1:21:02
I appreciate you takin' the time
to see a poor civil servant.
1:21:05
- Why don't you have a seat, hmm?
- Oh, thank you, sir.
1:21:08
I come here personally
to kind of smooth over...
1:21:11
any fracas
about a certain matter.
1:21:14
See, uh, maybe
you didn't know it...
1:21:17
but Don Ward is a very
well-liked man in this town.
1:21:20
He's got lots of friends.
Nice family and their money go back many, many years.
1:21:24
Now friends vote.
Family and money votes.
1:21:28
That's important
to me and you.
1:21:31
And if you'll think about
our little problem along them lines--
1:21:35
and you'll forgive me
for sayin' it--
1:21:38
maybe he did not
deserve to be fired.
1:21:41
I'm sorry, but he knew
about our getting hit...
1:21:44
on three big machines in a row,
and he did nothing about it.
1:21:46
That means, either he was in on it or he
was too dumb to see what was goin' on.
1:21:51
Either way, I cannot have
a man like that working here.
1:21:54
Before we point the dirty
end of the stick at old Don...
1:21:57
we better be sure
we can prove them charges.
1:22:00
Believe me, if I could prove it,
he would be under arrest.
1:22:03
Are, uh--
1:22:06
Are we certain that you want
the Gaming Control Board...
1:22:10
eyeballing your record and
your gangster pals like Nicky Santoro.
1:22:13
I think you're way out of line
talking to me like that.
1:22:16
What you're saying is libelous,
and you're in no position to challenge my expertise.
1:22:21
I went way out of my way
to be very helpful to that kid.
1:22:24
He's weak. He's incompetent.
He jeopardizes the whole place.
1:22:28
There's not much more
I can do for him.
1:22:30
You have got me there.
1:22:33
Old Don is as useless
as tits on a boar.
1:22:36
But he is my brother-in-law...
1:22:40
and I would look on it
as a personal favor...
1:22:43
if you'd think some more
on hirin' him back.
1:22:46
I can't do that.
1:22:48
I appreciate the fact
that he's your brother-in-law...
1:22:51
and I do want to help you
and I like to do favors.
1:22:54
I know who you are,
but I cannot do that.
1:22:57
Well, could there be
any position...