1:04:02
But don't forget, I've known that face
for a long time.
1:04:05
I know you forced Frazier to get you
$ 100,000. Everybody knows it.
1:04:08
What's the difference
where the dough came from?
1:04:10
First place, Frazier owed it to me.
It's mine.
1:04:13
Second, it's a lot better you get
a chunk of it than him.
1:04:15
And suppose the dough is hot?
Nobody knows that but you and me.
1:04:18
That's just it.
1:04:20
Oh, come on. Don't be such an angel.
1:04:22
You want to get the center built?
Go get it started!
1:04:24
I don't want to build it
on rotten foundations.
1:04:27
Oh, don't be a sucker!
1:04:28
All right, Rocky.
1:04:30
Supposing I take the money.
1:04:32
And I kid myself it's a means to an end.
Well, it isn't. Never will be.
1:04:36
Inside the center, my boys will be clean,
and outside...
1:04:39
...they'd be surrounded by the same
rotten corruption and crime and criminals.
1:04:43
Yes, yourself included.
1:04:44
Criminals on all sides for my boys
to look up to and revere...
1:04:48
...and respect and admire and imitate.
1:04:51
What good is it to teach
that honesty is the best policy...
1:04:54
...when all around, they see
that dishonesty is a better policy?
1:04:57
The hoodlum and gangster is looked up to
with the same respect...
1:05:00
...as the successful businessman
or popular hero.
1:05:03
You, and the Fraziers
and the Keefers...
1:05:06
...and the rest of those rotten politicians
you've got in the palm of your hand.
1:05:10
Yes, and you've got my boys too.
1:05:13
Whatever I teach them,
you show me up.
1:05:17
You show them the easiest way.
1:05:19
The quickest way
is with a racket or a gun.
1:05:21
Well, it's so, ain't it?
1:05:25
Yes, it's so. God help us.
1:05:28
You see, Rocky...
1:05:30
...I thought I could solve
my problems and...
1:05:34
Problems with my boys,
which, after all, they are...
1:05:36
...from the bottom up.
But I can't do it.
1:05:38
- I've got to start from the top down.
- Yeah? How?
1:05:41
I'll tell you how.
1:05:43
I'm gonna use your kidnapping Frazier
as a crowbar...
1:05:46
...to pry open and uncover
this cesspool.
1:05:48
I'm gonna force the law,
corrupt or not...
1:05:50
...to bring to the light of day
this filthy affair.
1:05:53
Now, there's gonna be a lot of people
stepped on, Rocky...
1:05:56
...and if you happen to get in the way...