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

DANDY DAN

(to the SPLURGE ATTENDANTS)

Thanks boys... thanks a lot.

LOUELLA

Yuck, what a mess.

DANDY DAN

Just a day s work, my rose, just a day s work  like running a railway or shoeing a horse.

LOUELLA

Sam ain t gonna like this, honey.

DANDY DAN

He ain t gonna do nothin about it, my rose. Without his gang he s like a tortoise without its shell. Soon he ll be throwin in the towel.

(DANDY DAN and LOUELLA bite into their apples as they walk offstage.)