"An article, which I believe appeared in a newspaper, asked why, since it would seem that you are in effect the Mayor of Chicago, you're not simply being appointed to that position." " Well, I tell ya, it's touching." " Like a lot of things in life, we laugh because it's funny, and we laugh because it's true." " Some people say, reformers here say:" ""Put that man in jail, what does he think he is doing?"" " What I hope I'm doing, and here's where your paper's got a point, is I'm responding to the will of the people." " People are gonna drink." " We all know that." " All I do is act on that." " And all this talk of bootlegging." " What is bootlegging?" " On the boat it's bootlegging, on Lake Shore Drive it's hospitality." " I'm a businessman." " Your reputation is that you control your business through violence." " That those that don't purchase your product are dealt with violently." " It's all right." " I grew up in a tough neighbourhood." " We used to say, "You can get further with a kind word and a gun"" ""than you can with just a kind word."" " And in that neighbourhood it might've been true." " And sometimes your reputation follows you." " There is violence in Chicago, but not by me and not by anybody I employ." " Because it's not good business." " Leave us alone down here, we've got everything we need." " The green beer you're peddlin' ain't any good." " It's not supposed to be good." " It's supposed to be bought." " I'm not buyin' any." " Don't worry about it, Pops, we won't come back." "  How's everyone at your house today?" "  They're fine." "  Is your Mama well?" "  She has a little cold." " Oh, she does?" "  I'm sorry to hear that." "  But she'll be all right." "  There you go." "  Thank you." " That's all right, sweetie." " You be careful crossing' the street." "  Mister!" "  You tell your Mama that..." "Hey, Mister!" " Wait!" " Mister!" " Wait!" " You forgot your brief..." "Yes, I heard it on the radio." " I know." " Now it's time to go to work." " You'll make a good first impression." " I love you, Eliot." " Now, shoo." " Eliot Ness, Special Agent of the Treasury Department." "  Mr Ness." "  Thank you, Chief." " At the request of the City of Chicago, the Department of the Treasury has inaugurated a programme to deal with the flow of illegal liquor and the violence it creates." " Mr Ness!" " Of what does this programme consist?" " I and other agents of the Treasury will be working with the Chicago Police..." "Isn't it just another showpiece programme?" "  What do you think of prohibition?" "  Do you drink, Mr Ness?" "  Come on, answer the questions." "  It's not just a showpiece." " And I'll tell you how I feel about prohibition." " It is the law of the land." " Do you consider yourself a crusader, is that it?" " What qualifications do you have for the job?" " Do you have any political ambitions?" " All right, boys, I think that's enough." " What are your real plans?" " What have you got coming up?" " You'll have to read about it in the paper." "  Let me ride along with you." "  No." " Can't help you." " Mr Ness, Lieutenant Alderson, the Flying Squad." " Are you ready to meet the men?" " Yes, I am." " I have one more thing to say." " I know that many of you take a drink." " What you've done before today is not my concern." " But now we must be pure, and I want you to stop." " It's not a question of whether it's 'a harmless drink'." " It may well be." " But it's against the law." " And as we are going to enforce the law, we must do first by example." " Are there any questions?" " Good." " The Department of the Treasury's had a man undercover here for some time now." " We've received word from this informant that a large shipment of Canadian whiskey has arrived in Chicago." " So I hope that you have signed on for some action." " Remember, the liquor cases are marked with the red maple leaf." " The Treasury Agent is in a grey suit with a white scarf." "  He is not to be arrested." "  A grey suit and a white scarf." "  That's it." " Are your men ready?" "  Yes, sir." " They are." "  At ease." "  Smoke 'em if you got 'em." "  How are we doin'?" "  Okay." "  Want part of a sandwich?" "  No, thank you, sir." "  You nervous?" "  No, sir." "  Been with the unit long?" "  A short while." "  I suppose we all want to do well." "  Yes, sir." " A message from my wife." "  You married?" "  Yes, sir, I am." " Nice to be married, huh?" " Just follow me." "  Oh, God..." " Federal officer." " Hands in the air." " Get 'em up." " Drop it." " Damn it, I can't, it'll break." " Mr Ness." " Look, I was just..." "Geez, I'm sorry." " Listen, I can do a lot for you, what you're tryin' to do." " I get the big scoop, you make a big splash." " Get some support." " What do you say?" " Let's be real, let me help you." " Okay." " Just shut up." " All right now..." "Let's do some good!" " Hold it right there!" " Federal officer." " You're under arrest for violations of the Volstead Act." " Let's cover the doors!" " Don't let anybody out!" " Preseuski." "  I'm here with permission." "  Who gave you permission?" "  Mr Ness!" "  Sorry, let him through here." " Let him through here." " You want to take your picture, take it now." "  You ready?" "  Ready." " Liquor, huh?" " Get him out of here." "  Tear the place apart!" "  I mean now, get him out!" " That means you, too." " Christ!" " Now, what do you think you're doing?" " You want to throw garbage?" " Throw it in the goddamn trash basket." " Don't you have more important things to do?" " Yeah." " But I'm not doing them right now." " Do we understand each other?" " Okay, pal, why the Mohaska?" "  Why are you packin' the gun?" "  I'm a Treasury Officer." " All right." " Just remember what we talked about now." " Hey..." "Wait a minute!" " What the hell kind of police do you have in this goddamn city?" " You just turned your back on an armed man." "  You're a Treasury officer." "  I just told you I was." " Who would claim to be that, who was not?" " What's your name and unit?" " It's right here." " You got a beef?" " What is it?" " How did you know I had a gun?" " What do you want, a free lesson in police work?" " No." " Are you okay, pal?" " I had a rough day on the job." "  Are you going home now?" "  I was about to." " Well, then, you just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement." " Make sure when your shift is over you go home alive." " Here endeth the lesson." " $100,000 for 40 barrels." " Make sure there are no empties." " I'm gonna give you the ledger, everything is in the book." " 55 gallons to the barrel." "  It's Eddie." "  Come in, Eddie." " So, he gets into the snowplough, and he says, "Let's do some good"." " And then, we bust through..." " Mr Ness?" "  Yes?" " I came here to thank you." " It was my little girl that got killed with that bomb." " I'm sorry." " Please." " I'm..." "I'm so sorry." " You see, it's... because I know that you have children, too." " And that this is real for you, that these men cause us tragedy." " And I know that you will put a stop to them." " And you do that, now." "  What do you want?" "  I'd like to talk to you." " Come in." " I need a small group of men, handpicked, starting with you." " Ness!" " I am just a poor beat cop." "  Now, how can I help you?" "  Just work with me." "  But why should I, though?" "  Because you're a good cop." "  How do you know that?" "  You told me." " If I'm such a good cop..." "How come I'm walkin' the beat, then, at my age?" " Do you want to tell me?" " Well, maybe I'm that Whore with a Heart of Gold." " Or The One Good Cop in the Bad Town?" " Is that what you want to hear?" " I didn't ask you, and I don't care!" " You want to stay on the beat?" " You do that." " If you'd like to come with me, I need your help." " I'm askin' you for help." " Well... that's the thing you fear, isn't it?" " Mr Ness, I wish I'd met you ten years and... twenty pounds ago." " But..." "I just think it got..." "more important to me to stay alive." " And that's why I'm walkin' the beat." " Thank you, no." " That's good, Andy." " Let's start up the thing and take a little ride." " I wanna hear that Stutz Bearcat engine, boy!" "  Yeah, let me open the door here." "  Yeah, go ahead." " Whoopsy daisy, pick up the door there, Andy." " Throw it in the back seat." " Now, let me get the thing started." " Yeah, start it up, Andy." " Holy mackerel, Andy!" " Listen to that Bearcat motor!" " Yeah, it sounds like the bear is chasing' that cat all round it!" " Andy!" " She's boiling' over!" "  Mr Ness?" "  Yes." " Oscar Wallace." " I've been assigned here by the Washington Bureau." "  Really?" "  Yes." " Well, I'm glad to have you here, Mr Wallace." " Would you excuse me?" " We are a little in the dark here, but any ideas you may have..." "Well, actually, yes, sir, I do." " And the one I want to try first..." "is this." " He has not filed a return since 1926." "  A return...?" "  An income tax return." "  Income tax." "  Yes, sir." "  What do you do at the Bureau?" "  Oh, I'm an accountant." "  An accountant?" "  Yes, and the Bureau sent me here..." "Would you excuse me?" " Please." " Okay." " Let's go." "  Where are we going?" "  These walls have ears." " You said you wanted to know how to get Capone." " Do you really want to get him?" " You see what I'm saying?" "  What are you prepared to do?" "  Everything within the law." " And then what are you prepared to do?" " If you open the ball on these people, you must be prepared to go all the way." " Because they won't give up the fight until one of you is dead." " I want to get Capone." " I don't know how." " Here's how you get Capone:" "He pulls a knife, you pull a gun." " He sends one of yours to hospital, you send one of his to the morgue!" " That's the Chicago way!" " And that's how you get Capone." " Now, do you want to do that?" " Are you ready to do that?" " I'm making you a deal." " Do you want this deal?" " I have sworn to put this man away, with any and all legal means at my disposal, and I will do so." " Well, the Lord hates a coward." " Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr Ness?" "  Yes." "  Good.  'Cause you just took one." " How do you think Capone knew about your raid the other night?" "  Somebody on the cops told him." "  Right." " Welcome to Chicago." " This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide." " First, who can you trust?" " Nobody." " The cops, nobody." "  'Cause nobody wants you here." "  Then why are you helping me?" " Because I swore to uphold the law." " And if you believe that, I'll tell you another." "  Now, who can you trust?" "  I can trust nobody." "  That's the sorry truth." "  Then, where are we gonna get help?" " If you're afraid of getting a rotten apple, don't go to the barrel." " Get it off the tree." " Finger out of the trigger guard!" " Eject those cartridges!" " Lay the revolver on the ledge and stand back!" " About face!" " Barry!" " I want you to meet Mr Eliot Ness." " Treasury Department." " How are you?" " We need a recruit for extended duty." " He is to be seconded to the Treasury Department." " We have the full..." "Barry?" " Who is consistently the best shot of this class?" "  Williamson and Stone." "  Call them out, one at a time." "  Are either of the men married?" "  No." "  Good." "  Williamson!" "  You're married." "  I don't want any married men." " All right, stand easy, son." " I want to ask you something." "  Why do you want to join the force?" "  To protect and..." "To protect and serve..." "To protect and..." "Please don't search for the yearbook answer." " Just tell me what you think." "  What I think?" " I..." " You could help... the force." "  You can help..." " With the force." " Thank you." " There goes the next Chief of Police." " At ease!" " Stone!" " Out here." " This kid's a prodigy." "  Why do you want to join the force?" "  To protect the property and..." "Oh, please, don't waste my time with that bullshit." " Where are you from, Stone?" "  From the Southside." "  Stone?" " George Stone, that's your name?" "  What's your real name?" "  That is my real name." " Nah!" " What was it before you changed it?" "  Giuseppe Petri." "  Geez, I knew it!" " That's all you need, one thieving wop on the team!" " What's that you said?" " I said that you're a lyin' member of a no-good race." " That's much better than you, you stinkin' Irish pig." " Oh, I like him." " Yeah, I like him, too." " You just joined the Treasury Department, son." " Yeah, okay." " Eliot Ness." " With reports from stake-outs on the North and West side, and..." "Thank you, Lieutenant." " Thank you." " What do you think?" " I think there's nothing like vaudeville." "  That's what I think." "  Now, are you ready to go to work?" "  Where are we going?" "  On a liquor raid." " We need another man." " Mr Ness?" " This is very interesting." " I've found a financial disbursement pattern which shows some irregu..." " You carry a badge?" "  Yes." " Carry a gun." "  Jimmy...?" "  What?" " What the hell are you dressed for?" " Hallowe'en?" " Shut up." " I'm working." " Where?" " The circus?" "  Well, here we are." "  What are we doing here?" " Liquor raid." " Here?" "!" " Everybody knows where the booze is." " The problem isn't finding it." " The problem is who wants to cross Capone." " Let's go." " You'd better be damn sure, Malone." " If you walk through this door, you're walking into a world of trouble." " There's no turning back." " Do you understand?" " Yes, I do." " Good." " Give me that axe." "  Federal officers!" "  Get your hands in the air!" "  Nobody moves!" "  This is a raid!" "  Everybody..." " What are you doin' here?" " All this stuff is impounded!" " You're all under arrest!" " Hey!" " This isn't right!" " Hey!" " This is no good!" "  You got a warrant?" "  Sure!" " Here's my warrant." " How do you think he feels now?" " Better... or worse?" "  What is that?" "  What is that?" "  Yes, what is it?" "  God, I'm with a heathen." " That is my callbox key." " And that is Saint Jude." " II Santo Jude." " He's the patron saint of lost causes." " And policemen." "  Patron saint of policemen?" "  Everybody needs a friend." " Lost causes, policemen..." " Which do you want to be?" "  I want to be a cop." "  You do?" "  Yes." " Why?" "' To protect the property and the citizenry... '" "Whoa, it's all right." "  What?" "!" "  I got to tell you, congratulations!" " It's okay if I get a picture of you and your men?" " Yeah." " But not for publication." " Just for us!" " Anything you say, Mr Ness." " Closer in..." "Oh, that's great." " Okay, ready?" " Hold it." " Life goes on." " A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms." " Enthusiasms..." "Enthusiasms..." "What are mine?" " What draws my admiration?" " What is that which gives me joy?" "  Dames!" "  Boozin'!" " Baseball!" " A man..." "A man stands alone at the plate." " This is the time for what?" " For individual achievement." " There he stands alone." " But in the field, what?" " Part of a team." " Teamwork..." "Looks, throws, catches, hustles." " Part of one big team." " Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on." " If his team don't field... what is he?" " You follow me?" " No one." " Sunny day, the stands are full of fans." " What does he have to say?" " I'm goin' out there for myself." " But..." "I get nowhere unless the team wins." "  Team!" "  Team." " Jesus Christ!" "' Now I lay me down to sleep'" "'I pray the Lord my soul to keep'" "'If I should die before I wake'" "'I pray the Lord my soul to take'" " Amen." "  God bless..." "God bless Mommy, God bless Annie, God bless Daddy." " Amen." " Amen." " Good night." "  Good night, Daddy." "  Good night, little girl." " Want to rub Eskimo?" " Butterfly?" "  Where are you going?" "  What?" " Where are you going?" " I thought I'd go downstairs, some work to do for tomorrow." "  You had a full day today, though?" "  Yes, I certainly did." " And you've still got some energy left?" " Oh, a lot of work." " Well, why don't you come up and brush my hair?" " You 'Detective'." "  How are we doin'?" "  Capone's organisation is diverse." " It owns Canadian Holding Company Associations, which owns in turn" "Green Light Laundry, Midwest Cabs, Jolly Time Playthings..." " Jolly Time Playthings?" "  Yes." " Remind me to get a present for my daughter." "... Bahama Ship-to-Shore, Miss Lucy Togs... the list is endless!" " And all the business is legitimate, and none is owned by Al Capone." " But we can get him on income tax evasion if we can show that any of the 'organisation' business money is going to him." "  Legally, he receives no income." "  He doesn't receive anything?" "  Mr Ness?" " You have a visitor." "  Mister Ness!" " Could we talk for a minute?" " I'm John O'Shea, Alderman..." "Yes, I know who you are." " Would you excuse us?" " We are busy with several large operations." " What can I do for you?" " I came up to congratulate you on a job well done." " Share your good fortune on such a lovely day." " What's that?" "  What is that?" "  Mr Ness, you're an educated man." " Let me pay you the compliment of being blunt." " There is a large and popular business which you are causing dismay." " Why don't you just cross the street and let things take their course?" " Would you come in here, please?" " In Roman times, when a fellow tried to bribe a public official, they would cut off his nose, sew him in a bag with a wild animal, and throw that bag in the river." " You tell your master that we must agree to... disagree!" "  You're making a mistake." "  I'm beginning to enjoy my mistakes." " You fellows are 'untouchable', is that it?" " No one can get to you?" " You tell Capone..." "that I'll see him in hell." " Hey!" " Nice house!" " I said, nice house!" " Do you live there?" " Little girl's havin' a birthday, huh?" " Yes." " Nice to have a family." " Yes, it is." " A man should take care, see that nothin' happens to them." " Catherine?" "!" " Catherine!" "  Where's the baby?" "  She's upstairs." " Eliot!" "  What were you doing up?" "  I had to finish my ironing." " You did?" " You're gonna come with Daddy now, okay?" " Eliot?" " Okay, it's all right!" " Okay, let's go." " Stay there!" " Keep your eye on the street!" "  Where's Malone?" "  On the stake-out." " He'll be here." "  Who's this guy?" "  He's on Malone's list." " He's okay." " Drive to the station." " She'll let you know where to go when you get there." " Take off your hat." " Anything happens, shoot first." " You understand me?" " Yes, Mr Ness." " Kiss." "  Eskimo and butterfly, Dad." "  Okay." " Now, go!" " Malone!" "  Are they okay?" "  Yeah." "  You sure the cop's okay?" "  He'd better be, he's my cousin." " I want to hurt the man, Malone!" " You hear me?" "!" " I want to take the battle to him." " I want to hurt Capone." " Well, then, a Merry Christmas, we've got some great news." " A huge international shipment's coming." " We've got the time, the place and the whole shebang." " Well, what are we doin' standing' here, then?" " How do you come by this information?" " That's the second rule of police work:" "If you want to keep a secret, don't tell the boss." " You know he's making over $3 million a year?" " But he's paid no taxes, nothing's in his name." " If we can establish any payments to him, we can prosecute him for income tax evasion." " What?" " I said, we can prosecute him for income tax evasion!" " Try a murderer for not paying his taxes?" "!" " Well, it's better than nothing." " All right." " How do we link him to the money?" " I don't know." " Go to sleep, Oscar." " A convoy of 5-10 trucks with good Canadian whiskey will be met by a high-level member of the Capone organisation." " He will be bringing full payment for the shipment in cash." " Now, the meet is to take place just over the border on the American side." " We want to confiscate the liquor and the cash." "  Captain?" "  We will await their signal." " When they're on the road and have given the signal, we will engage from the Canadian side of the bridge." " Thus taking them by surprise from the rear." " And surprise, as you very well know, Mr Ness, is half the battle." " Surprise is half the battle." " Many things are half the battle." " Losing is half the battle." " Let's think about what is all the battle." " Let's take the fight to them, gentlemen!" " Thank you, Captain." " All right!" " Move out!" " Take it easy." " Take it easy!" " It'll all happen in time." " This is the job." " Don't wait for it to happen, don't even want it to happen." " Just watch what does happen." " Are you my 'tutor'?" " Yes, sir, that I am." "  Did you check it already?" "  Yes, I did." " Then leave it alone." " You're a good cop, Giuseppe." " You're doing good." " You're gonna do just fine." "  Wallace, are you cold?" "  Yes, I am, a little." " Then stamp your feet." " It'll keep you warm." " You learn something, 20 years walking the beat." " Stitches and standing in the rain..." "Listen, Mr Ness..." "I had an idea." " You all have your spare shells?" " If you have to fire, hold low and squeeze." " And put your man down." " Because he'll do the same to you." " Shoot to kill." "  Did you hear what I said?" "  Yes, I did." " Shoot to kill." " Let's go." " Easy..." "The Canadians will not show until I flash the badge." " So we must cover the ground to the bridge as quickly as possible." " George, the count's right." " I'm concerned about the size of these barrels!" " Malone, you and I will take the men..." "Move it!" " Move it, Georgie!" " Get over here!" " Leave the stuff in the cars!" " Charge!" " What the hell!" " You got to die of somethin'." "  Look!" " Here they come!" "  Mounties!" " Let's get out of here!" " Move, move!" " Let's go!" " I can't believe it!" "  Here are the codes." "  Give me that." " Don't let those cars off the bridge!" " Stone, take the first car!" " Get this shit out of the way!" " Tough guy!" " Stone!" " Go!" " Stone!" " I'm okay." " You thugs!" " You all right?" " Yeah." " There he is!" " Go get him!" " All right!" " Enough of this running shit!" " Well, Georgie-boy!" " Well, what have we got here?" " Hello." " All right!" " Drop the gun!" " Put your hands in the air, you're under arrest." " I said, drop it!" " Stop!" " God, didn't ya hear what I said?" "!" " What are you, deaf?" "!" " What is this, a game?" "!" " Here." " Sit down." " Stone's gonna be all right." " I got the fellow with the satchel." "  I had to kill him." "  Oh, yeah." " He's as dead as Julius Caesar." "  Would you rather it was you?" "  No, I would not." " Well, then you've done your duty." " Go home and sleep well tonight." " The things you see when you're out without your gun." " Now you're a long way from the Southside, George." " I'm talkin' to you." " Did you come here to open a shooting gallery?" " I want you to write down the names of your superiors and contacts." " Why don't you kiss my ass?" "  Perhaps you didn't hear me." "  Eliot?" "  You've broken the law..." " Eliot!" " You can be tough in Leavenworth for 30 years." "  You're going inside for all day!" "  Is that what you want?" "  Eliot!" "  What?" "!" " Look at this!" "  Look at this!" "  What is this?" " What is this?" " You got a lot of money changing hands in this book." " What is this, 'war'?" " And 'police precincts'?" " And you got a heading here..." "'Circuit Court'." " You got a heading here, 'Circuit Court'." " What is this?" " Nothin'." " There's nothin' you can make out of it." " If any of these coded entries indicate payment to Capone, then we can put Capone away." "  Which entry is Al Capone?" "  A. Costa, is that his code name?" " You'll do the whole thing in the joint unless you help us." " Translate this ledger for us!" "  In hell." "  In hell?" "!" " You will hang high unless you cooperate." " This man can finger Al Capone, put him behind bars." " Why don't you guys just fuck off?" "!" " I'm not fuckin' with you!" " We'll have that information one way or another." "  Not that way." " Out." "  You're gonna talk!" " You're gonna be beggin' to talk!" "  In hell." "  In hell?" "!" " You will hang high unless you cooperate." " This man can finger Al Capone, put him behind bars." " Why don't you guys just fuck off?" "!" " I'm not fuckin' with you!" " We'll have that information one way or another." "  Not that way." " Out." "  You're gonna talk!" " You're gonna be beggin' to talk!" "  You dirty son-of-a-bitch!" "  Enough out of you." " Hey, come on, you, on your feet!" " I need you to help me to translate this book!" " I'm not gonna ask you a second time." " I'm gonna count to three." " What's the matter?" " Can't you talk with a gun in your mouth?" " One." " Two!" " Three." " I'm gonna talk!" " Don't!" " I'm gonna tell ya whatever ya want." " What do ya want to know?" " Now, don't let him clean himself until after he talks." " Now, ask him what you want to know." " All right..." "Okay, I want to know the name of the bookkeeper." " I want a complete translation of the code." " I want a complete..." "Mister Ness!" " I do not approve of your methods!" " Yeah?" " Well, you're not from Chicago." "  What?" "  They got the shipment." "  What?" "!" "  They got the whole shipment." "  I want that son-of-a-bitch dead!" "  We're trying to locate..." "What am I, alone in this world?" " Did I ask you what you're tryin' to do?" " I want you to get this fuck where he breathes!" " I want Eliot Ness dead!" " I want his family dead, his house burnt to the ground!" " I want to piss on his ashes!" " Look at this guy, this guy, he's so serious." "  Well, he's got a lot on his mind." "  He does?" "  Yes." "  Like what?" " Like what his name is." " John, I thought that was all settled." " I thought we liked John." " I suppose his middle name will be Law." " No... it'll be Edgar." "  It'll be J. Edgar..." " I don't think so." " God, you're beautiful." " You should have seen us last night." " I know." " I should have been here." " I wanted to be here." " I know." " I understand, I do." " Just tell me, are you being careful?" "  Careful as mice." "  Are you making progress?" "  Progress?" "  Yes?" " Mrs Ness, I think your husband just became the man who got Al Capone." " Gentlemen!" " A subpoena was issued for Alphonse Capone by my office this morning, for the crime of evading and conspiring to evade Federal Income Tax." "  What's the maximum he could get?" "  If convicted on all counts," "Mr Capone could have up to 28 years." " Excuse me, that's all." " Thank you." " The car's in the yard." " When ya get him there, don't answer the phone." "  We'll call, let it ring..." " Twice." "  We'll call..." " From the corner." "  Anybody knocks on the door..." " Come out shooting." " I got it." " You enjoy the tactical aspects of law enforcement, Oscar?" " Much more diverting than accounting." " I'm bein' good to you, you got to be good to me." " We made a deal, we're gonna stick to it, okay?" " Oh, yes, much more diverting than accounting." " Okay, we see yous tonight." " All right, all the way down and no stops." "... he's been saying, "I will speak up."" " For which I must commend the excellent work of Eliot Ness and his squad of Untouchables." "  What was it, a boy or a girl?" "  Boy." "  Congratulations!" " What's his name?" "  John." "  John?" "  Yeah." " John James." "  So she's okay?" "  Yeah, she's okay." " In fact, when she gets out, she wants to repaint the house." " Then she'll find the house too small, you'll have to move." "  Goodness, it's nice to be married." "  If you can stand the pain." " Mr Burns, where's Mr Wallace?" " Didn't you see him?" " He just went down in the service elevator." "  You keep an eye out at all times..." " Take it easy, we'll be fine." " They are going to..." " Did he say the service elevator?" "  Yes." "  Wallace!" " Wallace!" "  Here, let's take the stairs." " Oh, no." "  No, no!" "  Easy..." "Easy!" " Oscar." " Oh, Jesus." " You gonna be all right?" " It's always a crime when a young guy goes down in the line, Jimmy." " I'd hate to see it happen to someone I know." " Sometimes it's better not to get involved." " Jimmy!" " Take a day off." " Get out of the city for a while." " You know what I mean?" "  Al Capone." "  We have no Mr Capone..." " I know, get him." "  We have no Mr Capone..." "I said..." " Something you want here?" "  My friend was killed today." "  I don't care." "  You don't care." " Now he does." " Come on here, Capone." " You want to fight?" " You and me, right here?" " That's it, come on!" " You afraid to come out from behind your men, to stand up for yourself?" "  You want to do the mat now?" "  Yeah!" " Come on, you son-of-a-bitch!" "  What?" "  Easy." " You talk to me like that in front of my son?" " Fuck you and your family!" " Easy." " It's me." " It's me!" " Not this way." " You fuck, you got nothin'!" " You're nothin' but talk and a badge." " You're here because you got nothin' in court, no bookkeeper, nothin'!" " If you were a man, you would've done it now!" " You got nothin', you punk!" " Well, no, I understand." " Believe me, I understand." " Well, what's happened?" " He says he can't be unprotected." " What is it that the guy says?" " He says he won't make a fool out of himself, and he won't go into court without a witness." " So tomorrow morning the D.A. Will announce that he's dropping the case." "  He's gonna give up." "  He won't do it without a witness." " We have Wallace's files and the ledgers." " There's a time when I think you have to cut your losses." " Hello?" " Hello." " Yes." " No, he didn't have a family." " How is everything there?" " No, you do it however you want." " I promise I will." " You give her my love." " I love you, too." " Mr Ness, we got a ledger here listing payments to Chicago City officials." "  We got Al Capone, Frank Nitti..." " I think that's enough for today." "  If we don't stay on top..." " That'll do." " Thank you." " I'd like to request to stick around." "  We got to bust these guys." "  I know we got to." " Is that it?" "  I'm sorry?" "  You heard me." " My question is, are we done?" " Yes, I think we're done." " So we sat in at a game that was above our head?" " It appears so." " It appears so to Mr Wallace." " He's dead!" " And the D.A. Is gonna drop the case!" " He will not go into court without a witness and without Capone's bookkeeper, Walter Payne." "  What are you prepared to do now?" "  What would you have me do?" " I have taken this as far as it can go." "  What did your wife want?" "  She wanted to know if I was..." " My wife?" "  Yeah." " She wanted to know if I was all right." " It's nice being married, eh?" " Yes." " She's sitting in some room surrounded by people she doesn't know, going over..." "kitchen colour charts or something." " Some part of the world still cares what colour the kitchen is." " Eliot, I want you to do one more thing for me." " Get back to the D.A. And stall him." "  Wait a minute, stall him with what?" "  Just do as I say." " I think I know how to find this guy." " Walter?" " Al says we got to get out of town until he can fix this subpoena thing." " We're leavin' tonight." " Two ball, down." " Mike, you got a minute?" " I do now, don't I?" " And what are you doin' in a club for cops, Jimmy?" " This is a place for cops." " Can we step outside?" " All right, all right, but I got nothin' to say to ya." " Where the hell are we going, for a swim?" " Get out of the rain, you fool." " What?" " What?" "!" " I just need one more piece of information." " One more?" " Jimmy!" "  I just risked my life for ya." "  I need to find that bookkeeper." " Are you crazy?" " You're crazy." " I warned you to get out of town." "  If they knew it was me, I'm dead." "  I need to find that bookkeeper." " You're fuckin' nuts, man!" " You're out of your fuckin' mind!" " And I tried to save your life." " Get your hands off." " You owe me, Jimmy, I don't owe you nothin'." "  My people are being killed." "  We're your people!" " You?" "!" " You fuckin' run with the dagos!" " They've ruined this town." " For ten years I can't say that I'm a cop for the shit that's goin' on!" " Ah, bullshit!" " Fuckin' bullshit!" " Look at yourself!" " Look at yourself!" " Go on and live the charade, with your soft clothes and federal stooges." "  What do you think he's gonna do?" "  Keep your mouth off that!" " I need to know where this guy is, and I need to know now!" " I'm gonna rat you out for all the shit that I know that you've done!" " I'm gonna turn you over!" "  This is a dead man talkin' to me." "  Is it?" " You're dead." " Who the hell do ya think ya are?" " I'll have your ass hangin' from the flagpole in the mornin'." " Let's cut the woofing, pal." " You tell me, or you're going to hospital or the fuckin' morgue!" " You're gonna fight it out and we'll have a case." " Yes?" " On what basis?" " I'm not gonna make a fool..." "Don't tell me about makin' a fool out of yourself." " I have men out there risking more than that." " We have a lead, and we are following that lead at risk to more than our standing." " So don't you dare stop now." "  Yeah, Stone." "  Give me Ness." " He's at the D.A. 's." "Tell him I know where Payne is and to meet me at my place." "  Al!" " Al!" "  Mr Capone!" "  What about that court case?" "  I'm gonna tell ya somethin'." " Somebody messes with me, I'm gonna mess with him." " Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say 'you stole', not talk to him for spitting' on the sidewalk." " You understand?" " Now, I have done nothing to hurt these people." " But they're angered at me." " So what do they do?" " Doctor up some income tax, for which they got no case, to annoy me." " To speak to me like men?" " No." " To harass a peaceful man." " I pray to God that if I ever have a grievance," "I would have just a little more self respect." " I'll tell you one more thing." " In an all-out prize fight, when one guy's left standing, that's how you know who won." " Isn't that just like a wop?" " Brings a knife to a gun fight." " Get out of here, ya dago bastard!" " Go on, get your ass out of here!" " Shots!" " Shots!" " I heard shots!" " Stay back, everybody stay back, right now." " Round the back." " Malone!" " Malone." " Goddamn!" " Stone!" " Stone!" " The phone!" " Oh, God." " Call an ambulance!" " This is Stone, Treasury Department, 1634 Racine, we need an ambulance." "  What?" "  1634 Racine!" " This?" " You want this?" " You want this?" " What?" "  Bookkeeper." "  What?" "  Book..." " The bookkeeper?" "  Bookkeeper!" "  The bookkeeper?" " What?" "  The bookkeeper, he's on this train?" "  Yes." " He's on this train." " Now!" " What are you prepared to do?" "!" " No." " Malone." " No." " Stay." " Stay." " Stay!" " Malone..." "No." " No, no!" " Not this..." "Not this man..." "Train's leavin' for Miami 12.05, Mr Ness." " We'll be there." " The bookkeeper's no good to us dead." "  Stone?" "  Yes, sir." " Cover the south entrance." " We're almost home." " We're almost home." " Your attention, please." " The Miami Flier departs at 12.05 from 33." " All aboard." " Stay right there." " Stay right there." " Stay right there." " Stay right there, honey." " Your attention, please." " The Miami Flier, leaving at 12.05, now boarding on track 33." " All aboard!" " Just here." " I'm just gonna leave this right here." " Your attention, please." " The Miami Flier, leaving at 12.05, is now boarding on track 33." " All aboard!" " One more." " Here we go." " Here we go." " You ready?" " I'm right here, honey." " Here we go." " Your attention, please." " May I have your attention, please?" " This is the fiinal call for the Miami Flier, leaving at 12.05 on track 33." " All aboard!" "  Here, let me." " Get your bags." "  Oh, thank you so much." " Thank you." " Are you all right?" " Thank you." " You're such a gentleman." " It's so kind of you to help me." " I really wasn't sure if we'd make it or not." " Is there some problem I can help you with?" "  No." "  I really can't thank you enough." " Isn't this fun?" " You're being such a good boy, sweetheart." " Thank you again, this is so wonderful." " Thank you, sir." " Please, let me take it from here." " You've been such a great help." " Thank you so much." " We're almost there." " I'll take it from here, sir." " Thank you very much for your help." " Don't cry, sweetheart." " We're almost home." " Is something wrong?" " Sir?" " Come on!" " Come on, let's get out of here." "  What are you doin'?" "  Shut up!" "  What are you doin'?" "  Shut the fuck up!" "  Hold it!" "  Please..." " My baby!" "  Stay there." " He's all right." " I said hold it!" " I'm walkin' out with the bookkeeper." " The bookkeeper and me are drivin' away." " See?" " Or else he dies." " He dies, and you ain't got nothin'." " You got five seconds to make up your mind." "  I'll tell ya what ya want to know!" "  Shut up!" " I'm not kiddin'!" " He's crazy!" " Don't let him do this, I'll tell you what you want to know!" "  You got him?" "  Yeah, I got him." "  One!" "  Will you stop it!" " Take him." " Two." " The two coded entries in this ledger represent cash disbursement to all levels of city officials, members of the police and to Alphonse Capone." "  That's correct." "  Excuse me?" " I said that is correct." " And you will decipher these coded entries for us?" " I will." " Sorry, Mr Payne, I can't hear you." " I said, I will." " You were in charge of disbursements for Mr Capone?" " Yes, I was." " And you personally distributed monies vast, undeclared monies to Mr Capone?" " Yes, I did." " Would you tell us the amounts?" " In a three-year period I personally disbursed monies to Mr Capone in excess of one and a third million dollars." " Would you repeat that amount, please?" "  One and a third million dollars." "  Thank you very much." " I don't understand it." " What does Capone have?" " We're nailing the lid on his coffin, and he's smiling." " The son-of-a-bitch is wearing a gun in court." " Get me the bailiff." " It'll be a fast trial." " The man in the front row wearing a white suit is carrying a gun." " I don't want this to turn into something." " I'll lead you out." " Could we speak to you a minute, please?" "  Get up against it." "  You heard him." " Now, up against it!" "  What's this?" "  Empty all your pockets, all of it." "  I've got a permit for that." "  Fine, let's see it." "  I'm not the one under indictment." "  Everything on the table." "  Let me see." "  Give him his gun back." "" To Whom It May Concern." " Please extend to the bearer,"" ""Mr Frank Nitti, all possible courtesy and consideration."" "" William Thompson, Mayor of the City of Chicago."" " I'm sorry, Mr Ness, you'll have to give it back." " Fine." " But that man does not go back into that courtroom." "  Do you understand me?" "  Yes, sir." " 1634 Racine..." "You know, I used to have a friend who lived there." " Don't." " Let him go." "  No!" "  Here, take it." " Here I am, Treasury Man." " Come on!" " Harass me!" " What are you waitin' for?" " Don't just stand there!" " Harass me!" " Don't push me." "  They're gonna burn you, buddy." "  Yeah?" " Yeah." " I'm gonna come see you burn, you son-of-a-bitch!" " 'Cause you killed my friend!" "  He died like a pig." "  What did you say?" " I said that your friend died screaming like a stuck Irish pig." " Now you think about that when I beat the rap." " Did he sound anything like that?" " One picture, come on, one picture." " Mr Ness, take a look at this." " Mr Ness?" " Mr Ness, are you doin' okay?" " I think you'd better see this." "  What is it?" "  That's the jury list, Mr Ness." " They've been bribed." " I got it out of Nitti's coat." " Where is Nitti?" " He's in the car." " This constitutes no evidence." " I'm not about to allow..." "Your Honour, the truth is that Capone is a killer and he will go free." " There is only one way to deal with such men, and that is hunt them down." " I have." " I have forsworn myself." " I have broken laws I swore to defend." " I am content that I have done right." " That man must be stopped, you must..." "I'll be the judge of what I must do, Mr Ness." " Would you excuse us?" "  Bailiff." "  Yes, sir." " I want you to go next door to Judge Hoffman's Court, where they've just begun hearing a divorce action." " I want you to bring that jury in here and take this jury to his court." "  Are those instructions clear?" "  Yes, sir, they're clear." " What's he talking about?" " Bailiff, I want you to switch the juries." " Your Honour, I object!" " Overruled." " What did you tell him?" " I told him his name was in the ledger, too." " His name wasn't in the ledger!" " Wait a second!" " Is this the law?" " What's goin' on here?" "  You're out of order." "  What's goin' on?" "  I think..." " Do somethin' here." " What do I look like to you?" " Do somethin'!" " Order!" " Your Honour, we'd like to withdraw our plea of Not Guilty, and enter a plea of Guilty." "  Guilty?" "  Order in the court!" " Order!" " Bailiff!" " Bailiff!" " Bailiff, clear the courtroom!" " Eliot!" " Your Honour!" " Is that justice?" " Please, why did he switch the jury?" " Are you gonna go after the organisation?" " Excuse me." " I'm askin' Your Honour, is this justice?" " Is this justice?" " Never stop fighting till the fight is done." " What did you say?" " I said, never stop fighting till the fight is done." "  What?" "  You heard me, Capone." " It's over." " You're nothin' but a lot of talk and a badge." " Here endeth the lesson." " You're nothin' but a lot of talk and a badge!" " You're nothin' but a lot of talk and a badge!" " So much violence." " Cleaning up a little." " I guess this is goodbye." " Goodbye, George." " I want to... thank you for this." " No." " Thank you." " Mr Ness..." "I think he would have wanted you to have that." " He'd have wanted a cop to have it." " I'm going home." " Mr Ness!" " Any comment for the record?" "' The man who put Al Capone on the spot.'" " I just happened to be there when the wheel went round." " They say they're going to repeal prohibition." "  What will you do then?" "  I think I'll have a drink." " Subtitles:" "Filou;- )"