With the falling off of profits in the illegal liquor industry, the mobsters have difficulty in paying protection.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Roaring Twenties (1939) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:27:19 in the DVD version of the movie.
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[...]
- I'll tell you what I'm gonna do for you, Eddie.
- I ain't gonna take all your cabs away.
- I'm gonna leave you one, just one because you're going to need it, pal.
- And the number of raids, arrests and convictions double and quadruple.
- Then in the depth of the economic despair that has gripped the country...
- Finally comes the national referendum on repeal.
[...]