The Harder They Fall Page #4

- Agrandi.

- Frank, go buy Agrandi a beer.

Come on, let's hang one on.

- Keep tab on the dolls for me.

- Sure.

We're in the soup. The commissioner

is holding an investigation.

Let him. Who's gonna talk?

The whole press was there.

They'll talk.

Nobody reads these papers

in the East. That's where the money is.

Art Leavitt has a sports newscast

on TV. He's coast-to-coast.

- Your friend.

- Yes, my friend.

Commissioner's gonna subpoena him.

Leavitt has pull in California.

He can murder us.

Hello? Oh, hi, Nick.

No, nothing's wrong.

It's just a little setback.

They're investigating.

That's a little setback?

Oh, you know already.

You phoned him from the stadium.

I had to tell him

about the commission.

I want it fixed, you understand?

I don't care! I want it fixed!

- Is Eddie there? Put him on.

- All right.

Put Eddie on the phone!

He wants to talk to you.

- Hello, Nick.

- How does it look? Pretty bad for us?

- Yeah, pretty bad.

- It's Leo's fault. I should've known.

No, it wasn't Leo's fault.

It just happened.

Where there's an in, there's an out.

Can you fix it?

No. How could I fix it?

- You've got connections. Use them!

- Not a chance.

I'd fly out tonight myself...

...but my boys are fighting in

Boston, Philadelphia and Buffalo.

But I know you can do it, Eddie.

- No, I won't.

- Don't talk like that. I won't listen.

- Then don't. I'll hang up.

- Wait a minute. Don't hang up!

- Hold it.

- I'll give you to Leo.

I don't want Leo. You want a

bank account, I'll give you one.

- I'll give you 10%.

- Ten percent of what?

Toro. Ten percent of the whole deal.

You owe it to me to pull it off.

- I don't owe you anything.

- You owe it to yourself and your wife.

You walk out on me now,

you walk out broke.

Don't fight me. I'll give you

anything you want, I promise.

Never mind the promises.

Now, listen, Nick.

I want the same as Leo gets and

I want it in writing. No interference.

I'll have a contract

air-mailed to you tomorrow.

From here on in,

tell Leo you're the big wheel.

Okay, Eddie?

Okay.

I'm a partner if I get us out of this

bind. I get 10% /, same as you.

Only, from here on in,

I manage things.

Don't look so beat, Leo.

I could've aced you into the gutter.

What stopped you?

I hate to see a man lose his job.

Even you.

I'm not asking you

to give false testimony.

There's doubt in any fight.

All I want from you

is the benefit of that doubt.

You're saying it wasn't a bag fight?

You can't do this to me.

It's not you I'm after. It's Benko.

You can't put Benko out of business.

You can get Toro's license revoked,

but that'll put me out of business.

- Art, I'm asking you.

- How can you ask me to lie for you?

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