1:58:02
Look, all I ask you, Commissioner,
is you just lay off me for tonight.
1:58:06
That's all? Don't you want me
to give you the keys to the city too?
1:58:09
- What's your mob doing at Queenie's?
- Nothin' that would interest you.
1:58:15
You see, I just can't tell anybody about it.
1:58:18
But if you'll just give me a base on balls
for tonight, I'll save your badge.
1:58:22
- What do you mean, save my badge?
- You wanna find those reporters.
1:58:27
- You got those reporters?
- I got friends.
1:58:29
All I gotta do is just
spread the word around those friends
1:58:32
and those newsboys will show up
tomorrow just as good as new.
1:58:36
All I ask you is, please,
just lay off me for tonight.
1:58:40
I don't make deals with bums. You'll have
a police escort until they show up.
1:58:44
Wait a minute. OK, Mac,
I'm gonna tell you something.
1:58:48
I got those reporters, and they ain't
showing up until I'm good and ready.
1:58:53
- Now are we gonna do business?
- Sure, Dude. We can do business.
1:58:57
- Frisk these guys and book 'em.
- What?
1:59:00
You can always do
business with the police.
1:59:03
- This ain't gonna get you noplace.
- Get me the mayor.
1:59:05
He's throwing that big party
for the governor.
1:59:08
- When he finds out what this is about...
- Why drag the mayor in?
1:59:12
I bet he'll make a deal with you too.
He'll probably settle for about 50 years.
1:59:16
There's nothing crooked going on here.
When you hear the story, you'll laugh.
1:59:20
I'm laughing already, Dude.
I been waitin' ten years to laugh at you.
1:59:24
- Hello, Chief.
- Hold it. Just before you talk to him...
1:59:27
Joy Boy, I told Queenie I'd tell the truth.
1:59:30
I'm gonna give you the truth.
You'll think I'm nuts, but it's the truth.
1:59:34
It's like...
1:59:36
- Well, it's...
- Like a Mother Goose story.
1:59:39
That's right. It's like one of those stories
you tell the kids when you put 'em to bed.
1:59:43
Hold on, Chief. Dave the Dude -
bootlegger, racketeer and gambler -
1:59:47
wants to tell me a beddy-bye story.
1:59:50
OK, forget it. I'm gonna hang before I let
any fink of a cop give me the horselaugh.
1:59:56
As for you, Mr Mayor... You tell Mr Mayor
he'll never see those reporters again.