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00:01:32What you looking at?
00:01:33Nothing
00:01:34What's that for?
00:01:35For nothing
00:01:35Next time you want to look at me, line forms to the right, two bits of mission
00:01:39Oh, Monk, what do you want us to do?
00:01:42Walk around you with blinkers on?
00:01:43I don't want guys looking at me, special
00:01:45Like it was the first time they seen me
00:01:48You see this?
00:01:50Yeah, but I got one too
00:01:51Anytime you want to use it, my office is in the gutter
00:01:54And next time you take a special look at me, think of this
00:01:57Suddenly you don't see Monk, you see stars
00:02:01You've pushed us off for a while
00:02:06Copper?
00:02:07No, it's cold out there
00:02:09Then stay in here, if it's too cold for you, it's too cold for the law
00:02:12After all, he's only wearing woman underwear and a 15-pound overcoat
00:02:16Yeah, but what if one does come by?
00:02:18Angelo, take it from me, the law won't make it
00:02:21There's too much interference on this block
00:02:23First, he stops the Pacino Saloon
00:02:25On a cold day, the law needs a shot
00:02:27All right, big shot, cut the falaver and give me a hand here
00:02:29Mine's falling off
00:02:31Come on, Joey
00:02:32Yeah, okay, Monk
00:02:44Good evening, boy
00:02:49What do you want, Father?
00:02:51I swore to myself I'd never let anything in this neighborhood surprise me
00:02:55But tell me, in the name of heaven, what are you going to do with a staircase?
00:02:59We're freezing, Father, freezing we are, all of us
00:03:01Oh, this is for firework, but this is just kindling
00:03:04So we use this up, so we get more
00:03:06What about the tenants who still live in the building?
00:03:10But you are destroying the landlord's property
00:03:12Look, Father
00:03:14This is a condemned tenement
00:03:15You know what that means?
00:03:17Any rent the landlord gets from this trap is velvet
00:03:20But you're breaking the law
00:03:22Nobody's seen us
00:03:24Nobody but you
00:03:27Listen, boys, I've got a better way for you to keep warm
00:03:30In the basement of the church, there's some gym equipment
00:03:33Boxing gloves, wrestling mats, punching bag
00:03:36Even shower baths
00:03:38It is also steam-heated
00:03:40You're all welcome
00:03:41So great
00:03:42What about the old man, the old lady?
00:03:44They're freezing, too
00:03:45I'm sure they'd rather stay cold than get hot
00:03:47Digging up bail money for you, boys
00:03:52Okay, Father
00:03:54You make sense
00:03:55We'll go over to the church
00:03:57You can't talk for all the billy goats without us taking a vote on you
00:04:00Who says I can?
00:04:01I see
00:04:01Boy, settle it your own way, but do it peacefully
00:04:05Remember, the invitation is for all
00:04:08I'm new at St. Dominic's
00:04:09And this might be a chance for us to get acquainted
00:04:13I'll be looking for you
00:04:18Before we go, we might as well divvy up the wood we got
00:04:23What goes here?
00:04:25A minute ago, we had a whole stack of wood
00:04:40Hey, Monk, Jim's mine
00:04:42I took him on my own time for Bichetto's market
00:04:44That's what you get for holding out on us
00:04:51Anybody care for some mustard?
00:04:59He's late again
00:05:01I don't like it
00:05:04I don't like my son to become Bandito
00:05:07Become Magino
00:05:08Maybe he's a looker for wood
00:05:10Yeah
00:05:10The way he's a looker for wood, he find a trouble
00:05:20Where do you steal that, Bandito?
00:05:23Paolo, are you still?
00:05:24No, always you think the worst of me
00:05:27Someday I'm not
00:05:27Don't talk about
00:05:28Check, keep still
00:05:29You hit me once more
00:05:30You'll never see me here no more
00:05:32Please, sir, please
00:05:34No, Mama Mia
00:05:36This was given by the new priest at St. Dominic's
00:05:38I helped him clean out the church
00:05:40Vero, Paolo, Vero
00:05:41Si, Mama, Vero
00:05:43Then it's all right
00:05:45I had some wood I'd give to Angelo
00:05:49Watch this
00:05:50Take off
00:05:51Get off
00:05:51Now
00:06:11Take off
00:06:13Come on
00:06:14We'll go
00:06:15Open
00:06:15Join
00:06:15Come on
00:06:15Let's go
00:06:16Come on
00:06:19It's a new priest. He's Irish, huh?
00:06:21Yeah, he's a young guy.
00:06:23Why not stay with his own people?
00:06:25Little Italy is for Italians.
00:06:27Gino, do not speak a soul of a priest.
00:06:32So give us a call.
00:06:37Maybe he'll get a job for Marlowe, huh?
00:06:39Yeah, and he's teaching me.
00:06:55This priest, what is he teaching, huh?
00:06:58Oh, things.
00:07:01He explained the good book to you.
00:07:03He make you say over the Ten of Commandments, huh?
00:07:05What's the difference? He's teaching me.
00:07:26Here, let me show you.
00:07:28Oh, go ahead.
00:07:29Only a muttonhead would get mad at a punching bag.
00:07:32It isn't as if it had a will of its own.
00:07:33It's tricky.
00:07:34Only because you don't know how to handle it.
00:07:36First, you sort of coax it.
00:07:37I'll never be any good at this coaxing stuff.
00:07:39Well, you have to learn.
00:07:40All you boys around here think fighting means killing somebody.
00:07:43That's right.
00:07:44This block, you turn your head, you're just asking for it.
00:07:46But the science of boxing will teach you that...
00:07:48Oh, you don't have to teach me how to fight.
00:07:50I can take care of myself.
00:07:51In street brawls.
00:07:52On the roof, in a dark hallway, the subway, the park, anywheres.
00:07:56Wherever there's three of you to one.
00:07:57I don't need any extra help.
00:07:59Good.
00:08:00Perhaps you'd like to prove it to me.
00:08:02Angelo.
00:08:03Yes, Father.
00:08:04Oh, I...
00:08:05I wouldn't lay a hand on no father.
00:08:07Well, I'm glad to see that you have so much respect for the cloth.
00:08:09But just the same, I think you're about ready for your first boxing lesson.
00:08:12Come on.
00:08:13Look, Father, I don't want to fight you.
00:08:15I'll hurt you or something.
00:08:16He'll murder you, Father.
00:08:17He sure will.
00:08:18Let me worry about that.
00:08:19You just try to take care of yourself.
00:08:21We're trying to prove that a human being can protect himself without killing his opponent.
00:08:25Come on.
00:08:26Get on to the mat and fight like a man, not an ape.
00:08:28Just remember, Father.
00:08:30You asked for it.
00:08:35Come on, Monk.
00:09:01Father, I got to know, what did you hit me with?
00:09:05That, my boy, was sort of an extracurricular part of my religious training,
00:09:10better known as a left jab.
00:09:12It has a definite value convincing certain types of unbelievers.
00:09:16Convinced your friends, it convinced you.
00:09:18Will you teach me that?
00:09:19Indeed, I will.
00:09:21Sometimes in anger, one forgets the Lord,
00:09:24but never the knack of throwing a left jab.
00:09:27And Paul,
00:09:30I called you monk to prove a point.
00:09:34You're going to have to live with face.
00:09:36I know you're sensitive about your looks,
00:09:38but your face is God's dispensation.
00:09:41And you can't escape it by brutally beating up everything in the world
00:09:44that looks at you or dislikes it.
00:09:47Yeah, I guess so, Father.
00:09:50It's just that I get mad anytime anybody makes cracks.
00:09:56When I was a kid, none of the other kids would play with me.
00:09:59The neighbors would look at me like I had the evil eye or something.
00:10:04Father, I'm 19 years old, going on 20.
00:10:07Nobody can look at me straight.
00:10:08No girl even comes near me.
00:10:13Angelo's the only one ever really was my friend.
00:10:15Face and no face.
00:10:19Tell me, Father Callahan,
00:10:21don't it make you feel different
00:10:22to have to talk to me and look at this?
00:10:26No.
00:10:27No, I can honestly say it makes no difference.
00:10:33Paul.
00:10:35A man's face is such an external thing.
00:10:38Like his skin being red or brown or black or white.
00:10:42Like his hair being long or short.
00:10:45These things are the covering of a man.
00:10:47And after all, I'm mainly concerned
00:10:50with the deepest inside part of it.
00:10:53Many people suffer because they're...
00:10:55of their color,
00:10:56of their size,
00:10:58of their shape,
00:10:59or the kind of face they have is different.
00:11:01The most important thing to remember is this.
00:11:04If you hate your face because they hate it,
00:11:07if you call yourself ugly
00:11:09because some ignorant man called you ugly,
00:11:12you're just as guilty as he is.
00:11:15Guilty.
00:11:16You simply have no right to be so intolerant.
00:11:19Even of yourself.
00:11:21Only fools would laugh at you.
00:11:23But you mustn't help them by losing your head.
00:11:26And besides,
00:11:28I don't think your face is so ugly as all that.
00:11:31After all, I'm no beauty myself.
00:11:35And anyway,
00:11:36underneath it all,
00:11:37I think you're a pretty nice guy, Paul Barone.
00:11:40And that's a lot more important
00:11:42than being just pretty.
00:11:44And if you'll drop back tomorrow,
00:11:46I'll show you exactly what hit you.
00:12:05Now, only a muttonhead
00:12:06would get mad at a punching bag.
00:12:08You gotta coax it.
00:12:13Stay with it.
00:12:14You'll catch on.
00:12:15Now, all you guys are gonna learn
00:12:16how to fight proper like.
00:12:17Off with the coat, Pete.
00:12:18You're next.
00:12:19Oh, no, Monk.
00:12:19Come on, come on.
00:12:28Now, there'll be none of that, Pete.
00:12:30Father Callahan was good enough
00:12:31to let us use the place.
00:12:33So leave the stuff alone.
00:12:45All right, let's go.
00:12:48Put up your guard.
00:12:53Now, don't drop your guard just because I faint.
00:12:55Try it again.
00:12:56Yeah, but suppose I drop a milk bottle on you
00:12:58from the roof.
00:12:59What good's this?
00:13:00We'll see.
00:13:02Now, you see?
00:13:03Sometimes there's no milk bottle handy.
00:13:05Now, left jab is your best friend.
00:13:07Yeah.
00:13:10And this is our gym, Miss Brooks.
00:13:14Perhaps in time, we can use it as a recreation hall.
00:13:17It's large enough.
00:13:20Of course, you'll have to get some games
00:13:21and some new equipment.
00:13:22You mean some new patrons.
00:13:25Boys, this is Miss Brooks,
00:13:26who's coming down evenings to work
00:13:28with our social program.
00:13:30Hi.
00:13:31Hello.
00:13:32Paul, will you come here a minute?
00:13:36I particularly want to introduce you to Paul Barone.
00:13:39He's going to help me with our physical culture program.
00:13:42Oh.
00:13:43Pleased to meet you.
00:13:48I guess you and I will be working together.
00:13:52Well, I guess so.
00:14:07Well, you couldn't do that last month.
00:14:08That's right, Father.
00:14:11What's that for?
00:14:12That's for calling me Father.
00:14:14Paul, we've talked about this before.
00:14:16You read the books I give you without any trouble.
00:14:18But you still persist in talking East 160.
00:14:21I know it's part of your mechanism of being tough,
00:14:24but with my own ears,
00:14:25I have heard you pronounce words like a human being.
00:14:28Well, hymns and prayers is different.
00:14:30They're all printed in English.
00:14:32And if you can say Father in church,
00:14:34you can pronounce it correctly elsewhere.
00:14:37Okay.
00:14:39Father.
00:14:45Now we can get down to business.
00:14:47Tell me what's eating you.
00:14:49What?
00:14:50Don't try to kid me.
00:14:51You've been fiddling around here for the last half hour,
00:14:53talking about this and that.
00:14:55Let's stop beating around the bush and get to it.
00:15:00Okay, Father.
00:15:02I'll give it to you straight.
00:15:05I've been watching the services.
00:15:09You know,
00:15:10listening and everything.
00:15:11Like I told you, it gets me.
00:15:13Especially the singing.
00:15:17Father,
00:15:19if you think I could,
00:15:22I'd like to try and sing in the choir.
00:15:26Of course, Paul.
00:15:27Of course.
00:15:29I wasn't laughing at you.
00:15:31But I am impressed by your courage.
00:15:33Yes, your courage.
00:15:35And you certainly shall get a chance to sing in the choir.
00:15:38Providing, of course,
00:15:39you can sing.
00:15:41Come on.
00:15:42We'll have the choir master try your voice now.
00:15:50Hello, Mama.
00:15:57I see Father Callahan
00:15:59teaching you again today, huh?
00:16:00No, Mama.
00:16:01Today I study singing.
00:16:02You cut your face at the high C?
00:16:04No, no.
00:16:05The choir master says I got a voice.
00:16:07Kind of rough, he says,
00:16:08but a baritone.
00:16:09And they need a baritone.
00:16:11You see, Mama,
00:16:11most of the kids are 11, 12 years old.
00:16:14All they got is sopranos or altos.
00:16:16Me?
00:16:17Me, I'm a man.
00:16:18I got a man's voice.
00:16:19And tomorrow, Mama,
00:16:21for the first time,
00:16:22I get to sing with the regular choir in church.
00:16:24At services.
00:16:25Oh, no.
00:16:27That's a good.
00:16:27That's a good part.
00:16:29Money.
00:16:46What do you think, Tony?
00:16:48Is it a dame?
00:16:49Or maybe it's just Father Callahan's stooge.
00:16:52Why don't you guys beat it?
00:16:54This is no place for a beef.
00:16:55Ain't he pretty?
00:17:00Where'd you get the skirts, Monk?
00:17:02We don't want a beef.
00:17:04We would like a dance.
00:17:06How about a date, Monk?
00:17:08Where's your organ grinder, Monk?
00:17:10He got the face and the skirts for it.
00:17:12All you need now is a tin cup.
00:17:14Monk!
00:17:15Get your lace panties, doity.
00:17:18What's the matter, Angie?
00:17:19You losing your knives?
00:17:20Listen, you guys.
00:17:21Monk ain't done nothing to nobody.
00:17:22What do you mean he ain't done nothing?
00:17:24He quit, didn't he?
00:17:25You know we got a rule.
00:17:27Nobody quits the goats.
00:17:29Nothing gets away with it.
00:17:30Huh, fellas?
00:17:30That's right.
00:17:31Now look at him.
00:17:33Callahan's sissy.
00:17:34Then we let him push us around.
00:17:36Tough guy.
00:17:38Monk Barone.
00:17:39Look at him.
00:17:40Come on, fellas.
00:17:41Let's get him.
00:17:44Get him!
00:17:45Get him!
00:17:45Ah!
00:17:46Ah!
00:17:47Ah!
00:17:57Ah!
00:18:02What did I do?
00:18:05Monk, it was an accident.
00:18:07I didn't mean it.
00:18:08It was an accident.
00:18:09Help!
00:18:10Murder!
00:18:10Help!
00:18:11Police!
00:18:11Monk, get going.
00:18:13Monk, you gotta get out of here.
00:18:16But it was an accident.
00:18:18Look, Monk, you ain't no kid.
00:18:21Nobody's gonna believe it was any accident.
00:18:23The cops still remember you.
00:18:25Father Callahan ain't gonna be here
00:18:26to put in a good word for you.
00:18:28Monk, you gotta get out of here to the courtyard.
00:18:31Hide there.
00:18:32I'll come later tonight.
00:18:33Now get going!
00:18:35Woo!
00:18:37C'mon!
00:18:37Teple.
00:18:37C'mon!
00:18:38Well, buddy.
00:18:38C'mon!
00:18:46And you've seen an accident.
00:18:47And you.
00:18:56It's an accident.
00:18:58It's an accident.
00:19:02Come here!
00:19:03Jake.
00:19:06I'm glad I found you. Here's some chocolate in your coat.
00:19:09That's all I can get.
00:19:10How is he?
00:19:11Go ahead and eat.
00:19:15They took him to the hospital. He's hurt, but he's okay.
00:19:18You sure?
00:19:19Sure.
00:19:22Monk, you gotta stay away off the block. You can't go home.
00:19:28The only guy ever did me a good turn and I sent him to the hospital.
00:19:35This kisser of mine. This ape's face. Monk. Monk Barone.
00:19:40It's a curse. It's a curse from God. It's bad luck for everybody I know.
00:19:43Hold it down. You gotta get a hold of yourself.
00:19:47We gotta figure out what you're gonna do.
00:19:48With this face? And these fists? What can I do?
00:20:11Move!
00:20:12Move!
00:20:13Move!
00:20:13One, two, three, four!
00:20:23Move!
00:20:23Hey, you're wary of table manners.
00:20:24It's customary for a winner to help carry his defeated opponent to a corner.
00:20:29Move!
00:20:29The defeated opponent can lay there for all I care.
00:20:32They're booing me, not him.
00:20:42What kind of watch they give us this time?
00:20:44Same kind.
00:20:47Imitation gold.
00:20:48When are we gonna finish with this imitation and get into the real stuff?
00:20:51Soon, I hope.
00:20:53Well, it's good for four bucks.
00:20:56So you and me split a steak and then we split a pool table.
00:21:00Someday we get twin beds.
00:21:18Oh, no.
00:21:19Oh, no.
00:21:21Don't.
00:21:22Don't tell me you're bringing me another watch.
00:21:24That's all they give us.
00:21:26Another guy's silly.
00:21:27You bust a knuckle.
00:21:28All you get is a gold watch.
00:21:29All these watches ticking away in my safe.
00:21:32They're driving me crazy.
00:21:34Even if I can't hear them, they keep me awake.
00:21:39Here you are.
00:21:42One, two, three, four.
00:21:47And don't bring me any more watches.
00:21:49We can't eat the springs.
00:21:51Well, then why don't you get wise to yourself?
00:21:55Come here, kid.
00:21:57You know, you must have dynamite in those fists.
00:22:00This is the sixth watch they've given you in three weeks, isn't it?
00:22:04Mostly one-round chaos.
00:22:06Well, then why don't you get wise and become a pro?
00:22:11That's easy to say, but how?
00:22:12The gyms are crawling with Golden Glovers.
00:22:14We don't know anybody on the west side.
00:22:17Who do you see? Who do you talk to?
00:22:18All right, so listen and I'll tell you.
00:22:22Now, you go up to Griffin's private gym.
00:22:2610th Avenue and 48th Street.
00:22:28Walk up one flight.
00:22:39This is it.
00:22:40Yeah, there's the saloon.
00:22:48That's a good idea.
00:22:58I love you.
00:23:01I love you.
00:23:03I love you.
00:23:03Say, bud.
00:23:04Who is this Mr. Hellman?
00:23:06That's him over there with the glasses.
00:23:08He's reading.
00:23:09Yeah, he's always reading.
00:23:11Awesome.
00:23:17Good.
00:23:18Could we talk to you, Mr. Hellman?
00:23:20Well, that would depend, I should say, on your range of conversation.
00:23:24What would you like to discuss?
00:23:26Somebody told us to ask for you.
00:23:28How cozy.
00:23:29But we're not supposed to say who.
00:23:32Well, if you tell me who, I might listen.
00:23:35That's the first trait I like to find in a fighter is treachery.
00:23:38The ability to betray your confidence.
00:23:41Look, Mr. Hellman, we ain't good at this double talk.
00:23:44But, um, my buddy here's got the makings of a good fighter.
00:23:47Why come to me? I'm a manager. I'm not a trainer.
00:23:50Cause Uncle won't take any more imitation gold watches.
00:23:58You do much fighting?
00:23:59Six amateurs. One all six by knockouts.
00:24:01I hate bragging. Just breathe easy, boy.
00:24:03Don't throw your chest out. What's your name?
00:24:05Young Barone.
00:24:06Yeah.
00:24:07Oh, I bet that's a lie.
00:24:10Why, even those Penny Annie fans support those stupid amateurs wouldn't stand still for that physiognomy of yours going under
00:24:16that banner.
00:24:18Young.
00:24:19Oh, you're old, boy. Your face is old. It's, it's atavistic.
00:24:23It's almost prehistoric.
00:24:25Come on, give me the truth. What name do you fight under?
00:24:27Eight Barone or Gorilla Barone?
00:24:29It's Monk.
00:24:30Yeah, Monk!
00:24:32You know you mustn't hit a man with glasses.
00:24:34Then don't needle my buddy.
00:24:36We slept on a pool table.
00:24:38We had a drinker and a cup of coffee for breakfast.
00:24:40And teach him to control himself.
00:24:44Then talk to us like human beings.
00:24:48Why?
00:24:51Look, I hate to teach anybody anything, but there's one lesson that I'll teach you.
00:24:55Never lose your temper except in the ring.
00:24:57Most fighters, I say never lose your temper, especially in the ring.
00:25:00But you, if you ever fight for me, that's where I want you to lose it.
00:25:03I want you to snarl, spit, show your fangs.
00:25:05I want a real primitive show.
00:25:08Monk, Barone.
00:25:12Okay, okay.
00:25:13Would you like to see him box?
00:25:16Well, you said he won his first six by knockouts. Let's see here.
00:25:24Here we are.
00:25:27Young Barone.
00:25:28Four knockouts, two technical knockouts.
00:25:30Young Barone.
00:25:31Well, what do you know?
00:25:32You boys must be new to the fight game, you're honest.
00:25:35You mean you got a record on Monk?
00:25:37Why, certainly.
00:25:38If I took the word of every would-be pug that comes in here,
00:25:40I'd be spending 24 hours a day listening to stumble bums.
00:25:45Look.
00:25:47Here's 20 bucks, get yourself a room at the Y and supervise his training.
00:25:51See if he runs around the reservoir, does plenty of gym work.
00:25:54Keep him in shape.
00:25:56But don't overfeed him, I want him hungry.
00:26:00And sign this receipt.
00:26:02Because one way or another, I expect to get my money back.
00:26:10Then you're his manager.
00:26:11I'm his manager.
00:26:13How soon you want to see him?
00:26:14Keep him out of my sight.
00:26:17But you come back here in about a week,
00:26:18and I'll sign him up for a four-round prelim out at the Staten Island Arena.
00:26:27At least I'll enjoy the ferry ride.
00:26:35Let's go.
00:27:02Let's go.
00:27:28Hello, Mr. Barone.
00:27:30Your record from Italy came in this morning.
00:27:33Would you like to hear it?
00:27:34I sure would.
00:27:35All right.
00:27:35Right over here.
00:27:37Go ahead.
00:27:39All right.
00:28:29Paul, how are you?
00:28:35You, you still talk to me?
00:28:37I shouldn't for the length of time you've stayed away.
00:28:41Then you're not, you're not sore at me.
00:28:43Not sore? Come now Paul, even a priest is human.
00:28:46When the sight of my head caved in, I could have throttled you.
00:28:49Honest, I didn't mean it. My head was full of stone.
00:28:52I couldn't see who it was. I was so mad, crazy mad.
00:28:56That scratch healed in due time.
00:28:59What I am angry about is the fact that you stayed away so long.
00:29:02I was ashamed.
00:29:04I did get your conscience money for the choir boy's clothes.
00:29:08In fact, I was able to get six complete outfits.
00:29:11That helps.
00:29:13I saw Angelo slipping the money in the poor box.
00:29:16He wasn't very clever about sneaking it in.
00:29:18I saw him, but I wouldn't go near him.
00:29:21I wanted you to come forward, not your stooge.
00:29:25I just didn't have the nerve.
00:29:27It's all wiped out.
00:29:29Thanks.
00:29:31I see you're still interested in church music.
00:29:35You got the goods on me.
00:29:36Yes, and I intend to club you with it.
00:29:39Paul, I'm going to send off a letter to every sports writer in New York.
00:29:42I can see the headlines now.
00:29:44Welterweight trains on Gregorian chants.
00:29:47Yes, I'm going to resort to Blackmail if you don't come up and see us.
00:29:51You mean, I can?
00:29:52I mean, you must.
00:29:55Why, you ungrateful wretch.
00:29:57Who do you think taught you how to throw a left jab?
00:29:59Every time I connect with it, I say,
00:30:01here's a message from Father Callahan.
00:30:03And you've been connecting often.
00:30:05I've been reading about you.
00:30:07Well, here are your orders.
00:30:09This very Saturday night, in the gym where you first learned to coax a punching bag,
00:30:14we're having a dance for the Friends of St. Dominic.
00:30:16A dance?
00:30:17Oh, yes, we've made a lot of progress.
00:30:19You haven't seen the place in over a year.
00:30:21You'll be delighted.
00:30:22How come?
00:30:23That'll cost you two bits.
00:30:25I'll pay at the door.
00:30:26Bring a girl.
00:30:27Ain't got one.
00:30:28Well, who's your manager?
00:30:30Four-eyed buzzard, name of Mr. Hellman.
00:30:32Bring him.
00:30:33He's my manager, not my friend.
00:30:39I found out one thing.
00:30:41In this racket, you got no friends.
00:30:44That's why, when I'm alone, I'm glad I can listen to a little church music.
00:30:50I'm proud of you, Paul.
00:30:52You've grown.
00:30:53You've matured.
00:30:55You've got values.
00:30:57You'll be all right.
00:30:58I still get my block knocked off.
00:31:00You'll be all right.
00:31:01If not as a fighter, as a man.
00:31:04You know, you're somewhat of a celebrity up on East 106th Street.
00:31:07We'll all be glad to see you.
00:31:09Saturday.
00:31:09Okay.
00:31:10Futter.
00:31:34Welcome home, Paul.
00:31:35How are you, Angelo?
00:31:37Just fine, Father.
00:31:38It's good to be back.
00:31:39The place looks great.
00:31:40Oh, this is just a start.
00:31:42Someday, perhaps, we'll have a recreation hall
00:31:44big enough for everyone in the community.
00:31:45How are the kids taking to it?
00:31:46That's where the real progress lies.
00:31:48Kindness can perform miracles.
00:31:50You're telling me.
00:31:52Well, make yourself at home, boys.
00:31:53There's plenty of sandwiches, and cookies, and fruit, and...
00:31:56Well, I'm afraid you're a little late.
00:31:59There was plenty of refreshment there a minute ago.
00:32:06Excuse me.
00:32:13Hi, Pete.
00:32:14Been a long time.
00:32:15Hi, Monk.
00:32:16Just a second, Pete.
00:32:24Please.
00:32:40Things don't change much, do they, Pete?
00:32:43Nice bumping in of you, Pete.
00:32:59Ah, that Pete.
00:33:00I still have a ways to go with him.
00:33:02Did you hear about him burning his coat?
00:33:04Say, I did notice his coat had a small patch on her.
00:33:07That's it.
00:33:08As near as I can understand it,
00:33:10Pete was borrowing one of the candle holders from the altar
00:33:12when someone came in the door.
00:33:14Now, this caught Pete by surprise,
00:33:15so he put the holder inside of his coat
00:33:18while the candle was still burning.
00:33:22Well, this sounds like a happy group.
00:33:24Boys, you remember Miss Brooks.
00:33:25Hi.
00:33:26Hi.
00:33:27You're a little late.
00:33:28We were supposed to work together here at St. Dominic's, remember?
00:33:32I took a holiday.
00:33:34Dad?
00:33:35Oh, thanks.
00:33:36But Father Callahan and Angelo and I...
00:33:39We were just...
00:33:39I'm leaving!
00:33:40I've already left.
00:33:43Looks like your excuses have run out on you.
00:33:58Your light on your feet.
00:34:00It must be the road work I do.
00:34:02Once around the reservoir, every morning.
00:34:04That accounts for endurance,
00:34:05but not for a sense of rhythm.
00:34:07Then it must be punch in the bag.
00:34:09But you're not dancing on your hands.
00:34:12Well, then it's skipping rope.
00:34:14Will you quit shadow boxing?
00:34:15You're just naturally graceful,
00:34:17and don't be ashamed of it.
00:34:18It's much better than being awkward.
00:34:21I can tell a born dancer.
00:34:23You coordinate.
00:34:24Oh.
00:34:25That's what I do.
00:34:26And don't pretend you don't understand.
00:34:28Father Callahan said you know much longer words than you use,
00:34:31and you can pronounce all of them correctly.
00:34:34He also said you're a secret reader,
00:34:36the way some people nip on the sly.
00:34:39Okay, Miss Brooks.
00:34:41You got the goods on me.
00:34:43I'll go quiet.
00:34:45I called you Paul.
00:34:47Then...
00:34:48To you, I'll speak different.
00:35:07Paul.
00:35:07Yeah?
00:35:08Can I see you fight sometime?
00:35:10No, ma'am.
00:35:11Never.
00:35:14You asked me, Emily, so I told you.
00:35:17Well, you didn't have to answer with your left jab.
00:35:19I'm sorry.
00:35:21But if you saw me in the ring,
00:35:25a girl like you wouldn't go for that sort of business.
00:35:27It's no good.
00:35:35You can do better than that.
00:35:42That's right.
00:35:43You do enjoy good music.
00:35:45That Father Callahan's been talking again.
00:35:48It's no crime to enjoy fine music, Paul.
00:35:51It's the key to a number of good pleasures.
00:35:54After that, you enjoy good books, good food,
00:35:58good conversation,
00:36:00good people,
00:36:02and good relationships.
00:36:07Like the ones I haven't known.
00:36:13Emily...
00:36:15Don't tell me a pretty girl like you
00:36:17doesn't have plenty of boyfriends.
00:36:19If you're trying to find out
00:36:21if I've been sitting around waiting for you,
00:36:23well...
00:36:24I'll have to admit I do go out on other dates.
00:36:29You may get the chance to see me fight yet.
00:36:50I'll be right in the corner of the window.
00:36:50Hi, you handsome.
00:36:52Hi.
00:36:55One roll to see if I win you.
00:36:56Didn't you know?
00:36:57Dice are always loaded in my favor.
00:37:04Two pieces.
00:37:04A pair.
00:37:13Three of a kind.
00:37:15Guess I don't make the grade tonight.
00:37:17Not with this, Ann.
00:37:20So long, champ.
00:37:34You are my dominion.
00:37:47You are my spirit.
00:38:11I was coming over.
00:38:13He mentioned it, but never said when.
00:38:14Right now.
00:38:15Since we're alone, I'll get right down to the point.
00:38:17Monk, I bring you good tidings.
00:38:21The misteriosos of Cauliflower Alley,
00:38:23those slick, soft-spoken gentlemen
00:38:25that they refer to as the Syndicate,
00:38:27are interested in you.
00:38:28What does that make me?
00:38:30Well, it makes you a candidate for big purses.
00:38:32How big?
00:38:33Depends on how well you draw,
00:38:34but you ought to draw well
00:38:35because you're in for a big publicity buildup.
00:38:38Look, Monk, you're gonna fight main events in cities
00:38:41where normally they use club fighters like you
00:38:43for curtain raisers,
00:38:44and pretty soon the garden.
00:38:46So if you live sensibly, which you won't,
00:38:48and stay away from fascinating dames,
00:38:50which you probably can't,
00:38:52you'll have some money left to live on
00:38:54after you're punched silly.
00:38:56Where does this switch leave you?
00:38:58Me? Well, I'm still your manager.
00:39:00I take a smaller cut, but then it's a bigger pie.
00:39:03And fronting for the Syndicate
00:39:05makes certain the pie is on the table.
00:39:07Mr. Hellman,
00:39:09I can see you put up a big battle
00:39:11before you hollered mama.
00:39:13Monk, I leave the heroics to my fighters.
00:39:15They're better equipped for it.
00:39:17I didn't come into this game to go out with any medals.
00:39:19I was attracted to the cash.
00:39:21No reporter will ever quote me as saying
00:39:23I did it for the good of the game
00:39:24or because I enjoyed the companionship
00:39:26of punch drunk gargoyles.
00:39:31I'd like to take one good swing at you.
00:39:34Obviously.
00:39:35But you won't change my way of thinking.
00:39:37Monk, I'll tell you something.
00:39:39I may be selfish, but I'm honest
00:39:41and I call all the cards even when they're marked.
00:39:43I don't like you.
00:39:44I don't understand you.
00:39:46Keep it that way.
00:39:47You'll be better off.
00:39:49Okay.
00:39:51What do we do about this Syndicate?
00:39:53We see them.
00:39:53When?
00:39:54Right now.
00:40:02And Monk,
00:40:04one word of advice.
00:40:06Don't act conceited with these gentlemen.
00:40:08They don't want you because you're a great fighter.
00:40:10And why tag me?
00:40:11I told you they're smart.
00:40:13They, they balance the fighters they control.
00:40:15They never match similar boys.
00:40:17That would be boring.
00:40:18The public wants variety.
00:40:19The clever counterpuncher against the slugger.
00:40:21The Hell's Kitchen lowbrow against the college waltzer.
00:40:24Variety.
00:40:26Dream pusses, angel faces, gentlemen boxers, killers.
00:40:30What am I supposed to be?
00:40:32Well, they didn't tell me,
00:40:34but I understand what they need is a real dirty fighter.
00:40:59How'd you get that?
00:41:00I was fighting pretty boy Jones in New Haven.
00:41:03He wasn't pretty when they carried him out.
00:41:05Well, give me the lowdown.
00:41:07How?
00:41:08Well, Monk, before we tag anyone,
00:41:10we have the boy watch carefully.
00:41:11You were scouted.
00:41:13Then one of our men took these pictures with a hidden camera.
00:41:16We've had them blowing up and slowed down for your benefit and guidance.
00:41:20Well, what do you know?
00:41:23You watch the round?
00:41:27You saw the winner.
00:41:30I sure did.
00:41:32Don't forget him, Monk Maroney.
00:41:34That's the fighter we buy.
00:41:36And from here in, that's the way you fight.
00:41:45Hey, Monk.
00:41:46Monk, come here a minute, will you?
00:41:54We're fighting Sailor Judson in Newark next week.
00:41:56How does he look?
00:41:57How does he look?
00:41:58You know, that's a funny thing.
00:41:59You never ask me, can he punch?
00:42:01Is he fast?
00:42:01What's his reach?
00:42:02Is he strong?
00:42:03It's always, how does he look?
00:42:05That's all I'm interested in.
00:42:07Well, I'll tell you.
00:42:07The sailor's a good-looking, plain-cut blonde boy.
00:42:11I'll fix that.
00:42:13You hate every man you fight, don't you?
00:42:16Just evening up a score.
00:42:17That's all.
00:42:26Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event.
00:42:31In the black corner, wearing purple trunks,
00:42:34weighing in at 167 pounds,
00:42:36Monk Verone.
00:42:42And here in the white corner,
00:42:44wearing gold trunks,
00:42:46at 170 pounds,
00:42:48Sailor Judson.
00:42:56Now you boys both know the rules laid down by the athletic commission.
00:42:59I want a nice, clean fight.
00:43:01And if a fighter gets knocked down,
00:43:02I want the other fighter to go to the farthest neutral corner.
00:43:05Now shake hands and come out fighting.
00:43:19Throw a газ.
00:43:21Woo!
00:43:21Come, come, get on some security.
00:43:23There!
00:43:25Come, get on.
00:43:28Go, get on one.
00:43:32No!
00:43:33Run away, get on two.
00:43:47How was this trip, Paul?
00:43:50Just one fight after another.
00:43:52You want the sum total?
00:43:54Thirty stitches, one busted knuckle, two loose teeth,
00:43:59maybe half a pint of blood.
00:44:02Money, too.
00:44:04Angelo banks it.
00:44:06By the time I look like a real ape, I'll have a bankroll.
00:44:12I don't know if my build-up is good, but it sure is fast.
00:44:16Fans are paying more and more to see me get slugged.
00:44:22Hurt much.
00:44:23Sure it hurts.
00:44:25That's my job, to get hurt.
00:44:28People pay good money to see me get hurt.
00:44:31Maybe get killed.
00:44:34But don't feel sorry for me, Emily.
00:44:37I like this plaster.
00:44:38The patches and the cuts, they help hide my face.
00:44:43Yeah.
00:44:44On me, it looks good.
00:44:48I'm glad I can wear them when I have to meet you.
00:44:59You don't have to wear a mask with me, Paul.
00:45:01I know, but it makes it easier.
00:45:08You hate what you're doing.
00:45:11I do.
00:45:12It's not even fighting.
00:45:14It's throwing a gorilla into the ring to put on a slaughter fest.
00:45:20But you really want to be a fighter?
00:45:24What else could I do with this?
00:45:32You could change your face.
00:45:36What?
00:45:37Yes.
00:45:39Since it's your face that stands between you and yourself, your real self, change it.
00:45:45How?
00:45:46Plastic surgery.
00:45:47Think of the miracles they did during the war, Paul.
00:45:50Your face would be easy for them.
00:45:53But if I change my face, I have to give up fighting.
00:45:56You'll be giving up what you hate.
00:45:58But I've come quite a ways in the boxing game.
00:46:00You still despise it.
00:46:03It's money.
00:46:05When you've never had it before in your life, you just don't go tossing it over.
00:46:11But what good is it when you're miserable, hating, and bitter?
00:46:17You know, Paul, you blame every misfortune you've ever had on just one thing.
00:46:21But that one thing is now starting to pay off for me.
00:46:24But in what way?
00:46:25Sure, you're living better.
00:46:27But that anger and resentment is still there.
00:46:31Maybe even more so.
00:46:34How will I make a living?
00:46:39We'll work that out.
00:46:42We?
00:46:43Yes, we.
00:46:45You and me.
00:46:48Paul, when you discard that mask, you'll finally be at peace with yourself.
00:46:53Then the world will see the real, wonderful Paul.
00:47:07You tell me what to do.
00:47:23Well, this certainly is an unexpected pleasure.
00:47:29Here, Monk.
00:47:32Thanks, Pete.
00:47:34Thanks, Pete.
00:47:34But the operation was a success.
00:47:37This is a funeral wreath.
00:47:38I know, but when I was shopping around, that's all I could find.
00:47:51Thanks again, Pete.
00:47:53But you shouldn't have done it.
00:47:55Say, Father, have you seen Emily?
00:47:58I certainly have.
00:47:59And I'm very glad to hear about you two.
00:48:01She's a fine girl.
00:48:03Her family, they live in Buffalo.
00:48:05They wrote to me inquiring about you.
00:48:07I'm afraid I simply had to tell them the truth.
00:48:11After all, if it wasn't for me, you'd have never known the difference between a right hook and a left
00:48:15jab.
00:48:18One thing about Emily, she's a...
00:48:19I guess you guys have a lot to talk over.
00:48:21I'm shoving.
00:48:23Thanks for everything, Pete.
00:48:25It certainly was considered of you to take time off and come up and see an old buddy.
00:48:29So long, Pete.
00:48:30Bye.
00:48:34I guess I better be running along, too.
00:48:36How's the gym coming?
00:48:37Fine. More kids coming in every day.
00:48:39Say, Father, in my condition, I can't handle any candy.
00:48:44Why don't you take the box of chocolates along with you?
00:48:47For the gang at the church.
00:48:48Why, it's a good idea.
00:48:49I'm sure they'd appreciate it.
00:49:05Hi.
00:49:07Hiya, handsome.
00:49:10Hey.
00:49:12Who punched you, pretty?
00:49:14You like?
00:49:16Mm-hmm.
00:49:17Whoever did it sure had the touch.
00:49:20No beef from me.
00:49:22One roll to see if I win you.
00:49:24I'm tough to beat.
00:49:26But it doesn't mean I'm invincible.
00:49:31Invincible.
00:49:33Now, what does that mean?
00:49:40You just found out.
00:49:44Now, what would I do with a fistful of cigars?
00:49:47What else would you like?
00:49:50A box of candy?
00:49:53A package of playing cards?
00:49:58A ball pin?
00:50:02A job.
00:50:03Well, tell me.
00:50:04What else would you like?
00:50:12A ball pin?
00:50:13A ball pin?
00:50:19A ball pin?
00:50:21A ball pin?
00:50:23A ball pin?
00:50:24A ball pin?
00:50:27A ball pin?
00:50:37you're a swell dancer you're graceful why not the road work i do punch in the bag skipping rope
00:50:44all that makes me light on my feet no kidding goodwood you dance as if you're in another world
00:50:50maybe that's it
00:51:01here it is i guess i can let myself in
00:51:06i said myself can't i smoke a last cigarette
00:51:11okay the rubber mats is welcome but don't let it fool you
00:51:34say this is all right
00:51:42light it
00:51:45you really want service maybe i rate it
00:51:52monk let's get one thing straight
00:51:55every joe that buys a cigar from me or rattles the dice in the cup thinks the date goes with
00:51:59it
00:51:59i don't took me a long time and a new face so i went out with you the date ends
00:52:07on the other side of
00:52:08the door i don't feel like leaving please i'm a working girl i need sleep rest to hold my job
00:52:18to make it pay off i have to be attractive you mean all this and the clothes you wear
00:52:24you win all that across the counter i can't stop some of my dates from buying me small presents
00:52:31like that off-the-shoulder gown we saw tonight in burgdorff's window you got it baby
00:52:38i guess maybe you can smoke that last cigarette
00:53:02angelo
00:53:04go down to the bank and bring back some scratch
00:53:07like how much two or three c's
00:53:12i don't think you've got that much
00:53:15what do you mean the way you've been throwing your dough around you're nearly all tapped out
00:53:20you're crazy
00:53:22since you've been hanging around with june here's the tab
00:53:28one evening gown 250
00:53:30one stole 600
00:53:32half a dozen pair of shoesies
00:53:34180 assorted costume jewelry 200 sundry items 580
00:53:40everything's going out nothing's coming in
00:53:42everything for june nothing for emily not even time why don't you mind your own business okay
00:53:50okay
00:53:50okay where you going now
00:53:54i'm gonna take five bucks to your mom and then i'm gonna go look for a job
00:54:08you haven't said much
00:54:09i've been watching you watch yourself
00:54:13i guess the mirror no longer scares you
00:54:15not a bit
00:54:16in fact it fascinates you like hypnotism
00:54:19can't a guy look at himself
00:54:20not long enough to pass out into a dream world
00:54:25what's come over you paul
00:54:27it's been three weeks since i've seen you
00:54:29and when you do show up you're late
00:54:30you're rude
00:54:33i like the old paul better
00:54:34well i don't
00:54:35you proved you don't
00:54:37we were supposed to make plans
00:54:40talk about our future
00:54:42give me a little time emily
00:54:44i'll get over this
00:54:45i don't think so paul
00:54:48i watched you in the hotel lobby
00:54:50on the street when we walked
00:54:51in the restaurant
00:54:54you've got no thoughts for anyone but yourself
00:54:57and the way you begged for admiration from the girls
00:55:00well i never had any
00:55:01well from what i hear you're making up for lost time
00:55:05emily
00:55:06nothing has changed between us
00:55:08i don't know
00:55:09well i'll prove it to you
00:55:14paul
00:55:14you still think i look like a
00:55:17paul
00:55:18how could you
00:55:20do you think this new face matters to me
00:55:22well you act like it
00:55:25i don't like you
00:55:27i don't understand
00:55:28because i'm like any other guy with this girl
00:55:33leave me alone
00:55:39emily
00:55:41emily
00:55:42emily
00:55:43emily
00:55:50emily
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00:55:58emily
00:56:00emily
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00:56:00emily
00:56:14emily
00:56:15emily
00:56:16emily
00:56:23emily
00:56:27emily
00:56:28emily
00:56:28emily
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00:56:29emily
00:56:29emily
00:56:29emily
00:56:29emily
00:56:29emily
00:56:29Look, Muck, I don't care for hallway scenes, so I'll make this short.
00:56:34Let's say goodnight and goodbye.
00:56:37Why?
00:56:38You're in way over your head.
00:56:40You can't afford to go out with me.
00:56:42I like nice things, but I don't want them out of your eating, Muck.
00:56:45I can get more.
00:56:46I want no part of trouble.
00:56:48Why, you even owe the hotel last month's rent.
00:56:50Ah, that's nothing.
00:56:52Look, Buster, I'm not your bookkeeper.
00:56:54All I'm trying to tell you is that this round's over.
00:56:58We had some fun. I let you break in your new face.
00:57:01And this is it.
00:57:02So is the brush, huh?
00:57:04To go out with you just doesn't make sense.
00:57:08And if anything, I'm a sensible girl.
00:57:13Might as well take in your welcome mat.
00:57:43What do you want here?
00:57:45I was worried about you.
00:57:48You ran out of me once?
00:57:50Leave it that way.
00:57:53Paul, I want to talk to you.
00:57:56I may be going away.
00:57:59This is no place to talk.
00:58:04Besides, there's nothing to say.
00:58:06Emily's going away to teach.
00:58:08Fine, pal.
00:58:10All you think of is ways to trip me up.
00:58:12Why don't you just butt out of my business?
00:58:14Don't pick on Angelo.
00:58:15I asked him to bring me here.
00:58:17Sure.
00:58:18He was glad to.
00:58:19Anything to prove I'm a no-good guy.
00:58:22You're all right people.
00:58:23Now that I'm broke.
00:58:24You know that doesn't matter to me.
00:58:26We talked about it just before your operation.
00:58:29We were supposed to plan our future together.
00:58:33You...
00:58:34You promised we'd work it out.
00:58:37Well, it worked out fine.
00:58:38I got a new face, no friends, and I'm broke.
00:58:41Don't dip, Emily.
00:58:42She didn't blow your bankroll off.
00:58:43I told you to butt out of this.
00:58:47Get out.
00:58:48Get out, both of you.
00:58:49I don't want to be needle.
00:58:50Get out!
00:58:52I'll take you home.
00:58:53Goodbye, Paul.
00:59:08Say, where's the clerk?
00:59:10You're out of bounds, brother.
00:59:11This isn't the Waldorf.
00:59:14You don't happen to know a monk Barone, do you?
00:59:17I did know a monk Barone.
00:59:19Know where I could find him?
00:59:20You're too far uptown.
00:59:22Why don't you try one of those flea traps
00:59:23on the west side of the tracks?
00:59:25All right, I will.
00:59:26Thanks.
00:59:42Hello, monk.
00:59:44How did you find me?
00:59:45That was easy.
00:59:45I just followed a trail of unpaid bills.
00:59:48And those fascinating dames that I was telling you about
00:59:50have begun to crush up.
00:59:52What do you want?
00:59:54Look, you've been avoiding me.
00:59:55What for?
00:59:55I know it isn't your conscience.
00:59:57I don't want to see anybody.
00:59:59Well, I'm going to see you.
01:00:04Well, well, that's pretty.
01:00:05Save the cracks.
01:00:07I had a little accident.
01:00:09That's why you didn't hear from me.
01:00:11When the medic patched me up,
01:00:12you made a few changes.
01:00:13A few changes?
01:00:15I'd say that was the understatement of the season.
01:00:17Well, I vote for it.
01:00:18I don't, monk.
01:00:18For me, the old face was better.
01:00:19Certainly a lot better for fighting.
01:00:21Maybe I ain't fighting anymore.
01:00:23What, give up the ring just when you're ready
01:00:24for the big purses?
01:00:25Monk, when that doctor fixed your face,
01:00:27he certainly didn't help your brain much.
01:00:28I'm giving it up.
01:00:29I'm going to retire.
01:00:30Retire on what?
01:00:31Your clippings?
01:00:33Look, monk, you're just hurting yourself, not us.
01:00:35If a cab loses a fender,
01:00:36the taxi company doesn't go out of business, does it?
01:00:39And for me and my associates,
01:00:40fighting is business.
01:00:41Business that goes on and on.
01:00:43So I quit.
01:00:47No fighter ever quits, monk.
01:00:49Once you lace on a pair of those gloves,
01:00:50you make a lifelong marriage.
01:00:52You never get away from it.
01:00:54When you leave the stadium at night after a fight,
01:00:56who sells you the morning papers?
01:00:58A blind ex-pug.
01:01:00You'll never get away from it.
01:01:02And you're broke now, monk.
01:01:04So I know you'll come running back to me.
01:01:05My advice is to make it soon.
01:01:11My associates haven't got too much patience.
01:01:13They may find themselves another dirty fighter.
01:01:25Come on, champ.
01:01:42All right, monk, let's make it short and sweet.
01:01:45Remember, this is your first comeback fight.
01:01:46Those sportswriters out there want plenty of action.
01:01:49Give it to them.
01:01:53Semi-wind-up's on.
01:01:54You're next.
01:02:02Semi-wind-up's on.
01:02:10You're next.
01:02:13You're next.
01:02:27All right, let's go, boys.
01:02:31Now, you boys know the rules.
01:02:33I want a nice, clean fight.
01:02:34Keep all your punches in fair territory
01:02:35and break clean when I tell you.
01:02:37Shake hands now and come out fighting at the bell.
01:02:44All right, let's go, boys.
01:03:18What's come over, Monk?
01:03:20I don't know.
01:03:20He acts like he's been reading Emily Post.
01:03:22Well, they'd better drop his pinky in the next round.
01:03:31I'll whisper in his ear that this is a fight and not a cotillion.
01:03:34Yeah.
01:03:35Tell him we put a bet on a knockout.
01:03:37Hey!
01:03:44I thought he was easy to hit.
01:03:46Always was.
01:03:47Looks like he switched his style.
01:03:48Sure did.
01:03:49So box him.
01:03:50So we both box.
01:03:51Where's the action?
01:03:53You want a little softer music this round?
01:03:55All right, you proved you can dance.
01:03:57Now fight.
01:04:23Come on, punch a little bit.
01:04:24Give us some action, will you?
01:04:34Come on, punch a little bit.
01:04:38Come on, fight.
01:05:05What kind of a double-cross is this?
01:05:07Let's start out with a tiger, wind up with a pussycat.
01:05:09From here on in, that's the way I'm fighting.
01:05:11Oh, no, it's not. Not for us or anybody else.
01:05:14I don't need you to play patty-cake.
01:05:15If I want this kind of a bout, I can get a better one right out of an old maid's
01:05:18home.
01:05:33Angelo.
01:05:35Let me lug this.
01:05:38I watched you go the distance tonight.
01:05:40The way you fought, you ain't strong enough to carry this gear.
01:05:43I keep my face, and if the crowd gets their money, it's worth booing me.
01:05:48Your face looks all right.
01:05:50Maybe a little on the sad side.
01:05:53Have you seen Emily?
01:05:55Like I told you, she left town to teach you.
01:05:58Have you seen Father Kelly?
01:06:00He'd only ask me about you.
01:06:01What I could tell him, he reads in the sports column.
01:06:06Come on, Angelo.
01:06:08We split a steak, then we split a pool table.
01:06:14I say get rid of him.
01:06:16We lost 10 G's on him last night.
01:06:18My advice is to wait. This boy's in love with his new face.
01:06:22Then cut it up 10 G's worth and dump him.
01:06:25I still say wait.
01:06:26For what?
01:06:28For a killing, that's for what?
01:06:30What are you driving at?
01:06:32This kid wants to be a cover boy, not a champ.
01:06:34Now you got him pegged wrong. He's good for a killing.
01:06:36When?
01:06:38Look, let him fight four or five times as his defensive boxer.
01:06:41He'll lose every bout. He'll be outboxed, outclassed, but he'll go from an odds-on favorite to a long shot.
01:06:46The odds will get better and better for us.
01:06:48If there's a payoff.
01:06:50There will be once he goes back to his old style of fighting.
01:06:53By one big bout with him as a killer, we're bound to clean up.
01:06:56Say, that's not bad.
01:06:58Not bad at all.
01:07:00How are you going to make him fight his old way, even once?
01:07:03I'll find a way.
01:07:06Well, we'll ride with you.
01:07:08But you're carrying the load from here in.
01:07:11I'll have it.
01:07:12There'd better be a payoff.
01:07:20Okay, teacher.
01:07:21You don't have to draw us a diagram.
01:07:24We take your word for it.
01:07:25But just to keep it friendly, you're going to chip in with us.
01:07:30Doug and I are putting up ten grand apiece.
01:07:32And you're going to put up five grand.
01:07:34Me?
01:07:35Five thousand?
01:07:36Why not?
01:07:37You're really sold on this operation.
01:07:39You can scrape it up.
01:07:40With Monk going into that fight at odds of seven to two,
01:07:42you shouldn't even stop to think it over.
01:07:45All right.
01:07:47Count me in.
01:07:48Let me tell you one thing, teacher.
01:07:50If something goes wrong,
01:07:52better buy yourself a new blackboard.
01:08:31Why did you have me meet you here?
01:08:33I wanted you to see with your own eyes what they're striving for.
01:08:37They've got big plans, Mike.
01:08:39Plans to help every kid in this neighborhood.
01:08:42Okay.
01:08:43I'll chip in, but I don't want her in to Father Callahan.
01:08:47You won't.
01:08:48He's out trying to raise money.
01:08:51And so is Emily.
01:08:54Who told you about Emily?
01:08:56Not for what I'm going to ask you to do.
01:08:58I had to know everything about you.
01:08:59Everything.
01:09:01What do you want?
01:09:10Monk.
01:09:11You've heard me pop off about big shots and heroes before.
01:09:14You know they don't impress me.
01:09:16It's what I'm telling you must come from my heart.
01:09:18Believe me, Monk.
01:09:19You've got a chance to be a big man now.
01:09:21Big where it counts.
01:09:22Big in the eyes of Father Callahan and Emily.
01:09:26What do I have to do?
01:09:28Give them that recreation hall they're campaigning so hard for.
01:09:31They've got their hearts set on it, but they'll never get it with pennies and nickels and dimes.
01:09:35You can give it to them on a silver planter.
01:09:38How?
01:09:40By fighting the Seattle Wildcat the way I tell you.
01:09:44You know how I've been fighting.
01:09:46I know, but that's going to change.
01:09:48But when this fight, the whole purse goes to St. Dominic's RN, too.
01:09:52This is a fair deal.
01:09:54I wouldn't lie to you, you know that.
01:09:56Not here.
01:09:58You fight and I manage.
01:10:00This is for a good cause.
01:10:03Where do you and the syndicate come in?
01:10:05At the odds you'll be fighting at, we'll do very well with side bets.
01:10:13You really think this will square me?
01:10:15With Father Callahan and with Emily?
01:10:18I know it will.
01:10:19Why, this is bigger than penance.
01:10:21It's even bigger than lip service.
01:10:23You're saying you're sorry in the only way that counts.
01:10:27I'll vouch for it, Monk.
01:10:29You fight my way and you'll be okay with the Father and Emily.
01:10:34Well, what do you say?
01:10:45You sure everything is okay?
01:10:47You got the money spread out.
01:10:49Yes, I'm sure. Besides, you got me for a deposit.
01:10:53Maybe you ought to give him some final instructions.
01:10:56Yeah, well, that kid hates me. I just irritate him.
01:10:58Anyhow, Angelo handles him better.
01:11:03You're up next.
01:11:19Move, move, move.
01:11:38He never wanted me to see him fight.
01:11:41You didn't come here just as an onlooker.
01:11:44You're here to help him with your thoughts and your prayers.
01:11:51Oh, here it comes.
01:12:07This is the main event of the evening.
01:12:10Ten rounds of boxing.
01:12:13In this corner, at 164 and a half pounds,
01:12:18Kid Monk Barone.
01:12:22And in this corner, at 165 pounds,
01:12:27the Seattle Wildcats.
01:12:32The referee, Jack Stoney.
01:12:36And may the best man win.
01:12:41What a good plane to fight. Keep your punches up.
01:12:44Now shake hands and come out fighting.
01:13:07favor, let's see.
01:13:10How do you guys know?
01:13:13You know what they're playing.
01:13:14This is all good things.
01:13:14But now you're doing the best.
01:13:15And the others are being good.
01:13:15Not just a kid who's a kid who's ever been playing.
01:13:18Let's go!
01:13:41I lost it tonight.
01:13:44You wear him down, I tell you. He can't take it anymore.
01:13:48He hits like a bull.
01:13:50Yeah, but every time you nick him in the puss, he's hurt double.
01:13:53Keep after his face.
01:14:14The same stops.
01:14:14Yes, no, no, no, no!
01:14:20Brawl!
01:14:22We're just throwing it.
01:14:26Come on!
01:14:28No, no, no, no!
01:14:33Not that you're throwing it.
01:14:34Come on!
01:14:38Come on!
01:14:40Come on!
01:14:41No!
01:14:41No!
01:14:42No!
01:14:42No!
01:14:43No!
01:14:43No!
01:14:53He's certainly taking a beating.
01:14:55And so are we.
01:14:56If he doesn't come up with a Sunday punch, we lose 20 Gs.
01:14:59He will.
01:15:00He don't know how much that kid wants to spare himself.
01:15:03The knockout will do it.
01:15:23One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
01:15:58What a wind-up.
01:16:00We lose 20 Gs.
01:16:01We haven't even got a piece of the purse.
01:16:03Clean me out, too.
01:16:05What are you moaning about?
01:16:07Hadn't been for you, Al and I would never get roped into this mess.
01:16:17Well, at least the loser's end of the purse goes for good cause.
01:16:20Recreation hall at St. Dominic's.
01:16:22That's something.
01:16:22Oh, stop your corny philosophine.
01:16:25Remember what I told you about finding yourself a new blackboard if something went wrong?
01:16:30Something went wrong.
01:16:47Hello, Father.
01:16:56I lost.
01:16:58I lost.
01:17:00No, my boy, you didn't lose.
01:17:01This was not defeat.
01:17:03You're a bigger man for the trying, for the sacrifice.
01:17:06The way you fought carries its own victories.
01:17:10Look at the wounds on your face.
01:17:12Don't say you're lost.
01:17:16Hello, Paul.
01:17:19Paul, we'll take you home when you're ready.
01:17:22I've heard rumors that the big gamblers lost money betting on you.
01:17:26Well, you fought your fight.
01:17:27And if need be, there's a few good, fast rounds left in me.
01:17:31And a hard left jab.
01:17:42Just a reminder that our recreation hall opens on the 10th of next month.
01:17:46Well, it is yours, young and old, alive.
01:17:48Come and enjoy it.
01:17:49And it is to one of our own sons, a boy from this very street, to whom we all owe
01:17:55so much
01:17:56for making this recreational center possible so soon, Paul Barone.
01:18:01And I am very happy to announce that he and his lovely bride, Emily, will be working with us when
01:18:07they return.
01:18:08Working with us to make this a better street, a better church, and a better community in which to live.