He initially tried to bully Tommy (who was in a precarious position) into signing over his entire business to Alfie, but Tommy claimed he had planted a hand grenade prior to their meeting.

Once Sabini broke his promise however, Alfie returned to work with Thomas. During that time, Alfie informed Arthur Shelby and Billy Kitchen of their new relationship by killing a goat named after Thomas. He was a captain in the First World war he apparently became involved in a dispute with an Italian soldier that resulted in him driving a six-inch nail up the Italian's nose.Īlfie seeing a good opportunity for business and leverage stopped working with Thomas and started working with Darby Sabini, who promised him that Alfie's bookies would be allowed to go to the Epsom Races. He used a bakery as a cover for his distillery. He understood the Russian language well, and appeared to also understand Italian, based on his conversation with Luca Changretta. Although he demands a huge fee for his services, Alfie is only too willing to help Tommy Shelby assassinate Oswald Mosley, the highly anti-Semitic leader of the British Union of Fascists.Īside from being a veteran of World War I, little else is known about his background but for the fact that his mother was a Jew who fled persecution in Russia. However, his distrust of the police prevents him (initially) from putting them on his payroll, leaving him at a disadvantage against his rival Darby Sabini.Īlfie is highly protective of Britain's Jewish community, warning all his Gentile employees that Jewish women are 'off the fucking menu' and making generous donations to Jewish charities to help the blind, as one of his younger cousins was born without sight. Most of Alfie's income comes from racetrack rackets, although he also runs a rum distillery, jeweling business and protection rackets in Camden Town. In short, despite Alfie's straightforward character and rationalization of his actions, he is completely untrustworthy unless people offer him the right price, and even then, there is no guarantee he won't switch sides halfway through the deal. Although he appears to take a genuine liking to Tommy over time and is certainly willing to do business with him, it does not mean he won't do business with Tommy's rivals on the sly he has betrayed Tommy at least twice and assisted in an attempt on his life (although his motivations in the latter scenario were complicated, to say the least). Violent and unpredictable, but intelligent and calculating, he is a master negotiator who used violent outbursts and confusing language to intimidate and dominate everyone around him.

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