The next thing I know we’re in a self-inflicted brawl. State of Grace 1990 starring Sean Penn & Ed Harris & Gary Oldman & Robin Wright & John Turturro & R D Call & John C Reilly & Joe Viterelli & Burgess Meredith & Marco St John & Mo Gaffney & Deirdre O’Connell & Thomas G Waites et al, director Phil Joanou, Frankie
The most important thing in business is good manners. ibid. Borelli to Frankie
I’m a fucking Judas cop. ibid. him to her
A small advertisement appears in the classified section of The Chicago Times: $5000 Reward: For Killers of Officer Bundy on December 9 1932. Call Northside 777. Ask for Tillie Wiecek 12-7 p.m. ibid. Borelli
Notice Visitors You May Kiss Or Shake Hands With The Inmate Here In Front Of The Desk Upon Entering Only. ibid. prison notice
New York City December 16 1985: Gotti broke the rules. Boss of Bosses 2001 starring Chazz Palminteri & Angela Alvarado & Jay O Sanders & Richard Poronjy & Mark Margolis & Dayton Callie & Patricia Mauceri & Al Ruscio & Sonnt Marinelli & Philip Williams & Steven Bauer et al, director Dwight H Little
Brooklyn Christmas 1933: There’s two kinds of people in this world, [inaudible]: them that take, them that want. ibid. Carlo to Paul
Promise me one thing. Promise me: you keep our children clean; never involved them in that filthy business. ibid. Nina to Paul
They will crush me like a cock-er-roach. ibid. Paul to boys
I ain’t sorry; I loved every minute, every second. ibid. Carlo to Paul
The world’s changing and we gotta change with it. ibid. Paul
In this life it is the living we must fear, not the dreams. ibid. Gloria to Paul
I have a plan. To control all of New York City. ibid. Paul to gang
Our way will be the business way. And we’ll rule longer than the Roman Empire. ibid.
Then we own them all; we have the biggest RICO in history. ibid. chief rozzer to rozzers
From the misery of others, Father, I have made millions of dollars. They call me the Boss of Bosses. ibid. Paul’s confession
Deprived of the leadership of Paul Castellano, the Gambino family rapidly declined and never regained its former glory. ibid. caption
Bank robber picks up phone: Mum?
Rozzer: This is Rotzinger. Chief of police. Get your butt outta there now.
Robber: You know, I was in Nam with a jerk like you. Quick Change 1990 starring Bill Murray & Geena Davis & Randy Quaid & Jason Robards & Tony Shalhoub & Philip Bosco & Phil Hartman & Jamey Sheriday & Stanley Tucci & Kurtwood Smith & Bob Elliott et al, director Howard Franklin & Bill Murray
He’s getting further away every second. ibid. Rotzinger
You’re a world class bank robber drunk on your own power and expertise. ibid. her to him
Look at it this way, Paul. I’m the one sitting here, and you’re the one sitting there. Billy Bathgate 1991 starring Dustin Hoffman & Steve Buscemi & Nicole Kidman & Steven Hill & Bruce Willis & Loren Dean & Stanley Tucci & Mike Starr & Frances Conroy et al, director Robert Benton, Dutch to Bo
Dutch Schultz is the number one. And he noticed me. ibid. Billy to Becky
I will take him down, and that is a sacred vow. ibid. Dutch
If you want to stay in the crime business, son, you gotta stop asking these questions. ibid. No
1917 New York: this is where I grew up. Main Street. I’m Charlie Luciano. Mobsters 1991 starring Christian Slater & Patrick Dempsey & Costas Mandylor & Richard Grieco & Michael Gambon & Christopher Penn & Anthony Quinn & Lara Flynn Boyle & F Murray Abraham et al, director Michael Karbelnikoff
So that’s how we started: two Italians and two Jews. ibid.
We did a bad thing. But to a bad guy. A very very bad guy. Brooklyn’s Finest 2009 starring Richard Gere & Don Cheadle & Ethan Hawke & Wesley Snipes & Will Patton & Lili Taylor & Michael Kenneth Williams & Brian F O'Byrne & Shannon Kane & Ellen Barkin et al, director Antoine Fuqua, Ethan’s confession
There’s no rhyme or reason to this life. It’s days like today scattered among the rest. John Wick 2014 starring Keanu Reeves & Michael Nyquist & Willem Dafoe & Alfie Allen & Adrianne Palicki & Bridget Moynahan & Dean Winters & Ian McShane & John Leguizamo et al, directors Chad Stahelski & David Leitch, bloke to Reeves in cemetery
Underworld 1927: the first professional film of Josef von Sternberg seemed unusually bold both in subject matter and in treatment at the time it was made. It introduced a fashion for gangster pictures. Underworld 1927 starring Clive Brook & Evelyn Brent & George Bancroft & Fred Kohler & Helen Lynch & Larry Emon & Jerry Mand, director Josef von Sternberg, opening caption
A great city in the dead of night. ibid. caption
I may be a bum, but I am no squealer. ibid. hostage
Police Hunt Bank Bandits. ibid. newspaper headline
We can’t do this – we couldn’t be happy if we betrayed him. ibid. her to him
Extra! Bull Weed escapes! ibid. newspaper boy
I’ll get even with you some day; you just wait. Angels With Dirty Faces 1938 starring James Cagney & Pat O’Brien & Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan & George Bancroft & Billy Halp & Bobby Jordan & Leo Gorcey & Gabriel Dell & Huntz Hall et al, director Michael Curtiz, Laury
It’s my hundred grand and I’ll take that too the day I get out. ibid. Rocky
You’ve cost me a lot of prayer. ibid. priest
Never bother anybody in your own neighbourhood. ibid. Rocky
Are you guys going to play according to the rules or not? ibid.
All around they see that dishonesty is the better policy. The hoodlum and the gangsta is looked up to with the same respect as the successful businessman or the popular hero. ibid. priest
He’s not bad, not really bad. ibid. Laury to priest
I don’t think you are as responsible for this as you think you are. Good Time 2017 starring Robert Pattinson & Jennifer Jason Leigh & Ben Safdie & Barkhad Abdi & Buddy Duress & Taliah Webster & Necro & Peter Verdy et al, directors John & Ben Safdie, shrink and brief to mentally handicapped prisoner
It’s crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes. And not even be able to think about it with any sense. (GBH Films & Film Noir & Gangs US: New York) Killer’s Kiss 1955 starring Frank Silvera & Jamie Smith & Irene Kane & Jerry Jarrett & Mike Dana & Felice Orlandi & Skippy Adelman & David Vaughan & Alec Rubin, director Stanley Kubrick, opening scene on train station concourse
Hey? What’s going on in there? ibid. him across the landing
Let go of me or I’ll scream. ibid. her to sleazy boss
Every night I worked in that depraved place: a human zoo. ibid. her to him
When the cops came I took them back to see Gloria. ibid. back on railway concourse
Sorry about that, son. Sometimes there’s more to life than just living. Besides, you can’t have a Kansas City Shuffle without a body. Lucky Number Slevin 2006 starring Morgan Freeman & Ben Kingsley & Josh Hartnett & Bruce Willis & Lucy Liu & Stanley Tucci & Peter Outerbridge & Kevin Chamberlin & Dorian Missick & Scott Jaeger, director Paul McGuigan, Smith murders man
I walk the streets at night now. The Brave One 2007 starring Jodie Foster & Terrence Howard & Naveen Andrews & Nicky Katt & Zoe Kravitz & Mary Steenburgen & Jane Adams & Dana Esckelson et al, director Neil Jordan
Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me. ibid.
You? You’re the trigger man. You. ibid. boss
And then they tried to kill one another. Now, neither man leaves his respective tower of isolation for fear of what the other man will do to him. ibid. gangsta in front seat
Try and appreciate how it feels [inaudible]. To wake up in the middle of the night with six bullets burning in your own stomach. Lying in a pool of your own blood and shit. ibid. boss to Rabbi
He’s got more than two hundred kilos of heroin coming in from Singapore shipped out of Tokyo. Hell Up in Harlem 1973 starring Fred Williamson & Julius W Harris & Gloria Hendry & Margaret Avery & Tony Kind & Gerald Gordon, director Larry Cohen
I own everything. All of it. ibid. gangsta to gangsta