The scene is ambiguous--perhaps because it had been filmed with the lengthier dialog cited above, and then trimmed down. We infer from Geary saying, "That will leave you with a technical problem--the LAH-sense will be in Klingman's name," and Michael's reply, "Turnbull is a good man" [thank you, Michael ]that Michael thought everything re. the Tropigala had been squared away with Turnbull. So we can infer that Tom was left holding the bag when Geary got greedy, because Tom would have been the guy who negotiated with Turnbull.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.