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(narrator) Previously on "The
Making of the Mob: New York"...
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Charles Luciano
and his crew,
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Meyer Lansky,
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Bugsy Siegel...
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You mind if I
finish this off?
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(groaning)
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(narrator)
...Frank Costello,
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and Vito Genovese,
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have worked their way up
in the New York underworld...
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We're gonna try
something out here.
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I'll give you a shot,
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see if you don't
screw it up.
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(narrator) ...with the guidance
of sophisticated gangster
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Arnold Rothstein.
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There's safety in no one
knowing who you are.
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Nobody targets
a nobody.
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(narrator) After a citywide
turf war breaks out
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between rival kingpins
Salvatore Maranzano
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and Joe Masseria...
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If you even suspect
anybody's with Maranzano,
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and I mean anybody,
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kill him.
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(narrator) ...Luciano is
caught in the crossfire...
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...and Arnold Rothstein
is gunned down in the streets.
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(gunshot)
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Tomorrow I want you
to call up Masseria,
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and you set up a meeting
in Coney Island.
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(narrator)
To end the conflict,
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Luciano orchestrates
the assassinations
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of Masseria...
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...and Maranzano...
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(knife slicing)
Uh! Uhh!
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(gunshots)
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(narrator)
...and can now take his place
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at the top
of the New York underworld.
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♪♪
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♪ This ain't no time ♪
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♪ To feel sorry
for myself ♪
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♪ I can't help it ♪
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♪ 'Cause there's nobody else ♪
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♪ I'll walk these streets ♪
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♪ With your name
on my tongue ♪
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♪ But I dare not speak ♪
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♪ Only there it belongs ♪
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♪ There's got to be
a better way ♪
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♪ Better way ♪♪
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(gunshot)
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(crickets chirping)
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(keys jangle)
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(engine starts)
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(woman singing indistinctly
on radio)
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(grunting)
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(narrator) After taking out the two
most powerful Mob bosses in New York,
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34-year-old
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
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sets in motion
the next phase of his plan:
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to seize control
of the New York Mafia.
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Luciano and his crew--
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Meyer Lansky,
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Frank Costello,
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Bugsy Siegel,
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and Vito Genovese--
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send an army of hit men
to eliminate loyalists
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of the New York underworld's
old regimes.
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Find someone.
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But it's got to be done.
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You tell me what
you want me to do.
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I'll take care of him.
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I think goodfellas
rise in the groups
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because they are ruthless.
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They were killers.
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I mean, that's a known fact.
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It's a competitive game
for them.
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Aagh...
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(gurgling)
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(narrator)
Over the next few days,
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gangsters across the country
are murdered
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in the biggest purge
the Mafia has ever seen.
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Easy, Joe.
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Easy.
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Jesus, Vito.
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Look, don't do
anything stupid.
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I ain't here
to kill you.
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Then, what is this?
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Lucky wants
to talk to you.
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(narrator)
Luciano spares a select few
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who he feels are more valuable
as allies.
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With his power secured,
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Luciano makes his next move,
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calling a meeting with
Maranzano's former underboss
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Joe Bonanno.
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Killing Maranzano
was necessary.
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It was either gonna be
him or me,
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and it wasn't gonna be me.
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The past is the past.
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(narrator) Luciano sees
potential in Bonanno,
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a man not tied to
the old-school Sicilian ways...
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...and decides to offer Bonanno
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the opportunity
to head his own family.
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(Gay Talese)
Joe Bonanno,
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he owned garment-centered
operations
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on 34th Street.
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He owned trucking businesses,
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all kinds of businesses.
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So he was a man of wealth,
a man of influence,
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a man of reason.
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(narrator)
With Bonanno on board,
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Luciano has eliminated
his competition,
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establishing order
in his operation.
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(Selwyn Raab) Maranzano's
gone, Masseria's gone,
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and Luciano is at the top
of the hill.
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But Luciano decides
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the most important thing
to be done
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is to create organizations
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that won't war
with each other.
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They need a regimen,
rules.
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Otherwise they'll be
going through this all the time.
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(narrator) Luciano turns to
his homeland for inspiration.
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Unlike in America,
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the Sicilian Mafia has always
been strictly organized.
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There are nearly 100 gangs
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referred to
as crime families.
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Each family has a boss,
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and they all work
under the capo di tutti capi--
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the boss of bosses.
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It's almost like the aristocracy
of the underworld.
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Men who were family heads
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needed to establish
some rules and boundaries
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and understanding
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for the continuation
of their way of life.
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(narrator) It's a system that
has worked for over 100 years
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and is known as Cosa Nostra,
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which translates
to "Our Thing."
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Luciano bases the structure
of his new Mafia
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on the Cosa Nostra
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with one big change.
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You just got
to make sure
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that when you sell them
something new,
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you make it seem old.
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You know Sicilians
better than Sicilians, huh?
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(chuckles)
Huh?
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(narrator) To gain the support
of the other Mob bosses,
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Luciano keeps Mafia membership
limited to Italians.
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But Lansky will remain
Luciano's most trusted advisor
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from outside
the Mafia's ranks.
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Usually you know it was--
Especially the Sicilian Mafia,
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that was it.
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Actually, you had to be
a Sicilian to be made.
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You gotta be Italian.
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But Lucky was like, "Hey,
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"these guys got
great business.
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I'm gonna deal with them."
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(narrator)
Luciano is ready to present
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the one big change he's made
to the Cosa Nostra
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that he knows will revolutionize
the American Mafia forever.
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(Raab) Luciano called
for a major meeting
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of the crime bosses
in New York
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and major gangsters
elsewhere.
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Until this time,
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there really is no Mafia
in America.
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You have individual gangs
operating
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in some kind of ad hoc
manner.
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Luciano saw that
this had to be changed.
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Lucky, good to see you.
It's good to see you.
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Al.
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The blood on the streets
must stop,
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and the cycles
of revenge must end.
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We may be criminals,
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but that doesn't
mean we're savages.
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We have to run our business
like a business.
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To begin, we'll start
organizing our families
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like we did in Sicily,
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with the capos, the crews,
the consiglieres
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all reporting to
the head of the family.
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But there will be
no more boss of bosses.
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The days of
the capo di tutti capi,
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they're over.
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Instead we'll have
a board of directors,
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a Commission run by the heads
of the five New York families.
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They will have
the final say in all matters,
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even life and death.
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The heads of the five
New York families,
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the members of
the Commission, are...
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Giuseppe Profaci...
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Vincent Mangano...
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Tommy Gagliano...
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Joseph Bonanno...
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and Lucky Luciano.
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(narrator)
Luciano creates the Commission,
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a board made up of the heads
of the five New York families
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who will run the Mafia
instead of a boss of bosses.
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(man)
Luciano's motivation was power.
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He would give a role
to all these other guys
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because he was smart.
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He knew how to play people.
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And if you share power
the right way,
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you have the power.
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In effect, Lucky is writing
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a constitution for the Mafia.
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There will be
a boss of each family,
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there will be
a second-in-command--
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an underboss--
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and there will be
a consigliere-- the counselor.
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To peace and profit.
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(applause)
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Luciano creates
the modern Mafia.
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He is the main architect
of what would be
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the American Mafia
for the rest of the century.
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To peace and profit.
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(applause)
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(narrator)
In a matter of months,
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Lucky Luciano has taken out
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the two criminal kingpins
of New York
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and brought together
the most powerful
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and violent gangsters
in America
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under a board of directors
known as the Commission.
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One thing we
never want to do
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is make problems
for ourselves.
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You understand?
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(narrator) The Commission has
final say on all matters
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from dividing territory
to ordering hits.
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(Rich Cohen)
They sort of said,
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"We're not gonna have
these random killings
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"where one guy gets pissed off
at another guy
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"and he goes off
and he just kills him.
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"So, we're gonna do it like
they do it in the real world,
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"which is if somebody has
a problem with somebody else,
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"he will go
to an underworld court,
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and he will plead his case."
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They were like
the Security Council of the U.N.
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And I know that's laughable
in many ways,
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but they used
to try to resolve
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as many of their problems
peacefully as possible
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to stay away from the law.
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Disputes would get reported
to the Commission,
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and most of them
would get settled.
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Of course,
when they didn't get settled,
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then a murder might have
to take place.
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(narrator) To carry out the
Mafia's approved hit list,
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Luciano knows he will
need an enforcement arm
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with no ties
to the Italian Commission.
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So he looks outside
the Five Families
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to a group
of Jewish gangsters.
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In 1931, Luciano orders his
most trusted business partner
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to assemble
the lethal team.
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(Rich Cohen) Lansky was
like a recruiter, you know?
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At a board meeting
for a college.
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"Hey, I know
who could play free safety."
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You know, he knew
who they were
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and he recommended them
as the guys that could
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fill this new role
that was suddenly created
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by this underworld court.
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(narrator)
Lansky quickly enlists
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an elite group
of Jewish hit men.
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Violent killers who will
come to be known...
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as Murder, Inc.
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All right, this is
how it's gonna work.
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The Commission will
confirm all hits.
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You guys get your orders,
you do your job.
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Be precise.
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You guys'll be
like ghosts.
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Nothing gets left
behind, nothing.
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(Meyer Lansky II)
It was kind of a sub-company
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00:14:46,198 --> 00:14:49,532
of the new modern Mafia
that Luciano designed.
264
00:14:49,534 --> 00:14:52,468
But you have to realize
most of the hit men were Jewish.
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00:14:52,470 --> 00:14:54,536
The reason being,
the law enforcement
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00:14:54,538 --> 00:14:58,172
didn't expect Jewish guys
to be hit men.
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They integrated,
so that threw 'em off.
268
00:15:07,014 --> 00:15:10,483
(narrator) Each hit man has
his own signature style.
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00:15:10,485 --> 00:15:13,853
Bugsy Siegel is a loyal member
of Luciano's crew
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who takes pleasure
in making his victims suffer.
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00:15:17,058 --> 00:15:20,926
(grunting)
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Albert Anastasia
is a feared killer
273
00:15:30,036 --> 00:15:33,203
with a short fuse
and deadly aim
274
00:15:33,205 --> 00:15:37,306
who becomes known
as the Lord High Executioner.
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00:15:39,876 --> 00:15:42,878
Abe Reles believes
in a hands-on approach,
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earning the nickname
"Kid Twist"
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for his preferred
method of killing.
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(gagging)
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00:15:49,352 --> 00:15:52,953
Strangling his victims
with wire.
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00:15:52,955 --> 00:15:55,555
Louis Lepke is
a disciplined assassin,
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isolating his targets
to avoid witnesses.
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(gunshot)
283
00:16:03,395 --> 00:16:06,063
As a little kid, I remember
hearing the stories about
284
00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:09,466
these Jewish killers
the Mobsters had,
285
00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:12,135
and the Italians,
how they worked with them
286
00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:15,638
and how they respected
these murderers.
287
00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,007
These were guys that
were the baddest of bad.
288
00:16:18,009 --> 00:16:21,944
They were cold-blooded murderers
that worked for the Mob.
289
00:16:21,946 --> 00:16:26,381
(narrator) They formed the deadliest
team of hit men in American history
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00:16:26,383 --> 00:16:30,251
and transformed the art
of killing into a science.
291
00:16:34,089 --> 00:16:37,224
Once a contract
is handed down,
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the assassin spends weeks
preparing the execution.
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00:16:41,129 --> 00:16:42,561
Assembling weapons,
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00:16:42,563 --> 00:16:45,030
stealing
a getaway car,
295
00:16:45,032 --> 00:16:46,631
and trailing his target.
296
00:16:50,168 --> 00:16:54,371
When the moment is right,
he makes a clean hit
297
00:16:54,373 --> 00:16:56,639
and begins
covering his tracks.
298
00:17:03,045 --> 00:17:06,514
Fingerprints are often
burned beyond recognition,
299
00:17:06,516 --> 00:17:08,349
and the body is
dumped in a river
300
00:17:08,351 --> 00:17:11,652
or buried with chemicals
to eliminate the smell.
301
00:17:15,657 --> 00:17:17,324
In just ten years,
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00:17:17,326 --> 00:17:20,393
Murder, Inc. will kill
more than 1,000 people,
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00:17:20,395 --> 00:17:24,663
averaging one murder
every three days.
304
00:17:24,665 --> 00:17:28,299
And because no ties to
the assassins are left behind,
305
00:17:28,301 --> 00:17:31,502
hundreds of murders remain
unsolved for years.
306
00:17:32,971 --> 00:17:35,005
(Rich Cohen)
The newspapers did know
307
00:17:35,007 --> 00:17:38,341
dead bodies killed
in a similar way
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00:17:38,343 --> 00:17:41,544
started turning up
all over the country.
309
00:17:41,546 --> 00:17:45,347
And they knew that it was
probably one group of guys.
310
00:17:45,349 --> 00:17:48,216
And that's really the story
of Murder, Incorporated.
311
00:17:57,692 --> 00:17:59,459
(narrator)
With the Commission in place
312
00:17:59,461 --> 00:18:01,494
and Murder, Inc.
on call,
313
00:18:01,496 --> 00:18:05,564
Lucky Luciano has created
an underground government
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00:18:05,566 --> 00:18:07,599
and an invisible army.
315
00:18:07,601 --> 00:18:10,068
(Chazz Palminteri) Lucky Luciano
delegated the violence.
316
00:18:10,070 --> 00:18:12,103
He said,
"If we all band together,"
317
00:18:12,105 --> 00:18:15,239
you know, "we could do
this thing as an organization."
318
00:18:15,241 --> 00:18:17,407
So there'd be order.
319
00:18:17,409 --> 00:18:20,009
When you don't have order,
then it's chaos.
320
00:18:20,011 --> 00:18:22,011
You get destroyed.
321
00:18:22,013 --> 00:18:24,146
(narrator) Luciano believes
his national organization
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00:18:24,148 --> 00:18:26,515
is built to last.
323
00:18:26,517 --> 00:18:28,316
But what
he doesn't realize
324
00:18:28,318 --> 00:18:31,719
is that the Mob is about
to face its biggest threat...
325
00:18:31,721 --> 00:18:34,321
from within.
326
00:18:38,025 --> 00:18:42,294
♪♪
327
00:18:42,296 --> 00:18:44,095
(narrator)
Lucky Luciano's Commission
328
00:18:44,097 --> 00:18:46,363
is organizing
the criminal world...
329
00:18:48,632 --> 00:18:50,633
...into an efficient
money-making machine.
330
00:18:52,502 --> 00:18:55,370
But one of Luciano's
biggest earners
331
00:18:55,372 --> 00:18:57,605
is a Jewish gangster
332
00:18:57,607 --> 00:19:00,741
who isn't part
of the Five Families.
333
00:19:03,277 --> 00:19:07,446
(Selwyn Raab) Dutch Schultz
ran a very powerful gang
334
00:19:07,448 --> 00:19:10,682
in New York and the Bronx.
335
00:19:10,684 --> 00:19:13,351
In fact, some people
used to go around saying,
336
00:19:13,353 --> 00:19:15,586
in New York,
there was a Big Six,
337
00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:17,688
not just a Big Five,
338
00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:20,223
because Schultz
was so important.
339
00:19:20,225 --> 00:19:24,261
(narrator) Dutch Schultz is known
as the Beer Baron of the Bronx.
340
00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:27,430
He muscles his way into
the restaurant unions
341
00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:30,599
and Harlem's
number rackets.
342
00:19:30,601 --> 00:19:33,234
His numbers operation alone
343
00:19:33,236 --> 00:19:37,404
brings in
$20 million a year.
344
00:19:38,806 --> 00:19:40,640
Schultz is also
a vicious gangster
345
00:19:40,642 --> 00:19:42,608
with a hair-trigger
temper.
346
00:19:42,610 --> 00:19:45,711
(gunshot)
(screaming)
347
00:20:03,262 --> 00:20:05,329
Schultz has been
building relationships
348
00:20:05,331 --> 00:20:07,731
with politicians
for years
349
00:20:07,733 --> 00:20:09,833
by fixing
their elections.
350
00:20:09,835 --> 00:20:12,268
Come on, boys,
all right, let's go.
351
00:20:12,270 --> 00:20:13,736
(indistinct chatter)
352
00:20:13,738 --> 00:20:15,804
Right to the front,
come on.
353
00:20:17,873 --> 00:20:19,473
(narrator)
Schultz pays off voters
354
00:20:19,475 --> 00:20:21,608
and brings them
to the polls...
355
00:20:23,844 --> 00:20:26,579
...so they can vote
for his candidates.
356
00:20:26,581 --> 00:20:28,781
There was no doubt that
the American Mafia
357
00:20:28,783 --> 00:20:31,717
took advantage
of all their connections
358
00:20:31,719 --> 00:20:33,552
with corrupt politicians,
359
00:20:33,554 --> 00:20:35,854
and when they saw
the opportunity to make money,
360
00:20:35,856 --> 00:20:38,957
certainly taking it
from the federal government,
361
00:20:38,959 --> 00:20:41,492
this is what we did.
362
00:20:41,494 --> 00:20:43,560
Can I ask
your business here?
363
00:20:49,566 --> 00:20:51,567
Tampering with elections
is illegal.
364
00:20:51,569 --> 00:20:54,002
Ah...
365
00:20:54,004 --> 00:20:56,004
I'll keep that
in mind.
366
00:21:00,708 --> 00:21:02,709
(narrator)
Schultz is unaware
367
00:21:02,711 --> 00:21:05,712
that he's just
caught the eye
368
00:21:05,714 --> 00:21:10,349
of the one man in New York
he can't pay off.
369
00:21:10,351 --> 00:21:12,818
A 32-year-old lawyer
from Michigan
370
00:21:12,820 --> 00:21:15,520
named Thomas E. Dewey.
371
00:21:18,957 --> 00:21:21,658
Thomas Dewey is
an assistant U.S. attorney
372
00:21:21,660 --> 00:21:25,361
with political
aspirations.
373
00:21:25,363 --> 00:21:28,397
In New York City, people
are voting multiple times.
374
00:21:28,399 --> 00:21:30,532
Tom Dewey had been
a poll-watcher at one point
375
00:21:30,534 --> 00:21:32,700
and had seen this,
and it probably inspired
376
00:21:32,702 --> 00:21:35,502
some of his later
prosecutions.
377
00:21:35,504 --> 00:21:38,505
(narrator) He'll go on to
become the governor of New York
378
00:21:38,507 --> 00:21:40,607
and run for president...
379
00:21:40,609 --> 00:21:43,042
(Dewey)
We are a united party.
380
00:21:43,044 --> 00:21:45,911
Our nation stands
tragically in need
381
00:21:45,913 --> 00:21:48,480
of that same unity.
382
00:21:48,482 --> 00:21:50,615
(narrator) ...losing one of
the most famous elections
383
00:21:50,617 --> 00:21:54,018
in American history.
384
00:21:54,020 --> 00:21:56,720
I learned a lot of lessons
about being a lawyer
385
00:21:56,722 --> 00:21:58,521
from reading about
great lawyers,
386
00:21:58,523 --> 00:22:01,524
and Tom Dewey
was an inspiration.
387
00:22:01,526 --> 00:22:04,860
I mean, I learned many lessons
of leadership from Dewey.
388
00:22:22,044 --> 00:22:25,445
(narrator) Dewey firmly
believes in the rule of law.
389
00:22:27,848 --> 00:22:30,716
He also wants to make
a name for himself in New York.
390
00:22:33,386 --> 00:22:35,587
(Edward McDonald) When Tom Dewey
went after Lucky Luciano,
391
00:22:35,589 --> 00:22:37,322
he went after him
because he was
392
00:22:37,324 --> 00:22:40,358
a major organized crime figure
in the United States.
393
00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,959
He saw this
as a stepping stone,
394
00:22:41,961 --> 00:22:44,795
a way that he could
burnish his resume
395
00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:46,863
so that he would be able
to run for political office,
396
00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:50,466
and ultimately run for the
presidency of the United States.
397
00:22:50,468 --> 00:22:54,069
(narrator) With the New York
kingpin protected by corruption,
398
00:22:54,071 --> 00:22:55,670
Dewey knows
he'll have to start
399
00:22:55,672 --> 00:22:58,806
by going after Luciano's
known associates,
400
00:22:58,808 --> 00:23:02,376
including the man helping
to fix local elections,
401
00:23:02,378 --> 00:23:03,809
Dutch Schultz.
402
00:23:06,679 --> 00:23:10,881
(phone ringing)
403
00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:14,016
This is the guy.
What guy?
404
00:23:14,018 --> 00:23:16,651
The guy from the polls,
Dutch Schultz.
405
00:23:16,653 --> 00:23:17,885
You don't give up,
do you?
406
00:23:17,887 --> 00:23:19,086
This isn't personal.
407
00:23:19,088 --> 00:23:20,887
Schultz is all over
the number rackets,
408
00:23:20,889 --> 00:23:23,522
restaurants,
the Jersey waterfront.
409
00:23:25,591 --> 00:23:28,059
Schultz works
with Lucky Luciano.
410
00:23:31,997 --> 00:23:34,531
Schultz is nothing
but a crack.
411
00:23:34,533 --> 00:23:36,032
He's our way in.
412
00:23:36,034 --> 00:23:39,602
We can't get to Luciano,
but we can get to Schultz.
413
00:23:40,570 --> 00:23:42,604
How much time
do you need?
414
00:23:42,606 --> 00:23:44,005
Give me a month.
415
00:23:44,007 --> 00:23:45,773
Get busy.
416
00:23:47,776 --> 00:23:51,011
(narrator) With approval from U.S.
attorney William Dodge,
417
00:23:51,013 --> 00:23:54,781
Thomas Dewey
is about to declare war
418
00:23:54,783 --> 00:23:56,682
on the Mob.
419
00:24:02,488 --> 00:24:05,556
♪♪
420
00:24:07,859 --> 00:24:11,094
(narrator) Thomas Dewey is
now a special prosecutor
421
00:24:11,096 --> 00:24:13,796
who's determined to make
a name for himself
422
00:24:13,798 --> 00:24:16,398
by going after
organized crime.
423
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,668
With Mob boss Lucky Luciano
insulated by crooked politicians
424
00:24:20,670 --> 00:24:23,937
and an army of thugs...
425
00:24:23,939 --> 00:24:25,805
Dewey's first target
426
00:24:25,807 --> 00:24:30,809
is Jewish gangster
Dutch Schultz.
427
00:24:30,811 --> 00:24:32,410
But Schultz has been
paying off judges
428
00:24:32,412 --> 00:24:35,846
and politicians for years.
429
00:24:35,848 --> 00:24:38,048
(Thomas Dewey III)
It's very difficult for people
430
00:24:38,050 --> 00:24:40,884
in our time really to understand
431
00:24:40,886 --> 00:24:45,622
how widespread corruption in
New York City at that time was.
432
00:24:45,624 --> 00:24:49,425
My grandfather was very offended
by what he saw.
433
00:24:49,427 --> 00:24:52,928
And he felt that someone
should do something about it.
434
00:24:52,930 --> 00:24:54,596
(narrator)
To bring down Schultz,
435
00:24:54,598 --> 00:24:55,763
Dewey is going to have
to find a way
436
00:24:55,765 --> 00:24:57,698
to prosecute him.
437
00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:00,467
And a trial
from a year earlier
438
00:25:00,469 --> 00:25:02,735
may give him the answer.
439
00:25:12,144 --> 00:25:15,646
Al Capone has ruled the violent
Chicago underworld
440
00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:17,714
for a decade.
441
00:25:17,716 --> 00:25:19,615
(Frankie Valli) If you go all
the way back to the time
442
00:25:19,617 --> 00:25:22,651
of Al Capone,
and you read about it,
443
00:25:22,653 --> 00:25:25,620
he hung around
with politicians and--
444
00:25:25,622 --> 00:25:27,989
and judges and police.
445
00:25:27,991 --> 00:25:31,792
He was right in the midst
of society at its--
446
00:25:31,794 --> 00:25:34,094
at its highest level.
447
00:25:34,096 --> 00:25:36,663
(narrator)
He's beaten witnesses...
448
00:25:36,665 --> 00:25:38,464
bribed judges...
449
00:25:38,466 --> 00:25:41,867
intimidated juries...
450
00:25:41,869 --> 00:25:45,070
and has ties to over
100 murders...
451
00:25:45,072 --> 00:25:51,108
including the savage
St. Valentine's Day massacre.
452
00:25:51,110 --> 00:25:53,543
When Capone was finally
brought to trial,
453
00:25:53,545 --> 00:25:55,811
it wasn't for murder...
454
00:25:55,813 --> 00:25:58,180
it was for not paying
his taxes.
455
00:26:14,997 --> 00:26:17,498
(gavel pounding)
456
00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,100
I hereby find
Mr. Alphonse Capone
457
00:26:20,102 --> 00:26:21,668
guilty of tax evasion on--
458
00:26:21,670 --> 00:26:23,169
Guilty?!
459
00:26:23,171 --> 00:26:24,870
...and hereby remand him...
I'll show you guilty!
460
00:26:24,872 --> 00:26:27,105
to the custody of the state
for the next 11 years.
461
00:26:27,107 --> 00:26:29,640
(gavel pounding)
462
00:26:29,642 --> 00:26:31,842
(narrator) Thanks to an
ambitious law enforcement agent
463
00:26:31,844 --> 00:26:34,678
named Eliot Ness,
464
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,579
the most infamous mobster
in America
465
00:26:36,581 --> 00:26:40,081
will spend the rest
of his life in Alcatraz.
466
00:26:42,184 --> 00:26:45,186
Tom Dewey followed the lead
of the people in Chicago
467
00:26:45,188 --> 00:26:48,122
who went after Al Capone
for tax offenses.
468
00:26:48,124 --> 00:26:49,556
I mean, if you can't
get 'em for one thing,
469
00:26:49,558 --> 00:26:50,924
you get 'em
for something else.
470
00:26:52,893 --> 00:26:55,227
(narrator) Thomas Dewey
sees his opportunity
471
00:26:55,229 --> 00:27:01,165
and goes after Dutch Schultz
on tax evasion charges.
472
00:27:01,167 --> 00:27:02,599
Get him in here.
473
00:27:09,106 --> 00:27:10,873
(thunder rumbling)
474
00:27:10,875 --> 00:27:12,574
(jazz music playing)
475
00:27:12,576 --> 00:27:14,542
(narrator) But even
though he's a wanted man,
476
00:27:14,544 --> 00:27:16,844
Schultz is seen partying
at Manhattan bars
477
00:27:16,846 --> 00:27:19,713
and nightclubs.
478
00:27:19,715 --> 00:27:22,549
(Selwyn Raab) Schultz liked
to be a big shot around town.
479
00:27:22,551 --> 00:27:25,118
What's the deal, eh?
Hey, let's fill it up, huh?
480
00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:27,286
(Selwyn Raab) He was one
of the original owners
481
00:27:27,288 --> 00:27:29,187
of the famous Cotton Club
in Harlem.
482
00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:31,689
So he was a man about town
as well as a man of--
483
00:27:31,691 --> 00:27:33,257
a man about gangsterdom.
484
00:27:33,259 --> 00:27:35,592
Get another bottle of vino
over here for the ladies.
485
00:27:35,594 --> 00:27:37,093
That's all.
Cheers, huh?
486
00:27:37,095 --> 00:27:39,728
We're all here.
We're all here together.
487
00:27:39,730 --> 00:27:42,263
(narrator) Schultz's exploits
start making headlines.
488
00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:48,134
But he manages to stay one step
ahead of Thomas Dewey
489
00:27:48,136 --> 00:27:49,835
and his investigators.
490
00:27:54,207 --> 00:27:56,675
Months pass without an arrest.
491
00:27:56,677 --> 00:27:58,009
(Dewey)
...how much overtime it costs.
492
00:27:58,011 --> 00:27:59,844
I don't care if any of you
get a day off.
493
00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:02,746
I don't care
if you eat or sleep!
494
00:28:02,748 --> 00:28:03,913
Nobody rests!
495
00:28:03,915 --> 00:28:05,415
(phone ringing)
496
00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:06,916
Dewey.
497
00:28:09,953 --> 00:28:12,788
Uh, yes, sir, I hear you
loud and clear.
498
00:28:12,790 --> 00:28:16,224
(narrator) Dewey's inability
to bring Schultz into custody
499
00:28:16,226 --> 00:28:19,327
soon turns from a local
tabloid story
500
00:28:19,329 --> 00:28:21,762
into a national
embarrassment...
501
00:28:29,136 --> 00:28:31,937
(lighter flicks)
502
00:28:31,939 --> 00:28:35,740
...landing on the desk of
the director of the F.B.I.,
503
00:28:35,742 --> 00:28:37,341
J. Edgar Hoover.
504
00:28:38,876 --> 00:28:41,344
Hoover has made his reputation
by taking down
505
00:28:41,346 --> 00:28:45,247
some of the most notorious
criminals in the country.
506
00:28:45,249 --> 00:28:47,249
But he's refused
to let the F.B.I.
507
00:28:47,251 --> 00:28:49,818
investigate organized crime
in New York.
508
00:28:49,820 --> 00:28:51,119
(sighs)
509
00:28:51,121 --> 00:28:52,887
(Selwyn Raab)
For most of his reign,
510
00:28:52,889 --> 00:28:55,756
Hoover totally
ignored the Mafia
511
00:28:55,758 --> 00:28:57,858
and claimed it didn't exist.
512
00:28:58,926 --> 00:29:00,259
But he had reasons
513
00:29:00,261 --> 00:29:02,728
for not tackling the Mafia.
514
00:29:07,867 --> 00:29:09,367
(narrator)
In the 1930s,
515
00:29:09,369 --> 00:29:11,836
nearly all of Hoover's agents
are clean-cut men
516
00:29:11,838 --> 00:29:14,438
from small towns
in middle America.
517
00:29:16,174 --> 00:29:19,976
They had no idea about
the Mafia culture.
518
00:29:19,978 --> 00:29:23,145
There was no way they could
infiltrate the Mafia.
519
00:29:23,147 --> 00:29:25,046
(narrator)
Hoover may also have another,
520
00:29:25,048 --> 00:29:29,917
more personal reason for not
going after the New York Mob.
521
00:29:29,919 --> 00:29:32,486
(Rich Cohen) J. Edgar Hoover never
wanted to take on the Mafia
522
00:29:32,488 --> 00:29:35,255
because the mob
had a file of him
523
00:29:35,257 --> 00:29:37,924
with pictures of him wearing
dresses and garter belts.
524
00:29:37,926 --> 00:29:40,226
That's a theory.
525
00:29:40,228 --> 00:29:42,027
(Edward McDonald)
Could have been extorted.
526
00:29:42,029 --> 00:29:43,461
They could have said, "Look,
we're going to reveal you
527
00:29:43,463 --> 00:29:46,163
as a homosexual,"
something which obviously
528
00:29:46,165 --> 00:29:48,365
is very different
than it is today.
529
00:29:48,367 --> 00:29:51,468
(narrator) Despite the risks,
Hoover decides that his reputation
530
00:29:51,470 --> 00:29:54,137
as a crime fighter
is at stake.
531
00:29:54,139 --> 00:29:56,472
He can longer
let Dutch Schultz
532
00:29:56,474 --> 00:29:58,774
make a mockery
of law enforcement.
533
00:30:00,977 --> 00:30:02,978
For the first time in history,
534
00:30:02,980 --> 00:30:08,049
Hoover names a New York gangster
Public Enemy Number One.
535
00:30:13,021 --> 00:30:16,323
♪♪
536
00:30:16,325 --> 00:30:19,859
(Richard Hammer) Dutch Schultz
was violating the dictum of,
537
00:30:19,861 --> 00:30:23,194
"Don't put a spotlight
on the Mob."
538
00:30:24,963 --> 00:30:27,130
(narrator)
Lucky Luciano has spent years
539
00:30:27,132 --> 00:30:30,533
building the perfect
criminal organization.
540
00:30:30,535 --> 00:30:35,037
By drawing the attention
of the F.B.I...
541
00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:38,440
Dutch Schultz is threatening
to tear it all down.
542
00:30:46,849 --> 00:30:49,250
(thunder and rain pattering)
543
00:30:49,252 --> 00:30:51,552
(distant dog barking)
544
00:31:02,997 --> 00:31:04,864
(thunder rumbling)
545
00:31:07,534 --> 00:31:10,002
Sure you weren't
followed?
546
00:31:10,004 --> 00:31:12,004
Yeah, I'm sure.
547
00:31:12,006 --> 00:31:13,839
Just...
548
00:31:13,841 --> 00:31:16,474
make it fast, huh?
549
00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:19,176
You been bringing a lot
of heat on us, Dutch.
550
00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:20,310
What am I supposed to--
551
00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:21,910
You know what you're
supposed to do.
552
00:31:25,381 --> 00:31:27,849
You gotta
turn yourself in.
553
00:31:27,851 --> 00:31:29,350
Come on.
554
00:31:29,352 --> 00:31:30,851
Lucky, I...
555
00:31:30,853 --> 00:31:33,920
It's the only way.
556
00:31:33,922 --> 00:31:36,055
Look, you'll get the best
lawyers, all right?
557
00:31:36,057 --> 00:31:37,556
The best lawyers,
huh?
558
00:31:39,992 --> 00:31:41,625
(scoffs)
559
00:31:48,966 --> 00:31:51,033
All right.
560
00:31:51,035 --> 00:31:53,135
If I do this for you...
561
00:31:53,137 --> 00:31:55,904
you gotta help me
beat this rap.
562
00:31:55,906 --> 00:31:57,138
Whatever it costs.
563
00:31:59,441 --> 00:32:00,941
You have my word.
564
00:32:05,079 --> 00:32:07,280
(narrator) After nearly two
years of successfully eluding
565
00:32:07,282 --> 00:32:09,448
Thomas Dewey
and the F.B.I.,
566
00:32:09,450 --> 00:32:13,652
the most wanted man in America
is turning himself in.
567
00:32:13,654 --> 00:32:15,553
I don't think Lucky Luciano
was a genius.
568
00:32:15,555 --> 00:32:17,321
I think he was
a very bright guy
569
00:32:17,323 --> 00:32:21,525
and the right time
and the right situation.
570
00:32:21,527 --> 00:32:23,927
A Sicilian wiseguy
once told me,
571
00:32:23,929 --> 00:32:25,995
he said, "When you
got them by their balls,
572
00:32:25,997 --> 00:32:28,163
their hearts and minds
will follow."
573
00:32:30,332 --> 00:32:32,299
(narrator)
With Schultz in custody,
574
00:32:32,301 --> 00:32:35,101
Thomas Dewey is now
closer than ever
575
00:32:35,103 --> 00:32:37,002
to clinching
his first victory
576
00:32:37,004 --> 00:32:39,537
over the New York Mafia.
577
00:32:39,539 --> 00:32:41,272
But what he doesn't know
578
00:32:41,274 --> 00:32:45,242
is that Lucky Luciano
has already put a plan in motion
579
00:32:45,244 --> 00:32:47,944
to make sure
Schultz goes free.
580
00:32:47,946 --> 00:32:49,946
(Oscar Goodman)
In the old days,
581
00:32:49,948 --> 00:32:52,915
when a member of a group
got into trouble,
582
00:32:52,917 --> 00:32:55,984
the group took care of them as
far as a lawyer was concerned.
583
00:32:55,986 --> 00:33:00,421
They didn't go hungry.
They got 'em out on bail.
584
00:33:00,423 --> 00:33:02,423
(narrator)
Days after Schultz surrenders,
585
00:33:02,425 --> 00:33:04,425
he easily posts bail.
586
00:33:06,127 --> 00:33:07,594
And the Mob's lawyers
win a petition
587
00:33:07,596 --> 00:33:10,063
to move his trial
588
00:33:10,065 --> 00:33:12,565
400 miles north...
589
00:33:12,567 --> 00:33:15,134
to Malone, New York.
590
00:33:22,241 --> 00:33:26,244
If the Mafia can't buy off
the biggest city in America,
591
00:33:26,246 --> 00:33:28,279
they'll settle
for something smaller.
592
00:33:28,281 --> 00:33:31,081
(indistinct chatter)
593
00:33:31,083 --> 00:33:33,983
The minute Schultz
arrives in Malone,
594
00:33:33,985 --> 00:33:36,352
he begins spreading money
all over town...
595
00:33:38,588 --> 00:33:40,622
...and hosting parties
for local officials.
596
00:33:40,624 --> 00:33:42,390
Enjoy it!
Enjoy it, enjoy it.
597
00:33:44,126 --> 00:33:45,960
(Schultz)
And it's on me.
598
00:33:45,962 --> 00:33:47,294
(Edward McDonald)
People often think
599
00:33:47,296 --> 00:33:49,262
that the way to succeed
in the Mob
600
00:33:49,264 --> 00:33:51,230
is to be feared.
601
00:33:51,232 --> 00:33:52,431
(indistinct chatter)
602
00:33:52,433 --> 00:33:54,065
Certainly that's important.
603
00:33:54,067 --> 00:33:57,301
But what's more important
is just being charming.
604
00:33:57,303 --> 00:33:58,568
(laughing)
605
00:33:58,570 --> 00:34:00,603
She's very funny.
She's very funny.
606
00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:02,504
That's all I can...
(laughing)
607
00:34:02,506 --> 00:34:04,305
(narrator)
A week before his trial,
608
00:34:04,307 --> 00:34:07,308
the Jewish mobster takes
his public relations campaign
609
00:34:07,310 --> 00:34:09,343
a step further.
610
00:34:09,345 --> 00:34:12,112
(Selwyn Raab) Schultz would try
to ingratiate himself so much
611
00:34:12,114 --> 00:34:15,748
that he actually
converted to Catholicism.
612
00:34:15,750 --> 00:34:19,017
(Gay Talese) These ambitious,
lawless gangsters,
613
00:34:19,019 --> 00:34:20,385
they were cunning.
614
00:34:20,387 --> 00:34:23,321
They were capable of--
of presenting themselves
615
00:34:23,323 --> 00:34:25,389
as men of respect.
616
00:34:26,557 --> 00:34:29,759
(indistinct chatter)
617
00:34:41,237 --> 00:34:42,403
Judge.
618
00:34:45,006 --> 00:34:48,174
The jury has been unable
to reach a verdict
619
00:34:48,176 --> 00:34:49,675
in this case.
620
00:34:49,677 --> 00:34:51,209
(courtroom chattering)
621
00:34:51,211 --> 00:34:53,010
(man)
Yeah, he got off!
622
00:34:57,015 --> 00:34:59,049
(narrator)
Just as Luciano promised,
623
00:34:59,051 --> 00:35:00,583
Schultz gets off
624
00:35:00,585 --> 00:35:02,651
and is free to get
back to business.
625
00:35:02,653 --> 00:35:05,186
(reporters shouting questions)
626
00:35:21,736 --> 00:35:24,037
(narrator) Dewey has spent
two years of his life
627
00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:27,206
building his case against
Dutch Schultz.
628
00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:29,608
And once again,
629
00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:31,609
Schultz is back
on the streets.
630
00:35:34,779 --> 00:35:37,480
There were frustrations
in the prosecutions
631
00:35:37,482 --> 00:35:40,182
in the cases he made.
632
00:35:40,184 --> 00:35:42,484
But he was a fighter.
633
00:35:42,486 --> 00:35:45,119
And he was never
going to back down.
634
00:35:47,122 --> 00:35:50,491
(narrator) Dewey and his team
worked tirelessly night and day
635
00:35:50,493 --> 00:35:53,327
on a new case
against Dutch Schultz.
636
00:35:53,329 --> 00:35:55,595
This one.
Right here.
637
00:35:55,597 --> 00:35:57,063
That's the guy.
Get him in here.
638
00:35:57,065 --> 00:35:59,065
You got some kind
of intel?
639
00:35:59,067 --> 00:36:01,734
These are the new numbers,
just came in.
640
00:36:01,736 --> 00:36:03,469
About $6 million.
641
00:36:03,471 --> 00:36:05,170
(chuckling)
642
00:36:05,172 --> 00:36:06,337
Just bring him in.
643
00:36:06,339 --> 00:36:07,438
(narrator)
Just six weeks after
644
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:08,739
the trial in Malone,
645
00:36:08,741 --> 00:36:10,407
Dewey pinned Schultz
as the leader
646
00:36:10,409 --> 00:36:13,743
of the largest illegal
gambling ring in New York,
647
00:36:13,745 --> 00:36:17,413
sending over 60 officers
on a citywide raid
648
00:36:17,415 --> 00:36:20,249
to shut down Schultz's
most lucrative racket.
649
00:36:20,251 --> 00:36:22,651
I don't care
what it takes.
650
00:36:22,653 --> 00:36:24,719
I don't care
how much it costs!
651
00:36:24,721 --> 00:36:27,621
Get me Dutch Schultz!
652
00:36:29,724 --> 00:36:31,357
(narrator)
With Dewey closing in,
653
00:36:31,359 --> 00:36:33,359
Dutch Schultz
goes into hiding
654
00:36:33,361 --> 00:36:36,661
and decides there's only
one way out...
655
00:36:38,497 --> 00:36:41,131
...to kill Thomas Dewey.
656
00:36:45,102 --> 00:36:46,836
♪♪
657
00:36:46,838 --> 00:36:48,437
(narrator)
Now that Thomas Dewey has issued
658
00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:51,573
a second warrant
for his arrest,
659
00:36:51,575 --> 00:36:56,544
Dutch Schultz is once again
the most wanted man in America.
660
00:36:56,546 --> 00:36:59,446
Dutch Schultz got
very intimidated by Dewey.
661
00:36:59,448 --> 00:37:01,748
He realized Dewey
was out for him.
662
00:37:01,750 --> 00:37:05,518
And he decides Dewey
has to be assassinated.
663
00:37:10,390 --> 00:37:13,225
(approaching footsteps)
664
00:37:44,456 --> 00:37:46,857
This Dewey
is a rabid dog.
665
00:37:46,859 --> 00:37:49,626
He's not gonna stop.
666
00:37:49,628 --> 00:37:51,461
He's not the first.
667
00:37:51,463 --> 00:37:52,728
And he's not
gonna be the last.
668
00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:55,430
Well, what if he
is the last, huh?
669
00:37:55,432 --> 00:37:58,433
What if Thomas Dewey
takes down you, Luciano?
670
00:37:59,835 --> 00:38:02,603
What if he takes down
every damn one of you?
671
00:38:02,605 --> 00:38:04,471
Is that a chance you're
willing to take?
672
00:38:04,473 --> 00:38:06,606
We can't just
knock guys off
673
00:38:06,608 --> 00:38:08,741
every time the law
kicks up some dust.
674
00:38:10,510 --> 00:38:11,910
Since when?
675
00:38:11,912 --> 00:38:13,511
Since now.
676
00:38:13,513 --> 00:38:15,379
Settle down, Schultz.
677
00:38:15,381 --> 00:38:16,913
It'll all blow over.
678
00:38:16,915 --> 00:38:18,748
Oh, not this time.
Not this bastard!
679
00:38:18,750 --> 00:38:22,318
What are you saying?
Huh?
680
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,520
I'm tellin' ya,
this son of a bitch Dewey
681
00:38:24,522 --> 00:38:25,821
is not gonna rest one day
until every one of you
682
00:38:25,823 --> 00:38:27,322
is behind bars.
683
00:38:29,458 --> 00:38:31,725
Maybe Dutch is right.
684
00:38:31,727 --> 00:38:32,859
Maybe we should
take him out
685
00:38:32,861 --> 00:38:34,460
before he causes
any more trouble.
686
00:38:34,462 --> 00:38:36,528
It's gonna wreak havoc
on our business.
687
00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:38,296
Business
isn't everything.
688
00:38:38,298 --> 00:38:39,997
Yes, it is.
689
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,867
It's not gonna happen.
690
00:38:45,469 --> 00:38:46,635
(Selwyn Raab)
When the Commission,
691
00:38:46,637 --> 00:38:48,470
and especially Luciano,
692
00:38:48,472 --> 00:38:50,572
hear about this,
they realize
693
00:38:50,574 --> 00:38:52,840
Schultz is bad
for business.
694
00:38:52,842 --> 00:38:55,475
You can't kill
a prominent prosecutor.
695
00:38:55,477 --> 00:38:59,312
You'd bring the whole wrath
of the criminal justice system.
696
00:38:59,314 --> 00:39:01,314
Why risk it?
697
00:39:01,316 --> 00:39:03,482
♪♪
698
00:39:03,484 --> 00:39:06,852
(narrator) After being
rejected by the Commission,
699
00:39:06,854 --> 00:39:09,354
Dutch Schultz sees
no other option
700
00:39:09,356 --> 00:39:12,056
than to plan the murder
of Thomas Dewey...
701
00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:13,724
on his own.
702
00:39:15,593 --> 00:39:19,962
So he turns to Murder, Inc.
hit man Albert Anastasia.
703
00:39:19,964 --> 00:39:21,496
(knocking)
704
00:39:21,498 --> 00:39:22,563
Albert!
705
00:39:26,801 --> 00:39:27,834
Christ, Dutch,
you know the kind
706
00:39:27,836 --> 00:39:29,368
of trouble
you're in right now?
707
00:39:29,370 --> 00:39:30,702
You know how many people
are talking about you,
708
00:39:30,704 --> 00:39:32,370
watching you?
709
00:39:32,372 --> 00:39:34,372
But it's what you do.
710
00:39:34,374 --> 00:39:35,639
That's not
how this works.
711
00:39:35,641 --> 00:39:38,341
You gotta get it approved
by the Commission.
712
00:39:38,343 --> 00:39:39,975
You scared?
713
00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:41,076
I'm not scared
of nothin', Dutch,
714
00:39:41,078 --> 00:39:44,012
but I'm not stupid.
715
00:39:44,014 --> 00:39:47,048
It'll cost
you double.
716
00:39:51,353 --> 00:39:54,421
♪♪
717
00:39:57,691 --> 00:39:58,891
(seagulls calling)
718
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,594
(gun chamber clicking)
719
00:40:18,777 --> 00:40:21,879
I open the back
of the truck up-- six cases.
720
00:40:21,881 --> 00:40:23,513
That's all this guy
is driving down the road
721
00:40:23,515 --> 00:40:25,014
is six cases.
(chuckling)
722
00:40:25,016 --> 00:40:26,081
I go to the front,
go to this guy and say,
723
00:40:26,083 --> 00:40:27,615
"What's wrong with you?"
724
00:40:27,617 --> 00:40:29,583
He looks at me,
"It's my favorite brand."
725
00:40:29,585 --> 00:40:32,118
(laughter)
726
00:40:33,386 --> 00:40:36,955
♪♪
727
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,727
Know what
I'm gonna do?
728
00:40:43,729 --> 00:40:45,095
I'm gonna take a leak.
729
00:40:52,736 --> 00:40:54,903
(trickling)
730
00:41:02,745 --> 00:41:04,578
(gun cocks)
731
00:41:06,981 --> 00:41:09,448
(gunshot)
732
00:41:11,751 --> 00:41:13,017
(gunshot)
733
00:41:13,019 --> 00:41:15,119
(gagging)
734
00:41:15,121 --> 00:41:16,920
(grunting)
735
00:41:23,527 --> 00:41:26,529
(grunting and groaning)
736
00:41:34,537 --> 00:41:36,037
(grunting)
737
00:41:39,975 --> 00:41:42,076
(grunting)
738
00:41:47,082 --> 00:41:50,451
(narrator) After he was tipped
off by Albert Anastasia
739
00:41:50,453 --> 00:41:53,053
of Schultz's plan to kill
Thomas Dewey...
740
00:41:53,055 --> 00:41:55,455
(Schultz gasping)
741
00:41:55,457 --> 00:42:00,493
Lucky Luciano has ordered a hit
on one of his own.
742
00:42:13,873 --> 00:42:17,242
But what Luciano
doesn't realize...
743
00:42:17,244 --> 00:42:18,743
is that by taking out
744
00:42:18,745 --> 00:42:22,947
Thomas Dewey's
number one target...
745
00:42:22,949 --> 00:42:24,882
he's just put himself
746
00:42:24,884 --> 00:42:28,185
on the top of Dewey's
most wanted list.