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Around the country,

the bookies pay off winners at track odds

It's dangerous when a long shot comes in,

unless you have somebody at the tracks to lower those odds

Heartbreak Highway, fast lane to the blues

Each turn I take leads me back to you

And there's nothing I can do

Bet you can't do that with a quarter

Are you kidding? Sure, I can

I'll give you a dime for every quarter you can lay on end

It's a bet

Hey, you got any quarters?

Sir!

How you doin'?

All right Can I get a, uh, Miller, please?

You got it

Heartbreak Highway, fast lane to the blues

Each turn I take

Out of 20

3, 4, 5

5 is 10, 10 is 20

Thanks, sir

Next

Okay, Ace

10 in a row

Yep, You're right

That's a dollar I owe you

Hey!

That was the deal a dime for every quarter

Running time for the six furlong,

1 minute, 10 and 1/5 seconds

In the winner's circle, Number 1, "Magical Flight,"

owned by Frank and Melanie McDonald,

trained by Melanie McDonald,

ridden to victory by Orlando Guerrino

Number 7, "Telescope," second,

number 5, "Free To Go," third,

number 3, "Just Be Kind," fourth

Winning quinella combination

$5,000 on the 3 horse to win, please

4, 5, 10, that's 20

$3720 winning quinella combination

2, 3, 4, and 5 Thanks

Thank you

Winning exacta combination, 9 and 7, returns $118.80

$118.80 the 9-7 exacta combination

Winning quinella combination, 7 and 9, $54

$54 even, the 7-9 quinella combination

Post time in three minutes

In the winner's circleNumber 1, "Magical Flight,"

owned and trained by Anthony Martinez

$2,000 on the 3 horse to win

Running time for the six furlong,

1 minute, 11 and 1/5 seconds

They're in the gate

They're off

"Full Force" from the outside racing right out for the lead

with "Vital Contact" moving up

Mmm, Mrs Langtry, I'm sorry

Why? What's wrong?

You are a valued customer, as you know

But what's wrong?

I can't understand this It's something you almost never see

What is?

This is some of the finest filigree platinum I've ever seen

Mm-hmm

But the stones, no

They're not diamonds, Mrs Langtry

But they must be They They cut glass

Glass will cut glass, Mrs Langtry

Almost anything will

Come with me

Let me show you a positive test for diamonds

Yeah

Take this

Do you see how the water splashes over them?

How it slides off in a sheet?

With real diamonds, it won't do that

It clings to the surface in tiny droplets

I see it

I hope you're not too badly disappointed with us, Mrs Langtry

It's not your fault

You'll give us an opportunity to serve you again, I hope,

if there's anything you think we might be interested in

Well, I have only one thing now

Are you interested?

Well, I would have to see it, of course

You are seeing it

You're looking right at it

Mrs Langtry

Something like this very rarely happens

The fine setting and workmanship usually means precious stones

It always hurts me when I find they're not

I always hope

I'm mistaken

Can I get a Miller, please?

- One too many, mister? - What?

Step away from the car

Never mind Let's see your driver's license

You seem pretty sick, Mr Dillon

Well, it's a bad shrimp, I think

Didn't quite taste right when I was eating it

I'm getting over it, though

Want us to take you to the doctor?

No, I'm fine now Thanks

I've still got a lot of clients to see

You take it easy, now

I will, Thank you

Have a good day, now

Quinella wagering on all 12 races...

Hi, Lilly

Irv? Irv, I'm done here Do I come back to Baltimore?

No, no Bobo wants you to go on to La Jolla

La Jolla?

I never go to California That's 1,000 miles from here

Come on, Lilly You don't argue with Bobo

He needs somebody to handle playback there

Maybe I'll swing around Los Angeles on the way

Take two or three days Call when you get there

Yeah, Okay

Put it this way say I rent to a woman

Well, she has to have a room with a bath,

because otherwise she's got the hall bath tied up all the time,

washing her goddamn hair and her clothes and everything she can think of

I had my first hotel 37 years ago

in Wichita Falls, Texas,

and that's when I learned about women

They don't make the money, see, for a place like this

Not regular, they don't

There's only one way they can get it by sellin'their self

tappin'them cute little piggy banks they all got

- Mr Dillon - Mr Simms

Here's a potential neighbor of yours

Mrs Langtry may drop by

I'll send her right up

That's the fine type of person I have in mind for here,

like yourself, I'm sure

Well, don't you want to see me?

Of course, honey I'll meet you at the bar

Oh, honey, I can't go there

Well, what do you have in mind?

Come on You could be here in 20 minutes

Oh, I don't know, Roy

I've got to get the train from downtown,

and that's about an hour from your place

In a minute

Smack

Heads

Smack

Tails

What do you want, kid?

Show me how you did that other one

Scram, Go home

I can't I just left home

You're too young You ought to be in school

I am in school

5 of spades

5 of spades

Where's the 5?

In your other hand

Good You learned something

Goodbye

I want to learn everything

You want to be a grifter?

A grifter, Yes

Not partners

That's your first lesson

Cuts your score in half right down the middle

Worse than that, you take a partner,

you put an apple on your head and hand the other guy a shotgun

Grifters, huh?

You're one, all right

Grifters got an irresistible urge to beat a guy who's wise

There's nothing to whipping a fool

Hell, fools are made to be whipped

But to take another pro, even your partner,

who knows you and has his eye on you

that's a score

No matter what happens

So, you want to learn a few tricks,

I'll teach you a few tricks

But your hand does not get into my pocket

It's a deal

- Roy - Mm-hmm

All right Forget the long con

If the fool tips, you're caught You'll do time

Never do time

And don't go dressing like that

- Why? - It's showing off Showing off!

Any blind man could spot you

Yeah

Give me $20

Come around tomorrow, I'll take you again

Well, that's fine

Two months we know each other, you're already so bored

you fall asleep before I get here

When you're not here,

all I can do is dream about you, Myra

You stink, and I hate you

Hmm

The twins seem to be very restless

Maybe we ought to put'em to bed, huh?

You know what I'm gonna do?

I'm gonna smother you

Death, where is thy sting?

Ahh

You smell good, Myra, like a bitch in a hothouse

Ooh, darling

What a beautiful thing to say!

Maybe you don't smell so good

I do, too You just said so

It could be your clothes

It's me

Do I have to prove it?

Naturally

What?

Simms, Mr Dillon

Sure, Mr Simms What can I do for you?

A visitor, Mr Dillon

a very attractive young lady

She says she's your mother

Send her up

Come on in, Lilly

Hi, Lilly

Roy

Long time no see

Eight years

I'm just making some coffee You want some?

Just instant

It'd be nice

Here we are

Come on Sit down, Lilly

So, what are we up to these days?

Still handling playback money at the track

I'll be going back to Baltimore

as soon as the races at La Jolla are finished

So you're working for that same bookmaker?

Yeah

An easy life

Usually

Got a great view, Roy

I guess you've been getting my Christmas cards

You always did have a sense of humor

Glad to see you, Lilly

I'd have been hurt if you hadn't have dropped by

I'm glad to see you, too, Roy

I'm not sure what you're up to

Up to? I'm not up to anything, Lilly

Come on, Roy You can't kid me

You got so much more on the ball than I ever did, and you know what it does to a person

Lilly, why don't you mind your own goddamned business?

Roy, what is it?

It's no sweat

God, you're ice cold

Don't laugh at me

Laugh? I'm not laughing at you, honey

Did somebody hurt you, Roy?

Got hit in the stomach a couple days ago

- Let me see - No

- Let me see - No!

Dr Mitchell?

It's Lilly Dillon, doctor

I work for Just us Amusement Company out of Baltimore, and

What?

Don't you brush me off, buster

Do I have to get Bobo Justus to call you?

Mrs Dillon, I'm sorry about our little disagreement on the phone

And I'm really sorry about your son

Well, it's hard to believe

that such a strapping young man is is your son

Never mind that Just take care of him

Yeah, well, he's had

he's had an internal hemorrhage

He's bleeding to death

Well, make it stop

His blood pressure's under 100

I don't think he's gonna make it to

You know who I work for

Yeah, but there's just so much I can do

My son is gonna be all right

If not, I'll have you killed

No, really You're Roy's mother?

Mm-hmm

That's impossible

Not quite

But I'm not sure who you are,

Mrs, uh, Langtry, was it?

I'm Roy's friend

Yes

I imagine you're lots of people's friend

Oh Oh, of course

Now that I see you in the light,

you're plenty old enough to be Roy's mother

Aren't we all?

Play nice Don't fight

Darling!

Roy

You're gonna be all right

Sure, I am

What am I doing here?

You were bleeding inside, honey

Remember that bruise you had?

You called the doctor, huh?

Wellno, Roy Your mother did

Oh, yeah?

Thanks

How long did they say till I can get out of here?

Roy, your mom saved your life

Yeah

Second time I gave it to you

I was kind of

inconvenient for Lilly

You know, she was only 14 when I came along

In fact, I used to be her kid brother

Well, or so she'd say

Well, you're all right now, I guess

It's a two-hour drive I'm late I have to go down to the track

Thanks, uh, Lilly

Don't mention it

I guess I owe you my life

You always did

Down to the track?

La Jolla

Her job

I want to know everything about you

Number 7, "Troubadour," rank outsider,

stays unchanged at 70 to 1

70 to 1

Now at the start, "Blue Bay," 5 to 2

"Celadon Star," the favorite, moves in at 2 to 1

Now "Troubadour" goes into the gate,

still running high odds at 70 to 1

And they're off!

From the start, it's "Fertile Crescent, " "Troubadour, "

"Otis Blue," "Buckmeister," "Uncle Louie"

Down the backstretch, "Celadon Star" has the lead by two lengths

with "Call Me Hap" second

"Six Dreams" goes along in third,

now "Troubadour" now moving stoutly on the outside

Not Troubadour No

Rounding the far turn,

"Celadon Star" in front, "Call Me Hap" second

"Blues Bay" now begins to drop back a little bit as "Six Dreams" moves up

Now "Troubadour" making a bold move on the outside

They round the turn into the homestretch,

and it's "Celadon Star" in front

On the outside, "Troubadour" now coming strong,

with "Call Me Hap" along the rail

Those two vying for second position, but it's "Celadon Star" in front

Now "Troubadour" begins to pick up the pace

"Celadon Star" holding the lead, "Troubadour" coming on

It's "Celadon Star" "Troubadour" grinding

onto the outside with a strong finish

"Celadon Star", "Troubadour"

It's "Troubadour" on the outside now, going by to get the lead

"Troubadour" winning it by half a length

Finishing odds were as follows

Today's amazing success story, "Troubadour," outsider,

at 70 to 1, in first place, second place

- Roy? - Mm-hmm?

- Roy? - Mm-hmm?

What happens when you get out of here?

A ticker-tape parade, a key to the city,

sex with my baby

Ah, the usual, I guess

And that's it?

What else?

Well, that's what I want to know

Is Is this all we have, Roy

"sex with my baby"?

Not that I'm knocking it, but is that all?

What are you driving at, Myra, marriage?

I didn't say that

Ah But, well, that's what I asked

- I don't think so - Ha

I'm a very practical little girl,

and I don't believe in giving any more than I get

And that might be pretty awkward

for a matchbook salesman or whatever you are

Everybody needs matches

What do you sell, anyway?

Self-confidence

God knows you have it to spare

I'll see you tomorrow

Hey

No kiss?

Hello, Mrs Langtry

Hi

Time to rest

Well, I'll leave you in Carol's good hands

Hmm

You're looking much better today

But you're not You're looking very bad today

I am?

You belong in bed, Miss Flynn

Here I'll give you part of mine

You will not

But you must

I've seen girls with this look before

Bed is the only thing that will cure them

Bed without dinner might cure you

You'd better behave,

or I won't kiss you good night, and then you'll be sorry

You'd better behave, or I'll tell your mother

Well, we wouldn't want that, now, would we?

Oh Hi, Myra I didn't recognize you

No, I'm sure you didn't

Myra's been here

And what's your objection to Myra?

The same as anybody's

I stopped by your place, picked up your mail

Just bills I'll take care of them

I can take care of my own bills, Lilly

Whatever you say

The manager at your place said your boss called

Really pulled the wool over everyone's eyes, huh?

What are you talking about?

So I've got a job So what?

Stop kidding me

Four years in a town like Los Angeles

and a peanut-selling job's the best you can do?

You expect me to believe that?

Well, it's there The boss called

You said so yourself

That dump you live in?

Those clown pictures on the walls?

- I like those - You do not

Roy Dillon, cornball clown pictures,

commission salesman it's all a front

You're working some angle,

and don't tell me you're not, because I wrote the book

You're one to talk

You still running playback money for the mob?

That's me That's who I am

You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy, and if you

How come?

You aren't tough enough

Not as tough as you, huh?

How'd you get that punch in the stomach, Roy?

I tripped on a chair

Get off the grift, Roy

Why?

You haven't got the stomach for it

Oh, good, Carol, come in

Dr Mitchell says you can get out of here Friday,

but that you should have someone to look in on you, so I hired Carol

You hired?

Well, you'll pay me back I know that

Lilly, I make my own decisions for a long time now

Roy, you couldn't possibly object

to a pretty, young lady coming to visit you

Carol

Do you know why my mother hired you?

Why, yes

I'll come in every afternoon and make sure

She hired you for me to fuck

Uh

To keep me away from bad influences

Isn't that right, Lilly?

It is not

Uh, Mrs Dillon, perhaps I

Go wait in the hall Don't go away

You didn't have to do that

I thought I did

So you won't take a thing from me, is that it?

Sex?

I'm not offering you sex, you little punk

That's not what I meant

For Christ's sake, Lilly,

you're just throwing that wallflower at me

'cause you don't like Myra

Myra's nothing She's less than nothing

Then why does she bug you?

You jealous?

Of what?

You want to lie down with dogs?

And I'll pick the dog

Go ahead, Roy

Thanks, Mom

That's right, I just give you your life

What you do with it is up to you

That's right!

Myra here Sorry you missed me

Tell me how to reach you, and I will

Baby, I'm getting out of here today That's it

Listen, let's go down to La Jolla this afternoon

We'll hit the beach Have some fun, huh?

Take some time off, forget all this other stuff

Myra

Don't tell me

You're Addison Simms of Seattle,

and we had lunch together in the Fall of 1902

Myra, listen

Myra, damn it!

Listen, Myra

Joe

How's your wiry zone?

Are hidden germs lurking

in your nooks and crannies?

All right, this is your final warning

You've got to settle your bill today

Now, Joe, don't I always pay my bills, huh,

one way or another?

Yeah, well, this time there's just one way

Stop getting up nights, man

You, too, could learn to dance

All you need is a magic step,

simple as one, two, three

Here's your bill

It's a lot of money, Joe

You wouldn't have padded it

You owe every damn cent of that

Maybe I could get the dough from your wife Do you suppose?

Maybe your kids'd crack their piggy banks

You take one step towards my family, and I promise you

Oh, oh! Don't wet your pants, for Christ's sake!

Come in, Joe

The money

There it is

The automatic clutch, Joe

It comes with the deluxe upholstery

and the high-speed wiry zone

Myra, please

I've let you

I've been very good to you

I've let you stay here month after month

Can't be done, Joe

All passengers must pay as they enter

No free passes or rebates

That's a strict rule

of the Intercourse Commerce Commission

Oh, God

Only one choice to a customer,

the lady

or the loot

What's it gonna be?

Your difference between your folded towel

and your clean towel is a trip to the laundry

When you're cleaning those bathrooms,

what you do is you pick up the towel,

and you give it a good shake and a good look,

and you say to yourself, "Would I dry myself on this towel?"

If the answer is yes, you fold it

What if it's wet?

Mr Dillon, welcome back

You're looking fine, just fine

Thank you, Mr Simms I'm feeling fine

I'm glad you're better

- Sickness comes to us all, Mr Dillon - That's true, Mr Simms

We never know when, we never know why,

we never know how The only blessed thing we know

is it'll come at the most inconvenient, unexpected time,

just when you've got tickets to the World Series,

and that's the way the permanent waves

Well

That fella could be a congressman

If it's wet, you don't fold it

You shake it and hang it neatly on the rod provided

Yes, sir

What are you laughing at?

Oh, nothing

Nothing, nothing No, never mind, Joe

It's just, I was remembering

at lunch, on the menu, it said

"Today's special

"Broiled hothouse tomato

under generous slice of ripe cheese"!

Hi, Bobo

Did I buy you that dress, you piece of shit?

Well, I guess so You're the guy I work for

- I'm the guy you work for, huh? - Yeah

Then in that case, I may just flush you down the toilet

Take me to my hotel

Troubadour

How'd you figure you were gonna get away with that?

I'm not getting away with anything, Bobo

You're fucking right, you're not

How much did your pals cut you in for on that nag?

Or are they giving you the same kind of screwing you gave me?

I was down on that horse, Bobo,

maybe not as much as I should've been

But there was a lot of action

One question do you want to stick to that story

or do you want to keep your teeth?

I want to keep my teeth

All right, I'll ask you another

You think I got no contacts out here?

That nag paid off on almost the opening price

There wasn't hardly a flutter on the tote board

from the time the first odds were posted

There ain't enough action to tickle the tote board,

and you claim a 10 grand win

You send me $10,000 like I'm a fucking mark you can rip off

No, Bobo, I didn't

You want to talk to me straight up?!

My son

Your what?

My son was in the hospital

What the fuck are you doing with a son?

He left home a long time ago

He was in the hospital up in Los Angeles

He was real sick

Motherhood

I never fucked up before, Bobo

You got any kind of long coat in the car,

something you could wear home over your dress?

No

I'll loan you a raincoat

You guys take a walk

Ugh!

Will you go in the bathroom and bring me a towel?

You ever hear about the oranges, Lilly?

You mean the insurance framers

Tell me about the oranges, Lilly

while you put those in the towel

You hit a person

with the oranges wrapped in a towel

They get big, ugly-Iooking bruises,

but they don't really get hurt,

not if you do it right

It's for working scams against insurance companies

And if you do it wrong?

It can louse up your insides

You can get p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p

What?!

P-p-permanent damage

You never shit right again

Bring me the towel

- Whaaa! - Aaah!

Ugh!

Ugh!

Oh, no!

Oh, no! Oh, no! No!

Aahhhhh!

Oh, no!

Come on, get up

You go clean yourself up The coat's on the bed

Oh, I almost forgot

10 grand it's yours

Troubadour, huh?

You want a drink?

Gee, uh, I better not, if that's okay

I still got to drive up to Los Angeles

See your son, huh?

That's nice, Lilly a side of you I never knew

Yeah, he's a good kid, a salesman

- On the square, huh? - Yeah

How you making out these days?

Stealing much?

From you?

My folks didn't raise no stupid kids

You're not skimming a thing, Lilly?

Oh, well, you know,

clip a buck here and a buck there,

not enough to notice

That's right take a little, leave a little

A person who don't look out for himself

is too dumb to look out for anybody else

He's a liability, right, Bobo?

That's 1,000% right, Lilly

Or else he's working an angle

If he's not stealing a little,

he's stealing a lot

You know it, Lilly

You know, I

I like that suit, Bobo

I don't know what there is about it,

but

somehow it makes you look taller

Yeah?

Yeah

You You really think so?

Yeah

A lot of people have been telling me that

Well

You can tell them for me they're right

Well, I best be going

Roy will wonder where I am

- Worries about his mother, does he? - Yeah

You give him a hug for me

I will

Thanks, Bobo

So long, Bobo

I don't see

I don't see why we have to take the train

What if we want to drive somewhere while we're there?

Well, we will rent a car

Big spender

You ain't seen nothing yet

Hey, why so many people?

Race season at La Jolla

Where your mother is?

And you don't want to see her, do you?

Nope

Hit the beach, eat well

that's good enough for me

I'm gonna stretch my legs You want to come along?

No

You want a drink?

No

See you in a minute

A drink for you, a drink for Gunderson's dead grandmother,

- but the junior, he gets milk - Milk

I'd like one milk, please

In a minute

Check it out, check it out, check it out

This is a good time to tell you boys that, um, I was

- Whoa! - Whoa! Whoa!

Shit! Ugh! Oh, I'm sorry

- You okay, fella? - Yeah

- Look, I spilled all your drinks - Don't worry about it

Are you sure you're okay?

- What are those, beers? - Don't worry about it

Watch this I'll be right back

Four Millers

He jumped right in! He jumped right in!

"Don't worry about it, sarge, I'll drive him!

He's too distraught!"

You said, "distraught"!

Hey, you guys could've got into a lot of trouble

No way! Are you kidding?!

You remember that? I couldn't believe that

Hey, one of you guys drop this?

- No, no - No, it's not mine

I don't know, I wouldn't have taken a chance like that

- To us! - To us! Here we go!

Another round I'm buying

- No, come on, guy, you can't buy every round - It's, like, our turn

- Come on, we got plenty of cash - Give us a shot

Tell you what we'll roll for it

All right

- Low number buys - Very good

You roll first

- Let's go, junior - Let's go, junior

Another round of drinks

That's a four All right, we're in

I told you I'd buy

It just doesn't seem fair, Tom

Give me a chance to get even when I get back

- You got it - Make sure they're cold

Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go!

He's got $20! Come on!

Here we go! Here we go!

All right!

- All right - Jesus!

- Take it away, my friend - Yep

You're getting better at this, man

Want to go one more time?

- One more time - I got 4

I got 3 Spot me

Spot me on this one Spot me!

- I'm not spotting you - Come on, you guys!

Four bucks!

- You shut up! - Come on, let's go! Let's go!

One or a two One or a two

One or a two One or a two

Come on! Pow!

A game of chances

It's getting worse and worse, man

I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what

take that away

Take it Here, it's yours

It's great to get away, isn't it,

take some time off?

Next week, I'll be back to work

You already went back to work

What?

I watched you, working the tat on those sailor boys

Working the what?

Oh, come on, Roy, the tat,

what you do for a living

I'm a salesman

You're on the grift, same as me

Myra, I'm not following this

Roy, you're a short-con operator

and a good one, I think

Don't talk to me like I'm another square

You talk the lingo What's your pitch?

The long end, big con

Nobody does that single "o"

I was teamed 10 years with the best in the business,

Cole Langley

I've heard the name

It was beautiful

and getting better all the time

Is that right?

It is, Roy It's where you should be

What do you bring in, $300, $400 a week?

We used money like that for tips

Wow

And now, right now,

it's the perfect time,

the best time since I been in the game

All over the Southwest, you got these businessmen

They were making money

when everybody was making money

They think that means they're smart

And now they're hurting

When the price of oil fell, so did they

They still got money, but they need more money

Good morning You may head right in

When the oil money was good,

they put up all these office buildings

Now they're half empty

Good morning

They'll give you anything to move in,

first two months free, redecoration,

whatever you want

They help you set up the store

I'm the roper

I go out and find them and bring'em in

Morning, gentlemen

Gloucester Hebbing,

may I present my fine stockbroker, Henry Fellowes?

Gloucester

What we have here today, Mary Beth,

is strictly between

Oh, I told Mr Hebbing all about it,

how brilliant you are at making money

for your special clients

Well, I certainly hope that you're not

spreading the news a little too widely Are you?

Well, of course not,

but I'd trust Mr Hebbing with anything

wouldn't I, darling?

Well, I guess I'll just have to take your word for that

won't I?

Here's the money

Goody!

Please, let me help you

Once they saw that money,

they were hooked,

and I made sure they saw it

Well, isn't that just beautiful?

Then all Cole had to do was tell the story

Gloucester

We are talking about breaking the law here

I just want to make sure you understand that

No one is gonna get hurt,

but the law is going to be broken

Laws are made to be broken, aren't they?

Loose talk is the thing I worry most about

I can keep my mouth shut

Gloucester, come on over here and sit down

Now

Tokyo exchange is nine hours behind us

The New York exchange is one hour ahead of us

There is never one hour

in which both exchanges are open

Information moves, but it has to wait

Now, I have a fellow working for me

Do you know what a hacker is, uh?

Yeah, sure, that's, like, a computer expert or genius

Very good, and what this boy's been able to do

is tap into that main link between Tokyo and New York,

and when we really need it,

he's been able to give us a 7-second delay

in the transfer of that information

Do you know what that means?

Well, I can see that you get your information ahead of New York

Every once in a while, a major change happens,

and we have a 7-second advantage

to put a buy order, a sell order

into that computer in New York

just before that data from Tokyo

comes pulling in right behind it

Not much time

No, we have to be ready, we have to have the money,

we have to know what that information means,

and we have to be able to move like greased lightning,

but, boy, when it works, it is beautiful!

Seven seconds, huh?

I don't see how you can do it

Machines!

Machines, Gloucester!

I have got a whole room full of machines back here

You want to see'em? Come here

Oh, Henry, no

Come on, take a look!

I got a whole suite

full of mainframe computers back here!

We're not really interested, Henry

Oh, they are so beautiful

No, Henry!

Oh, you've got a minute Come on, Gloucester

Listen to'em hum

Henry, don't try Mr Hebbing's patience

You sure?

Wellokay, then

Cole liked to take risks, huh?

He didn't think they were risks

He was so good, Roy,

he could just play with a mark

He was so crooked,

he could eat soup with a corkscrew

And when he got serious?

He'd explain that he had to have cash

so there wouldn't be any paper trail for the SEC,

and a lot of cash or it wasn't worthwhile

The least we ever took was $40, 000,

and the most was $185, 000 from one sucker

I thought these people were broke

No, no, Roy, just cash poor

They had savings accounts, stocks to sell

Houses to mortgage, sell their wife's jewelry

Oh, they had plenty of money

when they put their minds to it

or when I put their minds to it

And a month later, the sucker calls the cops,

and you're on the run

No, no

He never calls the cops,

not after we give him the blow off

This is it

The money

Whoo, I think you're gonna be pleased

Hoo, yeah!

Come on, let me have one! Let me have one!

FBI everybody hold what you got!

No, I don't have anything to do with this!

The evidence is right here!

- It's you, isn't it? You - No, I swear to God!

You and your goddamn big mouth?!

Pipe down! Hey! Hold it!

Let me go! No! No!

Ugh!

You don't move! Get back there!

You don't nobody moves!

Stay there Oh, God

- Come on with me now! - No!

- Nobody move! Nobody! - No!

Come on, get him! Let's go! Go, go, go!

Ugh! Ugh!

They never came back

Do ya, do ya love me

Even though I make you cry?

And can you feel the heartbeat?

The breaking heart in every sigh?

Do ya, do ya need me?

Always one to let you down

Can you feel the rhythm?

The beat of your heart makes me pound

We were rolling in dough, lived wherever we wanted

Only pulled two or three scams a year

It was great Great

Great

What happened to Cole?

He retired

Retired?

Where?

Upstate

Upstate where?

Atascadero

It's all hollow

Ha Aaaaaah

- No, baby Not again - It's all hollow I can't move

It's all hollow

- I can't move - Cole?

All hollow It's all holl

I can't move I can't move I can't move

- I can't move I can't move - It'll be all right, honey

It's just the stress again

- We'll take a vacation - I can't move I can't move

- Cole - I can't move

Cole, you scare me when this happens

- Please - I can't move

No! You demon! Demon!!

- Oh, Cole, please! Please! - Ahhhhh!

That's where they keep the criminally insane, isn't it?

He retired, and that's it

But I didn't

I'm still the best long-con roper you'll ever see

I bet you are, too

And now you're trying to rope me

Join up with you

All right Here we go

Strike three

Oh! A beautiful woman like you

You shouldn't eat alone

Go away

What do you want to eat alone for?

Could I have some more coffee, please?

Coming up

All right We could have coffee together

Uh My name's Kenny

Your pal wants you

Let him find his own pretty woman

This fellow bothering you, Miss?

Yes

Why don't you go back there and just go sit down?

I'll sit here

Oh!

Oh-ho!

Oh Now you've done it

You all right?

You didn't need to do that

I thought I did

You should take better care of your friend

- Get out of here - Okay

I'm sorry a lady can't eat in here without being bothered

It'll never happen again, Miss

See ya later

Why do we have to have separate rooms?

Do you expect your father to come through?

Separate bathrooms, darling

I will not lay out all my cosmetics

for you to knock over

Things a man isn't supposed to know

Well, you don't mind really, do you, Roy?

It's been such a wonderful evening

I guess I just wore myself out

Sure

I'm pretty tired myself

Forget the long con

'Cause I'm the one who's being conned

Screw this noise

Yeah

Open your door

What for?

Gangway

I hope you don't mind, sir

I just washed my clothes,

and I couldn't do a thing with them

If you could have seen the look on your face

when when I told you good night

You looked so mm

Mmm

Roy

Can I come in?

Sure

What are you doing in La Jolla?

Me and Myra came down yesterday

We're leaving tonight

If you come out to the track,

don't know me

We won't hit the track

What's that?

4 grand It's for the hospital

Is it enough?

Roy, I don't want your money

I pay my debts

Oh, you do?

Yep

Expecting somebody?

No That was the point

- Where'd you get that? - An accident

Roy, take that money back I don't want it

No

I thought

I was hoping we could play it straight

with one another

I guess not

I guess you won't be getting a straight job either

Not this week

Not ever

It's up to me

I'm strictly short con

It's nothing but small-time stuff

I can walk away from it anytime I want

Where have I heard that before?

Yeah, but I'm in control

Sure You're only 25 years old

Already you can lay down 4 grand

without even turning your head

The grift's like anything else, Roy

You don't stand still

You either go up or down

Usually down sooner or later

Well, I'll let it be a surprise then

You gonna head east from here?

After the meet

Back to Baltimore

It's nice to see you again

You little prick

Okay?

No, I see him Just wait Hold it

That's the guy we're following

Just wait

Ahh

Excuse me

Could I borrow your binoculars?

Thanks

Got a race to the wire

"Telescope" on the outside

Excuse me

That race pays the big one

Winning exacta combination, 9 and 7, returns $11880

$11880 the 9-7 exacta combination

Winning quinella combination, 7 and 9, $54 $54 even

The 7-9 quinella combination

What'd you do with yourself all afternoon?

I went out to the track

What were you doing at the track?

Did you run into my mother?

No How could I? I was in the clubhouse Lilly wouldn't be in the clubhouse, would she?

How did you know that?

Okay I saw her

She didn't see you, in other words?

I saw her out there, and I was curious

You know, she's always so nasty to me

And I know she's knocking me to you every chance she gets

So, I called a friend of mine in Baltimore,

so now I know who she is

You must have some very knowledgeable friends

I'm well-connected, Roy

Cole introduced me to a lot of people

very valuable valuable for us

Running your broker scam, you mean?

What a team we'll make

You won't regret this, Roy

Regret what? I didn't say I was coming aboard

But why not?

I thought it was settled

Nothing was ever settled

Uh-huh

It's your mother talking against me, isn't it?

She's got nothing to do with this

- I make my own decisions - That's not what Lilly thinks

Who cares what she thinks?

I don't care what she thinks

I left home when I was 17

with nothing but stuff I bought and paid for myself,

nothing from Lilly

Darling, guess what?

I had to tell you right away

I called a fellow I know in Tulsa

the the one who plays my chauffeur

He says that there's a sucker there that's made for us

and a broker that just shut down

We can use their office, not change a thing

Now

I can scrape up 10 grand if I try

I got a couple of aces in the hole,

some markers I could call on for something real

That leaves $15,000 or $20,000 for your end

We can start this weekend

Get the sucker into position

Hold it

You're talking some pretty tall figures

What makes you think I got that kind of money?

Well, you must have

Now, you know you do, Roy

Maybe I like it where I am

Well, maybe I don't

I had 10 good years with Cole,

and I want'em back

I gotta have a partner

I looked and I looked, and believe me, brother,

I kissed a lot of fuckin'frogs

And you're my prince

Do I get any say in this?

No Because

That's what I say

What I say is no

We don't do partners

What is it?

What's going on? Why don't you want to team up?

The best reason I can think of

is that you scare the hell out of me

I have seen women like you before, baby

You're double-tough, and you are sharp as a razor

and you get what you want or else,

but you don't make it work forever

Sooner or later, the lightning hits

And I'm not gonna be around when it hits you

My God

It's your mother It's Lilly

What?

Sure it is

That's why you act so funny around each other

What's that?

Oh, don't act so goddamned innocent

You and your own mother?

Ugh!

You like to go back where you've been, huh?

Watch your mouth

Yeah Yeah, I'm wise to you

I should've seen it before, you rotten son of a bitch

How is it, huh? How do you like it?

Ah!

Ow!

Stop Stop Stop

Stop Stop!

That's not like me

I don't do this

That's why we wouldn't work together

You're disgusting

Your mind is so filthy, it's hard to look at you

Goodbye

And you don't even know it

Mama Mama She's the one

And you'll get yours, mama Oh, yes

Yeah?

Lilly, it's Roy

Lilly, I was wondering if, um,

I was wondering if we could just talk

You know, like, have a conversation?

Maybe we've both grown up

Maybe we could just talk

Well, sure, Roy

You want me to drive up?

No

Okay

I'll come there tonight

Fine Come on down

It won't be a home-cooked meal, you know

Well, that's good news

Well, who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?

Don't worry

I'll look after her

Roy?

Lilly, listen, it's Irv

You've always been decent with me

I'm taking a hell of a chance here

Somebody blew you out with Bobo

The car full of money he's

Lilly? Lilly!

Lilly, come on

Lilly!

Bobo knows about all the money in the car,

the money you stole from him

A black and gold Cadillac

Fuck!

- Hi - Hi

Welcome to Phoenix

I'd like a single room for tonight

Everything's the same size, same price

I'm a very light sleeper

Traffic noise keeps me wide awake all night

The trucks I know what you mean

Do you have something around back,

facing away from the road?

I could put you in room 19

Very quiet Faces the desert

Sounds perfect

Could I park my car back there?

Right in front of the room

Somethin'wrong?

Oh I'm sorry

I thought you were the other lady

No, I'm me

I'll give you number 6

very nice room, very handy

In the front, right by the pool

Oh Don't you have something around back,

where it's quieter?

Everybody wants the back tonight

I guess everybody wants privacy

Roy Dillon?

Lieutenant Pierson, Phoenix police

I have a car here

There was a bunch of money

- hidden in your mother's car - Yeah?

A lot of money

- Would you know anything about that? - No

I realize this is a shock

Mostly, I don't believe it

Well, that's natural

No I mean, I don't believe it

I know my mother

Lilly is not a suicide

Nothing would make her check out

I'm sorry It was her, all right

It was her gun even

Her gun?

Mm-hmm

There is one thing I have to caution you

Normally we don't do a next-of-kin I D,

unless there's no other choice

In this case, there's no fingerprints on file

The dental records don't help

because of the location of the wound

She ate the gun

I'm sorry

This is going to be a shock

Not many laughs in this room, huh?

Not many

Remove that

We'll want a full identification

Jesus

No question, huh?

No

Well

that's that then

Yeahthat's that

Ohh

Mom

The last modern thing I liked was the miniskirt

Your technology now nobody understands it

That's the simple fact of the situation

Good evening, Miss, uh, Langtry

Hello, Lilly

Oh Roy

You scared me

You going somewhere?

Somewhere else, that's for sure

I just came back from Phoenix

Oh, yeah? Is the frame holding?

It looks very solid, Lilly

Take a minute Tell me about it

I've really got to go

You're dead, Lilly It worked

Yeah, but not for long

Cops may buy it,

- but Bobo will spend money to make sure - Even so

Relax a minute Sit down

Just for a minute

Put that down

Myra followed you, huh?

Yeah

I guess she must have been the one

that blew me off with Bobo,

to get me running

Did you tell her about my stash?

No

That's what she was after, though

What happened in Phoenix?

Oh, Roy

It was terrible

You read about people killing people and all that

But when it happens my God

She was in her nightgown, you know

The old grifter's Dodge

nightgown and the ice bucket,

and she just got in the wrong room by mistake

Ah!

Ah!

I sat in there with her

I thought, "What do I do now?"

Run, I've got Bobo and the law after me

Stay, how do I explain?

This was perfect

It is, isn't it?

I've wanted out of the rackets for years

And now I'm out

I can make a clean break

You've already made a break

I don't know how clean it is

I'm sorry, Roy

I hated to take your money

You're not taking it

Roy! I need this money!

I can't run without money!

And if I can't run, I'm dead!

- You must have some money - Just a few bucks

Myra's stuff?

Her credit cards

How far am I gonna get with that?

Far enough

San Francisco, St Louis, someplace new start over

At what?

You're smart, you're good-Iooking

You won't have any trouble finding a job

A job? I've never had a legit job in my life

Well, you're gonna start if you want to live through this

You're gonna get a square job,

and you're gonna lead a quiet life

You start showing up at the tracks or any of the hot spots,

Bobo's boys are gonna be all over you

Roy, don't tell me what to do with myself

- It's a big world out there - Not anymore

Lilly, listen to me It's good advice

- I'm following it myself - What?

You want me out of the rackets,

you want me off the grift, I think I'm gonna get out

Roy, that's fine, but I don't have time for this!

- Bobo's after my ass - I thought you'd be happy for me!

After all, you're the one who's telling me what to do all my goddamn life!

Bobo's not after you! Bobo's after me, and he's goddamn good,

- but so am I - What makes you think

- I'm a survivor, Roy I survive - I'm gonna let you get out of here

- And to survive my way, I need money - with my goddamn money?

And that leaves this

No

Want a drink?

No You probably shouldn't have one either

No, but I'm goddamn thirsty

Ice water?

Sure That sounds nice

I'll get it

Take whichever one you want

You wouldn't do that

You don't know what I'd do

You have no idea

To live

You'll live, Lilly

I know what's bugging you, of course

Oh, I didn't know anything was

I wasn't a very good mother to you when you were a kid

It was pretty lousy of me, I guess

to be a child at the same time you were

Oh, for God's sake, Lilly

I gave you your life twice

I'm asking you to give me mine once

I need the money, Roy

No

So, you're getting off the grift, huh?

I might

That's good

You don't really belong

on this side of the fence, you know?

I don't?

If you stayed a crook,

you think you'd live to be my ripe age?

Well, I don't see why not

Hmm

I guess I got it wrong, then

Seems to me I heard about a guy just your age

who got hit so hard in the guts

it almost killed him

Well

Oh, that's different That doesn't count

It doesn't really matter, does it, if I'm getting out?

You're getting out?

You're on the level?

You don't need the money!

So why the hell can't I take it?!

Lilly, my money wouldn't last forever

And then what?

You'd be stuck in some other part of the rackets

with another Bobo Justus to slap you around

and burn holes in your hand

If you can't change your life now

while you're still relatively young,

how could you do it when you were, say, crowning 50?

This way, you gotta go the square route

Send me a card when you get settled

I could maybe help you out sometime

Roy

What if I told you that I wasn't really your mother?

That we weren't related?

What?

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Sure, you would

You don't have to tell me

Now, why would you like that, Roy?

What are you talking about?

Of course you're my mother Of course you are

Roy

Roy

There's nothing more to talk about

I want that money, Roy

I need it

Now, what do I have to do to get it?

You mean you won't give it to me, Roy?

Will you

or won't you?

What can I do to get it?

Is there nothing I can do?

Lilly, Jesus, what are you doing?

Nothing at all Nothing at all

Uhhhhh!

Uuuuhhh!

No, no, no, no

No, no