Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

Larry Gates: John Driscoll

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• John Driscoll : You want us to get the men who killed your father, don't you?

  Tolly Devlin - Aged 14 : I don't want no help from you cops.

  John Driscoll : I'm no cop. My name is Driscoll. I work for the District Attorney.

  Tolly Devlin - Aged 14 : You still smell cop to me. I'll get those punks my own way.

• John Driscoll : The syndicate bosses in the field command the rackets like generals in the field command divisions. And lording it over the syndicate wheels is the top brass. The underworld's combined chiefs of staff. Each chief commands a specific department. Gela, narcotics. Gunther, labor. Smith, prostitution. And so on. They all have substantial business fronts, pay taxes, wear respectable suits. And lording it over all of them is Earl Connors, their chief of staff.

• John Driscoll : Tolly, I know it's been like a disease with you since you were a kid, but you're a grown-up now. Act like it! Don't eat your heart out with hate and revenge. Look at you what you've done with your life. Nothin'. One year in one prison. Two years in another. The last, rap? Five years. Look, you're only on this earth once so take advantage of it. Enjoy it! Live it!

• John Driscoll : What are you going to do now?

  Tolly Devlin : I'm gonna get married. I'm gonna get married and I'm gonna dump my trade.

  John Driscoll : What about Connors?

  Tolly Devlin : I'm gonna dump him too. I want to start from scratch. Me and my broad.

• John Driscoll : The underworld is reaching the young people of this country. Our job is to get people to prosecute. Ha! Getting anybody to talk is tough. Families of informers have been butchered, burned, bludgeoned to death.