Crime Story (TV Series)

Pilot (1986)

Jon Polito: Phil Bartoli

Quotes 

• Phil Bartoli : Your friend's an idiot.

  Ray Luca : To Johnny, respect and 25 cents gets you a ride on the bus. He doesn't understand how these things work. But, uh, you know this score's worth every dime of the 40% agreed to.

  Phil Bartoli : So what?

  Ray Luca : So, I think that you're smarter than offering us the bottom price. Look, you give us fifteen cents now, and then another ten cents at your convenience, if you don't have trouble moving it.

  Phil Bartoli : Why is that such a good deal for you? What if I stiff you the ten cents?

  Ray Luca : You won't.

  Phil Bartoli : Why not?

  Ray Luca : 'Cause you're gonna want my steady stream of high-line merch, just flowing across your desk.

  Phil Bartoli : All right. But I got a piece of advice for you. You stay away from that kid. Talented, maybe, but he's too much a hotshot.

• Phil Bartoli : I bet you figured you were never gonna see that.

  Ray Luca : Mr. Bartoli, keep this. I want to invest my money with you.

  Phil Bartoli : What'd you have in mind?

  Ray Luca : Juice. Let it ride with your money on the street.

  Phil Bartoli : You're a smart guy, Ray. But it ain't so smart, being so independent. I got guys all over the city. Their only job is to keep me clean. I got the courts. I got the districts. I got it covered. I could make that protection available to you, if you were interested.

  Ray Luca : Yeah, I'm interested.

  Phil Bartoli : But you gotta understand: in an organization, it's the guy on the top who makes the decisions.

  Ray Luca : I know how it goes, Mr. Bartoli.

  Phil Bartoli : Think you're ready to move up in the world, hey, kid?

  Ray Luca : Time's right for me.

  Phil Bartoli : Yeah? Three punks hit a joint of mine on the Gold Coast. Like they think I'm not gonna find out who did it, right? Like they're gonna steal from me. Think you can handle that?

  Ray Luca : They're gone. It's done.

  Phil Bartoli : One of them was your friend O'Donnell.