Mike finds out that his brother's money comes not from politics, as Tom claims, but from bootlegging, and declares that Tom's success is based on nothing more than "beer and blood" (the title of the book upon which the film is based).
Mike發現他弟弟的錢不是來自Tom聲稱的政治事務，而是來自私酒生意，而Mike斷言Tom的成功只不過是基於「啤酒和血」（beer and blood，本片的原著小說標題名）。