Force of Evil Page #3

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Tucker?

Come in.

I've got the tickets

for the winners, Mr. Morse.

And what does

this corporation

Expect from me,

brother Joe?

In return

for the organization-

I have no secrets

from Doris.

If you want to talk,

talk. If not, go.

In return for the organization

and service,

In return for taking you

into the combination,

The corporation gets 2/3

of the profits and you get 1/3-

2/3 for Tucker, brother Joe,

and 1/3 for me,

For my own business?

Do you know

what that is, Joe?

Blackmail! That's

what it is! Blackmail!

My own brother

blackmailing me!

You're crazy!

You're absolutely crazy mad!

You're not listening to me!

I don't want it!

You know why

you don't want it?

I'll tell you why,

because you're a small man.

Because if it's a small thing,

you're a tiger.

But if it's a big thing,

You shout and yell

and call me names.

"Oh, no, a million dollars

for Leo?

"Oh, no, must be

the wrong address.

It must be

somebody next door."

The answer is no!

You understand

your "no" won't stop

The merging of these banks,

yours included!

Leo, Leo, this

is your chance,

The one

I got for you.

You take your chance, Joe,

and get out of here.

I'm an honest man here,

Not a gangster with that

gangster Tucker!

Are you telling me,

a corporation lawyer,

That you're running

a legitimate business here?

What do you call this?

Payoffs for gambling.

An illegal lottery. Policy.

Violation 974

of the penal code.

Policy-The numbers racket.

I do my business honest

and respectable!

Honest? Respectable?

Don't you take the nickels,

and dimes and pennies

From people who bet,

Just like

every other crook,

Big or little,

in this racket?

They call

this racket "policy"

Because people bet

their nickels on numbers

Instead of paying their

weekly insurance premium.

That's why-Policy.

That's what it is,

and that's what it's called.

And Tucker wants

to make millions,

You want to make thousands,

And you,

you do it for $35 a week,

But it's all the same,

all policy!

This is

my secretary,

My stenographer,

My friend

Doris Lowry.

She's been with me

a long time.

She's like

a daughter to me.

And you...

I wanted to be

the lawyer,

And I could have

been the lawyer

If I threw you

out of the house

When our

parents died,

But, no, I worked

for you like a fool.

For you!

And I gave you

everything!

Why do you talk this way

to me in front of strangers?

She's no stranger to me!

You're the stranger!

And Ill tell

the whole world

Because

you're my brother.

And I owe it

to the whole world,

Because you're my brother,

what you are-

A crook and a cheat

and a gangster.

Leo, be calm.

Tucker

will make you honest

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