Mobsters Page #7

CHARLIE:

When we get outta here, I'm gonna

steal somethin' nice for your mom.

MEYER:

Why wait? Ain't ya still got it hard

for that Moliari fella?

CHARLIE:

Sure. But John Law's got it hard for

us.

MEYER:

There's a lotta other folks they

ain't looking for.

Puzzled by the drift of the conversation, Bugsy objects.

SIEGEL:

What the hell you talkin' about?

Ignoring Bugsy, Meyer smiles sweetly at Charlie.

MEYER:

Guess I owe ya one, Charlie.

SIEGEL:

Would somebody here please speak

f***in' English?

Frankie leans over to bait Bugsy.

FRANK:

Why I gotta be hooked up with the

only stupid Jew in New York.

Bugsy takes a swing at Frankie.

CUT TO:

EXT:
MULBERRY STREET - DAY

Moliari exits his apartment building and heads down the

crowded street. Four Orthodox Jewish boys in black suits and

hats, cross the street and enter the vestibule.

CHARLIE, MEYER, FRANK, AND BUGSY

Incongruous, yet weirdly convincing in their sober attire,

survey the building directory. Most of the names are Italian,

but a few are Jewish.

MEYER:

Fourth floor.

INT:
FOURTH FLOOR LANDING - DAY

Meyer kneels in front of Moliari's apartment door, picking

the lock. It pops open.

INT:
MOLIARI APARTMENT - DAY

Overawed by the middle class trappings, the boys wander

silently, Bugsy feeling the fabric of the sofa, Frank opening

the ice box, Meyer watching the caged parakeet. In contrast,

Charlie looks around appraisingly, like a smart thief.

CHARLIE:

Let's get to work.

IN THE LIVING ROOM

Bugsy and Frank pull boxes out of a closet while Meyer combs

through the drawers of a Victorian sideboard. Finding a small

jewelry box, Meyer empties the contents into his pockets.

IN THE BEDROOM:

Charlie searches fruitlessly through a bureau.

CUT TO:

INT:
APARTMENT VESTIBULE - DAY

As Don Maranzano enters and heads up the stairs.

INT:
MOLIARI BEDROOM - DAY

Charlie feels the underside of the dresser drawers, finding

nothing. He calls to Meyer in the living room.

CHARLIE:

He lends money. Gotta be a bank.

Charlie kneels beside the bed, running his arm under mattress.

DON MARANZANO REACHES THE THIRD FLOOR LANDING

Pausing to clean a dirty finger nail before resuming his

climb.

IN THE BEDROOM:

Charlie stands back, trying to figure out what he's missed.

He returns to the dresser and pulls a drawer all the way out

of the cabinet. Taped to the back of the drawer is an envelope

stuffed with twenty dollar bills. Stuffing the envelope into

his jacket, Charlie unzips his fly, and pisses onto the bed.

PULLING UP HIS ZIPPER - CHARLIE CHARGES INTO THE LIVING ROOM

CHARLIE:

Let's get outta here.

Meyer follows Charlie into the kitchen, where Charlie scoops

up the prosciutto that hangs by the sink. Meyer wrestles the

ham from him, and hangs it back up.

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