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Synopsis: The true story of Danny Greene, an impoverished but charismatic young Irish-American who rises to power as president of the longshoreman's local union and is charged with corruption but evades serious jail time by becoming an FBI informant. With fearless nerve he joins forces with a Mafia gangster to rise to power in Cleveland's underworld, gaining the reputation of a Robin Hood-like figure with nine lives as he escapes countless assassination attempts.
Director(s): Jonathan Hensleigh
Production: Anchor Bay
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
R
Year:
2011
106 min
$1,187,711
Website
1,289 Views


Stood in a circle.

Come on, Joe, let's dance.

(DANNY EXHALES)

Joe Buka!

Joe's not here.

I'll give you three seconds...

To do what?

Huh?

To do what?

Go ahead, yank it.

Get out.

(PANTING)

MAN:
To the new president!

(ALL CHEERING)

This place is a dump.

Clean up the freight yard.

And replace those signs.

I'm sick to death of looking at them.

- Repaint these goddamn stairs.

- What colour do you want?

Green.

Styner, Barley. Holt, Richard.

Harlet, Roger.

Pitsford, Harold.

Stockbarge. Manscoter, Harold.

Mr MacLeish. Danny Greene.

I know who you are.

You're the tool that sent me this.

Four thousand to unload each vessel?

Are you out of your f***ing mind?

The price is 2,000.

We have a contract

and you're going to honour it.

Or I'm gonna lock out your union.

Is that clear, you f***ing potato eater?

Potato eater.

Seeing as how the potato

was the only source of nutrition

in Ireland for 300 years

and half the population,

including my ancestors,

died in the great famine,

I'd say that term is insensitive.

Speaking of culinary tastes,

Mr MacLeish, you're Scottish, aren't you?

Let's talk about haggis.

Haggis is seasoned lard

stuffed into a sheep's colon.

So I may be a potato-eater, Mr MacLeish,

but I don't eat fat out of a sheep's a**hole.

(SCOFFS)

What do you think of the new carpet?

JOE:
After all these years I had lost track

of Danny Greene.

You can imagine my surprise

when I heard a guy by the same name

had been elected president

of the Longshoreman's Union.

This is John Scalish.

And I wondered if it was the same guy

from my neighbourhood.

Yeah, same guy.

It was only a matter of time before he

started hanging out at that Theatrical Grill.

Every city's got a Theatrical.

The one place where crooks and cops

sit side-by-side.

Mr Greene wants you to know he appreciates

the fine job Cleveland P.D. Are doing.

He wants to pick up your tab.

Tell Mr Greene that Cleveland P.D.

Will pick up its own tab

to avoid any look of impropriety.

But thank you.

BARTENDER:
He said no.

Something about impropriety.

Now you are a beauty.

(BABY CRYING)

(LAUGHING)

But I told you.

Come here.

He's not bothering you, is he, huh?

(CLICKS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Thank you, Artie.

Detective Manditski?

Steve Marshack with the newspaper.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Yeah, I know who you are, Mr Marshack.

I read your column. What can I do for you?

Somebody told me you played hoops

against Danny Greene in high school.

Is that true?

Was he really the best player at Metro East?

Second best.

So you're gonna do a story on Danny?

Went from rags to riches, from orphan

to union president? Something like that?

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Jonathan Hensleigh

Jonathan Blair Hensleigh (born February 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action-adventure genre, best known for writing films such as Jumanji, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and Armageddon, as well as making his own directorial debut with the 2004 comic book action film The Punisher. more…

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