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(narrator)
Previously on "The Making
of the Mob: Chicago"...
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With Al Capone
out of the picture...
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Frank Nitti, backed by
Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo,
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makes his first big move,
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shaking down Hollywood
with street thug Willie Bioff.
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It's all there.
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Always a pleasure.
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(narrator)
But when Bioff gets busted...
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No names, no deal.
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Frank Nitti...
and, uh, Paul Ricca.
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(narrator)
...Nitti is unwilling
to take the fall...
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(gunshot)
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...and Ricca is put behind bars,
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leaving the entire empire
in the hands of Tony Accardo.
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Looking to branch out,
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Accardo brings in
up-and-coming gangster
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Sam Giancana...
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You ever hear
of Eddie Jones?
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His racket's pullin' in
over a million a year.
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We can get in on it.
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I'll think about it.
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Uhh!
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What the hell
are you doin'?
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I did what I had to.
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Nothin' gets done
without my approval!
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(narrator)
But, knowing the policy racket
could bring in millions,
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Accardo gives Giancana
a second chance.
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I'm giving you
something big here.
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Don't screw it up.
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(chuckles)
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(traffic noise)
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Do yourself a favor.
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Start counting.
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(narrator)
By the mid 1950s,
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Chicago mobsters Tony Accardo
and Paul Ricca,
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who's recently been released
from prison,
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have taken the reigns
of the criminal empire
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built by their mentor,
Al Capone.
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(Robert Grant)
Accardo and Paul Ricca were
very, very, very close friends,
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and they were willing to share
power, which, you know,
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at that level of--
of leadership,
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it's very hard to find people
willing to do that.
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(narrator)
Thanks to Sam Giancana's
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takeover of
the policy racket,
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the gangsters are now
making millions.
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But, unlike their former boss,
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Accardo and Ricca realize
they have to be more discreet
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with their profits.
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(Frank Calabrese)
The big change that I seen
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and I was taught
from the Al Capone days
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was the fact
we had to go underground.
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We had to go far,
far underground.
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(narrator)
With so much money coming in,
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Accardo and Ricca know
they need a place to hide it.
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They find their answer
in a growing city
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located in the middle
of America's Mojave desert,
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where gambling is now legal.
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Las Vegas, Nevada.
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(Michael Green)
In the mid-'50s,
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Las Vegas is a boom town.
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But the rules
haven't been written.
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It is, in a sense,
a frontier town.
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There is room to maneuver.
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And Las Vegans
are very conscious
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that they need industry.
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They need business.
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(narrator)
Accardo and Ricca
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see Las Vegas
as the holy grail,
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offering a way to invest
their illegal profits
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into a legitimate business.
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But they're not the first ones
with this idea.
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The New York Mafia
is already there,
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led by criminal mastermind
Meyer Lansky.
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(Meyer Lansky II)
My grandfather,
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in the early days
of Las Vegas,
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the first advantage he saw is,
everything was legal here
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that they were doing illegal.
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There was nothing to hide.
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And, uh, he saw it
as a money opportunity.
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(narrator)
The New York Mob
runs the Flamingo,
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a luxury hotel and casino
founded by Bugsy Siegel,
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which is bringing in
the modern-day equivalent
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of $50 million a year.
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And now, the Chicago Mafia
wants in.
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If we do this
right...
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millions.
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I like
the sound of that.
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We just have to be
smart about it.
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Do you trust
this Lansky guy?
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He'll understand.
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And if he doesn't...
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we can do it
your way.
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(Michael)
In a lot of ways,
the Chicago Outfit
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is as powerful as New York,
and it may be more powerful.
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("Ricca")
Meyer.
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Paul.
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(Michael)
When Luciano forms
the commission,
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he's got the five families
of New York.
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He's got the Buffalo Mob.
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Well, the Chicago Outfit
is representing, basically,
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everything else.
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So they're taking in
so much territory
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and so much action
that they have a big say.
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So... what can
we do for you?
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We know Vegas
has been good for you.
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We just want
to make sure Chicago
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gets a piece of the action.
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(scoffs)
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So you're, uh...
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looking to muscle in
on our rackets,
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and you're telling us--
why?
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As a courtesy?
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No.
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We're telling you
because...
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we wanna go in
on this together.
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We have enough partners.
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None with access
to our kind of cash.
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Look...
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gentlemen, it wasn't easy
getting set up out here.
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(lighter flicking)
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Took a lot of time...
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and a lot of effort.
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We understand that.
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Which is why
we wanna work together.
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We put money into your casinos
and cut you in on ours.
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Between your connections
and our finances,
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this'll be good
for all of us.
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There's been
a longstanding peace
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between New York
and Chicago.
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Who am I
to challenge it?
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To peace.
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And money.
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(glasses clinking)
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(narrator)
With a partnership formed,
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the two criminal organizations
set up a system
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to take full advantage
of Las Vegas.
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First, to pay for
the construction of new casinos,
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they secure legitimate loans
from local banks
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who don't ask
a lot of questions.
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Then, when the casinos
are up and running,
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the mobsters use their legal
profits to pay off the loans.
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And finally, they begin
funneling their illegal money
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through the casinos.
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(Michael)
Las Vegas became
a money laundering capital,
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and the Outfit, uh, took full
advantage of the opportunity.
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Gambling was a cash business.
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So who notices
if you suddenly say,
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"Oh, here's a dollar going here,
and we'll move it over here."
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(birds tweeting)
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(narrator)
As the operation grows,
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Accardo and Ricca know
they need someone on the ground,
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so Ricca suggests his protégé,
Sam Giancana.
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I'm just not sure
about him.
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He's proved himself
with the policy wheel, no?
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He's made money.
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I've had to keep him
on a short leash.
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How am I supposed to do that
when he's 2,000 miles away?
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Just give him a chance.
He's earned it.
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Besides...
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at least he'll be
2,000 miles away.
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(chuckles softly)
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You have a point.
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(narrator)
Despite his personal
reservations,
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Accardo knows Giancana's success
in the Chicago policy rackets
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makes him the perfect choice
to run the Vegas operation.
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Yes!
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(crowd cheering)
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Once again!
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(Michael)
Giancana and Las Vegas
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go together very well.
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He was the kind of guy who likes
to hang out in casinos.
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He likes to be around
the good-looking women
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and the action.
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(narrator)
Under Giancana's leadership,
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the Outfit's presence
in Vegas explodes
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as gangsters from Chicago
move west.
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(Meyer)
Chicago Outfit became very
dominant here in Las Vegas.
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Quite a few people
from their Outfit planted here.
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Pit bosses, dealers,
all kinds of,
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you know, on-the-ground,
working people, you might say.
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What are we
working with here?
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(narrator)
But one mobster who's
just arrived in Vegas
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catches Giancana's
attention.
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The man who broke
the Mob's code of silence,
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sending Giancana's mentor
to jail.
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And now,
Giancana wants revenge.
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Well done.
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Thanks.
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Congratulations.
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(narrator)
While making his rounds
in Vegas,
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Chicago gangster
Sam Giancana
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spots a man
from the Outfit's past.
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Willie Bioff,
the same man who ratted out
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Paul Ricca and Frank Nitti
ten years ago,
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and then disappeared.
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Willie Bioff does something
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that guys in the Outfit
don't traditionally do.
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He rolls.
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He testifies.
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And, under
his assumed name,
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moves to Arizona,
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but can't stand to be
out of the action.
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He comes up to Las Vegas.
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And that exposes him
to organized crime.
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(phone ringing)
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Hello.
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Yeah, he's here.
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Yeah.
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Bioff?
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Yeah...
with my own eyes.
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Of all the places
in the world,
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he chooses our casinos
like nobody's watchin'.
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That prick needs to be
taken care of now.
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Do you understand me?
Yeah.
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I'll take care of it.
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1,319 days.
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That's how long I went
without seein' my family.
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Because that prick
couldn't keep his mouth shut.
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Paul... it's done.
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(keys jangle)
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(car stalls)
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(car stalling)
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(engine starts)
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(narrator)
On November 4, 1955,
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Willie Bioff is killed
by a car bomb,
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the ultimate payback for
ratting out his former partners.
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(Meyer)
Tony Accardo and Paul Ricca,
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they were absolutely ruthless.
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They had both sides
of that ability needed
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for that type
of a lifestyle.
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You had to be able to
inflict violence at some times,
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and you also have to be able
to use your logic.
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Now, basically,
when they walk through,
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they're gonna be
greeted immediately
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by lots of slot machines.
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("Ricca")
This grand ballroom
will be the biggest
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grand ballrooms
in any casino in Vegas.
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(narrator)
Over the next two years,
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Chicago and New York launch
an ambitious expansion of Vegas,
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transforming four miles
of Nevada desert
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into what will come to be known
as the Las Vegas Strip...
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¶¶
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...attracting nearly
eight million people a year,
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who pump over $200 million
into the casinos.
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¶¶
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This is a beautiful
ledger sheet.
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I want to frame it
and put it on my wall.
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(all chuckling)
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And it's just
the beginning.
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To the future,
gentlemen.
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To the future.
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To the future.
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¶¶
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(narrator)
But Accardo and Giancana
see Vegas
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as more than
a destination for gambling.
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¶¶
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The magic that really
made it take off
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was combining the casinos
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with entertainment
from famous stars
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like Frank Sinatra
and Dean Martin.
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¶¶
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(narrator)
Soon, the allure
of the Vegas strip
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begins attracting
Hollywood's biggest stars.
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And Sam Giancana
takes advantage
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of all that the social scene
has to offer.
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(David Eisenbach)
Sam Giancana is a guy who
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liked to hang out with
celebrities like Frank Sinatra.
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Uh, he was a guy
who liked to kind of
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rub shoulders with celebrities
and with the powers that be.
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¶¶
289
00:15:45,312 --> 00:15:47,712
(Frank Cullotta)
The way Sam was treated
anywhere he went,
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they knew who he was,
and he was admired.
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If a movie star
came in the door with him,
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they would go to him before
they would go to the movie star.
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¶¶
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¶¶
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(narrator)
As the money pours in,
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the Outfit comes up with a way
to make even more.
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It's known as the skim.
298
00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:26,517
(Meyer)
The skim is money
that's taken off the tables
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before it can be recorded
in a book
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or anything to do
with being taxed.
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How it worked
depended on the place.
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They rigged
slot machines.
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They rigged the scales.
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You get in the counting room,
305
00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,705
and the money
starts disappearing.
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00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:50,074
¶¶
307
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Very nice.
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00:16:55,415 --> 00:16:59,317
(William Forsythe)
Once it went into Vegas,
they were bigger than anyone.
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00:16:59,319 --> 00:17:01,252
You know, they were
as big as the oil business.
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00:17:01,254 --> 00:17:03,354
¶¶
311
00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:11,496
(traffic noise)
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00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:17,568
(door creaks)
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00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:21,506
(narrator)
But just as the Outfit's
Vegas operations are taking off,
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an incident over 2,500 miles
away in New York City
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threatens to destroy
everything the Mob has built.
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00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:47,432
(echoing heartbeat)
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(narrator)
On May 2, 1957,
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New York Mob boss
Frank Costello is shot.
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00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:02,246
But, miraculously,
he survives.
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00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:08,152
As the gangster recovers,
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00:18:08,154 --> 00:18:10,855
the police make
an unexpected discovery.
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00:18:16,830 --> 00:18:18,663
(Meyer)
The police found
a piece of paper
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00:18:18,665 --> 00:18:20,665
that suggested
that there was money
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00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:23,868
coming out of the Tropicana
in Las Vegas.
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00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:26,871
There was skimming going on
in the Tropicana Hotel.
326
00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:32,310
(narrator)
News of the cops' discovery
spreads quickly,
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exposing the Mafia's ties
to Las Vegas.
328
00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:41,385
This proved
that an organized crime figure
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was involved with the casinos.
330
00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:46,524
This was very embarrassing
for the local banks,
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who were lending money
to these people.
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00:18:49,529 --> 00:18:52,830
So, after that piece of paper
was found,
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the local banks
were not going to lend money
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00:18:55,568 --> 00:18:58,669
to buy and build
and expand casinos.
335
00:19:03,143 --> 00:19:06,210
¶¶
336
00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:12,850
How are we supposed
to cover construction costs
337
00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:15,386
if we can't
get a single loan?
338
00:19:15,388 --> 00:19:17,855
Not one.
No bank'll go near us.
339
00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:20,391
The banks will come around.
340
00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:23,261
When?
341
00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:26,230
Soon... trust me.
342
00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:30,701
Until then...
343
00:19:30,703 --> 00:19:34,805
we just need to wait this out
until it resolves itself.
344
00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:37,708
We can't afford
to wait.
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00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:41,646
If we can't get the money
from the bank,
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00:19:41,648 --> 00:19:43,748
we need to get it
from somewhere else.
347
00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:46,784
¶¶
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00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:53,257
¶¶
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00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:59,197
(narrator)
To secure the financing
they need,
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00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:02,500
Tony Accardo turns to a source
closer to home.
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00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:05,736
I pledge to do everything
in my power to ensure...
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00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:07,338
(narrator)
A high-ranking officer
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00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:09,540
in the country's largest
labor union,
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00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:10,908
the Teamsters...
355
00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:13,277
(applause)
356
00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:15,846
Jimmy Hoffa.
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00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:18,382
I take a look around this room
and I can see a working man.
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00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:19,650
Many working men!
359
00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:21,652
(cheering and applause)
360
00:20:21,654 --> 00:20:26,224
Nothing is more important to me
than our financial security.
361
00:20:26,226 --> 00:20:27,258
Nothing!
362
00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:28,459
(cheering)
363
00:20:31,531 --> 00:20:33,497
(narrator)
Thanks to the Outfit's
influence,
364
00:20:33,499 --> 00:20:37,235
Hoffa is now the president
of the Teamsters union,
365
00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:40,238
and Accardo
wants to call in a favor.
366
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,473
That pension fund
you started up.
367
00:20:44,877 --> 00:20:47,678
How much interest
are you charging on loans?
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00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:52,516
About eight percent.
369
00:20:52,518 --> 00:20:56,654
But, for you,
I could get it down to six.
370
00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:05,963
Let's make it three.
371
00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:09,700
Three percent?
372
00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:12,370
Jimmy Hoffa
was put in place
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00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:15,406
and voted in
from the Chicago Outfit.
374
00:21:15,408 --> 00:21:17,541
So, once he was in office,
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00:21:17,543 --> 00:21:20,578
for that favor,
they needed loans.
376
00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:21,946
Three percent?
377
00:21:25,018 --> 00:21:26,817
Is that a problem?
378
00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:28,686
No!
379
00:21:28,688 --> 00:21:30,021
No problem.
380
00:21:30,023 --> 00:21:31,989
Whatever you need.
381
00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:34,759
¶¶
382
00:21:37,030 --> 00:21:40,364
(Hillel)
The Outfit took hundreds
of millions of dollars
383
00:21:40,366 --> 00:21:43,000
from the Teamsters'
pension funds,
384
00:21:43,002 --> 00:21:46,337
which, in essence,
was Accardo's piggybank.
385
00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:48,873
And that money
is really what financed
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00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:51,909
the growth of Las Vegas.
387
00:21:57,850 --> 00:22:01,752
(narrator)
But as the Outfit's empire
continues to grow,
388
00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:03,888
Accardo and co-boss
Paul Ricca
389
00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:07,591
know they risk
attracting more attention.
390
00:22:07,593 --> 00:22:10,027
(Michael Madsen)
Tony Accardo, he wasn't
interested in being flashy
391
00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:12,396
and being noticed,
392
00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:14,065
because then those--
those kind of guys
393
00:22:14,067 --> 00:22:16,067
were always the ones
who went to prison.
394
00:22:16,069 --> 00:22:18,602
(narrator)
To insulate themselves,
395
00:22:18,604 --> 00:22:22,106
the two Mob kingpins
make an unprecedented move
396
00:22:22,108 --> 00:22:24,575
by naming a new acting boss,
397
00:22:24,577 --> 00:22:26,877
a gangster who's made millions
for the Outfit
398
00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:29,413
and relishes the spotlight.
399
00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:31,749
Sam Giancana.
400
00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:37,822
You got big things
comin', kid.
401
00:22:37,824 --> 00:22:40,358
And that's why
we're talkin' to you.
402
00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,692
(flicks cigarette)
403
00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:45,830
We need somebody
to run things.
404
00:22:47,433 --> 00:22:50,067
And you want
that person to be me?
405
00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:52,503
Yes.
406
00:22:52,505 --> 00:22:54,905
But we need assurances
you're gonna stay in line.
407
00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:59,110
I will.
408
00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:04,915
(John Kass)
Ricca and Accardo,
409
00:23:04,917 --> 00:23:07,818
their mentality was,
no heat.
410
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:11,088
No Valentine's massacre...
none of that.
411
00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:14,558
So put a man
named Sam Giancana in charge,
412
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,495
and they--
they just sat quietly.
413
00:23:17,497 --> 00:23:19,997
And they dictated
what happened
414
00:23:19,999 --> 00:23:23,134
and recede even further
in the background.
415
00:23:23,136 --> 00:23:25,936
Thank you.
416
00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:27,872
If you blow this
for us...
417
00:23:27,874 --> 00:23:30,541
I know the consequences,
Joe.
418
00:23:30,543 --> 00:23:31,776
Good.
419
00:23:31,778 --> 00:23:34,912
¶¶
420
00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:36,547
(narrator)
In one move,
421
00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:38,749
Accardo and Ricca
further distance themselves
422
00:23:38,751 --> 00:23:41,118
from the public eye
423
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:45,156
but retain the final say
in all big decisions.
424
00:23:45,158 --> 00:23:49,160
¶¶
425
00:23:49,162 --> 00:23:53,164
For Giancana, taking day-to-day
control of the Outfit
426
00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:56,200
is a lifelong dream.
427
00:23:56,202 --> 00:24:01,172
(Frank Cullotta)
Sam Giancana was,
of course, power crazy.
428
00:24:01,174 --> 00:24:02,873
He grew up the hard way.
You know what I mean?
429
00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:05,709
In other words, he stole
and he robbed and all that,
430
00:24:05,711 --> 00:24:07,111
and then he became a big boss.
431
00:24:08,548 --> 00:24:10,581
(narrator)
But what he doesn't realize
432
00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:12,783
is that he's about
to become the target
433
00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,186
of an ambitious
young attorney
434
00:24:15,188 --> 00:24:18,456
who he sees an opportunity
to make a name for himself
435
00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:21,926
by going after
organized crime.
436
00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:23,761
Robert F. Kennedy.
437
00:24:33,473 --> 00:24:37,575
¶¶
438
00:24:37,577 --> 00:24:41,011
We need to get these guys
tracked down.
439
00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:42,012
(man)
Yes, sir.
440
00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:43,747
This is no joke,
gentlemen.
441
00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:45,716
So if there's more
resources that you need,
442
00:24:45,718 --> 00:24:47,251
you come to me--
you let me know.
443
00:24:47,253 --> 00:24:48,953
¶¶
444
00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:51,489
(narrator)
After successfully managing
445
00:24:51,491 --> 00:24:54,024
his older brother John's
election to the US senate,
446
00:24:54,026 --> 00:24:55,759
Robert F. Kennedy,
447
00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:57,228
the seventh of nine children
448
00:24:57,230 --> 00:24:59,897
born to a growing
political dynasty,
449
00:24:59,899 --> 00:25:02,633
is ready to make a name
for himself.
450
00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:04,568
¶¶
451
00:25:04,570 --> 00:25:07,972
(David)
I don't think Bobby
was bred to be a politician.
452
00:25:07,974 --> 00:25:11,609
The older brothers were
the future, uh, politicians.
453
00:25:11,611 --> 00:25:13,811
Bobby was the one
who ran the campaigns.
454
00:25:13,813 --> 00:25:17,681
Bobby was the one who
kept everybody in line.
455
00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:20,050
And Bobby
embraced that role.
456
00:25:21,988 --> 00:25:25,689
¶¶
457
00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:28,259
What rate of interest
did you charge on that loan?
458
00:25:28,261 --> 00:25:29,927
(man)
I don't remember.
459
00:25:29,929 --> 00:25:32,062
(narrator)
To further his career,
460
00:25:32,064 --> 00:25:33,797
Kennedy takes a position
461
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:36,700
as the lead investigative
counsel to the US Senate,
462
00:25:36,702 --> 00:25:40,204
where he goes on a crusade
against corrupt labor unions,
463
00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:42,573
targeting leaders
like Jimmy Hoffa.
464
00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:43,807
Mr. Hoffa,
465
00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:45,643
you have people in Detroit,
466
00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:48,779
at least 15,
who have police records.
467
00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:51,081
One of those has 38 arrests
468
00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:53,984
and is a known associate
of Joe Accardo and Paul Ricca,
469
00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:57,187
two of Chicago's
leading gangsters.
470
00:25:57,189 --> 00:25:59,957
(narrator)
During the investigation,
471
00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:03,894
Kennedy uncovers a link between
Hoffa and organized crime.
472
00:26:05,565 --> 00:26:07,965
Realizing that the corruption
runs much deeper
473
00:26:07,967 --> 00:26:09,667
than the labor unions,
474
00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:12,703
Kennedy decides to use
the power of his panel
475
00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:15,239
to investigate the Mob.
476
00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:18,275
(David)
Kennedy, who's looking
to make a name for himself,
477
00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:21,245
is gonna see, "Wait a second.
Here's an opportunity," right,
478
00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:24,982
"to-- to use
my righteous anger,"
479
00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:28,118
the black-and-white view
of the world, good versus evil,
480
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,054
for his own
political purposes.
481
00:26:30,056 --> 00:26:31,755
(narrator)
One of the first men
482
00:26:31,757 --> 00:26:35,292
that Kennedy wants
to call to the stand...
483
00:26:35,294 --> 00:26:40,364
is the Outfit's day-to-day boss,
Sam Giancana.
484
00:26:40,366 --> 00:26:42,933
¶¶
485
00:26:44,837 --> 00:26:47,304
("Giancana")
I feel like we just
pile up our money here!
486
00:26:47,306 --> 00:26:49,707
Again, again!
487
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:52,376
¶¶
488
00:26:54,146 --> 00:26:55,813
(narrator)
But when Giancana gets word
489
00:26:55,815 --> 00:26:58,215
that he's going
to be subpoenaed,
490
00:26:58,217 --> 00:27:02,052
he does the unexpected
and skips town.
491
00:27:02,054 --> 00:27:04,355
¶¶
492
00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:11,161
What?!
493
00:27:11,163 --> 00:27:13,697
Sounds good to me.
494
00:27:13,699 --> 00:27:17,067
Giancana played a lot of games,
495
00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:21,005
and among the games he played
was avoiding service
496
00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:22,806
for the subpoena
that would bring him
497
00:27:22,808 --> 00:27:24,208
before the McClellan
committee.
498
00:27:24,210 --> 00:27:26,744
¶¶
499
00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:30,848
(narrator)
For almost a year,
500
00:27:30,850 --> 00:27:34,051
Giancana stays one step ahead
of the feds
501
00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:35,886
by hiding out
in different cities
502
00:27:35,888 --> 00:27:38,656
and using a number of aliases.
503
00:27:38,658 --> 00:27:41,325
He was put in as the operating
boss of the Outfit,
504
00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:42,826
to mind the store,
505
00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:45,195
a multibillion-dollar
enterprise.
506
00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:47,831
He's not minding the stores.
507
00:27:47,833 --> 00:27:50,234
¶¶
508
00:27:51,771 --> 00:27:54,772
(big band music playing)
509
00:27:56,976 --> 00:27:58,842
Why, hello there.
510
00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:00,911
You enjoying yourself?
511
00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:04,081
The goal is to bet as high
as you possibly can.
512
00:28:04,083 --> 00:28:05,416
¶¶
513
00:28:05,418 --> 00:28:07,217
¶ Let's have a moment ¶
514
00:28:07,219 --> 00:28:08,919
Sam Giancana?
515
00:28:08,921 --> 00:28:10,120
Yeah?
516
00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:11,388
You're a hard man
to find.
517
00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:13,757
You've been served.
518
00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:18,128
¶ I haven't told you
this won't take... ¶
519
00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:19,863
It's about time!
520
00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:21,765
¶¶
521
00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:23,167
¶ Maybe you're right ¶
522
00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:27,938
¶¶
523
00:28:33,446 --> 00:28:36,714
(narrator)
Despite knowing his bosses
would disapprove,
524
00:28:36,716 --> 00:28:40,918
Giancana refuses
to keep a low profile.
525
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,455
So... what do you intend
to say to the committee?
526
00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:47,825
Well, I would like
to tell 'em to go to hell.
527
00:28:47,827 --> 00:28:49,993
(giggling)
528
00:28:49,995 --> 00:28:52,863
They couldn't catch me
for a year.
529
00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:55,999
(whispering)
That's very funny.
530
00:28:56,001 --> 00:28:57,768
So what do you think
of Bobby Kennedy?
531
00:29:01,474 --> 00:29:04,775
I think Robert Kennedy
has no idea what he's in for.
532
00:29:08,948 --> 00:29:11,215
A number-one rule
for any mobster
533
00:29:11,217 --> 00:29:12,916
is you don't want to be
in the press.
534
00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:14,118
Where haven't I been...
535
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:15,853
(David)
It's-- it's just bringing on
536
00:29:15,855 --> 00:29:18,288
way too much attention
537
00:29:18,290 --> 00:29:20,090
that the syndicate
did not want.
538
00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:22,893
Anything he should be
worried about?
539
00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:27,164
Guess we'll have to wait
and see, won't we?
540
00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:29,366
(giggling)
541
00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:35,038
¶¶
542
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:39,076
¶ When I am down ¶
543
00:29:39,078 --> 00:29:40,177
(record crackling)
544
00:29:40,179 --> 00:29:43,981
¶ And feel uninspired ¶
545
00:29:43,983 --> 00:29:47,084
¶¶
546
00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:50,320
¶ If I fall ¶
547
00:29:50,322 --> 00:29:54,358
¶ I know I'll be fine ¶
548
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:58,328
¶¶
549
00:29:58,330 --> 00:29:59,797
¶ That's why I'm here ¶
550
00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,231
Take a walk.
551
00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:02,399
¶¶
552
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:05,202
¶ To say I love you ¶
553
00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:06,436
Now!
554
00:30:06,438 --> 00:30:09,473
¶¶
555
00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,241
¶ I'm so glad ¶
556
00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:13,277
(sighs)
557
00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:16,814
¶ You're mine ¶
558
00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:19,349
¶¶
559
00:30:29,094 --> 00:30:30,360
Damn it!
560
00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:35,599
(grunts)
561
00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:40,604
You're givin' interviews
to the "Tribune" now?
562
00:30:40,606 --> 00:30:43,540
Relax, I didn't say anything
I wasn't supposed to.
563
00:30:43,542 --> 00:30:45,409
Shut up!
I know what
I'm doing--
564
00:30:45,411 --> 00:30:47,911
Shut... up!
565
00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:50,147
(lighter flicks)
566
00:30:52,451 --> 00:30:54,551
When you go in front
of the committee,
567
00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:59,857
you're gonna take the fifth,
every... single... time.
568
00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:00,991
You got it?
569
00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:03,927
Yeah.
570
00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:09,399
I got it.
571
00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:11,235
(Robert Lombardo)
Accardo never talked
to the press.
572
00:31:11,237 --> 00:31:14,037
And it was frowned upon,
talking to the press.
573
00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:17,040
Why expose yourself?
Why expose what you're doing?
574
00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:19,443
And I think they
learned a lesson from Capone,
575
00:31:19,445 --> 00:31:23,580
because Capone, um, was more
than happy to talk to the press.
576
00:31:23,582 --> 00:31:25,916
Clean yourself up.
577
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:27,484
You're a mess.
578
00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:36,026
Prick.
579
00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:43,667
¶¶
580
00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:51,475
(narrator)
On June 9, 1959...
581
00:31:51,477 --> 00:31:53,610
Sam Giancana,
the acting boss
582
00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:56,213
of the country's
largest criminal syndicate,
583
00:31:56,215 --> 00:31:59,182
arrives in Washington D.C.,
584
00:31:59,184 --> 00:32:01,551
ready to go head-to-head
585
00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:05,555
with one of the most feared
interrogators in the country.
586
00:32:11,363 --> 00:32:14,431
¶¶
587
00:32:18,570 --> 00:32:21,672
(narrator)
After evading federal agents
for a year,
588
00:32:21,674 --> 00:32:24,508
Sam Giancana
is about to testify
589
00:32:24,510 --> 00:32:27,444
in front of a congressional
committee
590
00:32:27,446 --> 00:32:29,613
and come face to face
with the man determined
591
00:32:29,615 --> 00:32:32,950
to take down
organized crime,
592
00:32:32,952 --> 00:32:34,551
Robert F. Kennedy.
593
00:32:39,391 --> 00:32:41,625
We ultimately subpoenaed
him in Las Vegas.
594
00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:42,659
That is correct.
595
00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:44,494
Following that
Las Vegas visit,
596
00:32:44,496 --> 00:32:46,630
he returned to Chicago,
where he gave an interview
597
00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:49,299
to a reporter from
the "Chicago Tribune."
598
00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:53,971
("Kennedy")
You may relate what his opinion
of the committee was.
599
00:32:53,973 --> 00:32:56,373
("Salinger")
Ahem. He says,
600
00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:58,542
referring
to the committee,
601
00:32:58,544 --> 00:33:02,045
"I would like to tell them
to all go to hell."
602
00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:04,681
Is that correct?
603
00:33:11,223 --> 00:33:13,190
I decline to answer
because I honestly believe
604
00:33:13,192 --> 00:33:15,459
my answer might tend
to incriminate me.
605
00:33:19,565 --> 00:33:22,265
He also says, "They couldn't
catch me for a year.
606
00:33:22,267 --> 00:33:23,400
I like to hide."
607
00:33:23,402 --> 00:33:26,069
Is that correct,
Mr. Giancana?
608
00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:32,376
I decline to answer
because I honestly believe
609
00:33:32,378 --> 00:33:35,078
my answer might tend
to incriminate me.
610
00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:38,015
He was also quoted,
611
00:33:38,017 --> 00:33:40,317
when asked why he hadn't
served in any armed forces
612
00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:43,286
during World War II,
as stating,
613
00:33:43,288 --> 00:33:45,622
"When I was called
in front of the board,
614
00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:47,724
"they asked me
what kind of work I did.
615
00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:49,559
"I told them
I steal for a living.
616
00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:50,727
They thought I was crazy."
617
00:33:52,131 --> 00:33:55,298
"But I wasn't.
I was telling the truth."
618
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:57,401
(laughing)
619
00:33:57,403 --> 00:33:59,569
("Kennedy")
The authorities in Chicago
620
00:33:59,571 --> 00:34:02,205
consider Mr. Giancana
to be the number-two man
621
00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:03,774
in the syndicate
in the city.
622
00:34:03,776 --> 00:34:09,146
He and Mr. Tony Accardo,
number one and number two.
623
00:34:09,148 --> 00:34:11,681
Is that correct,
Mr. Giancana?
624
00:34:11,683 --> 00:34:14,518
(whispering indistinctly)
625
00:34:16,655 --> 00:34:18,288
Mr. Giancana?
626
00:34:21,293 --> 00:34:23,226
I decline to answer
because I honestly believe
627
00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:25,128
my answer might
tend to incriminate me.
628
00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:28,298
¶¶
629
00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,467
Would you tell us, if you
had opposition from anybody,
630
00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:33,203
that you have them dealt with
by stuffing them in a trunk?
631
00:34:34,306 --> 00:34:37,607
Is that what you do,
Mr. Giancana?
632
00:34:37,609 --> 00:34:39,209
(chuckling)
I decline to answer
633
00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,610
'cause I honestly believe
my answer might tend to--
634
00:34:40,612 --> 00:34:42,679
Would you tell us anything
635
00:34:42,681 --> 00:34:44,448
about any
of your operations,
636
00:34:44,450 --> 00:34:45,515
or are you
just gonna giggle
637
00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:48,218
every time I ask you
a question?!
638
00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:52,789
I thought only little girls
giggled, Mr. Giancana.
639
00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:55,559
(Frank Cullotta)
When these guys,
like Bobby Kennedy,
640
00:34:55,561 --> 00:34:57,294
and they got you
in the crosshairs
641
00:34:57,296 --> 00:34:58,528
and they're questioning you,
642
00:34:58,530 --> 00:35:00,397
like these committees
they got...
643
00:35:00,399 --> 00:35:03,800
Would you tell us anything
about any of your operations?
644
00:35:03,802 --> 00:35:05,635
(Frank Cullotta)
...and they're gettin'
cocky wit' ya,
645
00:35:05,637 --> 00:35:08,105
and you're just wishin'
you could come out of that chair
646
00:35:08,107 --> 00:35:10,173
and rip that son of a bitch
right off that pedestal
647
00:35:10,175 --> 00:35:11,641
that he's sittin'
on over there.
648
00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:13,810
¶¶
649
00:35:17,182 --> 00:35:19,483
I decline to answer
because I honestly believe
650
00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:21,751
my answer might tend
to incriminate me!
651
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:23,320
(gavel pounds)
652
00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:27,390
(Chairman)
Is there anything further?
653
00:35:27,392 --> 00:35:29,159
(scoffs)
654
00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:32,429
You may stand aside,
655
00:35:32,431 --> 00:35:35,432
subject
to being recalled.
656
00:35:37,236 --> 00:35:41,138
Every battle that Bobby Kennedy
took up became personal.
657
00:35:41,140 --> 00:35:45,275
Everything was war
for Bobby Kennedy.
658
00:35:45,277 --> 00:35:49,346
But Sam Giancana
probably looked at Bobby Kennedy
659
00:35:49,348 --> 00:35:52,382
as just that, a
rich, snot-nosed kid
660
00:35:52,384 --> 00:35:55,519
whose dad's fortune
was made illegally.
661
00:35:55,521 --> 00:35:57,888
¶¶
662
00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:03,693
(lighter flicks)
663
00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:15,939
Are you stupid?
664
00:36:15,941 --> 00:36:18,875
It's a publicity stunt.
665
00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:21,444
All Kennedy cares about
is gettin' his name
in the papers.
666
00:36:21,446 --> 00:36:24,781
And how exactly does
laughin' in his face
667
00:36:24,783 --> 00:36:26,883
help things?
668
00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:29,452
It was funny.
669
00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:31,655
Don't you ever think?
670
00:36:33,559 --> 00:36:35,825
You're on
very thin ice.
671
00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:36,960
And you're blowing
this whole thing
672
00:36:36,962 --> 00:36:38,461
out of proportion.
673
00:36:40,399 --> 00:36:41,798
Get out of here.
674
00:36:46,271 --> 00:36:47,571
Now.
675
00:36:56,448 --> 00:36:58,748
(Frank Calabrese)
Giancana was too vocal,
676
00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,617
too out in the open.
677
00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,419
He wasn't underground enough.
678
00:37:02,421 --> 00:37:04,621
And I think it all
went to his head after a while.
679
00:37:10,295 --> 00:37:11,828
(narrator)
To Tony Accardo,
680
00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:16,266
Sam Giancana
has become a liability...
681
00:37:16,268 --> 00:37:19,636
who now risks bringing
the whole Chicago Mob down.
682
00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:28,011
¶¶
683
00:37:28,013 --> 00:37:30,647
(narrator)
As Sam Giancana's
outrageous behavior
684
00:37:30,649 --> 00:37:32,849
becomes more of a problem
for the Outfit...
685
00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:34,951
I got it.
Don't worry.
686
00:37:34,953 --> 00:37:36,786
(narrator)
...co-boss Paul Ricca
687
00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:39,823
knows he needs
to rein his protégé in.
688
00:37:39,825 --> 00:37:43,493
Listen... this business
with you and Accardo...
689
00:37:43,495 --> 00:37:45,962
He's got a problem
with me.
690
00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:48,531
I am living the life
you and I dreamed of.
691
00:37:48,533 --> 00:37:50,267
Listen. Listen.
And he's got
a problem with that.
692
00:37:50,269 --> 00:37:51,935
Does he even know realize
how much money I'm bringin' in?
693
00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:53,570
What's it gonna take
to get respect?
Listen, I don't--
694
00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:54,971
I am runnin' the casinos.
Listen--
695
00:37:54,973 --> 00:37:56,006
I am runnin'
the policy--
696
00:37:56,008 --> 00:37:57,841
Listen!
697
00:37:57,843 --> 00:37:59,743
We got a good thing
going on here.
698
00:37:59,745 --> 00:38:01,745
We do.
And the only way
699
00:38:01,747 --> 00:38:03,380
that I'm gonna be able
to keep it like that
700
00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:06,383
is if you stay in line.
701
00:38:06,385 --> 00:38:09,419
Let me take care
of Accardo, all right?
702
00:38:09,421 --> 00:38:11,621
Go back to doin'
what you do best.
703
00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:13,390
Make money.
704
00:38:13,392 --> 00:38:15,692
I don't wanna see
no more problems, okay?
705
00:38:15,694 --> 00:38:16,893
(exhales)
706
00:38:16,895 --> 00:38:18,328
Of course.
707
00:38:25,704 --> 00:38:29,072
¶¶
708
00:38:32,944 --> 00:38:37,314
(narrator)
But in the midst of Accardo
and Giancana's growing feud,
709
00:38:37,316 --> 00:38:40,750
Paul Ricca is convicted
of tax evasion
710
00:38:40,752 --> 00:38:43,086
and once again
sent to prison.
711
00:38:45,023 --> 00:38:48,491
It's another blow
to the Outfit,
712
00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:50,960
but the government
is just getting started.
713
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,967
¶¶
714
00:39:00,639 --> 00:39:03,907
Who does that son of a bitch
think he is?
715
00:39:03,909 --> 00:39:07,043
This is the man that's ordered
the murder of dozens,
716
00:39:07,045 --> 00:39:08,878
maybe hundreds of men.
717
00:39:10,615 --> 00:39:12,982
(scoffs)
And he just sits there,
718
00:39:12,984 --> 00:39:15,118
laughing, like it's
some kind of a joke.
719
00:39:16,621 --> 00:39:19,089
Kennedy was willing
to go after the Mob,
720
00:39:19,091 --> 00:39:23,059
uh, by any means necessary,
to use a phrase.
721
00:39:23,061 --> 00:39:27,097
With Bobby Kennedy, everything
seemed to be personal.
722
00:39:27,099 --> 00:39:28,598
What do
you wanna do?
723
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,968
I wanna hit 'em
where it hurts most!
724
00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:34,371
The casinos.
725
00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:36,840
Get me the Nevada
Gaming Commission.
726
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:46,616
¶¶
727
00:39:46,618 --> 00:39:48,685
(crowd chattering)
728
00:39:50,922 --> 00:39:52,989
(chips clinking)
729
00:39:56,528 --> 00:39:57,794
Very nice.
730
00:39:59,765 --> 00:40:02,098
Mr. Giancana...
731
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:04,167
could you please
come with us?
732
00:40:06,138 --> 00:40:07,437
What's this about?
733
00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:10,006
Please.
734
00:40:10,008 --> 00:40:11,741
I'm not goin' anywhere.
735
00:40:13,879 --> 00:40:16,479
Kindly escort
Mr. Giancana
736
00:40:16,481 --> 00:40:18,681
off the floor.
737
00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:20,817
Get your hands
off me.
738
00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:23,620
I'm-- Get your hands
off of me!
739
00:40:23,622 --> 00:40:25,121
(grunting)
740
00:40:25,123 --> 00:40:29,125
¶¶
741
00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:31,528
(narrator)
After Sam Giancana
makes a mockery
742
00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:34,497
of Robert F. Kennedy's
hearings,
743
00:40:34,499 --> 00:40:36,199
the Nevada
Gaming Control Board
744
00:40:36,201 --> 00:40:38,168
puts his name
on a list of criminals
745
00:40:38,170 --> 00:40:40,870
who are barred
from entering casinos.
746
00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:43,940
¶¶
747
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:52,449
("Accardo")
How the hell are you
going to run things in Vegas
748
00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:54,684
when you can't even step foot
inside a casino?
749
00:40:54,686 --> 00:40:55,919
It's temporary,
okay?
750
00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:57,020
I already spoke
to our lawyers.
751
00:40:57,022 --> 00:40:58,521
They said
there's a good chance
752
00:40:58,523 --> 00:40:59,756
I can get my name
off that list
753
00:40:59,758 --> 00:41:01,090
if I take it to court.
754
00:41:01,092 --> 00:41:02,992
Take it to court?
755
00:41:02,994 --> 00:41:04,627
Have you
lost your mind?
756
00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:05,829
What do you suggest
I do then?
Do you have any idea
757
00:41:05,831 --> 00:41:07,464
of the kind of press
that will bring?
758
00:41:07,466 --> 00:41:09,232
What am I
supposed to do?
759
00:41:09,234 --> 00:41:10,633
You fix it.
760
00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:12,769
I just told you
how to fix it.
761
00:41:12,771 --> 00:41:14,904
Find another way.
762
00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:17,240
Otherwise...
763
00:41:17,242 --> 00:41:20,777
I'm gonna have
to make some changes.
764
00:41:20,779 --> 00:41:23,012
(laughing)
765
00:41:24,583 --> 00:41:26,616
Okay.
766
00:41:26,618 --> 00:41:28,551
Good luck with that.
767
00:41:28,553 --> 00:41:31,187
¶¶
768
00:41:31,189 --> 00:41:33,623
(David)
It's one thing to be
769
00:41:33,625 --> 00:41:35,725
a well-known gangster
770
00:41:35,727 --> 00:41:38,027
and to be hanging out
with Frank Sinatra.
771
00:41:39,531 --> 00:41:41,698
But now to be seen,
you know,
772
00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:44,968
as this criminal,
773
00:41:44,970 --> 00:41:47,237
definitely makes life
more difficult
774
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:50,507
because it makes it harder
to buy off the politicians,
775
00:41:50,509 --> 00:41:52,775
it makes it harder
to buy off the cops.
776
00:41:52,777 --> 00:41:55,778
Makes it harder
to basically run an operation
777
00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:59,616
if you have the--
the media glare like this.
778
00:41:59,618 --> 00:42:01,584
¶¶
779
00:42:01,586 --> 00:42:03,152
Everyone's replaceable.
780
00:42:05,156 --> 00:42:06,890
Everyone!
781
00:42:13,665 --> 00:42:18,601
(narrator)
With Accardo and Giancana's
relationship deteriorating,
782
00:42:18,603 --> 00:42:22,171
and Paul Ricca in prison,
783
00:42:22,173 --> 00:42:23,907
the Chicago Outfit
784
00:42:23,909 --> 00:42:27,677
is on the verge
of a total collapse.
785
00:42:27,679 --> 00:42:29,879
¶¶
786
00:42:32,284 --> 00:42:35,018
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