Billy Bathgate Page #2

- You still got it?

- Yeah.

Well, go get it.

Does it work?

Sure... I think it does.

You gotta clean it up first.

- Is there bullets in it?

- No.

See how the serial number's

been filed off there?

That's the sign

that it's a mob gun.

I'll give you three dollars.

You have three dollars?

Where did this come from?

Dutch Schultz.

Now give me my change.

You lyin' son of a b*tch.

Ma, I'm gonna go out now.

I'll be back in a little while.

The government's after him,

cops are after him,

everybody's after him.

And there he is, like he

ain't got a care in the world.

So he noticed you.

So what? So what?

You think a guy like me's

got a lot of choices?

You notice John d. Rockefeller

offering me a job?

Or the Yankees asking

me to play shortstop?

No. This is it.

Becky, listen to me.

You don't understand about

a guy like Dutch Schultz.

He grew up around here.

He was a nobody... just like me.

But he had brains

and he had guts.

And look at him now. I bet he's

the richest man in New York.

I mean, he's got

the racetracks.

He's got the nightclubs.

He controls the

whole liquor business.

He's gotten into

the numbers racket.

I mean, Dutch Schultz is the

number one... and he noticed me.

I'm tellin' you, Becky, I know

whatever happens to me

in my life... it's

gonna have something

to do with Mr. Schultz.

So what're you gonna

do? I'm gonna find him.

How're you gonna find him?

Don't worry, I'll find him.

Hey, Harry, how ya doin'?

Great.

Right on schedule.

What's this? What's goin' on?

Is this some kind of joke?

Lulu.

All you have to do is what

you're supposed to do!

All you have to do

is make the deal!

United States of America

wants me to pay taxes.

I'll pay the f***ing taxes!

It's not as simple as that.

Stop with the papers

and listen to me a minute.

Look around you. What do

you see in this place?

I got 20 desks here, right?

How many men do you see?

I got 10 men, right?

Those empty desks

mean anything to you?

Don't you understand

every week this goes on...

I lose money, I lose men to

those dago scumbags downtown.

You don't hold all the cards

in this situation.

What do you mean?

I'm paying you an arm and a leg.

I'm paying off half the judges

and the cops in this town.

What do you mean,

I don't hold the cards?

These are my favorite.

This is the government.

Al Capone is serving 41 years

for tax evasion.

We're gonna beat it, but it's

gonna take money and time.

You understand what I'm saying?

- Who are you?

- A kid with luck.

Yeah?

Well, we could use some.

We haven't heard from George.

Joey's flaked with me.

Irving, I want to talk to you.

You forgot the coffee.

- That's it for today.

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