Hello?
Mr. Rico?
Yes, operator, this is Mr. Rico.
Miami calling.
Miami? I'll take it.
Mr. Rico?
Speaking.
Mr. Eddie Rico?
Yes, who is this, please?
It's Phil.
Oh, Phil? Phil, how are you?
So you remember old friends, huh? Well, that's good.
It's practically the middle of the night.
What's on your mind?
Eddie boy, we're sending you a guy. Put him to work in your place.
In the back room. Way in back.
Well, now, wait a minute.
They never sent me anybody before. Why now?
Eddie boy, I'm only delivering a message.
Yeah, but why me?
I don't know the answers. You'll probably hear from Kubik today.
He'll be in Miami.
Stay where we can reach you and see that the boy we're sending does the same.
Sure, Phil, but it's just that I...
Phil!
Alice, it's late. Go back to sleep.
Eddie, that call.
Oh, I'm sorry it woke you up, darling.
What did Phil want?
Oh, it's nothing important. Just a little favor.
One of those important "nothing important" favors?
Eddie, what do they want with you?
But, darling, I told you it was nothing important.
Don't make something out of nothing.
I'm through with them and you know it and Sid Kubik knows it.
He's never gone back on his word to me or to any of the Ricos.
We're like his family.
And you, Eddie, who's your family?
Me or Sid Kubik and them?
What kind of a crack is that?
Can you live with a man 10 years and not know what you are to him?
I know what I am to you.
I'm your wife,
twice almost the mother of your children.
Oh, darling, now, don't punish yourself.
Do you think the orphanage will let Mr. and Mrs. Rico adopt a baby?
Well, of course they will. They've checked us, we're okay.
Okay until the phone rings.
Oh, Eddie, I'm scared.
Darling, darling, darling, there's nothing to be scared of.
Nothing's going to happen. I swear to you, nothing's going to happen.
Come on.
Can you believe that?
I believe you.
That's my girl.
Now go back to sleep.
Go ahead.
You're going back to sleep.
I didn't get married to sleep alone.
Oh, what did you get married for?
I was a girl. I wanted to be a woman.
Did you make it?
Sometimes I'm not sure. It was all so long ago.
Well, maybe I can help you to remember?
Huh?
Let's see. Did it start like this?
Let's fall in love
Why shouldn't we fall in love
Good morning,
for the second time this morning.
Drink your vitamins.
Now, do you think I need vitamins? Look.
Well, come on, I can't hold it.
Drink your vitamins.
What am I going to do with you?
Hmm.
Now just one, just a tiny one.
One.
Mmm.
Hey!
What kind of books have you been reading lately?
Huh?
It's time you were reading your mail.
Oh, anything from the orphanage?
No, it's not there.
They promised us a baby weeks ago.
We can't rush them.
Well, I hope they're not stalling us.
Oh, honey, we're hoping too hard.
It'll make our disappointments so much worse.
Look, we're going to get a baby and it's going to be a boy.
You always sound like you'd turn down a baby girl.
Guess I got a bug in my ear about boys.
You're like every father. You want to have a son.
Well, I guess I wanna give him the things my father couldn't give me.
Crazy?
Crazy.
But after we adopt a boy, I still wanna get a girl.
I got a girl.
You.
I got a letter from another girl. Your mother.
Want me to read it? Yeah.
I wanna hear about who died,
who had twins, who got married.
And what the latest doctor said about her leg.
What's the matter? Something wrong with her leg?
Oh, no, no, it's fine. She's got a new doctor.
A man with two golden hands.
Listen to this.
"Eddie, have you heard from the boys?
"Gino came by last Friday to say goodbye.
"He only said he was going far away for a long time.
"It made me very sad.
"Why he don't tell his mother where he's going, I don't know,
"but mostly I worry about Johnny.
"After all, he is my baby
"and I can't sleep sometimes wondering why he had to go away, too.
"And I ain't heard one little word from him in such a long time.
"Eddie, I'm afraid.
"And it is worse because I don't know what I'm afraid of."
Eddie, that call last night.
Your mother's letter and both your brothers disappearing,
is there any connection? No.
What are you so worried about?
Because, the phone rings
and suddenly, like your mother, I'm afraid.
And I don't know what I'm afraid of.
Darling, you sound like a superstitious peasant from the old country.
Phil called me to give one of the boys a job, that's all.
That's all the call was about.
I guess I am a peasant from the old country.
Wanna beat me?
Tonight and that's a promise.
Now, how about that shower?
Okay.
Hey, peasant, there's no soap in here.
Yes, master.
Hey! Let go of me! My robe!
You'll get me all wet.
I'm rich, I'll buy you a new one.
You are crazy. Where do you get ideas like this?
Out of my head.
You certainly are.
Now, quiet, peasant.
You're the one who gave me the vitamins.
Let me go. Come on.
Hello, Carl.
Good morning, Mr. Rico.
Little late, aren't you?
I guess I am.
How's the family?
The wife's just about getting on her feet again.
That new kid of mine could keep this laundry busy all alone.
Well, I'll give him all the diapers he needs on the house.
Thank you.
Good morning, Mr. Rico. Good morning, Nancy.
Any calls? No, sir.
Mr. Rico, there's someone waiting for you.
I asked him to wait out here,
but he insisted upon going in.
Get away from that desk.
Rico? Mr. Rico.
Get away from that desk.
I'm Mr. Wesson.
Mr. Joe Wesson.
Who sent you?
You know.
Answer me.
Phil.
When did you see him?
Yesterday.
He said for me to report to you here, hole up.
What's your trouble?
They told me not to say nothing.
They didn't mean me.
Phil said nobody.
How hot are you?
Angelo? Yes, sir?
I'm sending you a new man. Put him to work in the boiler room.
Yes, Mr. Rico.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you,
but Mr. Landers at the Flamingo said it was urgent.
Thank you.
Wow! Real tasty.
She types, too? Put in a good word, pal.
You know, honored guest, lots of dictation nights.
Now just get those ideas out of your head!
You report to Angelo in the boiler room.
And if you got another suit, don't bother to unpack.
It's gonna be a short visit.
Beat it.
Nancy, I'm going over to the Flamingo.
Yes, sir.
Stay there.
All right, let's go.
What's this all about? Something wrong?
Gino, what are you doing down here?
Eddie, did you hear anything about our kid brother?
No, but I got a letter from Mama this morning.
She's worried about you and Johnny.
Oh. It's better that Mama don't know where I am.
They sent me to St. Louis.
So, what are you doing here in Florida?
I came to ask my brother for help.
Sure, anything you want, Gino.
I've got to get to Cuba, South America, anyplace where I can get lost.
You sound like you're in big trouble.
I am.
You heard about the Carmine killing? Yeah.
I was the gun on the job.
What?
Gino!
Gino, I just can't believe it.
You, a killer!
You're a collector for the bookies.
I was. But I graduated into the bigger money.
I always told you, I wanted you and Johnny in business with me.
It's too late, what you told me.
Or Johnny.
He was the driver on the job.
Johnny was the driver?
Gino, Gino.
Oh, dear, does Mama know?
Yeah, she suspects something.
Look, Eddie. Eddie, I've gotta move fast.
Tell me how, when, where.
Just give me a chance to think.
Well, just think about this.
After the killing, everything was quiet.
The police didn't have a single lead.
Then all of a sudden, Johnny disappears.
All right. So Johnny disappeared.
But you stayed on and nothing happened.
So what's all this South America talk about?
A few weeks ago, there's a big rumble all over town.
The DA, a special grand jury.
All of a sudden everybody starts asking me, "Where's your brother Johnny?"
"Where's Johnny?" So I played honest with everybody.
I tell them I don't know where Johnny is.
Then for no reason at all, the organization sends me to St. Louis.
Why, Eddie, why me?
Sure I was in on the Carmine job.
Then they brought in a new gun from Kansas City.
A guy named Joe Wesson.
Wesson? Yeah. Yeah, now get this.
Wesson's disappeared, too.
Eddie, I've got a creepy feeling
they've got the big eye on me.
That's crazy.
The organization has always had good sense behind their operation.
Look, Gino, go to St. Louis like they told you.
Yeah, sure, sure. I go to St. Louis and nobody hears of me again.
Oh, Gino, how could you be so stupid?
All right, so I made a mistake. I'm sorry.
Look, the point is, what do I do now?
Eddie, Eddie, I'm scared.
All right. Okay, Gino, there's nothing to be scared of.
Nothing's going to happen.
Sid Kubik will take care of everything.
Oh, Kubik! I don't trust him anymore.
What are you talking about?
That's like saying you don't trust your own father.
The way things are happening, I just don't feel right about him.
Feelings like that are for old women.
Gino, Gino, did I ever steer you wrong?
No.
All right. Now, here, take this.
Go to St. Louis like they told you.
Wait until things cool down a bit
and I'll try to work something out.
Come on, snap out of it, huh?
If you see Mama, give her an extra big kiss for me, will you?
Don't worry. I'll write and tell her you're doing fine.
And don't forget,
take care of yourself and behave.
I'll try. Don't try. Just do it.
Okay, Eddie.
Yes, yes, I know.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Mr. Rico.
Oh, hold the line a second. Mr. Rico just stepped into the office.
It's Miami, the second time they've called.
Hmm, I'll take it in my office.
Just one moment, please.
Hello.
Where you been? I tried to reach you at the Flamingo. You never got there.
Oh. A laundry has lots of customers. I never made it.
The boss is here, Eddie. He wants you to get on the 1:30 plane
and come right over.
Uh, did the boy get there?
Yeah, I put him to work.
Okay. Get on the plane.
Phil, now let me get something straight.
Phil!
Your wife tried to reach you.
Shall I try to get her for you?
No, never mind. I'm on my way home.
Honey, I've got to see Kubik.
Now, come on, snap out of it.
The orphanage called and said we can get our baby today
and you're going to Miami.
What we both wanted so much.
Well, maybe you didn't really want it after all.
Now, how can you say that?
Of course I do.
The agency said that we both have to appear to sign the adoption papers.
We can't get the baby because you're going away.
We will get the baby.
I'll be back as soon as I can. And you just tell them that I...
Tell them what?
Tell them, "Yes, Mr. Rico wants to adopt a child,
"but it's a little inconvenient at the moment"?
Oh, go ahead, you have to catch a plane.
Darling, if I can explain it to you...
Explain! That they can't keep their word?
I thought that after three years, we were finally rid of them.
Eddie, what do they want from you?
Why don't you talk to Kubik?
He's our friend, he'd understand.
Darling, I didn't have a chance to talk to Kubik.
I only spoke to Phil.
If Kubik knew about the baby...
Eddie, please. Please don't go!
Darling, I have to.
Now, come on.
Oh, that's the cab.
Look, everything's going to be fine.
I'll be back in no time.
I just get so frightened thinking that maybe
the orphanage will change their mind.
Look, darling, nothing's gonna go wrong.
Now, come on, give me a hug and a kiss and push me out of the house.
Come on.
Come in. Well, if it isn't the laundryman himself.
Hello, Phil.
Eddie!
Sid.
Eddie, this is a pleasure.
Hello, Sid. You're looking fine.
Three years, and now it's Sid? What happened to Uncle Sid?
Well, that's what I've been asking myself
ever since I got that call this morning at 6:00.
6:00? What call?
From your friend here, telling me to hide out a character named Wesson.
Wesson? Yeah.
You remember, Mr. Kubik, that fellow from KC.
You sent him to Eddie? On whose orders?
Well...
I'll talk to you later. Leave us alone.
I'm ashamed, Eddie.
To send you a man like that.
You of all people.
Oh, that's all right, Sid.
I know it's a slap in the face. I'll get him out of there.
All right.
How's your laundry business?
Oh, going stronger every day.
I knew you'd be successful.
Times have sure changed, haven't they?
Just think, when you used to work with us, you did the job all alone.
Today it takes four accountants. Hmm.
How about some coffee? Sure.
You know, Eddie,
you're as close as I'll ever come to having a son.
Thanks, Sid.
How do you think it'll feel to be a grandfather?
Hey! You and Alice...
Yeah. We're adopting a baby.
This is news.
I'm a happy man, and Mama, she must be dancing and singing.
She doesn't know yet.
You see, we didn't know ourselves until this morning.
That's why I've gotta get back as quickly as possible.
You see, Sid,
I don't want anything to interfere with my raising a family.
You know me. I believe in families.
Especially the Ricos.
Did you ever do any fishing, Eddie? No.
I've got some scheduled for today.
Come on and talk to me while I get dressed.
Sure.
I hope you don't have any trouble adopting the baby.
Oh, I think everything will be all right.
What did you want to see me about, Sid?
How's your brother doing?
Who, Gino?
No, no, Johnny. The kid.
Heard anything from him lately?
No, I haven't.
How's Mama?
Just fine. I just got a letter from her.
Mmm, that's what I like to hear.
A family should stick together.
Everything I've got, what I am, I owe to her
because of what she did for me.
My name is Kubik, but in here I'm a Rico.
Especially when it comes to Mama.
Such a woman.
I might as well say it right out.
I worship her.
Has she heard anything from Johnny?
No, I don't think she has.
Oh, he ought to be ashamed of himself. That's not nice.
She always worries when she doesn't hear from her boys.
What a mother.
The kind they write songs about.
Did she say anything about Johnny being married?
No, is he?
Well, that's the word we got.
Well, that's a surprise to me.
What do you hear from Gino?
Well, Mama wrote that he'd be... That he was sent away.
You see, we don't know where Johnny is.
And that's not good.
I hoped he got in touch with you.
He should. You're brothers.
Oh, I haven't heard from him in two years.
I thought maybe somebody... He'd written to you.
It's too bad he didn't.
Nobody's heard from him for too long a time.
Hello?
Yes? Not before half an hour.
I'm in conference.
The name of the girl Johnny married is Norah Malaks.
Johnny met her in New York last summer.
She has a brother.
His name is Peter Malaks.
Works in New York,
lives in a small apartment out on Long Island.
All he ever does at night is study.
Wants to get ahead.
You know the type.
I...
I don't suppose you've ever met him.
Well, how could I?
I didn't know Johnny was married,
so how could I have met Malaks or his sister?
Well, we have a kind of pipeline to the DA's office
and we know that this Malaks person's been visiting the DA.
And once an assistant DA himself
went to see Malaks at his own apartment.
Now, Eddie, I don't have to draw you any pictures.
But all of this is happening at a very bad time.
You know about Carmine being killed, don't you?
I read about it.
On that job, Johnny was the driver.
Our connection at the DA's tells us that Malaks is asking the DA
that if a witness could be produced who would turn State's evidence,
would they give that witness a break.
Now, I can't imagine Johnny's wife making him talk.
She never could.
That job was very important to lots of our friends, Eddie.
And in light of all this...
Johnny would never talk.
Of course not.
You and I, we know it.
But our friends, they don't know it.
For their peace of mind, they like to
have everybody present and accounted for. Otherwise they get nervous.
Eddie, somebody's got to find him, fast.
And you're the only one who can do it.
Sid, I told you before. Alice is waiting for me.
This is such a bad time.
Do you want to tell me your brother's life isn't important?
To you, to Mama, to me?
Eddie, I know this isn't an easy thing you have to do,
but I've stalled our friends as long as I could.
Now they're ready to jump the gun.
The only thing to make them hold still is
for me to tell them that you're going after Johnny.
Well, suppose I find him? What happens then?
Simple.
Get him to leave the country.
Wherever he goes, we'll make him and his wife comfortable.
But you've got to work faster than fast.
Suppose I don't find him?
Eddie, you've got to. For Johnny's sake.
You know that wife of his must be off her rocker
to talk him into crazy ideas like that.
I'm not worried about Johnny.
But maybe she's giving him religion.
You've got to find him and put some sense into his head.
Remind him he can't hide away forever.
He'll listen to you and leave the country.
It's the only intelligent thing to be done.
That way nobody gets hurt. Agreed?
Well, where do I start looking?
That I leave to you.
I've got one suggestion.
Why not start with the girl's brother?
He might give us a lead as to where they are.
Here's $10,000 to see that Johnny and his bride get away in luxury.
Here's the dope on Malaks, where he lives, works, eats, etcetera, etcetera.
Here is your plane ticket for New York.
You leave Miami in 20 minutes.
You and me, we know the family comes first
but work fast.
I want to help Johnny. I know you do, too.
Good luck.
Goodbye, Sid.
And God bless you.
Thanks, Uncle Sid.
Operator, are you sure you're ringing the right number?
It's Bayshore... Hello?
Hello, Alice. How are you, darling?
Where are you? At the airport in Miami.
Eddie, how soon will you get here? The orphanage called again.
Alice, I've got to go to New York.
What?
New York?
Kubik wants me to go.
Why, Eddie? Because there was something
about that phone call this morning?
But, darling, you see, I have to.
My brother Johnny's in trouble.
I don't care about your brother Johnny. I only care about our baby.
And if you go away,
if you get mixed up with them again, we'll lose him
and I don't think you and I can ever...
Look, darling, please. Alice, listen to me.
I'll get home as fast as I can. I promise you.
But tell 'em anything. Tell 'em anything you want
as long as they hold the baby.
American Airlines Flight 24,
departing from gate one immediately.
Alice, my plane is leaving. I have to go now.
I love you.
Hiya, doll. Hi.
Excuse me.
May I?
Yeah.
What'll it be? Coffee.
I don't know yet, honey.
Yes?
You're Peter Malaks.
That's right.
I'm sorry, I don't seem to remember you.
I'm Eddie Rico. Johnny's brother.
What do you want?
I'd like to know where he is.
I don't know where he is.
I've got to get in touch with him.
Why do you bother me?
Look, don't play games, Malaks.
Johnny's in trouble and so is your sister.
I don't know where they are.
Well, what'll it be?
Nothing, honey. No, wait a minute.
I don't know where they are.
You're not being very... And if I did, I wouldn't tell you!
You're not being very polite. I haven't finished talking.
I have. I want to talk to you.
I need your help.
Sorry. I don't help gangsters.
I'm a businessman.
Yeah, sure you are, and your brother was only a paid employee. A gangster.
Just keep your voice down, huh?
Now let's forget about Johnny.
Aren't you worried about your sister?
Yeah.
I tried to keep her from marrying that cheap crook.
Maybe he's not the kind of a boy you'd choose for your sister,
but she chose him.
They're young and in love and they'll work things out.
Now where are they?
Where are they?
Malaks,
I know you want to protect your sister
and I want to protect my brother.
But if I don't find them, they're headed for trouble.
He could be killed.
Do you want that on your conscience?
Maybe he'd be better off dead.
Go away, the store is closed. You come back tomorrow.
It's me, Eddie. Eddie! Eddie!
Oh, Eddie!
Oh, you make me feel so happy when you come to see me.
Oh, it's good to see you.
How are you?
Okay.
Why you are in New York? Business or pleasure?
Both.
Alice, she's okay?
Oh, she's fine, Mama, fine. How's Grandma? Oh.
Ah, the same.
Oh, but you make her so happy since you sent her that TV set.
She never take her eyes off.
But she doesn't understand one word of English.
Oh, Gino.
Come, Eddie.
Have a little vino.
Poor Grandma. She thought I was Gino.
Well, what do you expect?
She's no baby no more.
We grow old, sure we forget.
Hey!
You like it?
Oh, sure. What you think?
I tell everybody, my son Eddie,
he send me the finest icebox in New York.
Oh, Mama, when are you going to stop calling it an icebox?
Why? She make ice, no? Hmm.
And now I make you something to eat.
Oh, but first some vino.
Why don't you let me send Grandma to that rest home in the country, huh?
lt'd do her a lot of good.
Oh, if she go away from Mulberry Street, she die.
No, Eddie, I keep her here with me.
What for I should send her away?
In your letters, you seemed to have a lot of worries on your mind.
Oh, so I got worries, so I take care of them.
You think maybe not?
Mama, how's Johnny?
Why you ask?
I just want to talk to him.
He's in trouble?
When did you see him last?
Like I write in my letter, maybe three, four months ago.
Well, how did he seem to you? Was he nervous or upset?
Oh, he look happy.
Me, I was nervous, upset.
Every day, somebody stand in front of the store.
Strangers.
Men with eyes like marbles. They watch who come in, who go out.
When was that? About two months ago. Why you ask?
Oh, nothing. You worry too much, Mama. Forget it.
How's Norah, Johnny's wife?
Oh, she's happy, too.
Just like Johnny. Hmm.
That Norah, she's nice.
Maybe a little skinny, you know, like... Like a college girl.
Only she never went to college, I don't think.
Oh, but Johnny's so proud.
But I never wrote to you that they got married.
Oh, no. Kubik told me.
Oh.
So you're working for Sid again, eh?
No, Mama, I'm not working for Sid.
He's after Johnny.
Nobody's after Johnny.
We're just trying to find him, so we can help him.
Oh!
You don't believe that, huh?
You, sure, you would help Johnny. Sid Kubik, I don't know.
Oh, Mama, how can you say that?
Sid's your friend.
I always believed that.
But when Gino came to say goodbye,
he said, "Mama, don't trust Kubik."
You'd listen to a crazy kid like that?
Oh, I don't know.
I'm all mixed up, Eddie. I don't know.
How can Kubik do something wrong against me?
It don't make sense.
He must always remember how I got in front of the bullet
to save his life.
He hasn't forgotten, Mama.
Oh, my leg, she remember.
Sid Kubik, he remember, too. I am sure.
Mama, what about Johnny?
I am sure, but still I am all mixed up.
I haven't heard from Johnny in a long time.
Well, then, you did hear from him.
When? Where was he?
I don't know nothing and I don't say nothing.
Mama, if you know, you've got to tell me.
They're worried about him. They've got a right to be.
That's why Kubik sent for me.
To do what?
To find Johnny and get him out of the country for a while.
Why they want to send Johnny out of the country?
He no make no trouble for nobody.
Well, we know that. But the others, they don't.
They've got reasons to believe Johnny might go to the DA.
And I've got to find him to put some sense into his head.
Believe me, it'll be better.
Oh, no, no!
Look, Eddie, I don't tell you nothing
and then they don't bother you no more.
Look, Mama, it doesn't work that way.
Well, all right, tell them to come to me.
I keep my mouth shut, like this.
They don't like it, so they kill me. Okay.
Maybe it's a punish from God because I helped to save Kubik's life.
Mama, forget the past. It's now that counts.
Johnny's in trouble and I want to protect him.
If I don't find him, they will.
Even Sid Kubik, no matter how much he loves the family,
won't be able to stop them.
If I don't find Johnny first, he'll be killed.
No! No, don't say... Don't even say that.
Well, that's the way it is. Face the facts.
That's why you've got to tell me.
Oh, Eddie, Eddie. I'm your mama.
Don't say words that cut my heart.
Eddie... Oh, I'm not going to tell. I'm not!
Okay. You have Johnny's blood on your hands.
Oh, no! And I say yes!
If you keep quiet, Johnny'll be killed.
No! No! No! No!
Okay, Mama. I'll try to find him anyway.
I hope to God I find him in time.
Eddie!
I don't know no more what's right and what's wrong.
The last time I heard from Johnny, he was in California.
Camino.
El Camino?
Yeah.
He was on a farm with some people whose name is Felici.
But I don't know if he's still there.
Felici, I'll remember the name.
Eddie,
don't trust nobody and...
I won't.
And take care of your brother.
You take care of yourself.
Oh, Johnny.
Eddie! I haven't seen you around in a long time.
Oh, hello, Vic.
This is Eddie Rico, Johnny's brother.
Hop in, Eddie. We'll give you a lift, huh?
Uh, no, thanks, Vic. I'm just going down a few blocks.
It's all right. Come on, we'll save you the walk. Come on.
Well, you'll drop me at the subway, huh?
Hello.
Hi, there, handsome.
That's Jean, a Miss America loser.
This one's Nellie. Say something, honey.
Hi. Hi.
We're on our way to a new night spot. Why don't you join us?
I've got to get up early.
Just drop me off at the next subway station, huh?
Jean's a real good sport, right, sweetheart?
Why don't you let him find out for himself?
You can do better, honey. I'm a married man.
Oh, but they're the best kind, no?
Maybe some other time, huh?
That's a definite date, doll.
Heard anything from your brothers?
No, no, not lately.
I haven't seen them around. How's things in Florida?
Oh, it's a great life.
So I heard, but for strangers, not for me.
Any place outside New York is like
a regular foreign country.
Sure you won't change your mind about tonight, Eddie?
We'll have a ball.
Sorry I couldn't make it, Vic, but thanks anyway.
Goodbye, married man.
Thanks for the lift, Vic.
Any time.
Give my regards to your brothers when you see them, huh?
Yeah.
American Airlines.
American Airlines? Reservations, please.
One moment, please.
Reservations.
Hello, I want a reservation to El Camino, California.
For when?
As soon as possible.
Sorry, there's no direct flight to El Camino.
Well, can you get me as far as Phoenix?
Yes, sir. What name, please?
Oh, my name? Uh... Rogers. E. Rogers.
Thank you, Mr. Rogers.
Thank you.
American Airlines Flight 24 departing
from gate one immediately.
American Airlines Flight 24 departing from gate one immediately.
Yes, sir? Do you have space on Flight 24 to El Camino?
Yes, sir. One way or round trip?
One way.
Will it leave on time?
You have about five minutes.
Oh, thank you. Here's the baggage check.
I'll pick up the ticket in a minute.
Hiya there, Eddie!
You don't remember me, do you?
Pete Sulzer. I used to see you around Chicago.
Oh, sure, sure, how are you?
Sure been a long time, ain't it?
I was the barkeeper at the Shoreline Tavern.
Still drawing a blank?
No, no, I remember you.
You're just a little different, that's all.
Oh, this?
The old lady keeps telling me it's all kind of silly.
You know, wearing a gallon hat on a two-pint head.
But the customers expect it.
Say, I got a nice joint about 10 miles from here. Roulette, blackjack, poker.
Everything all right? No trouble?
Cops? Are you kidding?
You know, it's a funny thing, last night in the joint,
somebody got to talking about you and your brother.
Oh? Which one?
Oh, the one, um... The youngest one.
Look, Eddie, if you're going to stay in Phoenix for a while,
why don't you stay with me? You'll like my joint.
We'll give you all the action you want.
Well, maybe next time, huh, Pete?
Oh, sure. Sure, Eddie. It's good to see you.
Maybe next time you come through, why, we get together.
Fine.
Okay, Pete. Good to see you, Eddie.
Bye.
Number, please.
Long distance, please.
Long distance.
Hello, I want to talk to Bayshore, Florida.
I want to speak to Mrs. Edward Rico.
The number is Bayshore, 9876.
This is Mr. Rico.
Collect, please.
Hold the line, please.
That's right. I'll wait.
I'm sorry, the line is busy.
Shall I try it again in a few minutes?
No. No, just cancel the call. Thank you.
Flight 24 to Yuma, El Camino and San Diego now ready for takeoff...
Is this the best hotel in town?
You'll like this place, senor. I guarantee it.
And if you want some action,
or you want to go someplace,
don't forget to call on Pedro, eh? Gracias.
May I have a room, please?
Yes, sir. How long are you planning to stay?
Oh, one or two nights, maybe.
I'll get a bellboy for you, Mr. Rogers.
Thank you.
314. Yes, sir.
Everything all right, sir?
Fine.
Wait for me, please. Yes, sir.
Hello. Is your daddy home?
Mommy! Mommy! It's a man, Mommy!
Oh, sweetheart, take it easy. Don't be so frightened.
Is he the man, Mommy?
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset her.
I'm Eddie Rico.
Come in.
Norah!
Hello. I'm Johnny's brother, Eddie.
How did you find us?
So you're Johnny's wife. Mama spoke a lot about you.
How's Johnny?
He's fine. Just fine.
Is he around?
Well, I'll leave you two to talk.
I'll finish up in the kitchen, Norah.
What do you want with Johnny?
Well, he's in trouble, with certain people.
These certain people, they know where we are?
No.
But they sent you to find Johnny for them.
Look, if your brother hadn't gone to the district attorney...
I don't know what my brother did and I don't care!
Well, I do, since it concerns my brother. I've come here to help him.
I don't think you can help, so why don't you just leave us alone?
Look, we haven't got time to argue. You've got to listen to me.
Aunt Norah, is he the man I'm not supposed to talk to?
Be careful, Uncle Johnny.
Eddie! Johnny!
That's him. You know, the man I mustn't talk to.
Yeah, yeah, it's all right. You don't have to be afraid of him.
Come, Mary.
We thought somebody might come around asking questions,
so we told the kid not to say anything.
Oh, that's all right. I understand.
I never figured it to be you.
Johnny, I think it'd be better if we both had a quiet talk.
Just the two of us, huh?
There's nothing she can't hear.
All right. Come on, I'll get you some wine.
Did you meet my wife? Yes.
But I don't think she likes me.
I see there's going to be another Rico soon.
Yeah.
Congratulations.
Thanks. How about you and Alice?
Well, we're thinking of adopting...
Johnny, how can you sit there talking to him?
Norah, he's my brother.
Is he? Ask him why he's here.
Well, I guess he was sent.
Who, Kubik?
Yeah.
That's what I was afraid of.
Sounds serious.
Oh, they're worried about you.
Why? Because they haven't heard from me?
Look, Johnny, you've always listened to me before.
What I tell you is for your own good. Right?
Drink your wine. You haven't answered me.
Johnny, he's going to tell you some crazy story about my brother.
Her brother went to the DA. Johnny!
The boys feel he tried to make a deal with the DA.
If he can get someone to turn State's evidence...
Do you think I'd squeal? Of course not.
No. Well, then what are you doing here?
Well, I'm your brother, I trust you.
But the others, they don't.
Don't listen to him, Johnny!
So Kubik thinks I'm going to talk?
No, he doesn't, Johnny.
But the boys think your wife might make up your mind for you.
You can understand why they don't feel safe.
No, I don't understand.
Do they think I'd squeal on my own brother? Send Gino to the chair?
Johnny, for God's sake, you've got to listen to me.
He sent you to find me, though?
That's right. To talk to you,
to tell you to get out of the country for a while.
I see. The only thing is,
I don't see that as long as they were going to send one of my brothers,
why didn't they send Gino?
Well, why Gino?
Because now Gino's a killer.
Look, Johnny, I came here for your own good.
If you don't listen to me, it might cost you your life.
Since when does Mr. Kubik care about anybody's life?
Since now! He wants to help Johnny.
Eddie, you're talking crazy.
Look, Kubik's not an animal.
He can never forget what Mama did for him.
Now don't be a dumb kid all your life!
Why dumb? Because he's too smart to listen to you?
Look, Johnny, be honest, face the facts.
You left the organization without so much as a word.
So Kubik gets worried. Why not?
That still doesn't mean he's against you.
Oh, I bet he loves me like a son.
He just wants you to get to a safe place, that's all.
And you believe him? Absolutely.
Well, then you're not the smart guy I thought you were.
Oh, that wife of yours has scrambled your brains.
You're the one that's not being smart.
We know what we're doing.
You know nothing!
Now look, kid, did I ever steer you wrong?
No. But I got a feeling this time.
I don't think Kubik wants me out of the country
or safe like you say.
He doesn't know where I am and he's plenty worried.
What must I do to make you understand, beat it into your head?
Why don't you just leave us alone?
Norah, take it easy.
Hey, look, we didn't make any deal with the DA or anybody else.
I'll tell you why I ran out.
Norah had something to do with it, yeah,
not that she ever asked me to or told me to.
No, Eddie, it's because she's clean and good,
the first decent thing that ever happened to me.
Then when I found out we were going to have a kid,
I wanted to make sure there'd be one Rico who could grow up free
of all the things that you, Gino or I ever grew up with.
But no, everything's loused up now.
They must have followed you here.
Look, Johnny, it's only a few miles to the Mexican border.
Nobody'll ever know where you are but us.
Oh? You're going to keep quiet and never say a word about me, huh?
That's right.
Tell me, even when they put the pressure on you good and hard, Eddie?
I want to protect you.
Look, Eddie, I wish I could feel about the organization the way you do.
But you haven't been with them for a long time.
Marco, this is my brother, Eddie.
Well, when do you think the executioners will come?
Johnny! Johnny!
Norah! Norah! Norah!
Marco! Call a doctor, Marco. Maggie, give me a hand.
Aunt Norah!
Hello, operator. Aunt Norah!
Operator, give me 3640 and hurry, please. It's an emergency.
Aunt Norah!
Norah! Norah, are you all right? Wake up, Aunt Norah.
Wake up. Oh, Norah!
Oh, Johnny. Now don't get excited.
Wake up, Aunt Norah.
Johnny...
Doctor? Doctor, this is Marco Felici.
That's the first time I ever fainted.
First time in my whole life.
His wife Norah just fainted.
Do you feel all right now?
That's right, she's in terrible pain.
Is there anything we can give her? I see.
Yes, sir. Do you think you can come right away?
Take it easy. Please get rid of him, Johnny.
All right, all right, lie down.
Please get rid of him, Johnny. Lie down.
Please get rid of him. Please.
Oh, Aunt Norah.
Please get rid of him!
I'm sorry, Johnny. I hope she didn't...
Eddie, I think you ought to go.
Johnny, I got to have an answer, kid.
Are you leaving?
I don't want you or Norah to get hurt.
When I think my own brother...
Johnny, you got to get away, please believe me.
You got to trust me. You'll be safe.
Eddie, if Norah loses that baby...
Johnny, I was only trying to do what...
Okay, okay, so nobody's blaming you.
Let's just say something happened way back, huh?
So maybe I am going to die.
But, Eddie, you've got even bigger troubles.
You're going to live.
Johnny!
Get out, will you?
Johnny... Johnny, you're wrong. You're all wrong, John!
Take it easy, son.
I'm Mike Lamotta.
I don't remember giving you the key to my room.
What's a key?
I own the hotel. Will you have a drink?
Get out. I'm busy.
I guess you didn't hear me right.
I said I'm Mike Lamotta.
I'm in charge out here.
In charge of what?
Everything. Including your brother Johnny.
What do you know about my brother Johnny?
Number one, where he is.
And?
That's enough for now. Sure you won't have a drink?
So you're in charge around here, huh?
We'll see about that.
You're wasting your time, son.
Operator. Order, please.
Get me long distance.
I'm sorry, sir.
You're sorry? What do you mean, you're sorry?
I said get me long distance.
Sorry, no calls can go out from this room.
This is Lamotta. Give the man what he wants.
Yes, sir.
Long distance.
Long distance? I want Miami, Florida.
Mr. Sid Kubik at the Excelsior Hotel.
What is your number, please?
My number is Central 1553.
I'm in Room 314. And call me back.
You'd better get something through your skull.
Nothing happens to Johnny, you understand? Nothing!
Or Kubik will have your head on a platter.
Did you hear what I said?
You got the floor, say your piece.
All right, then.
You listen and listen real good.
I came down here to find Johnny.
To get him out of the country.
On Kubik's orders.
Kubik gives lots of orders.
He tell you what to do, you do it.
Tells me, I do it.
Kubik gave you no orders about me or my brother.
I'll kill you for saying that.
No, you won't.
Eddie, this is pointed at the wrong Rico.
I'm only interested in Johnny.
So how about a little cooperation?
Even if you could take this away from me,
you'd never get out of the hotel.
You don't think I came here alone, do you, Eddie?
All right, put him on. Huh? What?
But he... He's got to be there.
Checked out, right?
Checked out?
Uh...
I told you it wouldn't do you any good.
Eddie, I talked to Kubik 10 minutes after you hit the Felici place.
You know how it is in the rackets.
My mother, my brothers,
they tried to tell me, but I wouldn't listen.
He never meant Johnny to get away at all.
It was a setup.
They put a leash around my neck.
To use me like a bloodhound to track down my brother.
The dirty, stinking animal! My dear Uncle Sid!
If it makes you feel any better to scream your head off,
go ahead.
But it changes nothing.
Come in.
Gonzales, this is Eddie Rico.
Gonzales. He's something like my secretary.
What's going on down there?
Well, they all stayed in the house until about a half an hour ago.
And then the doctor came.
And Felici took the little girl over to Koefer's place,
you know, at the other end of town.
Okay. What about Schmidt? Did he get here? Is he sober?
Yeah, he's sober.
Do you got Paco with you?
No. There's a new guy. I don't know him.
What time do you want 'em?
What time do they go to bed in that neighborhood?
Early.
They get up at 6:00.
Well, let's say 10:30 then. How could he do a thing like that?
Just how can he do a thing like that?
What's he talking about? Nothing. Forget about it.
Anything else for me? No, no. That's all.
Have 'em use two cars. I'll let you know if there's any change.
Okay. I'll see you later.
Yeah.
You sit there and talk about Johnny like...
Like you're getting rid of some garbage.
This is a human being.
And one that could cook us all, you included.
He's my kid brother.
So he's your brother. We're all brothers, aren't we?
Did that ever stop anything? You know that.
I was never in on that end.
Don't give me that. You knew it was going on.
So don't start playing holy with me now.
Look, Mike, I don't know you.
I never saw you before today,
but I want you to do me a favor.
Give my kid brother a break.
That's the way you should have talked in the beginning.
Not that it'd done any good.
Look, his wife's going to have a baby.
Yeah, I know. His friend Felici's been burning up the phone.
First he calls the doctor. She might even lose the baby.
Then he calls Sheriff Hooley.
Eddie, I appointed Sheriff Hooley
and if he carried out my instructions, and I'm sure that he did,
he's in bed right now with a temperature of 103.
He'll be better tomorrow.
All right, look, I got about $100,000
and a business that's worth more than that.
They're yours. It's yours if you just let Johnny get away.
Eddie, you don't even tempt me.
What good is money or a business to a dead man?
And that's exactly what I'd be if I crossed Kubik.
Stop tearing yourself apart, boy.
Figure like it's 10:30. Figure like you've already lost him.
I'm going to call down for something to eat. You want anything?
Something to eat? You just sentenced a man to die.
How can you think about eating?
You think it's crude that I should eat at a time like this?
Wake up, Eddie. Johnny's already spoken for.
He doesn't count anymore.
But you, you're alive. Did you hear that? You're alive.
You listening to me or am I just talking to myself?
Give me Room Service.
That Kubik made promises and I believed him.
You're like a guy in the death house arguing with the warden.
I can't help you. And you can't help Johnny.
Get it through your head.
I came here because I wanted to help him.
He was past helping a long time ago,
even before you left Miami.
That Kubik knew all about it.
He's only protecting us against a kid that's blown his cork.
Yeah, he's a great protector.
If his mother did something he didn't like, he'd protect her, too.
Take it easy, son.
This ain't no sewing circle you got into when you were a kid.
You knew the score even then.
It's 24 past.
Okay, Gonzales.
Is everything all right?
Yeah, everything's all right.
Call the Felici house.
Eddie, you better have a drink.
Aconda 374.
I don't want a drink.
Take the phone, Eddie.
Come on, there's nothing you can do now
but go along or take the fall with him.
Tell Johnny to go out to the road and meet the boys.
Alone. Unarmed. He'll see the parked cars.
Suppose he won't come?
He loves his wife, he'll understand.
Hello?
Johnny? Hi!
Is Norah all right?
Eddie! I've been trying to reach you.
I'm a father! I'm a father! Isn't that great?
Oh, Norah and the baby are fine. And man, oh, man, what a kid.
Oh, God, I'm so excited I can hardly talk.
But, look, I got to tell you this.
He's a boy. And we're going to name him after Papa.
Antonio Rico. How do you like that, huh? Antonio Rico.
So congratulate me, will you?
I'll congratulate you, you're an uncle.
Oh, man, can't you see Mama's face... Johnny...
... when I tell her we had a baby?
John...
What's the matter?
You were right about Kubik.
Oh, no!
Yeah.
God forgive me, but you were right.
Listen, Johnny... Johnny...
They're... They're waiting for you.
Where?
Outside the house. In a parked car.
And I suppose if I don't go,
something's going to happen to Norah and the baby, huh?
Eddie?
John...
Don't go, Johnny! Call the cops in the next...
Hello, Johnny. This is a friend of yours.
Now here's some good advice.
Don't go off the deep end like your brother.
If you want your wife and kid to stay in one piece,
you go out and meet the boys on the road. Alone.
No gun. No other funny business.
Did you hear me?
Yeah, I heard you.
You've got five minutes. Then the boys are coming in after you.
Yeah, I heard you. I heard you. I heard you.
Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
Yeah?
Lamotta? Yeah.
Everything go all right?
Yeah. Fine.
Okay.
What about him?
Kubik wants him brought back.
You take him. He's your prize package.
How you feeling?
Okay.
Okay, don't talk. But whatever you're thinking, forget it.
I was pretty rough back there in El Camino.
But you gotta play the game according to the rules.
Not like your brother Gino.
What about Gino?
Oh, didn't you know?
He tried to get out of the country against orders.
What happened?
Now you can't buck the system, Eddie.
It's real tough. Tough.
Two of the Rico brothers gone.
Now you be the smart one. Two down, don't make it one to go.
Fasten your seat belt, please.
We'll be arriving in Phoenix in five minutes.
Fasten your seat belt, please.
Listen, pal, now let's get this straight.
I got nothing personal against you.
I just got my orders to get you back.
So if you've got any other ideas in that head of yours,
forget about it.
They'll only find you anyway.
Even if there ain't another Rico to send after you.
Hello. Hello.
Hello, Alice? Alice, it's me.
Eddie! Now don't hang up. I'm in trouble.
Are you hurt?
No, I'm not hurt. I'll tell you when I see you.
Look, honey, don't talk now. Just listen.
The minute I hang up, I want you to leave the house.
Make it look as if you were just going to the market, do you understand?
Take nothing with you, except whatever money you've got and your passport.
Where will I meet you?
Well, I'm coming to that.
Now you remember the place where those two people spent their honeymoon?
Remember the champagne cork through the window?
Yes.
All right. Right. I'll see you there.
Now use your sister's name.
Well, when will you be there?
I don't know. A couple of days, maybe sooner.
Look, but don't go out of your room until I get there, you understand?
I've been looking all over for you.
If you still want that ride with me, buddy, I'm ready.
I'll be right with you.
Look, Alice, I've got to go now.
Now take care of yourself. You got everything straight?
Yes. I'll leave for New York right away.
Good girl.
Goodbye, darling.
Goodbye, honey.
Hello? Yes, Mike, it's me. What is it?
Lamotta, I gave you a simple job to do. You fumbled it.
Eddie Rico has broken loose.
All right, he's in your hands.
Send out the word, wherever he is,
I want Rico delivered to me.
And, Phil, make sure you do a better job than Lamotta.
Real sure.
Yes?
Alice, open up, it's me.
Darling!
I'm all right. I'm all right.
When you called, I thought...
Eddie, what's wrong?
Johnny's dead.
Gino, too.
I don't want excuses. Cover the whole town. And no mistakes!
Still no word about his wife?
Nothing, except she must have left Miami three days ago.
Ancient history. Did you get the boys in Georgia, Virginia, DC?
Got 'em all, except Lefty Taylor.
I'll get him, too. I've got the ports of entry covered.
Get Harrison, tell him to contact the boys.
"...and you'll be alive."
Those were the last words Johnny ever said to me.
I tried, sweetheart, but it was too late.
It was always too late. From the first day you and Kubik...
Darling, I'm not blaming you. You had no choice.
Oh, but I did have a choice.
20 years ago when Kubik offered me that job,
I should have thrown it in his face.
He showed me a plush lined rat hole
and I crawled in and made it my home.
But you had nothing to do with all that filth
and corruption and killing. You didn't.
You were just their accountant.
That's what I kept telling myself, but I had their stamp on me.
I put it there myself. Property of the organization.
Eddie, please... Well, let me say it, darling.
I've got to get it out of my system before it chokes me.
Everything I've touched, what happened to my brothers,
to you, the baby, it's my fault.
Enough, Eddie!
Yes, it's enough.
I agree. I'm going to quit.
Oh, no! If you think that you...
Honey, you can't fight them.
Johnny and Gino tried, look at them.
I am looking at them. That's why I have to do it this way.
Eddie, they'll kill you!
Oh, honey. Look, we don't have to stay here.
We can run away.
No, darling. No, darling, we're not going to run.
I know enough to stop them cold.
The whole organization from Kubik down.
And you're going to help me.
How?
Well, you've got your passport.
I want you to leave the country.
Alone? Just for a little while.
Why can't we go together?
It's too dangerous. They expect that.
They'd spot us even before we got out of town.
Eddie, Eddie, please. Oh, please, don't send me away.
Look, darling, you'll take the plane to Mexico
and I'll follow you soon after.
What's "soon after"?
When I've done what I have to.
Now, don't worry, we'll make it.
Honey,
is that what you believe or what you hope?
Oh, honey, can't you understand?
There's no me anymore. There's just us.
Look, darling, we'll be together for the rest of our lives.
You'll see.
I'll walk into your room just like I walked in tonight.
Oh, Eddie, please don't make me leave you.
I'm so afraid, I...
Ah, darling. Look, peasant.
In a little while it'll be us again.
Trust me this time, huh? Please. Please.
All right.
Okay, darling. Okay, baby.
I'll be back in a little while.
Eddie... Eddie...
Don't worry about it.
And don't answer the phone to no one.
I'll be back in a little while.
Go around the corner. Yes, sir.
What do you want? Help.
Not from me.
You don't have to hate Johnny anymore.
He's dead.
I know that. Get out before I call the police.
You're not calling anybody. You're going to help me.
I said you're going to help me.
You're going to help your sister's kid.
Like you helped to kill his father?
Okay, you got a right to say that.
But don't forget, you helped, too.
Look, Malaks, I want to go to the DA.
Yeah, because they killed your brother.
'Cause they killed both my brothers.
I want to go and tell them everything.
Look, if I really believed that you wanted to put an end to all of this...
You can believe it, Malaks, you can believe it.
I've got money in the bank.
Clean money from my business in Florida.
Enough for Johnny's kid and my mother.
Enough to get my wife out of the country and to help take care of her.
Before I do anything else, I've got to make sure she's in the clear.
Well, what do you want me to do?
I want you to meet us at the bank tomorrow.
At the Gotham National Bank at 10:05.
And see that she gets away on a plane.
After that you can set up a date with the DA for me.
I can call him right now.
No. No, there's a pipeline out of his office right into Kubik's ear.
You got to find some other way of getting to him.
Set up a date someplace where a.45 won't interrupt the conversation.
You mean they'd walk right into the DA's office?
Sure, they've done it before.
Kubik knew all about your visits to the DA.
Look, Malaks, they've got a guy downstairs waiting
and watching every move you make.
I want you to be careful 'cause you might get into a lot of trouble.
And I'm warning you.
Okay, I've been warned.
Good morning. Morning.
Hello, Mr. Rico. Hello.
A long time since you've been here.
Yes.
Thank you.
He just came into the bank.
Thank you.
Here, darling.
I'll see you soon. Have a nice trip.
But, Eddie, I...
You know the name of the hotel? Yes, but I'm so...
Darling, you talk too much.
I'll see you day after tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow. Right?
That's for Norah and the baby.
Malaks, I'll meet you at Fasoles tonight in the Village.
I'll be waiting in the kitchen. Goodbye, darling.
Idlewild Airport, driver.
Oh, my son. My son.
Johnny, Gino, dead.
You know already, huh? I did the best I could, Mama.
Oh, it's not your fault. Me, I'm to blame. It's my fault.
Only mine.
Mama, here. I haven't got much time.
My boys are dead. What's there to live for?
Mama. Mama, there's a lot to live for.
There's another Rico, a new Antonio Rico
who'll live without fear like a decent human being.
You'll see, Mama. There's a new life ahead for all of us.
And for Johnny's kid.
Go take care of her.
Hello, Eddie.
Take it easy.
You dirty, rotten, stinking animal!
I've got things to say. But not here.
Murderer! I kill you! I kill you!
Funny, isn't it?
How I kept telling you not to worry about getting a kid.
And now that we're here, I'm worried.
Maybe they'll turn us down.
Oh, honey, how could they?
Not with a letter from the DA.
Oh, yeah.