Script

SIDE 1

DANDY DAN

OK, gang. This is the caper that's gonna take the lid off City Hall. This is the big one.

HOODS

The big one.

DANDY DAN

The shakedown.

HOODS

The shakedown.

DANDY DAN

This is the payoff.

HOODS

The payoff.

DANDY DAN

It's got to be good. Got to be neat. Got to be quick.

HOODS

Got to be quick. Got to be neat. Got to be...

DANDY DAN

Quit repeating everything I say!

HOODS

Quit repeating everything I say... Sorry, Boss.

DANDY DAN

You shouldn't have any trouble. Just Sam and a few dancehall girls.

(The HOODS laugh.)

Remember when you get inside that speakeasy, keep those fingers pumping because it's history you'll be writing.

YONKERS

Three cheers for Dandy Dan. Hip hip-

HOODS

Hooray!

YONKERS

Hip hip-

HOODS

Hooray!

YONKERS

Hip hip-

HOODS

Hooray!

DANDY DAN

Too kind, guys. Too kind. Now for Fat Sam's Grand Slam.

SIDE 2

BUGSY

Someone once said, if it was raining brains, Roxy Robinson wouldn't even get wet. In all of New York they didn't come much dumber than Roxy the Weasel. To be frank, Roxy was a dope.

(Lights up on ROXY. Offstage we hear sound effects: screeching car tires, slamming car doors, and voices.)

BRONX CHARLIE

(offstage)

Shoulders, the alleyway quick. He's making for Perito's. Benny, cover the back. Yonkers, watch the sidewalk.

(The HOODS enter: BRONX CHARLIE, LAUGHING BOY, BENNY LEE, and YONKERS. ROXY is trapped. The HOODS slowly walk towards him. ROXY backs away, taking off his hat. Impending disaster. Over this we hear:)

BUGSY

(offstage)

Dumb as Roxy was, he could smell trouble like other people could smell gas. But he should never have taken that blind alley by the side of Perito's Bakery.

BRONX CHARLIE

Your name Robinson?

ROXY

(nods)

Uh huh.