Hi, Frankie.
Hello.
Get in there.
Ok.
That,
it's nothing like that. First drink of the day.
Come on. Three cups. Enjoy.
Hey, what you doing? What
they tell me you're some dancers.
Will I hop
on to dance anyway?
No,
I,
hey, give me back
the old horse around. What's a big D
Frankie?
Frankie. Frankie. When'd you get back? How are you?
You all right.
You know
the monkey's gone.
Let me look at you. Let me look at you.
Yeah.
Not even a post
card
you can't read anyway. Well,
you could have drawn pictures.
How's the lost dog business? As
soon as they see me hanging around, people start locking up their mutts.
I tell you folks just don't have that trust in their fellow man anymore. You
know what I
mean?
And yet
what goes out bracket?
You all right.
Clean good kid enough already. Buy me a drink. Sure. Look what the cat dragged in.
You're gone so long. I thought maybe you was made more.
Hey, you're looking good. You
put on six pounds. Wow, six pounds. He's gone so long.
I thought maybe he's made warden.
How was it down there? Frankie. Greatest place you ever see.
Fancy
Jamie's Lexington. I'm telling you.
Ball games, great food.
I haven't learned how to play the drums.
You make it sound as if I missed something by not going to jail years ago.
It's a prison. No
more. A hospital kind.
Let me show you something. Federal pens is always best. Ask anybody.
Well, I know he's gone so long. I think he's made Wharton.
Never seen anything so pretty.
Don't touch. Hey, how'd you sneak em out, Frankie?
The guys gimme em up there in a band. They let you have a band.
Yeah, I was in it and they chipped in and bought me these when I left. Wow.
Long time, dear.
I wasn't that bad. Huh?
It was all right.
Six months.
You can hardly wait. I did
come over my place.
Oh, thanks Louis.
You broke
now, ain't you being stupid? It's for free.
I don't need it as all.
I kicked it.
Oh,
ok.
One of them,
I mean, it, sure,
I'll be around
Frankie. Don't do it.
Don't start up with that peddler again. Lee,
I'd rather chop my arm off before I let him touch it.
It's Dr
Lennox who took care of me down at the hospital. You're a good guy.
He told me at least 10 times. He said Frankie,
when you get out of here you take even one fix, you're hooked again.
Don't worry about me, buddy. Boy,
let's get out of here.
Thanks. Antic.
Antic,
take care of this asset for me.
I got a customer coming to get it. Ok? Sparrow
don't let him give you no gas him.
I ain't gonna be around here long enough to let him bother me.
I'm gonna get me a job in a big name band.
You're kidding?
What do you think? I'm strutting on my wrist for buddy. Oh,
the guy teaches me drumming down there says that I'm a natural.
Can't miss, he says arms made of pure gold. You mean a job wang
on these drums? I got everything planned too.
I gotta call myself Jack Duval.
Probably. I ain't gonna see you out so much then. Huh?
Yeah. Maybe I can set something up for you. Carry the instruments or something? Wow.
Traveling around the country high type nightclubs.
How's that sound to you? Punk? When is it gonna be, when right away today?
I'm the kind of guy boy, when I move, watch my smoke.
But I'm gonna need some good clothes though.
Oh, well, you go on up, I'm gonna find you something.
Yeah. Yeah. Size 3939 stripes. Stripes. Something nice.
You stop that noise. You and husband
or I throw you both out.
You here.
I make all the noise I want.
Who is landlord? Me? You do like I say your mother's ice box. I do like you say
Frankie machine.
Ah, you look great.
How are you feeling Frankie? I mean
fine bye. Just fine.
My landlord, Matt,
she and her husband fight all the time. Holler troll
dinks
changes. This is respectable house and I am respectable man. Respectable. My eye.
Come on. Get out too late for the parole bar.
Thank you.
How
did
you
come
home?
Oh,
oh,
thank you. I love you so much.
I've missed it,
so
I've missed you.
I've been so lonely
Frankie
without
you.
I'm
so lonely
cry.
Let me look at you.
My eyes are gonna be
already.
You look fine.
The cold. So
you look real good.
I had this cold sore.
I want to look real nice for you when you came back and I was afraid it wouldn't be gone.
So I, I put this goofy stab under dry it.
Oh
and
uh
Josh,
everything's gonna be all right.
Oh You didn't see. Look, I got the cake by the bakery
but the sign I made
it's sort of like for a welcome home.
It's like a real party or something.
It's real nice.
How are you, Frankie?
I'm clean.
Sure
I kicked it for keeps.
Did it hurt?
How was it there for you?
Well, they treated me fine down there. There was this doctor, this doctor Lennox.
He was real good to me.
Thank you.
Thank
you.
Did you miss me?
Of course I missed you, Zash.
What kind of silly question is that?
Of course I missed you.
No kidding.
What have you got there?
You'll see.
Oh,
I brought you some.
00,
it's an exquisite thing. You like it.
I made it myself out of cigarette wrappers. It's just an exquisite thing is all
you made it.
Yeah.
For a hobby. Like,
see, part of the cure
is to keep yourself busy doing things you enjoy.
Like, for instance, I wanted to learn to drum and music
and
Dr Lennox got him to help me do it
during the day. I was kept busy enough, but sometimes at night
I get restless. I want to keep my mind off the craven.
I made that
there's something important. I gotta tell you. Well,
I forget right now.
A whistle.
Oh,
I was scared sometimes being alone.
So if I got it for me, I should blow for her when I want.
Juan you were telling me.
Oh,
well,
the first thing you do when you get there, you talk to a doctor for about two hours.
I know I know what it is. I know what I had to tell you.
Brian took me to this movie and the girl's kid brother had a friend in it.
Now, who do you think? He looked like? Who you?
It was a good movie.
The
stage show was really good too.
We owe by 80 cents for the movie. I was broke and we owe
the cake too.
How come you didn't have any money
shriek it and kick in regular? No,
we were supposed to
it. Was his joint. They rated not mine. I was just a dealer.
I kept my mouth shut and took the rat.
If he didn't send 50 a month. Regular. How much did he?
Well, he sent 50 but not regular. You see, I had to kick in for me. Sometimes
she took her carrier.
That's fun with her.
Yeah,
but not like when you're here,
it was terrible being alone, Frankie
and my legs when they hurt, she don't massage like you when they hurt.
What do they say about the clinics?
I stop going by that goofy clinic.
The clinic must know what's right. So
you gotta start the clinic again. You've got to get, well,
if I dreamed of this new doctor around the corner, he cured me,
I'd have gone to him already but he ain't free like the clinic.
But now you're back making money again by Shrika.
I'll go.
I finished with Shrika.
I don't deal for him no more.
But you always deal.
You're a dealer. You're the best dealer in the business no more.
I'm a drummer now.
Don't make jokes, Frankie. I never know when you're making jokes. He was joking. Z
listen.
Nice. Huh?
It's Dr
Lennox.
I told her my whole life story
from when I was born. Almost
it about you and me.
But he told me that if I lived when I got out,
like I lived before I went in there,
chances are we'd be hooked again. In no time.
So that's why I want to get with a band.
Listen,
how's that
cute?
What to tell him about me. This doctor,
I told him about
getting some money and getting you well,
and he said getting with a band was a good way to go at
it.
He even gave me the name of a guy in town right here to get a job.
That's nice.
I mean, if there's a man with a job I ever heard of this. Great doctor.
Most times these things just don't come through.
I got this.
What is it? It's a letter from the doc.
I think I'll go call him now.
Now let's talk about it tomorrow.
I'll be right up Z eyes.
You ain't even tasted the cake.
It'll only be a minute, I'll be right up. No, no Frankie
first.
Just a piece of nice.
Hey,
hey, you're coming baby.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm coming John.
Hey, Molly.
Oh,
I want to talk to Mr Harry Lane, please.
How about it? Huh? Machine. Frankie machine.
Yeah, I got a letter of introduction for him from doctor M
Yeah.
Hello Frankie.
Doctor Martin Lennox.
How you been? Ma?
All right.
Come on baby. Let's go.
Yeah, tell
me
John
the guy that when he was away,
Mr Lane,
I got a letter for you. Yeah.
What do you say, kid? It's afternoon, huh?
Well, gee I sure do appreciate it, Mr Lane. Thank you so much.
Ok,
goodbye.
Frankie,
a new thing by Brack's Department Store.
No. Sales girls just help yourself.
It's what they call a honor system.
What's the matter? Frankie?
Feel that material.
And I figured as long as I'm there.
Nice. Huh?
You? All right,
Frankie.
I got the drum and job. I'm ready. Wow. I move, I move like a street punk.
I think it looks all right.
Sash.
How come you ask me? All of a
sudden
I just want overlooks. All right, Zash.
And my name ain't Zash. It's Sophia.
What's the matter?
Nothing's the matter.
He said, how would you feel if your spine was hurting?
Wouldn't you say so?
On account of your first day back? II, I just didn't want you to worry.
It won't be like that s
is it bad?
Maybe the new doctor do me some good, huh?
We'll go see him when I get back.
Take me now. V
so
I got this appointment. You know how much it means to me? We'll go as soon as I get back,
please. Frank
Frankie.
Well,
give me a little more massage than first time
massage.
I'm doing this for you to get some money so you can get a good doctor. Oh, please.
Thank you.
I'll get you a dog too. How's that? Huh? Get a dog with you.
I'll give the matter my personal attention.
Just have confidence in the management.
Wish me luck,
Tash.
Thank you.
Oh, Cranky.
Wait,
wait, thank you.
No.
Yeah,
it can't be two places at once. What could I do? Yeah.
She just don't realize, shut up punch.
Just don't realize. How would you like to be nailed to a chair?
Frankie. Frankie. How are you?
Well, it didn't do you no harm, did it, Frankie?
Oh, you look good.
That's right. Swa,
it was a real country club.
Hm.
They give you this when I let you out, give him nothing. I borrow my bracks.
You know, I'd come. As soon as I hear out,
I figured he's worried about getting this job again.
Tell him, don't worry,
we can, don't forget so quick
job's waiting.
You need a dealer. You say need, no,
I've been dealing myself and man, I built up a game like nobody's business.
I got a great following. The play is bigger than ever.
I hear you wasn't doing so good from who
when I say great. I don't mean a lot, a few but loaded.
So, what do you want me for? Like, I'm telling you, I take care of my friends.
Can I polish you halo. Sweep. Go a quarter, knock it off, bunk.
Look, I've been doing all right.
But I don't say that the customers like me better than they like you.
The dealer makes the house. I know that.
What do you say?
No,
you're dealing for some other joint.
I ain't dealing for nobody.
I ain't dealing for nobody no more.
Is that the way you repay me? Didn't I send money to Zash?
You know, I've got to tell all my friends that you'd be working for me again.
What am I supposed to do?
As far as I'm concerned, you can go back to matching penny's with school kids.
Yeah.
And
t
who is he
drunk?
His name's Johnny Sut. He's houseman for
Gorbachev's
pool room.
Is that a thing with them?
They see each other. You want to meet him?
How long Antic?
See you, Frank.
Hey, you
get in beer
for me. What for?
You're too
hungry.
I didn't do nothing.
Oh, wait a minute, father.
Listen,
I'm on my way to get a job. It's important to me.
You can pick me up some other time.
I just need an hour. Be a good guy. Will you shut
up?
What are you squawking clock? Are you looking to get sued for libel or something?
I could sue you right now.
You're looking good dealer
real good
when they let you out
Monday, they let me out.
What's the charge? Barker? Shoplifting? Breck
this suit? Who told you a thing like that little bird,
little bird with a cigar?
Shrika?
I
thought you could stay out of trouble two days.
Dearer, dear.
Listen, Betton, I got a chance for a job playing with a band.
Honest, if you don't believe me, call the guy on the phone, he'll tell you,
well, just give me a half hour, please. Sure you can wear my badge too.
Book them and hold it to
look. All I need is a half hour. Give me a break, will you?
I don't make the rules, dear,
Eli.
Now
I tell you, you can't hold me. I'm un incapable.
I ain't smart enough to be running around loose, but I'm too goofy to be locked up.
The Nick.
Will you let go to Nick? I got a complaint. Let go to Nick.
Hey, you, I'm talking to you.
Oh, the old silent treatment, huh?
All right. Let's have your number, fella,
I'll show you you can get me the first.
Y'all. Go to cook. Copa,
Frankie. You got a cigarette,
do a cigarette trick,
you know, just to break the dirty monotony.
Wow,
it's
they are.
Hello, Adela.
I'd come running as soon as I heard
you want, I should get you out dealer.
You think
the star will drop the charges?
But 37 bucks, a lot of dough.
I, I know you'd pay me back,
you think
be different if you was dealing for me.
If you want a deal for me, I can get you out.
You lousy stool pigeon.
I don't know what you mean.
Just trying to do you a favor.
Yes or no.
OK.
Took off like a whip dog. He's scared of you, Frankie.
Nobody's ever been scared.
Them crouch was scared of you.
You was a big man in the army.
I was the guy who picked the fly spots. Out of the black pepper.
Go
out,
go
out,
going
out.
000,
get it
out.
I, I,
oh,
can you, can you give me a bit,
can
you, can you give me a bit?
Can you give me a big,
no other
big
thank you.
Yeah.
Oh,
yeah,
Jack's check bullet. Say a buck big a CS and here we go down the dirt.
Better luck next time, friend,
man with a hammer bumps. The buck
Jack calls
I could have paint all red. Poppy
doesn't mean a thing. If you haven't got the kink
winner every hand, you bet more. You get more
slipping half. Make me laugh.
You still take tips dealer.
Why don't they pay so good in the music game?
What happened? That big job you had lined up,
you stink out the joint. He was a fresh dick.
I decide when we need a fresh steak at this table.
Hey, Louie.
Borrow me a dirty dollar back in the door. Lame brain.
I take orders only from Frankie. Don't give me a look.
You cheap little hustler hustler mutler. I'm legit compared to some
ain't no 14 year old junkies waiting around to see me.
You wanna die
and here we go down and dirty.
Hey,
I'll deal the next one down.
Sorry.
What's it? A sign of when a dealer's hands begin to shake,
we could take the slot for a while.
All right, man. No deal.
Ok, man, here we go. Down dirty,
uh, a seven.
You know what's eating at you,
you shot off the mouth about kicking it for keeps.
So now you're ashamed of even thinking,
well, what you think?
Ain't that right?
You know, I don't talk about my customers. So who'll be the wiser?
Why? Fight a deal? Oh, for what
come over to my place?
What are you saying?
I'll be around.
Mm.
They told me he was working here and I was passing
by and I thought I'd come and have a drink.
Oh, I've been here a while
doing any good.
All right.
Small cut of the game. The usual cut of the drinks.
He ain't got all night, Jack,
right?
Have some
right.
Two doubles.
You didn't have to do that, Frankie.
No reason you should go losing money by wasting your time talking to me.
You know, no waste.
I've been hoping you'd come see me.
You know how it is. Molly.
Sure.
So busy now.
His two at Molly
Malia.
I ain't heard that since you went away.
You're looking good, Frankie. Feel good.
You tell me you're gonna be a drummer now.
Yeah,
I got an appointment with a man tomorrow. Oh, that's swell.
Yeah, probably. I won't get the job though. Sure, you will.
Probably, I don't play good enough. I bet you play five.
There was always whistling and drumming on tables and things real good too.
I mean, it,
you've got a natural rhythm.
I was thinking maybe I'd take a stage name.
Jack Duval.
Yeah, that's real class. It is a,
what's a swell name?
Just fit you? Frank. This guy, I'm gonna see tomorrow. He books all the big bands
if I get in with him. Boy, I wear a tux.
I
feel like swelling the tux. I already got the drums.
I,
I need a buck.
How do you have a kid? Huh?
I got lona,
I needed somebody and he's a
oh
big guy who needs somebody too.
Everybody needs somebody,
but you can do better than him.
Can I? Thank you,
Molly.
I thought a lot about you while I was away
that you and me and Zash,
I would never work out between you and me.
As long as she was upstairs sitting in that chair,
it'd be different if she didn't love me and she wasn't so helpless.
You can't make a fool of somebody who loves you
and they're so helpless.
That's why I didn't come around sooner
and that's why I ain't coming around no more.
You understand,
John?
Sure, I understand.
You're a good girl. Molly.
Sure.
Real good.
Thank you.
Good luck with that fellow tomorrow.
You're not the first to come to me with a letter from Dr
Lennox.
I've taken care of a lot of you people.
The doc he told me I like doing it. Understand.
So don't feel that this is charity or anything like that.
Now, um
have you played professionally before. Only down at Lexington. I see.
Well, then you wouldn't mind auditioning.
I mean, I know some bandleaders who might have an opening
but they'd have to be sure that you could play. Oh, sure, sure. All right. Then
there's only one thing, Frankie,
you see
a good, many people like yourself.
Well, they mean, well, but they're, well, they're weak.
They let me down.
I mean,
I got all this trouble vouch for them.
They go back in the habit.
It makes me look bad
or I wouldn't
honest. All right, I'm telling you this because,
well, once a man lets me down, I'm done with him
and he comes back on his knees
and don't think that some of them haven't,
I wouldn't let you down Mr Lane. Good.
I'll call you. Uh, let me see, um, a week from Friday about noon.
All right.
Fine.
I sure do appreciate it. Oh, I get it. Bye. Goodbye.
You like my hair better this way or I swept Frankie
that,
well, you can at least tell me it ain't my fault. He don't phone.
What did I say? Just don't hold your breath till you hear from that guy.
That's what I said.
He told your noon here. It is almost six o'clock already.
So how can you still bring your phone?
Honest, I'm surprised at you.
Bye.
I just don't want you to eat your heart out is all.
Forget the whole thing, fie,
I bet he has.
You think he's got nothing better to do than worry about you?
You think you don't sleep nights on a kind of fie
machine?
Daddy? Don't care. No.
Excuse me? I
have.
Hello?
Oh, just a minute
for you.
Hello?
Are you Dr
Domonoske? Yes, I came as soon as I could.
Well, how are you feeling, little lady?
See,
the doc asks, how am I feeling?
I will let you feel fine in a 123.
What is this?
It happens Frank to be an electric blood
releaser and spine manipulator.
It helps to revoice the blood.
What's the gimmick
gimmick?
It happens.
So brother that I am a member of the American Association of Medical Hydrology,
psychology and divine healing.
What is the socket?
Mm. Cold hands,
poor circulation, eat lots of hot things,
chili peppers, hot sauces, pickles. Not more than three a day
now, lean forward
and we'll migrate the vertebras.
You know how I got like I am.
My spine was hurt. Oh, I can see that the
leotis in the vertebrae is locked together
in a car accident. It was hurt three years ago. May 11th.
Maybe you're better about it in the papers. Huh?
I
this is the car it happened in.
That's me. Lay in there.
My husband was the one driving the car and he was drunk, drunk.
He got me in this accident. Smashed me up good. So I can't walk no more. Dance no more.
Nothing
and he married me right here in the hospital. Chapels.
Feeling a little better.
Uh,
much better.
Ok.
Yeah,
help yourself.
Hey, Frankie. Guess what? I got that door
passage.
He drinks beer and every crawling hair of him's a ch
ch
or what? Retrieving it brings back empties.
I'll show you. Come on.
Beauty.
Get up, beauty.
He's all
do. You can make money out of him, Frankie.
See what he's good at is catching them squirrels in
the park and shaking the dirty peanuts out of them.
You know what I mean?
Only thing he's trained to chase only one kind of
squirrel and they're getting kind of rare in Chicago,
kind of the climate is changing.
You know what I mean?
So he's just hanging around waiting for the climate to change back a little.
He's got a real fighting hard. He's dizzy but he's still in there trying
take the dog up the
sash, Frankie.
Can I go with you?
No,
in a minute deal.
I,
five bucks.
Last time it was two.
It was more than six months ago before he went away.
They keep raising the price on me.
I keep doing that.
I have to find something to take his place.
Monkey's never dead. Dylan,
the monkey never dies
and you kick him off.
He just hides in a corner waiting his turn.
Oh,
a monkey will die away.
You ain't climbing up on my back no more.
Never again.
If I mean, it.
Sure.
I'm sure.
Look, Frankie.
Look how he drinks it.
Oh, ain't that cute?
Oh,
he's got a thirst like a barfly.
Hello?
You still expecting that connection to call
for your own peace of mind. Forget him.
The doc said I could count on Mr Lane and the doc doesn't lie.
Doc.
Look at me. A doc told you I'd be up and around in no time. And am I,
have you seen my sticks?
You see my drumsticks anywhere?
You know what I'm gonna get for this little dog? A
little raincoat, like for when it rains
clad, maybe,
or maybe? All yellow, huh?
Where are my drumsticks? Sash.
How'd they get up here?
You like that, didn't you,
Josh? I gotta keep my way up here.
Ying
all up, didn't you?
I put him there.
I stood right up. I walked right over and I put him there. All right. No, no kidding.
Maybe by when she was straightening up for me. I don't know. Stop picker
locking.
You can't keep stoning yourself about.
There must be a million drummers play better than you do. Can't get jobs,
but just remember that you're gonna feel better.
Yeah. Sure. I will.
Yeah.
Kind of
noise.
Perfect.
What's this for A Z?
What?
Oh,
V
she laid out for groceries
we owe even more.
You got any?
No,
I don't know what we're doing with all our money.
Don't you get enough cards by s shrike?
I
just do it to kill the pastime. That's all.
What about my pastime?
What did you say this for? You?
Sit here all the time. You don't even talk to me.
We got no more beer.
I'd like some
be a bloat. Josh. When you can't exercise
here. Pick a card.
Everything's no good for me.
I'm only 25 and it's like I'm a old lady already.
Is it my fault? I can't exercise.
You want to pick a card or don't you want to pick a car? No, I don't want to pick a card.
Hold on. What is
just a little,
a little wattage?
Oh, just a little,
a little beer. A little fun. A little anything.
I can't dance no more. I can't swim. I can't even drink beer.
I don't even know what kinds I got anymore.
What other kinds I got these days, Frankie.
All right. Pretend like I ate here.
That's what you're all the time. Wishing anyway. I got killed that night.
I don't wish any such thing.
If I don't talk, you get mad if I say anything, you bite my head off.
I don't know whether I'm coming or going anymore. Sarge,
I told you it gives me headaches.
Well, I gotta practice sometimes s
the job comes along. I want to be ready.
Job, the job. Take him down to your girlfriend. If you got to practice,
what?
Take them down and give her the headache.
Do you know what you're saying Z
you know what you're talking about?
Don't give me that innocent look.
I ain't said two words to her since I come back.
It's because I sit here. You think? I don't know what goes on.
Not two words.
I know plenty.
Cut it out with your sage, cut it out.
Take him down to that tramp.
If you wanna make noise, go on, take him down to away, don't you?
All right, I would
thank you.
Thank you. I didn't mean
it is a
long drive to right field. It's going, going, it's gone. It's a home run.
You got two
cents to be.
If I had 15, I'd be all right. I got um six cents here.
I ain't gonna stand it much longer.
The heartache smile old man gives me,
you know what he likes to do most,
tear the dates off the calendar
watching him. That's supposed to be my big Saturday night pleasure.
Sometimes he loses all control. Tears off a whole week to once
bleating like a belly goat.
You know what would fill up that empty spot in your life?
A
dog
and a
satisfied customer, Frankie. That, that, that dog I got you.
Makes a big difference in your life, don't it?
Now that brings up first baseman London back,
I want to see you
John.
I'll still bet you 6 to 5.
Jan gets a strike strike one.
London's getting sad again
and fetch London swings and it's a high foul Roberts is trying to get
it. It may go into the stands. He's, he's going to try, it's going to be close.
Roberts makes a tremendous leap and he,
you make out all right with the fellow at the job
for the German job. Yeah. Fine, fine.
Well,
not so fine.
He sort of tapped out on me.
He promised to call me, but
it's too bad.
A million Armas in the world. How do I rate?
Maybe lost your number
happens.
Maybe he's just wishing you'd,
you'd get in touch.
Do you think I was a pest
shitty,
good drummer? That something don't turn up every day.
God, thank you.
Go.
Not a
word.
Come on, Becky
to
be
the first two innings during the indication.
Home team is leading by one run.
The only score in the game
that mighty block by Milton in the second inning.
Not boys like Milton that make those turns
down.
Come on, Molly, watch the game.
I
don't feel like a child. Why don't you go ahead. I'll wait for it.
This is the last game here before the team leaves on its road trip.
Yeah. Studio B Monday morning.
Fine. Thank you, Mr Lane.
Bye
Monday.
I got an audition Monday. Me,
yeah, he told me to join the union and you'd be ready to work.
Oh, that's well, thank you. You know, he did lose my phone number.
He been trying to find me all week long. Here. I was ready to forget the whole thing.
See, if you hadn't opened your mouth, I wouldn't have called him. I'll show
you
what.
I got an audition with a big band.
Me on TV. I practice a lot.
Practice. I'll beat those heads to a, to a shred.
Honey. I got to find a place where
Josh can't stand the noise.
Molly.
You suppose. Maybe I could put the drums in your place and
sort of drop in once in a while.
Why not?
Molly? Why not?
Oh,
Johnny wouldn't understand.
So, what could he do
a question? What he could do, Frankie?
I
like Johnny can't do much about anything.
It's a question what it does to him.
I'm all he has in the world. I don't want to hurt him.
Molly for crying out loud. Oh,
you don't know, thinking
a fellow like him
sometimes more alone.
What does he do? Cry?
He's a lush molly.
He's 100% habitual drunk.
Look, everybody's habitual. So
with him, it's liquor
is,
please. Molly.
Molly. All.
It ain't just that Frankie.
I don't want to start with each other again.
Look what you said about us not being good.
It was the truth.
Even before you went away.
I tried to
just doesn't add up.
It never did. It never can. Well, give it a chance. I told you it would one day.
Oh, my life has been one day
on and on and on.
I got drums. I'm headed for a good job. Is that so on and on and on.
I make some money makes us.
Well, what's so on and on and on about that.
Don't shut me out. Molly. I'm trying.
You want to sue me?
No.
What do you mean? No.
From going past second base.
Bye.
Yeah.
What we owe Frankie by says, can she trust me?
Tell her, tell her Frankie what honest hustler? I am
Frankie.
I guess maybe you could drop in once in a while.
Thanks, Mario.
See it's an eight.
Bye.
How's that?
Real nice?
You should have heard what I did with poo
a little while ago.
Good. Huh?
I hope the neighbors liked it too.
I'm very big with the neighbors.
If they keep banging on the pipes, let me know how much they appreciate.
I won't let it go to my head.
Ok. Playing drums
at 5 a.m. and you'll see what goes to your head.
You slipped me a smile and I'll give you my autograph.
You won't have to fight your way through the Bobby
socks to get to me.
I bet those body socks is goy
at that.
Uh,
are you tired?
But in a very nice wake,
I've been feeling good all night.
I joined the Musicians union today.
We can loan you the money.
Him.
Who did
nobody?
I'm gonna hop the drums. Oh,
Frankie. No,
I gotta figure it out pretty good
when I get a job. I'll take an advance and get the drums out again.
In the meantime, I'll use a practice pad.
You should have asked
Vika.
I haven't even seen him.
You didn't go to work.
I've been practicing here all night.
I quit the game molly.
It wouldn't hurt you to wait a couple of days. Frank.
I wanted to quit.
I'm quitting a couple of things.
Is it bad?
Not too bad.
You shouldn't have started again.
Who knows why I started in the first place.
I guess in the beginning you do it only for kicks.
Louis gave me my first shot for nothing.
I thought I could take it or leave it alone.
So I took it,
I took it again and again
one day lou wasn't around.
I nearly went crazy till I found them.
Well, I was sick.
I was so sick.
You can't be that sick and live.
That's when I knew I was hooked.
There was a 40 pound monkey on my back.
The only way to get along with a load like that is to keep leaning on a fix.
Mm.
Talk.
I'm one of the lucky ones. Molly.
I kicked it and I'm not too far hooked to kick it again.
I've had my last fix.
I mean, it by
tell me something.
You think those bobby socks are really good for me,
huh?
You can be.
Yeah. Maybe I'll get sparrow a job with the orchestra
and when I can put enough money together. I can get Josh
into her
real good hospital so
she can walk and dance again.
And then maybe,
who is it?
We've
got open up
just a minute.
All right. All right. Where is it? Your morning was machine.
Thank you. Frankly. Where is he? What is it? What did he do? What did he do?
You know what he did? He quit? No notice. No, nothing.
He sends white by that misfit that he's threw. I didn't take this thought myself.
Where is he?
He wasn't at the game? Would we be looking for him all over? If he was at the game?
He eats my bread. Six years, he eats my bread.
He gets put away. I send you money regular. He gets out. I give him his job. I, I,
what have you made? Shut
up.
Do you think it was easy talking fellas like Williams
and Marquette up to a too big game like you lo
lo
I sold them on Frankie. Why are we getting excited?
They're fat in the pocket and hungry for action. We finally get a chance to score big
and you lose a deal.
Look lo
I swear, I swear when Marquette and Williams come to deal with beer
or a player just as good. There ain't none as good.
Why didn't you offer me more money? A piece of the plate from your end of mine?
What's the difference who's in?
Do you expect me to stand here and argue about pennies.
You
in.
Look,
I'm a musician.
Well, how does it feel?
Well, it feels like
you better hang out in my arm or? I go up like a balloon.
I'm a music.
Where are we going?
I don't know. But I want to buy you some.
Uh, no,
I gotta spend some money or I'll bust.
How about one of those in green?
Maybe a color TV set pretty, go on
when you look at this production
and only for cooking. Now, who would want to think like?
Oh, aye,
it's goofy, huh?
It's pretty, huh?
I wonder what he does for living
him?
Well, he must make a nice dollar.
Look the way he dresses you kitchen like that.
I notice you don't help her. None though.
I bet he never even married the girl.
Look at how she ain't even wearing a ring on her finger.
She takes it off when she cooks maybe.
And he's tired after a hard day's work.
All right. So let him sit there, but at least he could talk to her once in a while.
Just enough to sit there with his nose buried in a magazine.
I would talk to her.
What would you say?
I'd say how you been,
how did it go today? What's for supper?
Steak, steaks for supper and everything went fine today. Steak good.
Now, how about you and me stepping out tonight after we eat?
Why don't we just stay home. Turn on some music.
Yeah,
I like that better.
We'll just stay home and turn on some music.
I wish it was Monday. All right.
Hi, Zash.
Where you been?
Faith
goes here. He said you quit him? Where you been? Look, why'd you quit him?
I get a try out on Monday and if the bandleader likes the way I play, I'm hired,
Frankie.
Go tell Schwer
you was fooling you deal. Maybe this bandleader won't like how you play?
Look, I joined the musicians union.
Why you gotta go around changing things?
Why can't it be like, always?
Why you got a good deal in Frankie?
How are we gonna live with? No money coming in? It'll start coming in Monday.
But suppose a call is great. Try out off. You can't tell me. It's a sure thing. Can you?
All right,
ST Fora,
like always forget this great job.
I quit the,
I can't take the chance. Don't you understand?
If the joint gets rated and I get picked up again? Mr Lane would be through with me.
And then how would I play with a band?
How are you gonna play a freak? G get your arms broke.
Go on. Yeah, right here. He said it
and he wanted to slap me around too.
Why can it be like always?
Yeah.
Antic
you miserable piece of humanity.
I got a right to quit.
If I want Marquette and Williams are coming tomorrow,
don't you realize the significance.
Leave me alone.
I'll leave you alone
in the alley with the cat's looking.
That's enough. Sweeter.
You want a deal. You don't want a deal.
What are you talking about?
Your voice to me? You slot.
He's no slave. You can't force him. So, what's the use?
You had the best of him all these years? Don't be a pig.
It ain't interesting.
Right.
All right. All right. My
cat and Williams never heard of him. Money. Something to blow your nose on.
I wash my hands.
Just a pig is all
still. You can't blame him so much.
Letting the big ones get away in a kind of the
best dealer in the business ain't working for you no more.
That ain't easy to swallow.
You're the best. All right,
they're all squeeze play, huh? Lo
been tried on you before? No,
I'm new around here.
Are we really asking so much? The
one night
I'd like to,
you help us make a bundle. We'll spend a little of that old sunshine around.
Couldn't you use a couple of 100?
Maybe?
250
uh
250, pays a lot of doctor bills dear
tomorrow,
Frank. Let him make up his mind.
Ok?
But for one night,
win or lose son up. I case the deck. Sure. You're the dealer.
What a Lord off now, I can sleep.
Take care of that.
Um
The character.
Are you jacking up the price just now or do you really have this music job
if they like what they hear.
Chancing.
Nervous.
So, what are we waiting for?
Don't talk about it. It's tough enough.
I know. I know.
I put down a Craven once.
No.
Candy sweets.
I used to beating it all the time.
Got examined for the army. They said you got sugar in your blood fed.
You gotta give up sweets forever. It's goodbye, Charlie.
I had to give up Ken.
My gums bleed for you.
It's awful.
It was
that unfinished feeling you got all the time.
Well, I don't have to tell you. So don't,
I mean, you got this one thing in the mind all the time.
Can't stop thinking about it.
You're just a mine of information, aren't you? You know what I did?
I said to myself, ok, off sweets forever.
Ever,
ever can start
tomorrow.
But once in my life
I'm gonna eat all the candy that I can hold.
I bought $18.23
worth of candy, lugged it up to my room
all night long. I ate candy.
I was sick.
I was sweating
but I kept shoving it in
ever since then when I feel like candy I say to myself, uh, you can't complain,
brother,
you once had it
and had it good.
You know what I mean?
Ours is Mario.
I'm all right. Thank you. But where have you been? Well, you have
a couple of r
all day. I was expecting you to be into practice practice.
I got down there and knock him dead.
It's all in the wrist and I got to touch my,
look at that. Steady is a wreck or do anything I wanted to do.
Keep the change pal.
Thanks.
He got a cigarette, Frankie
on it again. Frankie.
Why?
No. Listen, mummy,
why
Molly
be this?
I only want to take a walk. Molly. Listen to me. I can explain Molly.
I just want to talk. You get out of here.
Wow. Wow,
wait,
you gonna lose your car. Can't you manage your car?
Marley? Listen to me
like
no,
Marley listen to me.
Finally open the door.
Molly would open the door.
Let me talk to your mom,
Molly.
No.
Oh,
where you going? Molly?
Tell me
where you got.
Mu
Let me explain. You'll know why I did it,
Molly.
Let me tell you what happened.
Where are you going, Molly?
Tell me where you
Mary?
Well,
don't forget to clean out the
koon. I already cleaned it and say please when you talk to me or I'll buy a
koon and go into business for myself.
How's that, Frankie?
Nothing, huh?
Well,
I'm reminding you swa
I get 2, 2.5. Maybe more.
Would I go back on my word?
How are you feeling?
Yeah,
it's the place. I don't know what place you mean, buddy?
This is the endless belt leather company.
You wanna buy an endless belt.
I'm right in. We just start. How you been? Right. How are you? Good.
I could handle the door better if I was blind.
Why you couldn't heat towels for a scared barber,
you know? Sweet
C Oh, sure. Glad to have you. Hi. Hi,
E machine
man. With a golden arm. Huh? Now,
let's see. You try and take this away.
Here we go down and dirty.
No lady's allowed. You know that. Why
is Frank in there?
What's the matter?
Sash?
I can't get her to sleep.
She and Frankie had an argument and she's almost out of her mind. Is he
there? Well, I can't call him now. Well, I just want to know he's here.
I've been bounced around pla street like a pool ball. He's here. He's here.
I gotta get back in. Well, tell him she's worried. You get a chance.
Yeah.
Three aces,
two pairs possible straight flush.
Aces 200.
I call it 200 I raise it two.
I'll have a look for 400
the house bumps you 300 more
up to you. Oasis.
I don't know. I, I just don't know.
You got three aces showing.
He's got a possible straight flush to the queen's showing. I tell you he's bluffing.
Think he bluffed me out of a couple of night.
You wouldn't be jerking up to try it again. Would you
bet and find out
a bad, bad. I tell you. He's a bluff artist.
Ok.
I call it
and I raise it 500 more. Sammy.
I know what I'm doing.
I'll have a look
and the house bumps. You 500 more.
I told you, I told you you had it shut up. Would you let me think?
It's up to you.
What's the rush? I want to know.
You bet two pairs.
I heard you. I heard you. What is this a force join or something?
A man's got to write to study his hand.
Better fold.
Lose your head, Sammy, I tell you he's got it. Don't throw good money at the bad.
I know what I'm doing.
What'd you have?
You didn't pay to find that
nothing.
Two lousy nines. You'll let him bluff you out of a full house with a lousy two nines.
You do that again at this table and you're through,
uh, forget it. This one dealer.
He paid plenty for it.
You're good dealer. Maybe too good.
What do you mean by that?
Got that, uh, deal deal.
Come get some of the smoke out of here.
What do you mean? Too good?
The shoe fits.
I'm casing the deck. It's daylight. What? Tell him to sit down and deal.
Well, we always break up around one more row
about my money. Where's
Laila back on the slot?
Frankie? I bought it. No,
just give me what's coming to me one more hour.
I'll do you. We want a play machine?
Oh, you think I can sell you a thing or do sit down, we'll get going. I put
my door soon
as we break. Now,
give us a chance to count it. At least go home. You'll get it later. Ok.
Ante up here we go. 100 of days.
Yeah, 100.
Ok, here we go.
Good morning. Thank you.
He's
still here. He's having an apple plexi. What they doing a sleep
in
there?
If we're getting murdered. You gotta take the sly in here for dealing. Look,
you gotta make it stop,
Lily.
No deal. No fix. Well, give me my money and I'll go see somebody give any money.
Now the house needs.
You owe it to me. Take me to court, please,
Lily. You gotta make it start. I'll take care of. You. Just work a few hours.
I gotta get some sleep. I gotta be fresh tomorrow. You can work a few hours.
Do us a favor. I'll guarantee you feel like a week in the country. Breathe
for me. Please. Now
drop dead.
Wait a second.
Ok.
Louis says you got money for it.
He's waiting. Spiral. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know he's waiting.
I seen this one and that one and they all say the same thing.
Tell lo like he tells us nothing.
I, not,
not a penny.
How is it up there? What a game? We goes melting away like a dirty candle.
The dealer's losing.
What's happened to that golden arm don't worry about the dealer.
The game's just going on a day and a half. He'll come through. Why not?
With those educated fingers? Now you see it
now, you don't,
you keep your dirty mouth off. The dealer. Frankie runs a clean game.
There ain't nothing in the world can make him change that.
I am
Tech.
Six of hearts. Eight of Spain. All right. All right.
Six of hearts. Can you let me have 1000?
How about 500?
I know it's Sunday night.
I didn't call you up to find what day it is.
House checks to you.
Hold it a minute,
hold it.
Give me some of that.
Hey,
man,
I gotta get out of here. Lo
I'm dead.
I ain't slept in almost two days. Just a little while now.
It ain't doing any good. The house is still losing.
Stay with the dealer. The class is beginning to tell, just stay with it. I just can't.
My head won't work no more. Lo lo
I'm running out of guys to call lippy.
You can't find him.
I'll find him. He's loaded. I'm getting out of here just a little longer,
but I make a call. Then I'll take you over to my place.
Wow.
Hey,
will
you
be,
I'll check you.
Ok. I've been
a
little
bit.
Coffee. Good and black.
I can't raise another cent.
How's it going? They're slugging us with their money. Every pot almost.
They're raising and raising them. Until a fast out.
What day is it? Can't you think of anybody? We can tap for a few 1000?
What day is it? Is it Monday?
Listen to me.
Are you listening to me? Why, why?
Listen to me? I said
the next big part they try to force
out by the reason you gotta stay with him
swifter. Don't let me, he keeps nudging me the phone.
That's because he ain't sure you'll win.
You can't be sure there's a way you can be sure.
All right, you can do anything you want with those cards. It's only for fun.
I haven't got nerve to do it for real. You want to get out of here, don't you?
You want to get to that tryout in good condition, don't you?
Yeah, I wanna get that feeling good.
Make sure
you know what I mean?
Let's get on with the game. Let's get on with the game. I feel hot.
I mean,
three king
Jack.
I think that's
a
call.
Oh
my God. A pair of trays.
King 10 Jack. Seven pair of trays.
I about 200.
I saw the two.
How's bets too?
Come
on up.
Pair of tres, a pair of kings pair of jacks.
I'm betting 500.
I see.
Oh,
coming out
three trays.
Kings
Jack's three trays. Three little trays. Bet 500 bucks.
See,
I
got
it.
Yeah.
Go
take
off,
take that
second
coffee.
I didn't know I didn't know,
I'll get to you in a sec. I didn't know this never happened to
me.
Yes, I've been running this game. Ask anybody
you don't dare for me no more.
You want him?
I wouldn't dirty my hands.
I was, I to know you followed you put until
I
was ready to get out of state. Tell
him, tell
him,
Frankie.
Everything's all right now, Frankie
eight.
Thank you.
That's a little cupping around, huh?
Nothing.
Am I right?
We'll see.
And now, now we'll be in
antics just laughing about
it.
You should have seen Sweeter face.
When Williams said he'd get to him in a minute.
He went white.
It was so funny
out. You hear
it was the best sport. I knew my whole life.
You hear me?
Stay away from me, punk
very quick. Oh When I get to Sweet
Beginning to wear off quick for you, ain't
it?
You're graduating student.
You're gonna have to step it up anything but please hurry.
All right.
Let's see your money
later later.
Right now.
Trust me this once will, you
know, I don't do that.
I'll pay you twice as much later, but I gotta do something right now.
I'll even push for you. Louie. Hurry. A
flipping junkie always says, please,
please,
please hold me. You have
30 hands off.
Frankie.
Wake up,
get up. No,
no. What did you put
Frankie
left arm
where you
can
go.
I
find it.
I
can't find
her to
take
her home.
Please. Let me take you home Frankie.
Frankie, please.
I gotta be on time.
Nice.
Wow. What's the matter? Come on. Let's try to really cook it,
Mr Machine,
Mr Lang.
Ok. Can you read music? Yes, Shelley. Let Mr Machine sit in on this one
number 37. It's right in front of you.
You know what Mr
machine?
Ok. Let's try it.
1231 Mr
machine. The first four bars is all you. Come on, let's try it again.
12.
I'm sorry.
Are you all set? Once again?
1234.
Ok, Shelley, let's go.
Nice. Should we have any money?
I need some money. No. What's the matter
around here? Yesterday? Wasn't there? I need some mollies. O
well, there ain't any, what is it, Frankie?
What is it?
You can walk
since when?
What,
what's the angle?
What are you and Frankie trying up to
come on, tell me one hustler to another, huh?
Come on, let me in on it.
Let me in on it. They're all crew for you.
I'll tell everybody you can walk. You always could.
I'll tell them all you can walk your own pony.
No, Lloyd
Lloyd.
I'm
telling
you.
Please
let me
please
put your hand.
Oh,
call the police. Did
you
fire
first?
You
molly.
Molly
molly.
Ain't that the way it happened?
They had a fight?
Next thing anyone knew Louie was falling.
Come on level.
I
don't try to outthink me. You'll only get tangled.
I
don't know anything about his site.
I, I was sleeping all morning right here in this chair
and for all, you know, it did happen that way while you were sleeping,
Frankie shoved him over.
He didn't,
how do you know if he was sleeping?
Wasn't? I was sleeping more like, like dozen kinda,
I'd have heard a fight if there was one
Frankie didn't do it. He wasn't even here.
When wasn't he here
when it happened?
How can you be sure if he was dozen?
I, I was up when he left. That's how I'm sure I saw him go
and he was home this morning.
But only a second. Honest, he didn't get in a fight. He was here only a second.
Why didn't he stick around with somebody after him?
Nobody was after him. Nobody.
He just wanted some money is all. What for,
I don't know what for a fix? He wanted it for a fix from Louie.
It had nothing to do with Louis.
How do you know?
Because there was no money?
Why would he want to see Louis for a fix if he didn't have no money to
try and get one without money?
Ok, I can wait
wherever he is. Sooner or later, he's gotta come up for a fix.
Always,
Mary, wait, please.
It's finished Frankie, like I told you.
Well, I, I gotta talk to you. Molly, please.
No,
once and for all.
Welcome to you.
If you got any money, Mary, I need a few dollars. $10 would do it.
I get it back to you in a few days
or five even
five would be fine, please.
I feel so sick. Molly. I,
I hurt all over. I feel so bad.
Don't say no, please don't say no.
Why not Molly? Why not
jump off a roof if you're gonna kill yourself? But don't ask me to help you.
I'll do anything to fuck you,
Mary. But,
but right now
you gotta help me.
I need a shot. No
five would do it or,
or three or two even. But please hurry.
You mustn't take that dirty stuff no more. I know. I know you're right. But,
and I promise
but right now I need it fixed this one fixed.
Help me stop hurting
and then I promise you take it for good. Just a few dollars. Mom.
Hello, Molly.
I just wanted to come say hello.
Ain't you gonna let me in?
I asked you please not to bother me no more.
I, I miss you.
Look, I'm awfully tired. Johnny. I'll stay only a few minutes.
No.
Who's in there with you?
Go away, Johnny. Don't come back. Who is it? Not the dealer?
You ain't hiding him? Are you?
You wouldn't be dumb enough to be an accessory, would you? What do you mean?
Accessory?
He killed Louis.
Cops are looking for him this minute.
Thank you. Machine.
Is he in there?
No,
I'm coming in. Not. If you ever want to see me again.
Will you meet me tomorrow?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'll be around Antic.
Maybe not tomorrow, but soon
I miss you.
Honest, I, I
didn't,
what have I got to do?
Go tell Bedner it wasn't you?
I, I couldn't,
I couldn't stand up to the cops the way I am.
Oh,
good. Me, I'd, I'd say anything. They want me to say just for a shot.
Then get cured first.
What are you talking about? How am I supposed to get cured?
You did it once
that was with help and medicine and doctors,
I can't go applying to Lexington with a murder hanging over my head.
Couldn't you do it without going there?
You may just stop
cold turkey.
You don't understand
pain.
What else can you do?
All I need is one shot. Just one thing.
All right.
I should take it,
go on and take it all
because all that you're gonna need after that. One shot
is another
and then another and then another
take it.
Take it.
Why should you hurt like other people hurt?
Yes. So you had a dog's life with never a break.
Why? Try to face it like most people do?
No, just roll up all your pains into one big hurt
and then flatten it with a fix.
What do you think you'll find just outside that door,
don't you think the deader knows what you are and what you need
just to get through that next hour.
Don't, you know, he's just waiting for you to come and get it.
Come on,
let him kill you.
I don't care. You, it'll be quicker and better than doing it your way.
No,
I won't let him kill me.
No,
and I won't run into no grave.
But
King, it,
look, a
guy can't do it by himself.
Oh, he,
you know what you're letting yourself in for?
It ain't pretty.
And it could be dangerous.
If they find you here, then they find you as well.
I don't mean dangerous from bedner.
I
mean dangerous for me.
Sometimes a junkie will
kill
to get away from the treatment.
Understand?
So if you got any knives or scissors in the house, you gotta
put them away for a while
and don't let me out of the room
no matter what I say, I promise
or how much I beg
because if I get out,
it'll only be to go out and find a fix.
That's the way it is. You understand?
Just lock me in the room
and if I try to make a break for it, stop me any way. You know how,
no matter how much you see it hurting me,
don't try to help me with pills or dope or anything else like that.
If you think if you can handle it
here, we go
dumb and dirty.
You can't hold me.
You're committing double jeopardy or something.
Sit up,
you can't hold me,
you can't hold me. I ain't cut all my marbles. You know that Captain
write down the cases. Sparrow
and quit hosing around.
I didn't do nothing
but Frankie did something. All right.
And I want you to tell me about it.
Whoever killed that peddler should get a ticker tape parade
and maybe I'd lead the band. But I still want you to tell me about it.
Listen to me sparrow when we catch him, he stands trial.
Whether you talk or whether you don't.
The only question is, do I take it you as an accessory
be
not, don't nail me to the cross.
He's the only guy I ever had for a friend.
He's nobody's friend anymore.
He'd mash you with a Steamroller if you got between him and a pop in New York.
Come on talk spra
ok. Peter.
So
to what
it,
yeah,
I,
hm
hm.
We asked.
Oh.
Mhm.
I thought I'd come see how you've been so
alone. That's how I've been
something to eat.
Sausage
alone and worried sick.
Where is he?
You know, where he is?
Did he go to you?
What do you want anyway?
Is that what you told Ben?
You've seen the papers? You see how bad it makes Frankie. Look what you said.
I didn't tell Ben or anything,
the papers, they twist everything all up.
They wouldn't be able to, if you didn't let them,
I can't help what they do.
What do you expect me to do? Sitting here,
just tell Bedner that Frankie wasn't here when it happened that he didn't do it.
I never said he did.
But that's how it sounds if he was the only one around at the time
and, you know, it was somebody else.
What do you mean?
Hmm.
I don't know.
But maybe Bedner could figure it out if he didn't think it was Frankie.
What business is it of yours anyway?
I just wanna help. That's all.
Oh, you're kidding.
I think, I don't know what you really want.
You think?
I don't know what you and him have been up to behind
my back while I had to sit here all these years.
I had to sit here all these years.
You got it wrong. No, you got it wrong because you'll never get him.
He put me in this chair
and as long as I sit here, he'll never leave me. He knows he belongs to me. Massage.
I come only the hell I wouldn't want to live if he left me
and I'd rather see him dead too than have them go to you. He,
he is. Get out of here.
Get out of here. Your lousy tr,
get out,
get
out.
How do you know?
Right. I
can't stand it any longer. I
just, please help me,
keep me warm.
I can't stand,
I gotta get a,
get a fix,
open the door.
I do like I say,
open the door, I'll kill you.
Listen,
if you really can, I can, I can, then I do have something put away to make this stop.
Give me quick. Give me
quick
where
I'd get it.
Mar
Yeah,
like you had to
Frankie answer me. Are you all right?
I don't think you can fool me into opening the door because I'm not going.
Are you all right, Frankie? Please answer me.
Well,
Molly. If you love me, kill me, please.
Oh, I'm so cold. I'm so cold.
So cold.
Me.
Make me warm, please.
Oh, please want me
right.
Please
make me warm.
Oh my, I'm so
to.
It makes me h
no
God.
God,
please make me warm. Molly.
I'm so.
Oh.
Mhm.
I waited for you in Antex last night. I told you it might not be right away.
I thought maybe you were sick or something.
I, I just want to tell you don't look for me in Antex no more.
You threw me out last night. We had a little argument
so make it the safari. Huh?
Yeah. Sure. Johnny. Sure.
Pretty good. Huh? Molly.
I take it slow now.
Oh, I'm all right.
It's a little rocky.
It's the most Scott
this day I ever saw.
I think it's the first day I ever saw.
I got a craving for something sweet. You got anything sweet
sugar.
Give me
more.
Oh, how can you?
Thank you.
Oh, I never felt as good in my life.
I feel like all the things inside me settle into place.
Thanks Molly.
How are you?
Regard you scraped your face off. I don't care.
You got a razor I can use.
I trust you
for
cross my heart.
Oh,
is this the place?
Yeah.
Ok. Come on now, please.
You don't need me up there.
Where is he Molly?
He didn't do it. Honest.
I'm not a judge. They pay me to bring him in. That's all.
If you tell me where he is, I promise he'll get every break a junkie can get.
He's no junkie either.
That's finished. Oh, sure. You bet you see for yourself.
He ain't running away from you.
So where is he?
Was that
all right, Molly? Let's go see.
Hello, Zash.
What are you doing here,
Frankie. Don't, you know Ben is looking for you.
Don't worry about
it. Sash. I ain't afraid
I didn't do what you know.
Hm.
Who did then?
Who
I come to tell you something's ash.
I'm leaving here.
The fed
will arrest you. He told the newspapers you
what
I'm leaving.
You won't have to worry about money or anything.
I'll find a way to send you some regular
and by, I'll take good care of you.
Believe me,
it's not leaving you, Zar, it's just leaving.
You saw what happened since I come back.
It's like Dr
Lennox. Told me
I got in the same old routine and before I knew it, I was on it again.
But you can't leave me,
Hugh. You gotta stay and take care of me.
I know I'm responsible for how you are
s
but I can't go around the rest of my life stoning myself to death about it.
I've been carrying my heart ever since it happened.
Even now. It hurts me to think about it. But,
well,
it's not. I want to leave.
I gotta leave.
He mustn't leave fie,
he mustn't leave
that.
Say goodbye to me.
You think you're fooling me?
I know it's pulling you away. Molly.
Yeah, you're going just as you can be with that little tramp.
Thank you. No, goodbye.
No, Frankie.
Please don't leave
Frank in law.
No, don't leave.
Get dressed sash.
Right.
It's a hospital
to us.
Don't try to talk it. You're gonna be all right.
Uh
themselves.