The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film ScriptBefore he was gunned down in the Palace Chop House in Newark, New Jersey, in October 1935, Arthur Flegenheimer, alias Dutch Schultz, was generally considered New York's Number One racketeer. Taken to a hospital following the gangland shooting, he survived for two days. His room was guarded around the clock, and a police stenographer was stationed at his bedside in the hope of learning who his assailant or assailants were. Instead, what was recorded were Dutch's fevered fantasies, stemming from his childhood and youth, as well as his recent past. Taking these "last words" as his starting point, Burroughs has created his own fantasy of Dutch Schultz, casting his fiction in the form of a film script. |
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1st Detective 2nd Detective Aba Daba Berman Abe Landau AIR HAMMER Albert Anastasia Albert Stern Arthur Flegenheimer BEER DROP Bo Weinberg Camera cell door CLICKETY-CLACK CLOSE-UP Coll brothers corridor cut-in desk Dixie Davis doorway drag queens druggist DRUGSTORE Dutch off-screen Dutch Schultz Dutch stands Dutch's voice Dutchman DUTCHMAN'S TROUBLE EXTERIOR face Fats Columbo FLEGENHEIMER SALOON floor front George Weinberg gotta grey gun guards Harlem heimer Hetty Green hoodlums HOSPITAL ROOM HOSPITAL SOUND EFFECTS INTERIOR Joe Noe Jules Martin Kiki Last Words Legs Diamond Lepke Buchalter LONG SHOT Lucky Luciano Lulu Rosencrantz Martin Krompier MEDIUM SHOT Mister mobsters Negro Gun NIGHT OFFICE Old Deck Hand Old Junkie PALACE CHOP HOUSE Peter Coll phone booth Police stenographer red-haired gun runners SCREAMS screen Sex scene sits stops TRACKING SHOT TRAIN Vincent and Peter Vincent Coll Voice of Dutch walks wall Whisperer WHOO WHOO