The Case Against Brooklyn Page #3

our first assignment, it's plain clothes.

Didn't you tell her how we're gonna

lower the boom on the bookie circuit?

Jess, will you shut up, this is

supposed to be a secret investigation.

We can tell her.

Pete rented an apartment on 29th Avenue,

near the Polombo garage.

A few of the younger men

who could pass for students

were ordered to enrol

at different colleges.

Known hotbeds for gambling.

Others got jobs as truck drivers,

telephone line men and waiters.

Some of the rookies were given

a course in wire tapping procedure.

Hi, pappy.

-Hi.

Hey, this ain't a bad looking joint.

We could throw a little

party in this place.

All in a night's work,

you understand what I mean?

Yep, well I just may do that, but, er...

You're not invited.

-Somebody...

Widow, huh?

She's not a bad looking dame.

-I don't care what she looks like.

She's gonna appeal to me.

You're really going on the make, huh?

You know a better way

to get a dame to talk?

No.

Seriously, Pete...

You wouldn't go that far, would you?

Seriously?

Yeah, I'd go that far.

'Badge 540'... New York's finest.

You heard what the man

said about opportunity.

Well, I wanna be at

the head of that line.

Look, you look that file over and in about

ten minutes you go down the corner bar.

I'll see you there.

If I get a lead on anything

follow me out of there and look

the place over from the outside.

Yeah, I'm off to the garage

and a start of a beautiful friendship.

Remember, when you see me...

you don't know me.

Harris' story was that he had just returned

to Brooklyn after living in California.

He knew Lil Polombo was now

running her late husband's garage.

May I arrange a park here by the month?

25 dollars.

One wash job a week,

no pick ups, no deliveries.

Fine.

I just moved in to the neighbourhood.

Is there a shoe repair around here?

Right down the block there's

a shoe repair, a delicatessen,

bar, candy store and a fortune teller.

Thanks, if I need anything else,

I'll ask the fortune teller.

That'll be 25 dollars in advance.

Fine.

Tel... there's horse named Uncle Barney

looks good in the fourth at Hollywood Park.

You know where I can lay a bet.

Why gamble? Save your money

for the better things in life.

Like whisky.

Ah, er...

those odds at 20-1 looks good to me.

Do you know where I can lay a bet?

Tell you what...

-Yeah?

That Hecht's stand down the street...

-Yeah?

Get a cabby,

it'll take you out to La Guardia.

Hop on a plane and you'll be in

California in time for the race.

Oh, Mervin, if I were single,

I'd marry you.

You doll!

Hi ya, folks!

What do you have?

-Beer.

Two beers, draught.

-Two beers, draught. Coming up.

I heard about your husband.

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