The market is higher with
the DowJones industrials...
up one and a half points.
On the commodities market...
grain closed higher with
November fixings at.03.
Three dollars and 75 cents.
That's down 25 cents
from yesterday's close.
London silver is up one cent
to 6.08 cents, and the dollar--
Hey, see that guy up there?
Here's $50 if you can
beat him past the station.
All right, let's go!
Look at this guy go!
All right, that's it.
Look at this guy!
Damn!
We got him, we got him!
Thanks a lot.
I'm gonna walk.
Listen. I've got an hour,
maybe two.
I'm gonna sell every option
I can get, steal or invent.
- I don't know,Jack. I'm scared.
- Yeah, I got it covered.
- Be sure, okay?
- Okay. Relax, pal.
-All right. I'll see you over there.
- Okay.
Hey,jack--
Semco call Ds.
Thirties at three dollars.
Semco Ds. Thirties
at two and three quarters.
Buy 250.
Two and three quarters.
Sold! Sold! Sold!
Sold at a half!.
Sold! Sold!
Three hundred fifty--
Three hundred seventy dollars.
- We had it split for three hundred!
- Sold!
- Don't worry!
- Hey,jack, what are you doin'?
I know what I'm doin'.
I know what I'm doin'.
- Sold at a quarter.
- Cancel my bid!
Sold at a quarter.
Sold at a quarter.
Hey, where is everybody?
Where are my buyers?
This is it. This is it.
Sold at a quarter.
- What's goin' on.
- Quarter bid. Buy 20.
- You got it, you got it.
- What are you doing?
- It's too low. You know it,jack.
- Cancel my stock.
- Did you see the way they were buying?
- Relax, Gabe.
The market doesn't close
for another hour. Excuse me.
jack, if Semco moves
one goddamn point up...
it's four million in margin
we're liable for.
It'll slide down. What about Bressler?
Didn't they position with us?
No? Sullivan?
It's like we got the goddamn clap
all of a sudden.
Whiskey, rocks, and a club soda.
- Hi. How you doin'?
- How are you?
Marcus will stand by us
if we lose a point or two.
He said he's thinking about it.
Semco's still trading.
- He said he didn't know.
- He said he didn't know?
jesus, that son of a bitch!
We started him.
He owes us!
Come on. Table.
So, the guy says to me, the horse
was gelded light. What do I know?
So, the guy says to me, the horse
was gelded light. What do I know?
He said the horse was gelded light.
I'm thinkin' to myself--
- Mr. Casey, telephone call.
- Thank you.
Excuse me.
Sam.
Thank you.
What about Marcus?
Okay, thank you.
Oh, God.
Oh, my God.
The buyout took place.
Semco just closed at 30.
Mom?
Dad?
- What is it, Son?
- Dad...
we've had some trouble.
See, we had this deal
that was goin', and...
we were sellin'
very heavily on margin.
We didn't expect
this buyout to happen...
- which, unfortunately, it did, and--
- How bad is it, Son?
Bad.
I lost it all.
Everything.
And you and Mom--your savings.
Oh,jesus.
Hey. We're Caseys.
We can take a punch, right?
There'll be other days, Son.
I was just gonna make a sandwich.
Nice roast beef,
salt and pepper, mayonnaise.
-join me?
- No. No, I can't. Thanks.
Come on. Your mother'll be
right back from the beauty parlor.
She'll be mad if you leave
without seeing her.
No, I got a taxi waitin',
and I got some other people--
I got some things-- I can't.
Don't you worry about us, Son.
You're gonna take a minute,
catch your breath, get right back.
- Right?
- Yeah, sure. Sure.
Won't change your mind?
No, I gotta go.
Here you go.
Thanks a lot.
Falcons leading six to nothing,
and it's the Wildcats'ball now...
on their own 20-yard line
as Norm Shuter, the quarterback...
spinning and handing off
to Carnie Foster.
He's loose at the 25, 30, 35--
he may go all the way--
40, 45, midfield stripe...
45, 40, 35, 30-- Carnie Foster--
25, 20, 1 5, 1 0, 5,
touchdown, Wildcats.
An 80-yard run by Carnie Foster...
and this game is all tied up--
six and six, Wildcats and Falcons.
Hey, hey!
Hey, watch it!
Hey! What are ya doin'?
Hey, easy!
Son of a bitch!
- Quicksilver.
- See over there? That's Apache.
Before he got here,
he used to work for the mayor.
That's right, the mayor.
Shortstop! Get over here.
I got one for ya.
Seventh Avenue, two together.
Go, Shortstop. Yes, that's right, sir.
Over there, that's France--
Tour de France.
You know what he does?
He's a ballet dancer.
Really!
That's Teddy Bear and Airborne.
Airborne over there was gonna
be the middleweight champion.
Teddy Bear's just saving up
to go back to college.
Educated and Dedicated.
They used to be college professors.
The rest of'em around here
are just come and go's.
They come, try to ride a couple days,
they can't hack it, so they go.
Come and go's.
Don't worry.
I'll hack it.
They harpooned you again, Peewee.
Hey, Hector.
A little present for ya--
new pen.
- So, where're you from?
- Different places.
Oh, yeah? Like where?
Chicago, Detroit, Denver.
My family, we moved around a lot.
Yeah, my father's in the air force.
He's a jet pilot.
- Yeah? No kiddin'?
- Yeah. He won a medal once.
Yeah, for savin' his buddies in a
plane crash. They went down in the war.
His arms were all burned
and his hair too.
That's why he doesn't have eyebrows.
They never grew back.
Hey, look, I'm sorry.
So, if you're gonna work here,
you're gonna need some wheels.
Tell you what,
this beauty right here...
it's in perfect shape,
brand-new tires...
and for 50 bucks,
I'll throw in the bag.
- I don't have 50 bucks.
- What do you have?
- I got ten.
- Ten?
Five down, five a week...
till you pay me 5 5.
- You just said 50!
- On time payments, you pay interest.
I know that much.
- My man, it's a mean machine.
- Yo, look, don't touch.
Okay, man.
I won't touch your bike.
What you doin' with these
chicken bones around your neck?
Man, be more respectful
of your African heritage.
Youngblood, I want coffee.
I want it light.
I want it sweet.
- Now! What you still doin' here?
- Okay, okay!
Money, money, money.
He makes all that money
bein' a messenger?
Yeah, well, he's not too particular
what he carries...
and for who.
It's gonna be a good day today.
Spider. Do me a favor,
see what Murray's got for me.
- I'll check.
- Thank you.
- Hey,jack. How you doing, man?
- How you doing, Hector?
- How's Maria?
- Very big.
She's out to here.
Doctor says no twins, but I don't know.
- Six on midtown.
- Okay, thank you.
That's Terri.
She's new today.
How you doin'?
- I gotta make the number. See ya.
- I'll see you later,jack.
- Hi there.
- Hi. I'm busy right now.
You're busy right now?
Oh, really?
Aw. Poor baby.
You think you're so tough.
Can I get anything else
for you, dearie?
I had five bucks, and I don't know
what I did with it.
- Hey,joey.
- Yeah, what is it?
- Another bum-- no money.
- No, I did have it. I swear to God.
- I've heard that before.
- Where the hell did I put it?
I gave him a five,
I put five in my pocket--
- Hey, Pete.
- What's your name?
What's it to you, huh?
I just want to know who
I'm loaning five bucks to.
- Where you from, Terri?
- DC.
Thanks.
Thank you.
- Three.
- Five.
That's too much.
Five... or get out.
Okay. We'll take 'em.
Five thousand.
Come on, come on.
Take it.
No, I haven't seen him for a while.
Yeah, I know.
It's business before pleasure, baby.
- I gotta go now.
- Catch you later.
Bye.
Hey, Gypsy.
What's happenin'?
- What is this?
- Huh?
You deliver short,
hustle my customers for yourself?
- What you talkin' about, man?
- You don't work for me no more.
Go back to bumpin' envelopes.
Disappear.
The street is
free enterprise, Gypsy.
You work your side...
I work mine.
Come on, man!
Emilio, let me have a hot dog
with everything on it...
and a vegetarian
for my friend here.
It's ''cherridy,'' man.
Beautiful.
Look at the wheels.
They're new.
Yeah, well, almost new.
And dig, man, it's got two sections--
got your hot dogs, got your ices.
The umbrella, I'd get rid of that.
I'd put my own, you know.
Thank you.
''Hector's Hot Dogs.''
- Uh-huh.
- So, what do you think, man?
You know what I think?
I think you're gonna get flat feet
standin' in one place.
Ah, there's no future on a bike.
You fall, you get hurt...
you can't work, no money.
Look, I want something
to look forward to.
Can't stay on a bike forever, man.
Seventh Avenue, two of'em, Shortstop.
Go ahead.
I'm telling you, they would never
kick a door down, not my guys.
Apache, Midway. Go.
Whoa.
Excuse me.
You dropped somethin'.
Thanks.
All right!
Come on. Come on, fellas.
Back to work.
Anyway, I see interest rates
going down.
The Fed is expanding the money supply,
so I would...
move to decrease our cash position,
increase stock equity.
Yeah, but not yet.
Interest rates'll bump
a few more points first, man.
I'd buy high tech-- I BM, Teledyne.
What?
That's what old man Anderson said.
I wasn't sure. Now I am.
Listen,jack.
I wanna be straight with you.
Anderson wants to back us.
But it's you they really want.
I'm just part of the package.
I mean, not that I'm not good.
I make that jerk Anderson
look like a hero.
But I don't have half
of what you have.
You had the touch,jack.
Anyway, he'll back us 1 00%%.
I spoke to the lawyers, Burke and Blum.
They're the best.
Two years, three years tops,
we buy out Anderson's interest.
jack, we'd be back
in business our way.
Gabe, I'm happy for ya. I am.
But... I can't.
- What do you mean, can't?
- Look, you're my friend. The best.
I know you want it to be like it was,
but it's not for me.
Not now.
You're telling me that driving a bike
and delivering junk, that's for you?
I don't believe it,jack.
I don't.
- If not now,jack, when?
- Gabe, don't you understand?
I don't have it anymore.
I don't have the nerve.
Okay... you see, that was my--
That's what drove me.
And it went that day.
I don't know where it went,
you know, but it's gone.
You see, now all I'm
responsible for is me.
Okay? I pick up here, I deliver there.
It's simple.
Nobody worries, nobody gets hurt.
I pay my rent...
I got a couple extra bucks.
If I need more,
I work a few more runs.
And... when I'm on the street,
I feel good, man.
I feel good.
I feel... exhilarated.
I go as fast as I like--
faster than anyone.
A street sign says ''One Way, East,''
I go west.
They can't touch me.
When I'm on a bike, I forget about--
Well, I don't know.
- Hey, no, no, no.
- No, I got it. I got it.
Thanks for the coffee.
Hey, what's that mean
right there,jack?
- Collateral.
- Right. What's ''collateral'' mean?
What's this? ''Loan application.''
What are you doin'?
I'm borrowing some money--
you know, for the cart.
So?
- So, what?
- So, what does ''collateral'' mean?
It means you ain't gettin' no loan.
What it means is you've
gotta have capital goods.
- Capital goods?
- Yeah.
Something that is worth the same amount
or more than the principal.
The principal is the amount of money
that you want to borrow.
- Seven grand.
- Right. You got something worth $7,000?
Oh, yeah.
His pretty ass on the street!
Let me get this straight.
You mean I gotta have something worth
seven Gs if I wanna borrow seven Gs?
- Right.
- Shit, if I had something...
worth seven grand, what the hell
would I need to ask the bank for?
Well, it's a little more
complicated than that.
Don't you understand, brother...
that you's a spick... a beaner?
I mean, ain't gonna be
no white shirt and tie for you.
It takes it to get it.
The man says, ''If you don't have it,
then you ain't gonna get it.''
It ain't the man that steals
your future. It's your bitterness.
Oh, I guess I'm just
a dumb ol' uptown nigger.
I don't know nothin' about
whatjack here knows, right?
- Right.
- Well, if that's the case...
and jack is so smart,
then what's he doin' here?
Hey, Voodoo, you got
something to say to me?
I say you full of shit,jack.
I say he'll beat your ass on any street,
any day of the week.
Oh, yeah? Well, where did you hear this?
I wanna know how you knew that.
Because your big mouth would
catch too much wind, that's why.
All right, flyboy.
Money talks...
and bullshit walks.
Check it out.
It's on the table, man.
- Hey, I'll take some of that.
- Yeah!
Hey, Voodoo, we down.
- Hey, where you going,jack?
- Look, Hector.
This is a job, okay? It's not a game.
I got deliveries to make.
Hey, but the fellas,
they got the money down on you.
I got a cheese sandwich and a coffee.
Give the change to Bernadette.
Hey, watch it!
Yo! One side!
What's the matter with you? What are
you doing riding on the sidewalk?
Are you crazy?
What the hell are you doing?
Wait a second!
I gotta get this stuff picked up!
I'm tellin' you,jack,
forget about it.
You're messin' with something
you don't know nothin' about.
All I'm sayin' is...
he could've avoided him.
He could've. I was there.
He ran him down for nothin'.
Not just for nothin'.
Voodoo was known to carry product
for some people.
- Yeah, to Gypsy.
- I don't know who.
- He doesn't know who.
- The brothers know who.
I don't wanna know who.
Voodoo stepped into that meat grinder
because he wanted the fast money.
He volunteered.
just be happy
it wasn't a closer race...
or there would've been
two funerals.
Dig?
Yeah, Quicksilver.
Oh, yeah, sure.
She's still with us.
Right. Uh-huh.
You got it. Terri.
- What?
- Terri, you got a command performance.
2829 Grand.
- What's ''a command performance''?
- That means you did a good job.
They asked for you by name.
- Come here.
- I can't. I'm workin'.
Yeah. 2829 Grand.
- Yeah.
- That's me. Come here.
You know where this is?
You didn't look at the address.
- 21 West Eighty-eighth Street.
- Know where that is?
Yeah, it's off the park.
What do you need me for? You got a car.
You wanna conduct an interview,
or do you wanna work?
- I was just--
- Look, Terri.
I'll find someone else.
Give it back.
No, that's all right.
I'll do it. I'm sorry.
I'll call you from time to time.
I call... you come.
Thank you, Maria.
- So?
- So, it's all there.
All right.
Wait a minute.
You don't have the money yet.
All you got there is
a neatly typed loan application.
What I got here is a chance--
a chance at somethin' better.
Yeah, we'll see.
- Friday, huh?
- Yeah.
jack, I'm telling you,
this is just the beginning.
This cart is just number one.
I'm gonna work hard,
I'm gonna watch the money.
Pretty soon two,
then three, then four.
Who knows? Five, six.
You're gonna see ''Hector.''
That's my dream.
You know, Hector, sometimes things
don't work out the way you plan.
I mean, they can backfire on you--
knock you lower
than where you started.
jack, when you come from around here,
ain't no place to go but up.
jesus, man, you are
one optimistic Mexican.
Listen, Hec...
when you go to see
the loan officer on Friday...
wear something nice,
like a suit.
Dress like a winner... be a winner.
Right.
- Hi,jack.
- Hello, Pat. I got a pickup for Macy.
Thank you.
Uh-huh.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Hey, what the hell are you doin'?
Hey, you moron!
- You okay? Let me see that.
- No sweat. I'm okay.
Let me see it. Come on.
Whoa.
All right.
Here, look. Put this around-- Yeah.
just hold it there, okay?
- So, you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
- Who's gonna fix your bike?
- I'll take care of it.
- You know how to reset a wheel?
- Yeah.
- No.
- Don't have a bike, you don't work.
You don't work, you don't get paid.
There's no workman's comp.
I don't need a lecture.
I'll take care of it.
Thank you very much.
I appreciate what you've done. Okay?
What are you doin'?
I told you I'd take care of it.
Come on, tough guy.
- How come it's so empty in here?
- Less to miss.
This is you, isn't it?
Hector said you were some kind
of big head honcho once.
- No one knew what you were.
- Is that what Hector said?
Well, you know Hector.
He likes myths.
What he doesn't find, he invents.
Were you?
- Was I what?
- Were you rich?
You look like you were.
Oh, yeah?
What does rich look like?
Suntan at Christmastime.
Yeah, always smiling 'cause
there's nothin' ever to worry about.
You know, like on TV on those
commercials. They're always smiling.
- What happened to all of it?
- To all of what?
- To all that money.
- Nothing happened to it.
The money's still there.
It just belongs to somebody else now.
If I had it, I'd never lose it.
No way.
You can lose anything in life.
Well...
there you go.
Thanks.
- So, you making any money?
- I'm doing all right.
Yeah, well, the reason I ask is...
being a messenger isn't
for everybody, you know.
I'm doin' fine.
Okay.
It's just that...
there are other jobs that'd be
a little easier on the bones--
say, waitressing.
I don't like waiting on people.
I don't like touching their food.
Look, Terri.
Let me try to explain this, okay?
There are people out there
who use messengers...
to do their dirty work.
You know? So, it's our ass
instead of theirs.
- You know what I'm talkin' about?
- Yeah, I do. It's cool.
Okay.
What are you doin'?
- I'm oiling my chain.
- Why?
- Make it go faster.
- It does?
- You livin' with your folks?
- No, I live with a friend of mine--
a girlfriend of mine.
- Your family here in the city?
- Yeah.
No, actually, my parents like to travel.
They're in Vegas right now.
- Oh, yeah? Vacation?
- No. They work there. They're singers.
I don't know if you heard of'em.
They're pretty famous.
They open for Frank Sinatra's act.
They're very close with Frank.
- No kidding.
- Yeah.
A lot of people don't know this, but
Frank is a profoundly religious man.
I should know.
He's my godfather.
Of course, I don't remember a lot
of him. I was a baby and everything.
But he sends me birthday cards
and Christmas cards.
He's a good man.
I know a lot of famous people.
Let's see. Who do I know?
Wayne Newton, Bobby Hackett--
they're all friends of my dad.
Yeah, I think you mean
Buddy Hackett.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, Buddy Hackett.
I get so confused sometimes.
- Bobby, Buddy, you know.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Don't they worry about you?
- No, they trust me.
They know I'm okay.
- How'd you do that?
- It's magic, you know?
Unbelievable.
Ladies and gentlemen...
for the first time ever,
a full 360--
Hi, Rand.
Terri, this is my friend, Rand.
- Rand, this is Terri.
- Hi.
- Thanks.
- Okay.
See ya later.
How's it goin'?
- So, now I'm your friend.
- What?
That's what you said--
''This is my friend, Rand.''
Gonna screw her?
Tough day in dance city?
I don't know, man.
I don't know.
I use my lock
on my rear wheel, you know?
Listen,jack, you're always workin'
on that bike. Have a look at it.
- Quick release, huh?
- Right. Make things a lot easier on yourself.
Yeah, well, it's nice.
Oh, shit.
Oh,jesus!
just thought I'd come by
for you guys to wish me luck.
Hey, Hector, are you gonna
audition for the Four Tops?
- Hey, funny.
- Hey, Hec, what is this?
- What are you doin'?
- What? What's the matter?
- The tux. Why are you wearin' a tux?
- You told me to.
No. I told you
to wear a tux?
You said wear somethin' nice.
A suit, you said.
- Yeah. A suit.
- So, I ain't got no suit.
- So, buy one. Borrow one.
- From who? What money?
Hey,jack, look, I blow 1 00 bucks
on a suit, and what do I got?
I got a crummy suit that Pee-Wee Herman
wouldn't wear to his own funeral.
But for 40 bucks, I got
the best tux Hernando had, man.
- Hernando?
- Hernando.
Go ahead, feel it.
Come on. Touch it.
Feel the fabric. This is linen.
This is a 250 set of threads.
- So many ruffles.
- Yeah.
Did I screw up?
Did I do something wrong?
No, no. Look--
Say you came from
a wedding, okay?
Say you came straight
from a wedding right to the bank.
- Yeah, but I--
-just do it, okay?
Okay.
Hey, Hec.
- Good luck.
- Yeah, knock 'em dead, Hector.
Thanks,jack.
Go get 'em.
Come on, you son of a bitch.
Move!
All right, you bastard.
Okay.
- Hi, Dad.
-jackie. Here you are.
I thought maybe
you got held up.
You came all the way
on that thing?
Yeah. So, what's
the damage here?
- What, all the way from the city?
- Yeah.
Why didn't you call me up? I would've
gone and picked you up.
It's all right.
I like to ride.
So, the alternator shot, or what?
Plymouths are a pain in the ass.
Everything is ass-backwards.
- Here, let me give you a hand.
- You got grease on your hand now.
- Right now.
- It's okay. It's all right.
Dinner's ready.
- Hi, Mom.
- Hi,jackie.
Mar, we'll be in in a minute,
all right?
Well,just don't make it too long.
Where's the paper?
It's right there on the chair.
So, how do you like Notre Dame?
I like Notre Dame.
That's The Wall StreetJournal.
- Yeah, I know what it is.
- So, don't you wanna look?
- I gotta go.
- Where are you going?
I don't wanna start anything.
What am I supposed to do
to make you realize?
There's nothin' to talk about.
The hell there isn't anything to talk ab
There's something to talk about.
I'm your father.
I say there is, damn it.
Okay? You wanna talk?
Let's talk, huh?
Let's talk about you workin'
a double shift at the garage.
Let's talk about you fixin'
these junk cars...
in the yard on weekends.
Let's talk about you and Mom not being
able to take a vacation.
- You wanna talk.
- That's not the issue.
We are talking
about your future.
You are smart.
You have brains.
You're throwin' it away
on that goddamn bicycle.
What about your future, Dad?
Huh? You and Mom.
What--
Mar, what am I supposed to do to get
through to that thick skull of his?
What? just tell me. Please.
- You remember that day, Dad?
- What day?
I said to you, ''Dad, I lost it all.''
Why are we bringing this up?
You know what he says to me? He says,
''We Caseys, we can take a punch.''
That's right. We can.
We can take a punch.
And then you wanted
to make me a sandwich!
I tell you I've lost everything you and Mom
have, and you're worried if I'm hungry or not.
You know, I went out
to the cab and--
I thought about what you said.
And I guess I really--
I really wanted to believe it.
You didn't hear me
come back in, did you?
You were sitting right there,
all slumped over.
And you know,
in my whole life...
I never saw you cry,
not once, until that day.
I gotta go finish
Sweeney's car.
I don't understand you, Son.
You make me so damn mad.
You ever try
eatin' one of these things?
- They're terrible.
- You wanna try another bank?
Wouldn't do no good.
Would it?
You know, I've been on both sides.
Being a messenger
is not so bad.
I ain't going back
to riding no bike,jack.
Hey, and besides, we have
our own lending institutions...
here in the neighborhood.
They'll bleed you. That's crazy, man.
They break peoples' legs.
You been watchin'
too many movies.
They don't do that no more.
Not all the time.
I gotta get outta here.
I gotta return this monkey suit...
or else they're gonna
stick me for another day.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
- Hi. You dressed up.
- Yeah. I'm glad you came.
Yeah, can we go now?
- Hello.
- You look beautiful.
Thank you.
Hi, sweetie.
Ax and Rolf, this is jack Casey.
- Hi.
-jack is a stockbroker.
- Really?
- I was--
A very successful stockbroker.
I peeked at your clippings.
Clippings. My God, a celebrity.
In three years on the floor...
jack grossed $30 million.
My, my.
It was some kind of record,
wasn't it,jack?
Yeah, yeah.
I set another record.
I lost it all in 2 4 hours--
right down the toilet.
Excuse me.
Was it something I said?
You guys go ahead.
Go on.
I want you to come with us.
Come on. I want you
to be their friend too.
- Come with us.
- I can't leave it.
- Leave it.
- It'll get ripped off.
I need my bike.
I'm a bicycle messenger.
- It's just a job-- a job for kids.
- It's my life.
It's a waste of a life.
Leave it.
I don't want to.
All right.
Oh, shit.
- Hey.
- Hey, what's doin',jack?
I forgot--
- I'll be back.
- Okay.
That'll do it for you?
Man, things just don't
work that way.
Look. Even here
they check references.
Look, Hector...
I been thinkin'...
and, you know--
What'd you say?
You don't need him.
jack, come on.
What are you talkin' about?
I've been noticing a trend
in the market, in the stock market...
and I see some leverage.
- I was a trader.
- Yeah, and?
I was one of the best, and...
I could take your money in
for you.
And we could lose, huh?
- We could, huh?
- Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
Hey.
But we could win, too, huh?
- Right?
- Yeah, we could.
All right.
We could win.
jesus Christ.
I dropped my stuff.
What are you doin' here?
Could you help me out?
I would've called you, but--
- I don't have a phone.
- You're right.
No, I don't need that.
I need a place to crash tonight, and
it's just gonna be for tonight.
I don't wanna make any waves
between you and your girlfriend.
I noticed you had a big place, and I was
just gonna take a space in the corner.
I'll be out before you wake up
in the morning, I promise.
I got kicked out of my girlfriend's
apartment, so I thought that--
I guess you can sleep
on the couch.
There's some blankets in the chest.
That's okay.
I brought my sleeping bag.
Where's your girlfriend?
There's a pay phone on the corner.
Why don't you go downstairs
and call your mother and father?
- What?
- Vegas. Isn't that where you said they were?
I don't wanna bother them.
No, wait. I'm sure,
if you called them, you know...
told them you were in a jam,
they'd help you out.
Parents are like that.
- So?
- So, what?
So, are you going
to call them?
I told you, they're busy.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. They're busy in Vegas
singing with Frank.
Right.
They're not in Vegas,
are they, Terri?
Who are you, Dick Tracy?
If you don't want me to stay here,
just say so. I got other friends.
Cut the bullshit,
would you, Terri?
I mean--
You tell Hector
that you're from Chicago...
your father is some kind of
a jet pilot war hero.
Then you turn around and tell me they're
singin' in Vegas with Frank Sinatra?
So, what is it with you?
Why did you lie to me?
What about you, huh? What are you,
some big man stockbroker...
with millions of dollars
on Wall Street...
and pictures of expensive vacations
and fancy girlfriends, huh?
Or is itjack
the bicycle messenger...
living in some warehouse
like a stray cat?
What about that one, huh?
You don't know what you're talkin' about
so do me a favor.
Go downstairs,
call up mommy and daddy...
and go back to wherever it is
you ran away from, all right?
I wish that I could, but...
there isn't gonna be anyone there
to take the call.
You're supposed to have all these brains.
You're supposed to be really smart.
You're dumb.
You see, you have all these choices
that you can make.
I don't have any choices.
I'm sorry that I bothered you.
Hey. Where you goin', hothead? Huh?
Look--
I thought you needed
a place to stay.
So, stay, all right?
I want you to stay.
Okay?
Okay.
Come on.
Here. Watch my bike.
Good luck.
Hey, Dave. Look, could you
get Chip for me?
Mr. Casey, wonderful
to see you again.
- Good to see you.
- It's been a long time, huh?
- What can I do for you?
- I need to get on the floor.
- Can you help me out?
- Sure.
So, what do you like today?
I'm gonna spread out, I guess,
try to build up some momentum.
I'm lookin' for lightning to strike.
You can make that happen,
Mr. Casey. I remember.
Look, if it's okay, I'd like
to handle the phones for you.
- Oh, thank you, Chip, but--
- Really. I'd like to.
- Like old times, huh?
- Okay. Okay, thanks.
Call Ds 45!
Forty-fives at nine!
I'm out.
Ds-- 30, 3 5.
I've got the March 40s
at three quarters.
Buy! Buy! Buy!
Twenty-five, thirty.
Okay. Okay, mama.
I gotta go. Bye-bye.
Hey,jack, it's Maria.
They got her at the hospital.
My mother, she's babblin'
I don't know what.
I'm sorry. I gotta leave you
to do this alone.
- Look, I'm havin' kind of a rough time.
- Hey.
Hey, hey. What do you think--
boy or a girl?
I need you to float me.
The market closes in three hours.
For Chrissake,jack, let's not
jump before we look.
The market's a mess.
It's like a gang war out there.
Even Marcus is holding tight.
- You said to me, ''If not now, when?''
- I know what I said!
But not now. Besides, it'll take time
to put this together.
Listen to me.
I'm in it already. Okay?
I used up what I had.
I'm down, but I'm not out.
- Why didn't you come talk to me?
- I'm talkin' to you now.
- I need 1 5 grand.
- Fifteen grand?
What are you gonna do with 1 5 grand?
That's not money. That's nothin'.
You wanna get back in,
let's do it right. Let's go for it.
Back in business again, you and me.
We'll make a plan.
But not this way,jack.
I don't know
how I got here, okay?
But I'm here, and this is it.
Right now. This is the time.
This isn't about business,
is it?
Okay.
I guess I got 1 5 grand.
I think you should know
I have nothing,just a feeling.
What are you trying to do,
talk me out of it?
Ceil, I want you
to put me on the floor.
Open an account
forjack Casey.
Yeah, that's right--
''Smilin'''jack Casey.
Raydon.
Six and a quarter, up three-eighths.
29,000 traded.
How about Bell Tech?
Four and a half, up a half.
That's 40,000 traded.
What do you smell?
I like Zenon.
Two and three quarters. Holding.
Only 1 5,000 traded.
It's been weak all month,
and they're open down this morning.
- It's a dog.
- Let's see.
Zenon call Ds, 30s.
I'm a seller at two and three quarters.
- At three quarters.
- I'll buy five.
- Sold!
- Sold!
Take five,jack.
I'm out! I'm out!
I'll sell the 30s in Zenon
at two and a half.
- I'll buy 1 5.
- Sold!
Why is he buying that junk?
- I'm gonna sell 'em down to two.
- I'll buy 20.
jack, I'm sorry, man,
but this is not the day.
Get out. Take the loss
while you still got something.
- I'm staying with it.
- It's down to one and a quarter.
-jack, get out. It's a mistake.
- I'm stayin' with it!
Get me out.
Out! Out! Out!
jack, it's up to two.
- Two and a quarter.
- All right. Here we go.
- Two and a half.
- That's right, baby. That's right.
We got ten at a quarter.
Come on, come on.
Buyers everywhere.
Bid for 1 ,000!
- Two and three quarters,jack!
- Come on! Come on!
Three!
- Three and a quarter!
- All right!
Four bid on the 30s!
-jack, it's up to four!
- Sell it. I'm out.
What? It's on a roll.
Lightning is striking twice.
It already has.
Sell it out at four.
You got it.
jesus! I was having such
a good time, I forgot to buy in.
That leaves 38 grand
for you, pal.
Listen, take a vacation.
Go down to the islands.
Do some marlin fishing.
And then you and me,
we gotta talk.
So who should I make
this one out to?
- Him.
- My father.
- I thought onlyjews did guilt.
- You do. We do shame.
- Hey.
- Huh? Hey.
- How's mama?
- Mama ain't mama yet, man.
She's been in there
for, like, eight hours.
Like, what time you got?
Hector, there's a clock right there.
It's 9:00.
- Come here. Come here.
- Hey, hey. It's okay.
I know you did
your best in there.
Why don't you just stick around
and wait for the baby?
Open it.
There's a $1 7 0 broker's fee.
I deducted it.
- But I saw your face this morning, and you--
- I had a better second half.
- Mr. Rodriquez?
- Yes?
It's a boy.
Eight pounds, six ounces.
It's a boy.
It's a boy!
Wonderful!
It's a beautiful boy.
Come here.
Hey, Terri.
Not for nothin'...
but what's it gonna cost you?
Get in.
- I ain't workin' for you no more.
- Whoa.
I don't talk business
in the street.
Get in.
Wanna go to a little party?
What do you mean, a party?
What kind of party?
What do you care?
You'll get paid for your time.
Let me out of the car.
Let me out of the goddamn car.
Stop this goddamn car!
What the hell are you doing to me?
Stop! Let me outta here!
Let me out! Help!
What... is this?
I carried your shit for you,
and I don't see anything...
but I'm no whore.
Don't mess with me.
Please.
Don't mess with me.
Don't.
Okay.
Okay, okay.
Cool it. Cool it.
It's okay. It's okay.
You okay?
You stay with us. We won't
let him get to you.
I think Apache should tail him.
Keep an eye on him.
What do you think, huh?
Yeah.
- He's comin', man.
- Good work, Apache.
Gypsy!
You don't mess
with her no more!
Terri, no! Come back!
Get back here!
What happened?
What happened to you?
He had a gun,
and he shot Airborne.
- Who shot Airborne?
- The Gypsy. He shot him.
All right.
Let's just get outta here.
I just wanna go away. Please? Okay?
This is what I want you to do.
I want you to take the keys.
I want you to go inside, lock the door
and don't let anybody in.
You hear me?
Don't let anybody in.
What are you gonna do?
Huh? What?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Maybe he'll follow me. Maybe I can
get him away from here.
Look, you got to just stay here,
all right? just stay here.
I'm okay. I'm okay.
I can walk.
Come on! Come on!
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Boy, you look great.
- Thanks. How did it go?
Great. I got a couple
of real good offers.
Oh, great. That's good.
- You wanna get something to eat?
- Yeah.
Okay. How'd it go for you?
Well, I'm gonna be
a paramedic.
Yeah, it's this trainee program.
It's for six months...
and I get to learn how to save people,
and I drive an ambulance.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
It sounds great. A paramedic.
- You've had experience with accidents.
- I'm very serious about this.
- I think it sounds great.
- Yeah.
So, what do you say--
pizza, Chinese? What?
- Pizza. Definitely pizza.
- Yeah?
'Cause I was thinkin'
that Chinese might be good.
Yeah, well, I really
wanted pizza.
- Okay, yeah. That sounds good.
- No, you want Chinese, we'll go for Chinese.
- No, I like-- Pizza sounds good.
- No, I like Chinese food.
- I just have a little allergy.
- Wait. I know the perfect place.