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"[at the beginning of the film] This picture is an indictment of gang rule in America and of the callous indifference of the government to this constantly increasing menace to our safety and our liberty. Every incident in this picture is the reproduction of an actual occurrence, and the purpose of this picture is to demand of the government: 'What are you going to do about it?' The government is your government. What are YOU going to do about it?"
"You see that? [Referring to a sign outside the window reads: THE WORLD IS YOURS. COOK TOURS] Someday I look at that sign and I say, "Okay, she's mine.""
"Listen, Little Boy, in this business there's only one law you gotta follow to keep out of trouble: Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it."
"Ah, he ain't so tough. Hanging out in a flower shop. You afraid of a guy like that?"
"I don't know nothin'. I don't see nothin'. I don't hear nothin'. When I do I don't tell the cops. Understand?"
"[Smashes the window] Just changing the name on the door."
"This fellow's got ideas I don't like."
"[Holding a tommy gun] Lookit, Johnny, you can carry it around like a baby!"
"Nice little thug. He give 'em a writ of hocus pocus."
"Hey, Cesca, you and me, huh? We'll show them. We'll lick them all, the North Side, the South Side! We'll lick the whole world!"
"I get you a hunk of soap, you take a bath in it."
"You're a butcher! That's what you are! You're a butcher!"
"I told you you'd show up this way. Get you in a jam without a gun and you squeal like a yellow rat. Come on, climb into this (handcuffs)."
"He hurt you. He hurt you. He hurt everybody."
"What do you use to think with, an empty beer keg?"
"When you're layin' in an alley with your head blown off, maybe you'll learn how this business ought to be run."
"That's rotten. "Costillo Slaying Starts Gang War" ... You'll need 40 men on this story for the next five years. Do you know what's happening? This town is up for the grabs. Get me? You know, Costillo was the last of the old-fashioned gangleaders. There's a new crew coming out. And every guy that's got money enough to buy a gun is gonna try to step into his place. You see? They'll be shooting each other like rabbits for the control of the booze business. Do you get it? It will be just like war. That's it! WAR! You put that in the lead! WAR - GANG WAR."
"Seven of 'em. Lined up against a wall. Mowed down just like that. They didn't have a chance."
"Paul Muni as Antonio "Tony" Camonte"
"Ann Dvorak as Francesca "Cesca" Camonte"
"Karen Morley as Poppy"
"Osgood Perkins as John "Johnny" Lovo"
"C. Henry Gordon as Police Inspector Ben Guarino"
"George Raft as Guino "Little Boy" Rinaldo"
"Vince Barnett as Angelo"
"Boris Karloff as Tom Gaffney"
"Purnell Pratt as Publisher Garston"
"Tully Marshall as Managing Editor"
"Inez Palange as Mrs. Camonte, Tony's Mother"
"Edwin Maxwell as Chief of Detectives"
"Harry J. Vejar as "Big" Louis Costillo (uncredited)"
"Howard Hawks as Man on Bed (uncredited)"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.