
the yellow rat was gonna spit in my eye.
"At the fatal stroke of 11 p.m.,
"Rocky was led
"through the little green door of death.
"No sooner had he entered the death chamber
"than he tore himself from the guards' grasp,
"flung himself on the floor
"screaming for mercy.
"And as they dragged him to the electric chair,
"he crawled around on the concrete floor
"with agonized shrieks.
In contrast to his former heroics..."
"Rocky Sullivan died a coward."
I don't believe it.
I don't believe one rotten word of it.
I don't believe it, either.
If anybody says it's true, l値l...
he couldn't die that way, not Rocky!
He couldn't!
It's all lies! Lies, i tell ya!
Hey, fellas.
Here's father Connelly.
Let's ask him. He oughta know.
He'll tell us everything.
You were there, father.
You saw everything.
What happened?
Did Rocky die like they said,
like a yellow rat?
It's true, boys. Every word of it.
He died like they said.
All right, fellas.
Let's go and...
say a prayer for a boy
who couldn't run as fast as i could.
[Boys choir singing in Latin]
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Corrected by: SkyFury