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Charlie and Friendly ... Gerry 'G' ?


During their last sitdown Friendly says, 'take him (Terry) to that place we used to use'... and if he doesn't gree 'give him the "Gerry G".

It's understood what is meant but is there anything known as the "Gerry G"?

" Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance "

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I wanna know that too.

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I really hate assuming anything but it could've been a reference to a slang word for," give him the gun. Meaning kill him. Shoot him." I'm also assuming that' is the case because in the scene when they are in the taxi cab and his brother tells him to make up his mind by such and such street, he is saying to him you need to make the right decision or I'm gonna have to kill you. He even pulls a gun and pointed at his gut. So that is obvious to me. But as far as the actual term," Gerry G," and what it means exactly I would like to know myself. It could simply be the actual slang term for gun or give him the gun. Kill him.

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