Fred Gwynne credited as playing...
Frenchy Demange
- Frenchy Demange: Anything you need, Dutch?
- Dutch Schultz: Yeah, why don't you bring me the moon, Frenchy?
- [Frenchy violently smashes Owney's pocket watch]
- Frenchy Demange: You cheap son of a bitch! You only offered $500 for me?
- Owney: What?
- Frenchy Demange: If you were kidnapped, I wouldn't offer more than that for you!
- Owney: $500?
- Frenchy Demange: That's what I heard!
- Owney: 50 grand I paid for you. 50 grand! They only wanted 35. I gave them 50 not to hurt you. $500. I would've given $500,000. I'm worried sick about you. Shit! Look what you done to my fuckin' watch.
- Frenchy Demange: 50 grand?
- Owney: Yeah.
- [Frenchy hands Owney a box that Owney opens]
- Owney: What's this? A platinum watch.
- [smiling]
- Owney: You asshole.
- [they embrace]
- Frenchy Demange: I don't trust no one with a nickname.
- Owney: What about your nickname, Frenchy?
- Frenchy Demange: That's different.
- Owney: Why?
- Frenchy Demange: I'm trustworthy.
- Dixie: You got any ideas for me?
- Frenchy Demange: Too bad you ain't colored. We could book you here.
- Dixie: Yeah. Great tragedy of my life.
- Vincent Dwyer: Dixie had nothin' to do with this. You see that, don't ya?
- Frenchy Demange: I see what I see. I hear what I hear. Then, I make up my mind.
- Frenchy Demange: I tell you one thing, the way we got Sing Sing set up for you, freedom could be a let down.