Mean Streets

This film contains very strong language.

You don't make up for your sins in church.

You do it in the streets.

You do it at home.

The rest is bullshit, and you know it.

DISTANT HONKING

POLICE SIREN IN DISTANCE

# The night we met

# I knew I needed you so

# And if I had the chance

# I'd never let you go

# So won't you say you love me?

# I'll make you so proud of me

# We'll make them turn their heads

# Every place we go

-# So won't you please

-Be my, be my baby

-# Be my little baby

-My one and only baby

-# Say you'll be my darlin'

-Be my, be my baby

# Be my baby now

# Whoa-ho-ho-ho

# I'll make you happy, baby

# Just wait and see

# For every kiss you give me

# I'll give you three

# Oh, since the day I saw you

# I have been waiting for you

# You know I will adore you

# Till eternity

-# So won't you be

-Be my, be my baby

-# Be my little baby

-My one and only baby

-# Say you'll be my darlin'

-Be my, be my baby

-# Be my baby now

-My one and only baby

# Whoa-ho-ho-ho

-# Be my, be my baby

-Be my little baby

-# My one and only baby

-Ohh

-# Be my, be my baby

-# Ohh

-# My one and only baby

-Whoa-ho-ho-ho

-# Be my, be my baby

-# Ohh

-# My one and only baby

-# Ohh. #

CROWD CHATTERS

BAND PLAYS ROUSING MARCH

What the hell is this?

Not in my fucking place!

GLASS BREAKS

Keep out of my place! I know your face!

And you! Scumbag!

Nick, I told you about passin' that shit in my place.

I didn't do nothin'!

George, what do you do here? You're supposed to be the bouncer.

-I didn't do nothin'.

-That's it!

-You didn't do nothin'.

POLICE SIREN IN DISTANCE

Come on, hurry up with that shit, huh?

HORN HONKS

What's this? More shit?

Oh, that ain't shit. That's a German lens.

Got two shipments of those. That's good stuff.

-Can't use it.

-What do you mean, you can't use it?

That's, uh...that's a telescopic one.

-That's the best one they make.

-It's not German, it's Jap.

This is an adaptor. It's not a lens.

You bought two shipments of Jap adaptors, not lenses.

Jap adaptors?

SIREN APPROACHING

'Lord, I am not worthy to eat your flesh,

'not worthy to drink your blood.'

Not worthy to drink your blood.

'OK. OK, I'd just come out of confession, right?

'Right.

'And the priest gives me the usual penance, right?

'10 Hail Marys, 10 Our Fathers.

'10 whatever. Now...you know

'that next week I'm going to come back

'and he'll just give me another 10 Hail Marys

'and another 10 Our Fathers, and...I mean,

'you know how I feel about that shit.

'Those things, they don't mean anything to me.

'They're just words.

'Now, that may be OK for the others,

'but it just doesn't work for me.

'I mean... if I do somethin' wrong,

'I just want to pay for it my way.

'So I do my own penance for my own sins.

'What do you say, huh?

'That it's all bullshit except the pain, right?

'The pain of hell.

'The burn from a lighted match increased a million times.

'Infinite.

'No, you don't fuck around with the infinite.

'There's no way you do that.

'Pain in hell has two sides.

'The kind you can touch with your hand,

'The kind you can feel in your heart...your soul...

'The spiritual side.

'And you know...

'the worst of the two is the spiritual.'

# I

# Want you back

# Again

# I

# Want your love

# Again... # Man: Whoo!

# I know you find it hard

# To reason with me

# But this time it's different

# Darlin', you'll see

# You gotta

# Tell me you're comin' back to me

# You gotta

# Tell me you're comin' back to me

# You gotta

# Tell me you're comin' back to me

# You gotta

# Tell me you're comin' back to me

# You

# Said we're through

# Before

# You

# Walked out on me

# Before

# I tried to tell you

# But you didn't want to know... #

Hey, Charlie, you're crazy.

Priest taught me that.

Terrific, know any other tricks?

Yeah, but I'll show 'em to you when I learn this one.

# You gotta

# Tell me you're comin' back to me

# You gotta

# Tell me you're comin' back to me

# You gotta

# Tell me you're comin' back to me... #

'You know somethin'? She is really good-lookin'.

'I got to say that again - she is really good-lookin',

'but she's black.

'You can see that real plain, right?

'Well, look, there's not much

'of a difference, anyway, is there?

'Well? Is there?'

# I hear the knock on my door

# That may never come... #

Oh, great.

Hey, Marlboro?

For these prices, Charlie, you shouldn't complain.

That's the best I can do. Maybe next week I can do better.

-OK, OK.

-If you can't smoke 'em...

maybe you can sell 'em.

No, I'll be OK for a week.

Bless you.

You seen Johnny Boy?

No. He's supposed to be here.

But who knows what goes on in that kid's head, right?

I'd like to know, Charlie. I think the kid's tryin' to duck me.

Don't you think you ought to care a little more

about Johnny's payments to me? I think you should, you know?

Michael, Michael, nobody's out to screw you.

I guarantee that.

Well, you're not lookin' at it from my side.

You vouch for the kid. What happens if he doesn't pay?

I got to collect from you? I don't want to do that.

-You're right.

-I made a deal with him, not you, right?

You're right. I'm not going to pay his debts. Believe me.

I'll talk to him. I'll straighten him out.

Straighten him out? The bum owes money left and right.

Don't worry, Michael...

-Hey!

-Hey!

Hey, stop it!

Come on. Come on.

-Sit down.

-Take it easy.

What's the matter with you?

Miss? Miss?

-Charlie, I don't understand you.

-What?

I don't understand why you're hangin' around with a punk kid.

I mean, he's the biggest jerk-off around.

Don't say that, Michael. Don't call him that, will ya?

-What's the matter?

-It's a family thing. It's complicated.

I can't explain it, all right? He really is a good kid.

All right. Sure. I'll see you.

Right. Be well.

# ..Yesterday

# She made a vow

# That she'd never walk away

# She took my hand... #

Come on, girls. Give your coats. Please, give 'em your coats.

If you don't mind, young lady, I would like to check these.

WOMEN LAUGH

I'll keep on my, uh...my skin pants.

-Hey!

-Hey, here he is!

Hey!

Woo!

Are those the shorts with the hearts on 'em?

WOMAN CHUCKLES

Girls, after you.

'All right, OK, thanks a lot, Lord.

'Thanks a lot for opening my eyes.

'You talk about penance,

'and you send this through the door.

'Well, we play by your rules, don't we?

'Well, don't we?'

MICK JAGGER: One, two!

# I was born

# In a crossfire hurricane

# And I howled

# At my ma in the drivin' rain

# But it's all right now

# In fact, it's a gas

# But it's all right

# Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas. #

-Hey!

-Hey!

-Charlie, how are you?

-All right. How are you?

I want you to meet two beautiful young ladies here.

This is my good friend Charlie. This is my good friend Tony.

He owns the joint.

-This is... What's your name again, darlin'?

-Sarah.

Sarah. Sarah Kline, right? Sarah Kline.

-This is Tony, and this is... What? What's your name?

-Heather.

Heather. Heather Weintraub, right?

THEY LAUGH

-I met them in the Village.

-Bohemian.

Yeah. I met 'em at Cafe Bizarre.

THEY LAUGH

-So what do yous want to drink, girls?

-Tequila.

-You got tequila?

-No.

Never mind. Listen...

Listen, have a seven and seven. It's good for both of yous.

Give, uh...Tony, give yourself a drink.

Give Charlie and me a J&B, will you, please?

-What's this?

-What's what?

-This.

What?

That. What does this look like? Huh?

-What?

-Where'd you get this?

-What?

-Where'd you get this?!

-What?

-This.

-What?

-This?

-Yeah.

-In the back. Come on.

-Hey!

Come on.

SPEAKING ITALIAN, LAUGHING

You're makin' me look bad, Charlie, in front of the girls over here.

Oh, excuse me. I didn't mean to be rude, girls.

Erm, Mr Civello, I'd like your presence in the back room...

if you got a moment or two.

What, you mean you request my presence

for a moment or two in the back room?

-I most certainly do.

-Well, erm...after you.

-No, after you.

-No, after you.

Hey, Mr Civello...after you.

-No, after you.

-In the back.

Tony, give them whatever they want.

Hey, girls...hey, girls, excuse me.

Tony, keep an eye on these, uh, nice girls here.

Don't let none of the vultures look, OK?

-What are you doin'?

-What do you mean, what am I doin'?

-What are you doin' to me, huh?

-What do you mean?

Michael's been on my back all night. He's botherin' me.

Why didn't you make your payment last Tuesday?

What do you mean? I made my payment.

-What you talkin' about?

-You paid him last week?

-I paid him last week.

What'd he say, I didn't pay him? He's a fuckin' liar. Where is he?

-You paid him?

-Yeah, I paid him.

-Last week.

-Yeah!

-Last Tuesday?

-Yeah.

-Charlie, you don't know...

-He's here.

-Where?

-Out front.

-He's here?

-Yeah.

-So what do I care?

-I'm going to go get him.

We'll straighten this thing out, all right?

-Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute, Charlie.

-What?

-Well, you're right.

-I'm right?

Yeah. It was... Last Tuesday?

Yeah. That's the Tuesday that was last week.

That's before the one that's about to come up.

My mistake. I'm sorry. Forgive me. It was last week,

-the week before, that I was thinking of, yeah.

-It was, huh?

-That's right.

-That's right.

-What's the matter with you, Johnny?

You can't bullshit people that way.

You give your word, you got to keep it.

You don't know what happened to me. I'm so depressed about other things,

I can't worry about payments, you know?

I come home last Tuesday. I have my money. Cash.

You know? Blah blah, bing bing.

Comin' home, I ran into Jimmy Sparks.

I owe Jimmy Sparks 700, like, for four months.

Got to pay him. Lives in my buildin'. Hangs out across the street. I got to pay him, right?

-Yeah?

-So what happened? I had to give some to my mother,

and then I wound up with 25 the end of the week.

Then what happened today you ain't going to believe,

-cos it's incredible. I can't believe it myself.

-What?

-I was in a game.

-I was ahead, like, 600, 700, right?

-You got to be kiddin'.

Yeah, Hester Street. You know Joey Clams?

-Yeah.

-Joey Scala. Yeah.

-I know him, too, yeah.

-Yeah. No, Joey Scala is Joey Clams.

-Right.

-Right.

-They're the same person.

-Yeah.

-Hey.

-Hey.

So I was in there, playin' bankers and brokers.

All of a sudden, I'm ahead, like, 600, 700.

I'm really winnin'. All of a sudden, some kid walks in,

and the kid yells that the bulls are comin'. Right?

Yells the cops are comin'. Everybody runs away.

I grab all the money, I go in. It's an excuse so I could get away.

-Right.

-You know? And I'd give everybody their money back, later,

and that way, I'd get out and get into the game,

and get a loser streak and all that.

What happens? I come out in the yard,

I don't know this building. I mean, I don't know nothin'.

Couldn't get out. It was like a box, bing, like this.

So I got to go back in. Not only do I go back in,

but this kid says it's a false alarm.

-Can you imagine that?

-Sh...

-I wanted to kill this fuckin' kid.

I mean, I wanna...unhhh! I was so crazy!

I mean, I wanted to kill this kid.

Meanwhile, I got to get back in the game.

Bing, bing, bing, I lose 400.

Meanwhile, Frankie Bones is over there.

Frankie Bones. I owe him 1,300,

for like, 7, 8 months already. He's after me.

I can't even walk on Hester Street without duckin' that guy. He's, like, he's waitin' for me,

like, I can't move, you know? And he sees that I'm losin', right?

He's waitin' for me. So he's tappin' me on the shoulder.

He's sayin', "Hey..." tappin' me like this...

Like a hawk. "Hey, uh, get it up. "You're losin'. Give me some money."

I says, "Hey, Frankie, come on." You know, "Gimme a break over here.

"Let me win some back. You know, I got debts. I'm in a big hole."

He says, "Never mind. Give me the money." I said, "OK, Frank."

So I gave him 200. Meanwhile, I lost the deal.

I go outside. I'm a little depressed now.

I want to cut this story short cos I know you don't want to hear it all.

I know, I know, I know. But I'm going to... Make it short.

-Make a long story short.

-Anyway, I went to Al Kaplan, got a new tie and got this shirt.

You like this shirt? It's nice. This tie...

Hey, Michael doesn't care if you're depressed.

What is he, your priest? Where do you come out

goin' shopping when you owe somebody money? That ain't right. How much you got there?

I tell you, I'm going to pay him next week.

You're going to, you're going to... You don't do nothin'. How much you got there?

I got about...I mean, I got about 40. What are you doin'?

I got about 40, that's all.

-What? What are you doin'?

-For lyin', I'm holding on to this

till next week till you make the next payment.

What you talkin' about? It's a little more than 40. Hey, it's a mistake.

-Yeah, it's a mistake.

-Hey, listen, I swear to my mother,

you come with me next Tuesday,

I sign the paycheck over to you, Charlie.

I swear to my mother. Swear to Christ, OK?

Come on. You come. It's 110. You give it to Mike. Come on. Give me some money.

We got those two girls out there, we're going to get laid.

I met those chicks in that Cafe Bizarre. They were fuckin' around with these two other guys.

I know we're going to get laid.

That one, Weintraub, is very nice. Very nice.

I want to bang her like crazy.

-Here.

-Come on.

-That's enough for you.

-Hey, come on, gimme another 5. Come on.

Which one do you want?

Come on, you're leavin' me with nothin'. We got to go eat Chinks?

That's it. Now, you better make do with this for the week.

-Which one do you want?

-Which one YOU want? I want the Weintraub woman.

-She's nice. I like that woman.

-She the one on the left?

Nah, she's the... Nah. What, your left or my left?

We were both standin' the same way.

Well, I don't know. It don't matter.

Hey, girls. We had a little, business to talk over.

-Everything's OK now.

-Excuse me for a minute.

Hey, Tony, you think maybe you could put this on the tab?

Because somethin' happened before, and it would be...

You'd be doin' me a favour, you know? Huh?

Big tab or little tab?

Well...don't you think it's better that you put it on the small tab

so that it balances out with the big tab?

-Oh, so things even out?

-Yeah, right.

-Sure.

-Where did you get those, uh, beads?

How about me, too? I don't get a drink?

-Hey! Mike.

-Long time no see.

You don't get a drink?

Does, uh...does a bear shit in the woods over here?

THEY LAUGH

-Come on, give him a double. Tony, give him a double.

-Long time no see.

I know what you're going to say, but don't say it,

because, number one, I'm not payin' for these drinks.

They're on the tab. Number two, I'll see you Tuesday.

I swear on my mother. Not my mother, but Jesus Christ.

And, uh...OK?

All right. I just want to tell you to stay on top of it, Johnny.

-Don't worry.

-We don't want it to get out of hand.

It ain't going to get outta hand. Don't worry, Mike.

-I'm doin' it for you.

-Yeah, come have a drink.

-OK.

-Gentlemen.

-The Queen.

-The Queen!

-Queen.

-Queen.

# Da-da-da! #

-Know what the Queen said?

-What?

-"If I had balls, I'd be the King."

ALL: Ooh...

Sh...

MAN SINGING OPERATIC ARIA

-Hey, they told me you were here, and you're here.

-Hey.

How are you? How's the classes goin'?

-OK, Oscar.

-How's everything goin' with you?

I was in the basement fixing the freezer.

Would you believe that?

Charlie, you're a good boy. Will you tell your uncle I have nothing?

I can't make this week's payment.

Listen, you talk to Giovanni, not me.

I should hand this place over to him. You know that.

-I don't need this aggravation.

-He'd rather have the loan paid.

You know that, uh, Oscar.

Your uncle's a good man. I'm not going to stick him.

He either gets the money or he gets the place.

And, right now, it looks like he's gettin' the place.

And you tell me why I should care. I got a partner who is a bum.

-He disappears.

-Well, I don't understands. Where's Groppi?

I should know. His wife don't even know.

And if he don't give a damn, why should I kill myself?

DISHES BREAKING

Thank you very much, Natalie!

Come stai, Enzio? How you feelin'?

Non c'e male, grazie.

About that shooting last night...

I was there, Uncle.

No, you were not.

Ah, yes. I must have confused it with something else.

-Yes, you did.

-Si.

So?

About Oscar...

I think he's puttin' on this act

about the restaurant bein' in bad shape and all that.

Says he can't make the payments.

Says his partner Groppi's disappeared.

What should I do?

Don't do anything. His business is bad.

Can I help?

Yeah.

You can help by waiting.

Don't be impatient.

Do you like restaurants?

Yes. Sure.

Well, you know what I DO have.

I got a good buy on toilet paper now.

Leave me alone.

Leave me alone.

-We'll get toilet paper.

-I got Scotts.

I got... No, I got toilet paper comin' from the PX, the army.

So now you're stealin' from the army, right?

I can get it cheap. You want toilet paper, or you want toilet paper?

-From the army of the USA.

-You guys sellin' firecrackers?

What? Come here. What do you want?

-Firecrackers.

-No. That's illegal.

We just went down to Chinatown. They don't have any stuff.

Keep away from those Chinks. They don't have shit.

-We have 40.

-Well, why didn't you say so?

-For 40...

-We don't know if we want to spend all 40.

-You want good stuff or you want shit?

-We want good stuff.

You know where this stuff comes from? It comes from Maryland. You know what that means?

That means it's good. Tony, we'll borrow your car?

-Sure.

-All right. Come on.

-Across the street.

-You got sparklers?

-Yes.

-Cherry bombs?

-Yes.

-Ash cans?

-Yes.

-Cones?

-Cones, yes.

-Women?

What are you, a comedian? Comedians, Tony.

Thank you.

-Nice car.

-Yeah, well...

Must have cost a lot.

You got a good buy in this, but you need a tune-up here, Tony.

-Did you kids come down here for the feast?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

What we're going to do is, we're going to let you out right over there on that corner,

-and we're going to come back for you.

-Can't we come with you?

No. See, I can't let anybody see where I got the stuff.

That's good business. You know what I'm sayin'?

-We'll be back in about 30 minutes.

-OK.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait. Wait. What about the cash?

-Take a cheque?

-Take a cheque?!

-Where you guys from?

-Riverdale.

Maybe that's what they do up in Riverdale,

but down here we got to take cash.

Now, you got it or you don't got it?

OK. Here.

All right. Now, wait over there, and keep your mouth shut.

Cheques? Tony, you take cheques, right?

Sure, I take cheques. How much did we get?

You know, I don't know? Let me see. Let me see here. What we got here?

"What do we got here?" Mathematician.

Let's see... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15.

What do you know...? We got stiffed by them kids.

They only give me 20.

Here.

Take 5. Tell you what - I'll write you a cheque.

-I'll tell you what - get outta the car.

-Tell you what - take the 5.

-Gimme the 5.

-OK. Let's go to the movies.

-And the movie's on you.

-Pull over here. Pull over here!

There he is. There he is. Hey!

-Hey, Michael.

-Charlie. Get in the car. Come here.

-Comin' in?

-Nah. Come here.

See you tomorrow, right? Frankie, be good.

-What's the matter?

-Nothin', we just stiffed a couple of kids.

-How much did you take 'em for?

-20.

What're you laughin' about? 20? Let's go to the movies.

That's right, and the movie's on you.

What're you talkin' about? It's my business.

Ow!

Where's that money?! That ain't fair!

You guys better enjoy yourselves. It's costin' a lot of money.

-BOY:

-Hey, keep your hands off me, will ya?! Leave me alone!

-MAN:

-I ain't doin' nothin' to you, so shut up.

-Gimme a break. I'm tryin' to watch the picture.

-MAN: YOU shut up.

-BOY:

-You watch! I'm going to get the manager in here. He's going to throw you out in the street.

-Yeah, go get the fuckin' manager. He's a fruit.

-MAN: YOU'RE a fruit.

# Oh, ho, ho, ho

# Oh, fathers

# Tell all you know... #

That feels good, huh, Charl?

The streets are empty. Nice. Thank God.

I mean, with that feast on, you can't even move in your own neighbourhood.

-I hate that feast with a passion.

-Hey, never mind the feast.

Just remember, when we get there, I'll do the talkin'.

Yeah, that's the trouble. You always do the talkin'.

Hey, no foolin' around, John.

Jimmy asked me to settle this.

How much do they owe him?

I don't know. A couple hundred.

Look at this character. Hasn't taken a bath since last Christmas.

He's probably your next judge.

He's a mayor's aide.

-Where's he going to meet us?

-In the pool hall.

-Where is it, on Solomon Street?

-Yeah.

-No, it's on King Street.

-What are you doin'?

You got to show me where to go. I don't know my way around here.

Make a...make a...make a right turn over there at the green

when the light turns green.

Next time, this kid Jimmy don't bet outside the neighbourhood.

Come on with this light. What is this, a coffee and cake line over here? Come on.

John, you want to keep your father away from the car, please?

I know these guys. They're not going to stiff him.

How do you know?

-Look, just keep your mouth shut when we get down there.

-I'm not sayin' nothin'.

-Just don't say nothin', all right?

-I'm not sayin' nothin'.

-Where the fuck is he?

-There he is.

Charlie.

Listen, the number I bet was 235.

I bet a combination cos I dreamt of my grandfather.

How much did you bet on that?

Hey, what'd I say? Come on.

-Blackie, you seen Joey around?

-Yeah. He's in the back room.

When he died, the number on the funeral parlour was 235,

so I figured I had a good bet. You know?

-So I figured I'd place it with...

-Hey, Joey.

Well, well, well. St Charles is here.

Everybody, benedictions.

Hey, you may rise. Rise, please.

Thank you. My good friend Tootie over here.

Tootie. Tootie.

-You can't lose with that.

-How about Mushy?

-Mushy! One for the lamp.

-One for the lamp?

Mushy. This will definitely get you to Hollywood.

-The chalkboard.

-How about the pool cues?

-The pool cues.

The balls. Bless my balls.

-Bless his balls.

-Hey!

-How you been, Joey?

-All right.

Lookin' good. Like you took off a couple of tonnes.

What brings you down here, Charlie?

Look, Charlie, on Friday the 25th, I placed a bet with Sally.

-Never heard of it.

-Never heard of it?

-Never heard of Sally. Who the fuck is Sally?

-Sal.

Oh, Joey...really. Come on, we're all friends here.

Now, let's cut the bullshit, huh?

Well, uh...hey, Jimmy, you know, you got a good friend here.

Wonderful.

Come to think of it, I do remember now.

-He's a real scumbag.

-You want to shut up?

Hey, Friday's a busy day.

A mistake can be made, you know.

All right. No problem. No problem. I forget myself, too, sometimes.

OK, let's have a drink.

Come on. We'll have a drink.

Jimmy, Tootie, finish the rack.

-Who's buyin'?

-Me.

Watch out for that light.

-All right.

-Hey, hey, hey.

-Hey.

So we'll have a couple of drinks.

Mind if I have a beer, Joey?

Go ahead. I got scotch.

-I got a dry throat.

-Hey, where'd you get the hat?

You like this hat?

It's a 25 Dobbs hat.

Where did you get those sneakers?

These are 2.00 sneakers.

Why don't you lower the juke box? I can't hear nothin'.

Hey, the girls like the music loud.

Girls? You call those skanks girls?

What's the matter with this kid, huh?

-Hey, there ain't nothin' wrong with me, my friend. I'm feelin' fine.

-Keep your mouth shut.

Hey, you told me that in front of this asshole?

All right, all right. We're not going to pay.

-We're not payin'.

-Joey.

-Well, why? We just said we're going to have a drink.

We're not payin' because this guy...

this guy is a fuckin' mook.

-But I didn't say nothin'.

-And we don't pay mooks.

-A mook? I'm a mook?

-Yeah.

What's a mook?

-A mook. What's a mook?

-I don't know.

What's a mook?

-You can't call me a mook.

-I can't?

No.

I'll give you mook.

Come on, get him out from behind...

# ...A letter, a letter for me

# I've been standin' here waitin', Mr Postman

# So-o-o, so patiently... #

I got a bad hand!

# For just a card or just a letter

# Sayin' he's returnin' home to me

# Please, Mr Postman

# Please, Mr Postman, look and see

# Oh, yeah

# Is there a letter in your bag for me?

# Please, please, Mr Postman

# Cos it's been a mighty long time

# Whoa, yeah

# Since I heard # From this boyfriend of mine

# So many days you pass me by

# You saw the tears standin' in my eye

# You wouldn't stop to make me feel better

# By leavin' me a card or a letter

# Please, Mr Postman, look and see

# Is there a letter

# In your bag for me

# You know, it's been so long

# Yeah, since I heard from this boyfriend of mine

# You better wait a minute, wait a minute

# Oh, you better wait a minute

# Please, please, Mr Postman

# Wait a minute, Mr Postman

# Please check and see just one more time for me

# You better wait a minute

# Wait a minute, Mr Postman

# Oh, you better wait a minute, wait a minute

# Please, Mr Postman

# Wait a minute, Mr Postman

# Deliver the letter, the sooner the better... #

What's the matter with you, Joey?!

# Wait a minute, please, Mr Postman

# Wait a minute, Mr Postman

What's going on here?

The cops!

-Hey, officer, can I get my hat?

-No.

-Can I call my wife?

-Nope.

What you got here?

-That's a nail file.

-That's a knife.

-No, no.

-This is a knife.

No, it's got a toothpick in there and, uh...

Davis, this is very embarrassin'.

Look, how long have I known you, Davis?

You've never seen fights like this.

These are my friends. This is my cousin, Charlie.

-We're friends.

-Your cousin? Where you from?

-East Side.

-The East Side. What is this?

-This is a knife.

-No.

-It's...it's...

it's got a toothpick in there. See what is does?

Davis, come here. I want you to...

Your cousin from the East Side or the West Side?

All right, Davis, let me just talk to you on behalf...

-What are you going to say about this knife?

-It's a little harmless penknife!

Harmless...! This is a dangerous weapon.

Do you know the penalty for this?

-Look, I'm sure we can settle this.

-How we going to settle this? You've got all this...

-Let me give you some car fare.

-All right.

Took you a long time. Where you goin'?

-New Jersey.

-New Jersey. All right, here.

-This is for you and your partner in New Jersey.

-Goin' to Philadelphia.

-Here.

-Thank you.

OK. Thanks a lot, Davis.

All right. Here.

-Thanks.

-Johnny, come on.

-Thanks a lot, Davis.

-You guys here...

Just...no more of this foolin' around, huh?

You guys get hurt like that. All right?

OK. So long, Davis.

Come on, let's have a drink.

Come on! Let's have a drink! Everybody!

Who were those two mooks that jumped us?

Every day is Christmas with these cops.

Jimmy, we were going to pay ya.

We just don't like bein' pushed around.

-Come on, Joe, we're pushin' YOU around?

-Yeah.

-Come on, let's have a drink.

All right. This is the drink we never had before.

-Come on, salute.

-Salute.

-Salute.

Ah.

All right. There's your money.

Hey, you don't have to count it. It's all there.

No, no. Go ahead. Count it.

Hey, come on. No bullshit. Friends. Come on.

-Don't fuckin' touch me, scumbag.

-Hey...

-Shut up.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

-Fuck yous all.

-Hey!

Hey!

-Come on! Come on!

-Follow me, men!

Hey, that's for you! Up your ass!

Come back here again,

you'll find out what's going to happen to you!

Fuckin' douche bags.

-"Mook." I still don't know what "mook" means.

-We can look it up.

Mean! Look at that.

Look at that. Come on. Hey.

Don't touch it. It hurts.

-Tony, you got somethin' we could put on his eye?

-Yeah, I got somethin' in the back. Come on.

First I want to show you somethin'. I just want to know - what does "mook" mean?

Hey, Jimmy Mook!

OK, baby, just relax. Take it easy. That's it.

Uh-uh. Time out. What are you doin', George?

You're supposed to be workin'.

Give me a break. I'm with a girl.

Yeah, go out and work.

-GIRL:

-Ohhh...

Charlie, give him a break.

Close the door, George.

OK, before we take care of yous,

I got somethin' I got to show you.

Watch this.

-Hey!

-Where'd you get these?

-Look at the size of these guys.

Tony, you got to be kiddin' me.

That's crazy. Look at this.

That's beautiful, huh? That panther. Where'd you get this?

How many pounds of meat you feed him? Huh?

I want you to keep quiet about this. I don't have a licence for 'em yet.

Where'd you get these?

And nobody can go near 'em but me.

I'm the only one who can feed 'em. Watch.

You got 'em toilet trained?

-What are you doin'?

-Hey, Tony, come on!

-Are you crazy or what?

-Be careful in there!

What are you, out of your mind, Tony?

Where you goin', cowards? No wonder Italy lost the war.

-Here's Daddy. Here's Daddy.

-Tony, be careful.

I really wanted to get a tiger, Charlie.

A little William Blake and all that.

Good girl. Good girl.

OK. Good. Come on.

That's it.

That's it.

Good girl. Good girl.

That's it.

Good girl. Good girl.

Come on. That's it.

Uh-uh, don't bite.

Don't bite. That's it.

Good. Good girl.

JUKEBOX PLAYS DRAMATIC MUSIC

JUKEBOX PLAYS ITALIAN SONG

You believe anything anybody says.

That's right. I believe everybody.

That's my charm.

Some charm, pops.

What about the time you went on retreat?

What about it? Yeah. Hey.

Charlie goes on this retreat.

He tells me a story about a priest who used to, uh...

let this couple borrow his car for dates.

They didn't make it because they weren't married.

But, uh, two weeks before the marriage,

they decide to make it.

So they pull over to the side of the road...

in the priest's car... doin' it...

Boom. Mack truck comes along, and they're both killed.

Ha-ha ha-ha!

Ha-ha ha-ha-ha!

They say that's true? This really happened?

-Madon'.

-No, wait.

Charlie believes it.

I tell him, uh... two years before that,

I went on a retreat. And a priest tells me the same story.

This is a different priest. It's the exact same story.

-So that...

-You get it?

Yeah. That means that the story ain't true, right?

Yeah, but the point is, he's really upset.

What he don't understand is, it's a business. It's work.

It's an organisation.

Tony, you got a way about talkin' about one thing,

and then, zap, you slide right into something else,

like nobody's even supposed to notice.

I was mad because they lied to me.

I'm going to tell you one thing - I ain't never goin' on no retreat.

-Never.

-Why do you let those guys get to you?

Cos they're supposed to be guys.

Hey, listen, that's where you and I differ.

What can I tell you?

You want me to say it?

You got to be like me.

You want to be saved.

Bar's closed, kid.

I'm just waitin' for Joey.

All right. Sit down.

I got to go to the bathroom.

So go ahead. What do you want, somebody to hold it for you?

Jesus. Jerk-off.

Yeah, Charlie, hold it for him.

Hold his ding-dong.

George.

You want to do somethin'?

-Yeah, yeah.

-You know how he gets.

How my chairs get?

-CRASH

-Hey, hey, hey!

Jesus, this guy.

Boy, this place is really gettin' depressin'.

No. That's an understatement.

If I had my own place, every night I'd get bums like this out

and have things happenin'.

-Call it somethin' like "Season of the Witch." Get it?

-Got it.

-Good.

-Bullshit.

-Who's talkin' bullshit?

Who's the guy with William Blake and the tigers?

Hey, come on, will you guys..?.

Will you shut up with the tigers and witches over here? Come on.

Come on, let's get outta here. Come on, Tony, close the place.

We'll get outta here when the place is ready to close.

Well, why don't you close it now? We get outta here, we go out, get somethin' to eat.

When everybody leaves, we close.

Don't forget what's-his-name there in the bathroom.

Charlie, come here. Let me show you a picture of yourself.

Hmm. Not quite, but keep tryin'...

Dummkopf.

-Tony, want to have a game after we close?

-No.

-Yeah. Come on.

-For how much?

-Scumbag.

-Hey, come on. Don't call me no scumbag.

You can't pay what you owe. As soon as a game shows up,

bang, you want to jump in.

"For how much?" Why don't you use your head?

Hey...

-Hey!

-Hold it!

What's the matter with you guys?

We're friends!

What the fuck is wrong with you?

-Me? He's the one...

-You, too!

-..called me a scumbag.

-All right! Enough!

-Fuckin' moron.

Moron?

-Moron?

-Yeah. Moron.

Go ahead, hit each other with the fuckin' chairs, why don't you?

We going to eat now? Enough, enough.

You ought to know better than that.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, OK? I'm sorry.

What do you say, want to play cards?

No.

Anybody want to have a game?

Michael, I've got a game you cannot say no to.

No.

He said no.

A lot of sports.

A little blackjack?

Aah...

GUNSHOTS

Grab it! Grab the gun!

Somebody grab the gun!

Everybody out! George, kill the lights.

DOG BARKS

SIREN WAILS

Don't run.

Split up. Don't run!

Come on!

Don't run! Just split up.

Don't run! Just split up.

I'm getting out of here.

Hey, don't run!

George, where are you going?

Where did you park?

Mikey.

Michael, let us go with you. Hey, chauffeur.

What are you hollering?

Shut up, stupid. I'll ask him.

-Uptown, Jeeves.

-Hurry up.

Give us a lift.

Get out of here!

Hey, get out of here!

Shut up, you guys!

I'm standing here in the rain.

What's the matter with you guys?

-Stay on your side.

-Don't touch me!

Where are we?

You get in control.

Will you behave yourself?

I'm terribly sorry, guys. He's terribly frightened.

Just keep him quiet.

Friends of yours, Mike?

What are you, a comedian?

I can't get over the way he just kept going at him.

Yeah, it must have been all that liquor in him.

Boy, Madon'.

Hey, sta tazi.

You know what "sta tazi" means, Sammy?

Sounds like something dirty.

What are you looking at?

Hey, what are we doing with these faggots? Throw them out.

What, are you nuts? What, do you want me

to leave them outside Tony's place? Come on.

Benton, look at that number! Wow! Hey, beautiful!

Hey, keep him down.

What's the matter?

Look at this. I'm embarrassed.

Look at this.

Sammy, behave yourself.

I won't. I won't. Why should I?

Let me out of this car!

-Sammy, stop.

-Look at that one!

Oh, my God! Hey, baby, got any meat?

Baby, I want to...

HORN HONKS

I'm going to suck on that, baby!

HORN HONKS

I want it all!

Hey, hey!

-Get him out of here.

-All right. That's it.

Get out of here!

What do you mean?

What do you mean, get out?

Get out of here.

I just got in.

Go, go.

Animals! Just a minute, please!

So long, Mike. Thanks.

See you around, Mike.

Wait a minute. What is this?

Hey, fellas, you going my way?

What's the matter with you?

Hey, hey, come on.

What's your problem? Bullshit!

Hey, look at that piece, Johnny.

That's one of those little jobs the cops carry in their sock.

Cop hit me on the head with one of those.

Remember that time I caught that beating from those cops?

Yeah, you never recovered from that one, did you?

I never recovered?

If I wasn't there as a punching bag

to enable you to leave fast...

That's because you're stupid.

You should have ran and left safely with me.

With you? I'm stupid for getting my head punched in?

SPEAKING GERMAN

Ooh, ooh, my bad hand!

Wait a minute.

What are you doing?

Joe Black. Joe Black. I owe him money.

-I don't think that's him.

-Yeah, it's him. Where is he?

He's turned the corner. Come on.

Is he gone?

-Yeah, he turned the corner. Come on.

-That don't mean he's gone.

Come on. Get over here. He turned the corner.

What's the matter with you?

Oh!

Watch out for that.

You can't go home lookin' like that. Stay with me.

-Your mother ain't there, is she?

-No, she's on the island takin' care of my grandmother.

Hey, let's get bread from my uncle's store.

-I'm sick about my hat.

-Here.

Your grandmother's going to die, right?

Yeah, right.

Did you like her?

What do you mean, do I like her? She's my grandmother.

-So what? That don't mean nothing.

-So what?

What's the matter with you?

What's the matter with you?

Jesus. Anyway, she ain't dead yet, God forbid.

So shut up.

-Charlie?

-What?

You ain't got nothing to eat over here.

Could have told you that before.

You got nothin'. I tell ya, you know what we do?

What do you want?

I tell you what we do. We'll go to my aunt's.

She got lots of food. She keeps a lot of food.

We'll go through the fire escape, OK?

Don't do that.

You'll scare your Cousin Teresa you go in there that way.

Oh, that's right. Yeah.

Hey, you know what we can do?

She can have a seizure maybe. You know, then we can watch.

That's not funny. You going to be a jerk-off all your life?

Grow up, huh? You want some food from your aunt's house?

You go and you knock on her door, you understand?

Forget it. I ain't hungry now. Go to sleep.

Besides, where you going at 6:00 in the morning?

I ain't hungry.

Did you say your prayers?

Very funny. Why don't you tuck me in, sweetie?

'Teresa, I had a dream last night about you and me.

'I got to tell you this.

'We're in this room, and we're both naked.

'And there's this huge white bed

'and you're lying on it and I'm standing over you.

'And we're just about to make love, and...I come.

'The only thing is, I come blood,

'and blood went all over the place,

'squirting all over the place, all over you, all over me, my hands and everything.'

TERESA: 'I don't think that's funny.

-CHARLIE:

-'You know, Teresa, girls bother me.

'They got no sense of humour.'

Well, I'm a girl. Do you like me?

Yeah, I like you.

I love you.

-Well, I don't love you.

-We'll see.

Hey! Forget it.

If there was any chance of me falling in love with you, Teresa,

-I wouldn't be here right now. Believe me.

-Because...

-Because with you I can't get involved.

-Because...

Because you're a cunt. Wait. It was only a joke.

Where do you get off talking like that?

It was only a joke. Hey, come here.

-Like hell it was.

-Look at you.

Why are you standing there in front of the window like that for?

Someone might see you. Get over here. Come on.

Go ahead. Jump out the fuckin' window.

BANG Don't look.

-Don't look!

-You really don't want me to look?

Yeah, I really don't want you to look.

I see what you're doing.

-I saw you.

-What? I wasn't doing nothing.

You weren't doing nothing.

Aah. Aah!

You wild woman.

Let me alone! Get your hands off me!

Let go of me!

Oh. Oh!

You're killing me.

You should have seen it. Unbelievable.

The kid went right to the bathroom and shot him,

and the guy would keep coming at him like Rasputin.

Madon'. That kid was scared.

We were MORE scared.

But it doesn't make any sense.

You mean he shot him just because he insulted Mario?

It wasn't anything personal?

The kid's a climber. Not very bright.

He kills a guy who insulted a big man. He gets reputation.

-He thinks he's made it.

-That's still sick.

Not sick, just stupid.

Which reminds me, last night,

your cousin Johnny decided to break into your mother's house.

Get some food.

-So why didn't you let him?

-Oh, that's funny.

Hey, what are you... Put that shit down. What are you doing?

What's the matter with you? Hey, he doesn't know anything about us,

-does he? Really?

-No. I don't want him to know.

Nobody knows anything. Your reputation's still safe.

Hey, come on. Smile. What's the matter?

You look like you want to kill me. You want to kill me?

Go ahead, kill me. Ooh...

Miss, you can make up the room now.

-I only got two hands.

-Well, use them.

-Cut that out, will you?

-Oh, I hate shit like that.

Excuse me, ma'am.

-You got some mouth, you know that?

-Well, kiss me.

I'll give you a zap. Wow!

MARCHING BAND PLAYING

-Hey, Hash, how you feeling?

-Pretty good.

Michael in the back?

Yeah, but I think he's busy right now.

Hey, Charlie? Play a 463 combination today.

Yeah. Thanks.

SPEAKING ITALIAN

What are you talking about?

SPEAKING ITALIAN There was no insult.

I know the kid. He was drunk. He made a fool of himself, not me.

Nobody had to shoot him.

MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN

I hate the sun. Come on. Let's go inside, will ya?

What else do you hate?

I hate the ocean and I hate the beach. And I hate the sun,

and...the grass and the trees and I hate heat!

-Charlie?

-What?

What do you like?

I like...spaghetti with clam sauce,

mountains...

Francis of Assisi,

chicken with lemon and garlic,

uh, and John Wayne.

There aren't any mountains in Manhattan.

Tall buildings, same thing. And I like you.

I like it here alone.

You know, I'm really going to take that apartment, the one uptown.

-Are you?

-Yeah, I'm really going to do it.

-Why don't you do it this time?

-Oh, I am. I'm going to.

I just can't handle it any more.

-I think it will be a good move.

-I'm going to do it.

-What are you waiting for?

-For you.

Teresa, you can't wait for me now.

I'm closing in on something in the neighbourhood

-and I got to stick around.

-What are you afraid of?

Afraid? What are you talking about afraid?

Go on! What's stopping you?

You say you're not afraid of your parents. So then move out.

-All I got is the neighbourhood right now.

-What about me?

Just the neighbourhood and those guys down there.

That's all that's important to me right now.

-Right. Guys like my cousin Johnny?

-No, not exactly your cousin Johnny.

Well, I hope not because he is crazy.

I mean, he is driving me nuts.

I don't know how you can be with him all the time.

He's like an insane person.

What is the matter with you? How can you say that about your own cousin?

-Oh, fuck him!

-That's terrible.

Who's going to help him if I don't?

That's what's the matter. Nobody tries any more.

Tries what?

Tries to help, that's all, to help people.

You help yourself first.

Bullshit, Teresa. That's where you're all wrong.

Francis of Assisi had it all down. He knew.

-What are you talking about?

-He knew.

What are you talking about? St Francis didn't run numbers.

Me neither. I don't run numbers.

# My darling, I am lonely

# Now that you've gone

# Please come back to me... #

-Diane, how are you feeling?

-Fine. Excuse me, please.

You know, Diane, uh, I been wanting to talk to you for a while now.

Oh, excuse me.

Uh, aside from all that joking around

that you and I do outside, yeah, you know,

-when you're on, I...

-Excuse me.

I really think, uh, you're a terrific performer.

Fine.

No, I'm serious. You're really very good.

-I know.

-Groovy.

You know, in a little while, I'm going to have the opportunity

of opening my own place, much nicer. Much nicer than this.

Uptown. Sort of a nightclub-restaurant and everything.

And, um, I was thinking you'd do much...

you'd do very nicely for the place.

Dancing?

No. As a hostess. That's nice.

-Hostess?

-Yeah, you know, the people come in,

you greet them and show them to tables

and everything like that.

Listen, why don't we get together later on

and we'll talk about it a little bit.

Chinese food?

Hey, Chinese food.

-Where you want me to drop you off?

-No, don't stop.

Just pass by real slow, OK?

Hey, stop there. What am I, crazy?

Uh, say, would you take me back

to where you picked me up, please? Sorry.

All right.

Am I crazy?

All I need is to get caught in the Village with a melanzana.

Hi, Lou.

-Come esta?

-Fine.

-Thank you. Good to see you.

-Good to see you.

-How's it going, Lou?

-Hi, Oscar.

Mario.

SPEAKING ITALIAN

-Mario, how you doing?

-How are you, kid?

-Nice to see you.

-Giovanni, can I sit?

-Sure.

-Can I talk?

-What is it?

It's about money.

I know all about it. We'll discuss it later, huh?

Sure. I understand.

Shall I serve the tripe now?

-Any time. Thank you, Oscar.

-You're welcome.

They are not like us. They know where to come when they need us.

I realised this a long time ago during the World War II.

Charlie Lakey was working for the government, taking care of the docks.

-What did he do?

-What did he do?

He was there. That's what he did.

I said the same thing to your father 20 years ago.

He didn't listen.

You're still around that kid, Johnny Boy.

This Johnny Boy is named after me.

Nice, huh? Oh, sure.

But this Johnny Boy is a little bit like your friend, Groppi,

half crazy. I understand you try to help him out

because of our family and his family. That's nice. I understand.

But watch yourself. Don't spoil anything.

Honourable men go with honourable men.

When you see me later at Tito's, don't forget that.

And also his whole family has problems...

-His cousin, the girl who lives next door to you.

-Teresa.

The one who's sick in the head.

No. She's, uh...she's got epilepsy.

That's what I said. She's sick in the head.

Her mother and father came to me for advice.

She wants her own apartment. What do I tell them? Lock her up?

You know, I'm compare with them. So I listen.

I have to take an interest. You live next door.

Keep an eye open, but don't get involved.

Charlie, uh, why don't you take a look around the place if you want?

No, that's OK. I been in and out of this place about 50 times already.

Maybe you missed something.

-After all, you should get to know the place.

-Oh, yeah.

SPEAKING ITALIAN

-Ah-choo!

-Jesus Christ!

You are disgusting!

Hi, Charlie. How are you? Hot enough for you?

Yeah. How you doing?

'Fine.'

# Is it in his eyes?

# Oh, no, you'll be deceived

# Is it in his eyes?

# Oh, no, he'll make believe

# If you want to know

# If he loves you so

# It's in his kiss... #

Teresa. Psst. Downstairs.

# Oh, no, it's just his charm... #

Meet me downstairs now.

Yeah.

# If you want to know

# If he loves you so... #

-What is it?

-Come down.