Bugsy

Papa?

Right. And this one.

Here you go.

And... that one.

And there.

- That's about it. - Okay.

- Bye, honey. - Bye.

Okay.

See you 6:00 at the station.

- Bye, daddy. - Bye, daddy.

Bye, dad.

To speak properly

it is necessary to enunciate every syllable.

Example:

20 dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet.

20 dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet.

Example:

20 dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet.

20 dwarves took turns doing handstands on the carpet.

To speak properly, it is necessary to enunciate...

- You call that an amber? - Yes.

- And this is.. - This is like a lavender, purple, yes.

- And this... - This goes well with the white.

You can wear any of these with the white.

Exquisite combination, Mr. Siegel.

Oh, yes, tasteful as always.

I have some worsted flannel...

- Mr. Siegel. - Ralph.

Floor, please, madam?

Penthouse.

If we make love, it will be the only time.

What if you like it?

I know I'll like it.

I think I got off on the wrong floor.

Better get back on.

- Don't stop. - Is that hurting you?

Meyer. Meyer, will you take it easy? I'm going to be in half an hour. I got ten minutes of sunlamp and then...

All right, I'll do the sunlamp on the train.

Of course I'm alone.

She was an hour ago.

I have thought about it. I got to do it.

Call Charlie. You know how he likes to take a nap when there's going to be a little trouble.

Ben, I got to tell you once again

that it really does affect my opinion of your ability to administrate

when you get yourself involved in this type of detail.

Charlie, tell him what you said to me when I told you about it.

What do you think I said to you?

You see what I'm talking about?

Then you just shook your head.

Of course I shook my head.

What else was I going to do?

All right.

Count to 53.

Good evening, Mr. Siegel.

Hiya, Dave.

- Give that a brush for me. - Sure.

- Hiya, Marty. - Mr. Siegel.

Ted.

Hiya, Jerry.

Ben, what you're doin' here?

- I thought you were on your way to California. - Yeah, I just came to give you a good-bye present.

- Present? - Yeah. Open it.

I don't get it.

Well, Meyer, Charlie and I, we hire you to do a job,

we pay you a nice salary, we throw in a piece of the action,

and you pay us back

- by stealing from us for the second time in three years. - Stealing?

Yeah, the shirt off my back.

Do you want the shirt off my back? 'Cause I'd be happy to give you the shirt off my back. Here.

From Sulka's.

- They're the ones I wear. - Can I say something here?

Yeah, you know, if I'd taken a little longer

I would've bought you some pants and some suits and some jackets, and shoes, but you know what?

- I can give you a couple of tips. - Tips?

Yeah. Let me see your shoes.

- My shoes? - Yeah.

Aw.

I don't wanna be rude to you, but...

they don't go with anything. And another couple of tips.

- I'm a little confused. - Those here...

$ 3,900 we paid to hire three guys to take care of this problem. Can you tell me what we're doing here?

What am I gonna tell you, Johnny?

His thinking process?

The way I see it,

Ben has only one problem, the same problem he's had since we were all kids together,

sticking up crap games in the streets:

He doesn't respect money.

Oh, yeah.

But you know something? That's for summer.

And, Jerry, I don't think you have to worry about summer.

- Oh, Ben, no, don't. - If it was just business,

I'd be selling insurance or importing dresses.

Remember this, Ben:

The key to knocking off Jack Dragna and taking over the Southern California rackets is to come in smooth.

Approach him like all we want is to...

- come in as a partner. - Exactly.

They guy's been running the rackets since Southern California for 20 years at no competition.

Except for Mickey Cohen,

- who don't even count because he's a one-man gang. - So the only way to move in on Dragna is amiably.

- What about the gambling and nightclubs? - Vito, I just said it's 50/50. - 50/50.

We move in, but we don't ruin anything by being too crazy.

Just be amiable.

Joey A. knows Jack Dragna personally.

What do you think, Joey?

Well, Jack's a cold-blooded killer, so you got to be very careful.

Just don't say nothing that he'd take offense at.

What are you smiling at?

Nothing.

Why can't we go to California?

Maybe next time.

What is it?

Ben, when you get to Los Angeles, would you do all of us a favor? Don't call George.

I know he's a good friend of yours, but he's such a big-shot movie star now.

He attracts more attention than Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The whole trip's gotta be quick and quiet.

And amiable.

Very funny.

12 days.

4 days out, 4 days of diplomacy, 4 days back.

- No one even knows you were there. - All right.

Ben. Uh, Ben, can I talk to you for a minute alone?

After I say good-bye to the family, alright?

- Bugsy... - I'll miss you.

I'll miss you too.

Now look, when I get you on the phone I want you to tell me exactly what kind of presents you want from me, okay?

I already know what I want.

Now don't tell me now. Think about it and surprise me, right?

- Okay? - Okay.

All right.

I need money, Ben.

How much?

- $ 50,000. - For what?

The cops, the D.A., the F.B.I.

They're threatening to lock me up.

They're no good, these people,

except for this one assistant D.A., Allen Stein. Jewish kid. Nice fellow.

You know their family from Bedford Street.

What happened to the 50,000 I just gave you?

- What 50,000? - The 50,000 for the armored truck heist?

That 50,000? That 50,000's gone, Ben.

You know me with money. I blew it at the track.

Harry,

are you saying that if I don't give you $ 50,000 you gonna rat on everyone you know, including me?

You? Never!

I love you, Ben! I would never rat on you! Never!

You ain't gonna kill me, Ben, are you?

I'm gonna try very hard to forget that this ever happened.

I owe you my life, Ben.

I'd say that's a fair assessment.

God bless you, Ben.

Bend your knees, Harry.

Bend my knees?

When you jump from the train, bend your knees to soften the impact.

Bend my knees.

Okay, Ben.

Sure thing.

- Are you who I think you are? - Yes, I am. - Let me have your autograph. - Okay.

Raye? Okay. Here you go, Raye.

Okay. We'll get everybody here.

This has been four of the most wonderful days I've ever spent.

I gotta tell you,

a lot of it was in the motion of the train.

Ben!

Hey.

Oh, my gosh.

- Mister, he knows you. Are you somebody too? - Nah, nah.

- I love you, George. - Ben,

gee, you're looking great like a million bucks of real money.

You're looking pretty good yourself, Georgie-boy. Very dapper. Very dapper.

Well, that's what they pay me for.

Okay, we're moving on here.

Look, I've got you registered at the Beverly Hills Hotel, bungalow five.

I know you said four days, but I reserved six.

That Jack Dragna's the kingpin here, huh?

What do you hear about him?

For what I hear, he runs a nice, little operation.

You got a city with three million people in it,

and he runs an operation that's nice and little?

I don't know, less to worry about.

I'm gonna drop you off at the hotel and then I'm gonna back to the studio.

Why don't I go there with you?

All right, if you like.

Hank ain't very bright, but he's my friend.

And if's he's hooked into a dame like you he's tying himself into lot of headaches he never figured out.

- Come on to you, racket. - You got the blueprints all drawn, haven't you?

- The cigarette. New cigarette. - She's eaten a whole cigarette here.

Scene 36, take 2. Marker.

So I'm telling you straight:

Forget that you've ever seen him. If you don't get what I mean, this might give you an idea.

Take that money and stick it back to your pocket.

Go and buy yourself some manners.

For what? To waste on you?

Marker.

Two bucks? For what? One beer and some phony champagne?

That's right, friend.

- Here's half a buck. Split it between you. - Take five. Marker.

Two bucks? For what? One beer and some phony champagne?

Here's half a buck. Split it between you.

You are so cheap, you are wholesale.

Don't forget, mister, I asked you nice.