The Deuce

Frankie... think you're pretty funny, don't cha?

My name's Vincent.

You got a brother?

Hey!

He owes everybody in New York City.

Thoroughbred like you, we would own this damn street.

I'm gonna keep what I earn. I don't need you.

I don't need anybody else to hold my money for me.

I'm a student, NYU.

I have a test in the morning, I just needed something

to stay awake so I could study.

- First time in New York? - Does it show?

Not everybody gets to be successful, but you're gonna be.

Darlene, ain't no laying back tonight. You hear me?

All for you, daddy.

It's raining, C.C. I don't want to work tonight.

When I say to get out there, it'll be 'til you do it.

You gimme my goddamn money.

Sandy Koufax, freak of nature.

Hank Greenberg, freak of nature.

Mike "Super Jew" Epstein, 1969 Washington Senators,

403 at-bats, 30 homers, 85 RBls.

You know why they call him Super Jew?

'Cause he's the only one.

Did you ever hear anyone talk

about Mickey "Super Gentile" Mantle?

Or Willie "Super Coon" Mays? No offense.

- We should head out. - Cock-sucking anti-Semitic...

Roberto "Super Spic" Clemente.

Grossman, what are you getting your ass all up in the air for?

Your people are about the mind.

We're about the mind, huh? Why am I on the job?

All right, who's good?

The Ho Patrol? Include me out.

Fine, you two just play nice.

We'll pick you up on the rebound.

What's he talking about? We're always nice.

- Take them to Missouri, Matt. - Yee-haw.

Jews are great at chess, right? The Russians?

God damn it, Roy, who built the pyramids?

Ho patrol!

Wagon!

- Hey, hey, hey. How you doing, honey? - Ladies, ladies, ladies!

- Everyone against the van. - Shit!

- Against the van now. - Keep moving, Bunny.

Listen up, I want to see property vouchers

from central booking.

Anyone not collared in the last 48 hours, you know the drill.

- Show and prove, ladies. - You ain't got to show them shit.

Actually they do, genius.

Ain't you read the Constitution?

Careful with those meat hooks.

I'm delicate like a teacup.

All right, let me see. You're good.

- Fucked up. - You're good.

Sorry, in you go.

- For crying out loud. - In you go.

- I'm going! - You're treating them like cattle.

And you should talk. Let me see. In you go.

- A sold-out show tonight, ladies. - In you go, Thunder.

God damn, Flanagan, I got it right here.

It was stamped the 28th. Today's the 31st.

It's the 30th. There ain't no April 31st.

30 days in September, April, June, December.

April, Marshal Dillon.

All right, we'll catch you later.

Have a good night, Officer.

- In you go. - Hear that?

Where's your wedding ring, Flanagan?

I don't like the way it looks on my hand.

Take a seat.

Can we stop at the Rexall? I need mouthwash.

Tell Loretta I'm gonna be down there.

Play nice, ladies.

A nationwide strike by air controllers in Canada...

Good.

Okay...

Yeah. That's amazing.

Lie down on the bed.

No, no, no, spread out, like a... like a lioness.

Oh, yeah, that's... that's good.

Yeah, that's good.

You got fabulous tits.

Oh, yeah, there you go.

Uh, put your left arm down, honey.

Yeah, that's great. Yeah, good.

Good.

All right.

Yeah, I think we got it.

All right.

Boy...

What now?

You sign your name and number on the back of these,

and I hand them out to some of the fellas.

They like what they see, they give you a call.

This is for an audition, right, you said?

Yeah, it's acting. It's movies.

A lot of stars got their start this way.

You'd be surprised who.

Plus, you know, some of your friends are doing it.

You got concerns, ask around.

Ask who?

Loretta, for one. Shay, two.

Um, you know, that colored girl.

- Ruby? - No, not Thunderthighs.

No, the little one with all the hair.

Darlene never said nothing to me.

Hey, I've seen her in action myself

on one of those machines they got

down at the fat man's bookstore on the Deuce.

She's getting it doggie style.

That'll be 40.

What, for real?

Film is expensive. My time?

The money you're gonna earning, your man'll thank me.

You got real attributes, sweetheart.

You're gonna be very popular.

Hey.

- Ladies. - Vin.

This place is busy.

This hour, it's still the office trade.

- Crowd changes later on. - The 1-4 got the wagon out.

- Damn near made a mess of my night. - Sorry to hear it.

First one's on me, but you gotta be discreet.

I don't mind your business, but Kim don't like you bringing it in here.

Not this early in the night, at least.

Off duty, Scout's honor.

Um... seltzer water with lime.

Tom Collins for me, baby.

You got it.

- Candy, baby? - Mm-hmm.

What do "discreet" mean?

Um, means don't be flashing tits and ass,

making trade in here.

That's what I thought it mean.

- Here you go. - Vince, my man.

You got some pimp in you.

It's a compliment.

Thanks.

Look at you sloppy, gold-shield grubbing motherfuckers.

Make some room, ladies.

We're now the drunk wagon.

- Hey, Haddix. - Shove over, Barb.

- 30 and 10. - 30 and 5, all in.

I'm not bargaining.

Hey.

Where you been, girl?

Photo shoot with Bernie Wolf.

- Your man know about that? - C.C. told me to.

He said I should add more tools to my toolbox.

Well, Bernie'll get you work.

So, what's it like, Shay?

Well, I'm just starting. Loretta can tell you.

She's been sunlighting all year.

- Really? - What's sunlighting?

Making movies during the day.

- For the machines. - Yeah.

- But you only get paid once. - Same as a trick.

No, every time some guy puts a coin in one of those machines,

someone's making money off what you did

and you're not making another dime.

But you do it, Darlene, right?

- Not regular. - No?

Larry asked me to make a movie with a man.

- But it was just for that man. - Uh-huh, shit.

So he could look at it later.

He paid me extra.

Hold on.

Did this man fuck you from behind?

How you know that?

Bernie said he saw it at Fat Mooney's.

- No, no, that can't be. - What? Bernie said.

Well, I'm gonna see about that right now.

Hey, I'm gonna go with you. I gotta talk to Mooney, too.

She's pissed.

- I gotta piss like a racehorse. - Hold the door.

What are you looking at?

Yeah, you shake your head at me all you want, Rizzi.

Meanwhile, I make more money than you day in, day out.

My wife makes more money than me.

Oh, yeah? She do half-and-half, too?

- That's what they tell me. - All right with the mouth.

I'm a number nine with lobster sauce.

Number nine already comes with lobster sauce.

- Are you saying you want extra? - Yes, please.

- $3.75. - Eggrolls for me, baby.

Eggrolls. And you?

Barb, look at the menu.

I'll come back.

Hey, Moon.

Darlene. What you need?

A movie of myself.

I heard you're running it in the machine over there.

Could be. I don't know.

And I'm guessing you got copies people can buy, too.

I'll have to check the inventory.

Do that.

I only have two left.

You're very popular.

"Back Door Betty"? How much you sell these for?