1. Yes, sir.Copy !req
2. I got a little grease
in this lining.Copy !req
3. It'll take a half-hour
to check it.Copy !req
4. You want me to
fill her up, too?Copy !req
5. You better check the oil, too.Copy !req
6. Yes, sir.Copy !req
7. You boys just passing through?Copy !req
8. Yeah.Copy !req
9. Pittsburgh? Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
10. Coming in or going out?Copy !req
11. Going in, to a sales
Convention tomorrow.Copy !req
12. What do you guys sell?Copy !req
13. Drugger supplies. He is
going to get an award.Copy !req
14. He sold $17,000
worth last month.Copy !req
15. Fastest boy in the territory.Copy !req
16. Yeah. Fastest
and the "bestest."Copy !req
17. Another round, one for
him and yourself.Copy !req
18. Thanks.Copy !req
19. Sure is a hot day for driving.Copy !req
20. Late afternoon is better.
You have plenty of time.Copy !req
21. You can make Pittsburgh
in two or three hours.Copy !req
22. He's right.Copy !req
23. What do you say, Charlie?Copy !req
24. Play a little pool?
Wait out the heat?Copy !req
25. It'll cost you money.
Always does.Copy !req
26. Come on, stop stalling.
Grab yourself a cue.Copy !req
27. Good thing he can afford it.Copy !req
28. Keep them coming. J.T.S. Brown.Copy !req
29. Hmm?Copy !req
30. You miss again, you lose again.Copy !req
31. What is the kid
in hock for so far?Copy !req
32. About $60, $70.Copy !req
33. Next game, $10.Copy !req
34. Nice looking boy, clean-cut.Copy !req
35. It's too bad he can't
hold his liquor.Copy !req
36. I made it, boy!
I finally made it!Copy !req
37. Come on, pay up,
Þay Up, Sucker!Copy !req
38. You ought to shoot
craps with that luck!Copy !req
39. What do you mean, luck?Copy !req
40. You know what I mean.Copy !req
41. You couldn't make that shot
again in a million years.Copy !req
42. I couldn't? Okay, set them
up the way they were before.Copy !req
43. Why?Copy !req
44. Set them up the way
they were before.Copy !req
45. I'll bet you $20 that I make
that shot the same way again.Copy !req
46. Nobody can make that shot,
not even a lucky lush.Copy !req
47. How is that?Copy !req
48. Is that the way
they were before?Copy !req
49. Yeah, that's it.Copy !req
50. Come on, put it up.Copy !req
51. Set them up again.Copy !req
52. Come on, set them up again.Copy !req
53. You're drunk, boy. I'm
not betting you anymore.Copy !req
54. What do you mean?Copy !req
55. Lefsleave.Copy !req
56. We have to be at that
Convention in the morning.Copy !req
57. Up the flagpole
with the Convention!Copy !req
58. Come on, I got my
money on the table.Copy !req
59. I don't want it.Copy !req
60. I'll try you.Copy !req
61. Don't be a chump. Don't bet any
more money on that damn fool shot!Copy !req
62. Well, now, well...Copy !req
63. You figure I'm a little
drunk, I'm loaded on hemp,Copy !req
64. and you just want
in real friendlyCopy !req
65. while the money's
still floating?Copy !req
66. Okay.Copy !req
67. Go ahead. Set them up.Copy !req
68. You want some easy money? Here's $105.
One week's Commission.Copy !req
69. You want to take
the whole thing?Copy !req
70. Then you get a crack
at your easy money.Copy !req
71. I'll take a piece
of that action.Copy !req
72. Me, too.Copy !req
73. No, I want him!Copy !req
74. I'll take it out of the till.Copy !req
75. I'll meet you
in the car, chump!Copy !req
76. Morning, Henry.Copy !req
77. Quiet.Copy !req
78. Yeah, like a church.Copy !req
79. The Church of the Good Hustler.Copy !req
80. It looks like a morgue to me.Copy !req
81. Those tables are the slabs
they lay the stiffs on.Copy !req
82. I'll be alive when I get out.Copy !req
83. Any table?Copy !req
84. Any table.Copy !req
85. No bar?Copy !req
86. No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling
alleys, just pool. Nothing else.Copy !req
87. This is Ames, mister.Copy !req
88. "This is Ames, mister."Copy !req
89. Nice, clean pocket-drop.Copy !req
90. How much am I going
to win tonight?Copy !req
91. $10,000. I'm going to win
$10,000 in one night.Copy !req
92. Who's going to beat me?Copy !req
93. Come on, Charlie.
Who's going to beat me?Copy !req
94. Okay, nobody can beat you.Copy !req
95. $10,000!Copy !req
96. What other poolroom is there where a
guy can win $10,000 in one night?Copy !req
97. I can remember hustling an
old man for a dime a game.Copy !req
98. We got company.Copy !req
99. Are you looking for action?Copy !req
100. Maybe. Want to play?Copy !req
101. No, heH, no.Copy !req
102. Are you Eddie Felson?Copy !req
103. Who's he?Copy !req
104. What's your game?
What do you shoot?Copy !req
105. You name it, we shoot it.Copy !req
106. Fnend, I'm not trying to hustle.Copy !req
107. I never hustle people that
bring in leather satchels.Copy !req
108. Don't hustle me.Copy !req
109. I'm Eddie Felson.
I shoot straight pool.Copy !req
110. Got any straight
pool shooters here?Copy !req
111. What straight pool
game do you like?Copy !req
112. The expensive kind.Copy !req
113. You came to play pool
with Minnesota Fats?Copy !req
114. That's right.Copy !req
115. Want some free advice?Copy !req
116. How much will it cost?Copy !req
117. Who are you, his manager,
friend, his stooge?Copy !req
118. He's my partner.Copy !req
119. Well-heeled partner?Copy !req
120. We got enough.Copy !req
121. Take the boy home. Fats
doesn't need your money.Copy !req
122. You can't beat him.Copy !req
123. No one's beaten him
in 15 years.Copy !req
124. He's the best in the country.Copy !req
125. You got that wrong,
mister. I am.Copy !req
126. Okay, I told you
about Minnesota Fats.Copy !req
127. You just go ahead
and play him, friend.Copy !req
128. Tell me where I can
find him, friend.Copy !req
129. He comes in this poolroom every
night at 8:00 on the nose.Copy !req
130. Stay here, he'll find you.Copy !req
131. You shoot a good stick.Copy !req
132. Thank you.Copy !req
133. Do you shoot straight
pool, mister?Copy !req
134. Now and then,
you know how it is.Copy !req
135. You're Minnesota Fats,
aren't you?Copy !req
136. They say you're the best in the
country, where I come from.Copy !req
137. Is that a fact?Copy !req
138. Yes, sir, boy.Copy !req
139. They say that old Fats shoots
the eyes off them balls.Copy !req
140. Where are you from?Copy !req
141. California. Oakland.Copy !req
142. California. Is your name Felson?
Eddie Felson?Copy !req
143. That's right.Copy !req
144. I hear you've been
looking for me.Copy !req
145. Yeah, that's right, too.Copy !req
146. Big John, do you think
this boy is a hustler?Copy !req
147. Do you like to gamble?
Gamble money on pool games?Copy !req
148. Let's shoot a game
of straight pool.Copy !req
149. $100?Copy !req
150. You shoot big time pool. Everyone
says you shoot big time pool.Copy !req
151. Let's make it $200 a game.Copy !req
152. Now I know why they call you "Fast
Eddie." You talk my kind of talk.Copy !req
153. Sausage, rack them up!Copy !req
154. How do you feel?Copy !req
155. Fast and loose, man.Copy !req
156. In the gut, I mean?Copy !req
157. Tight but good.Copy !req
158. Willie, hang on to that.Copy !req
159. You break.Copy !req
160. I didn't leave you much.Copy !req
161. You left enough.Copy !req
162. Six in the corner.Copy !req
163. Fifteen, in the corner.Copy !req
164. Ace, in the side.Copy !req
165. Eight.Copy !req
166. Ten.Copy !req
167. Eleven.Copy !req
168. He is great! That old fat man.Copy !req
169. Look how he moves.
Like a dancer!Copy !req
170. Twelve, cross-eyed.Copy !req
171. And those fingers,
them chubby fingers,Copy !req
172. and that stroke,Copy !req
173. like he's playing a violin.Copy !req
174. Five ball.Copy !req
175. Three ball.Copy !req
176. Four long.Copy !req
177. Cross corner.Copy !req
178. Nice shot.Copy !req
179. Safe.Copy !req
180. Safe.Copy !req
181. Seven ball in the corner.Copy !req
182. Six in the corner.Copy !req
183. One twenty-five, game.Copy !req
184. Thirteen.Copy !req
185. Five.Copy !req
186. Ten.Copy !req
187. Game!Copy !req
188. Two in the corner.Copy !req
189. Thirteen.Copy !req
190. One twenty-five, game.Copy !req
191. Ace in the corner.Copy !req
192. Three ball.Copy !req
193. Quit. He's too good.Copy !req
194. I'm going to take him!Copy !req
195. Your shot.Copy !req
196. You miss?Copy !req
197. You don't leave much
when you miss, do you?Copy !req
198. That's what the game's
all about.Copy !req
199. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
200. Two ball, side pocket.Copy !req
201. Very good shot.Copy !req
202. I have a hunch, Fat Man,
it's me from here on in.Copy !req
203. One ball, corner pocket.Copy !req
204. Did that ever happen to you? Suddenly
you feel like you can't miss?Copy !req
205. I've dreamed about
this game, Fat Man,Copy !req
206. every night on the road.Copy !req
207. Five ball.Copy !req
208. This is my table,
man, I own it!Copy !req
209. Fifteen ball.Copy !req
210. Seven ball.Copy !req
211. Four ball.Copy !req
212. Game!Copy !req
213. Eleven ball.Copy !req
214. Rack them!Copy !req
215. Ten ball in the corner.Copy !req
216. One ball in
the corner pocket.Copy !req
217. Game!Copy !req
218. Pay the man again, Fats.Copy !req
219. How much are we ahead?Copy !req
220. Approximately $1,000.Copy !req
221. Fats, let's shoot
for $1,000 a game.Copy !req
222. Preach!Copy !req
223. Get me some White Tavern
whiskey, a glass and some ice.Copy !req
224. Preacher, get me some bourbon.Copy !req
225. J.T.S. Brown, no ice, no glass.Copy !req
226. Get it at Johnny's.Copy !req
227. You got a bet.Copy !req
228. Cash me in.Copy !req
229. Two in the corner.Copy !req
230. Seven.Copy !req
231. Ace in the corner.Copy !req
232. Two ball, side pocket.Copy !req
233. One twenty-five, game.Copy !req
234. Ten ball.Copy !req
235. Will you cut that sunshine out?Copy !req
236. Hey, mister.Copy !req
237. The name's Gordon, Bert Gordon.Copy !req
238. Mister!Copy !req
239. You've been sitting
in that spot for hours.Copy !req
240. Would you move? It bothers me.Copy !req
241. Five ball.Copy !req
242. That's game.Copy !req
243. How much we got?Copy !req
244. We have $11,400 cash,
in my pocket.Copy !req
245. Preacher, get me some breakfast.
An egg sandwich and coffee.Copy !req
246. You want something, Charlie?Copy !req
247. Wait. You're coming with
me to eat at the hotel.Copy !req
248. The pool game is over.Copy !req
249. No, it isn't, Charlie. The game
is over when Fats says so.Copy !req
250. You wanted
$10,000, you got it.Copy !req
251. Get with it, will you, Charlie?Copy !req
252. Get with what?Copy !req
253. You can't see it,
can you, Charlie?Copy !req
254. You never have.
I came after him.Copy !req
255. And I'm going to get him.Copy !req
256. I'm going with him all the way.Copy !req
257. The game is not over until Fats says so.
Is it over, Fats?Copy !req
258. I'll beat him, mister. I beat him all
night and I'll beat him all day.Copy !req
259. I'm the best
you've ever seen, Fats.Copy !req
260. Even if you beat me
I'm still the best.Copy !req
261. Stay with this kid.
He's a loser.Copy !req
262. What did he say?Copy !req
263. Twenty-five hours.Copy !req
264. For twenty-five hours you've
been playing straight.Copy !req
265. Get me a drink,
will you?Copy !req
266. You don't need a drink.Copy !req
267. Shut up!Copy !req
268. Just get me a drink!Copy !req
269. $18,000, Eddie!
We're ahead $18,000!Copy !req
270. I thought this game was
over when Fats said it was.Copy !req
271. No. It's over now.Copy !req
272. Fast Eddie,
let's play some pool.Copy !req
273. Let's go, Eddie.Copy !req
274. You look beautiful, Fats.Copy !req
275. Just like a baby,
all pink and powdered up.Copy !req
276. What are you trying
to do, Eddie?Copy !req
277. You beat him bad.
Want to kill yourself?Copy !req
278. Are you chicken, Charlie?Copy !req
279. Maybe that's it. I'm Chicken.Copy !req
280. Go home. Just leave
me the money.Copy !req
281. Go to hell!Copy !req
282. Give me that money!Copy !req
283. Come on now. Give it to me.
It is mine!Copy !req
284. Here. Be a damn fool!Copy !req
285. You really look
beautiful, Fats.Copy !req
286. I'll break.Copy !req
287. Nine ball.Copy !req
288. Fifteen.Copy !req
289. One twenty-five.Copy !req
290. Eddie.Copy !req
291. Wake up, Eddie.Copy !req
292. We lose again.Copy !req
293. Is this all we have left?Copy !req
294. If that's all you got,
that's all we got left.Copy !req
295. Willie, give me
the stake money.Copy !req
296. I have about $200 here.Copy !req
297. The game is over, Eddie.Copy !req
298. Fats, I got about $200 here.
You can't run out on me.Copy !req
299. Watch me.Copy !req
300. Fats, come on.Copy !req
301. Hey, Fats.Copy !req
302. Eddie.Copy !req
303. I'm sorry, Charlie.Copy !req
304. Give me a towel, will you?Copy !req
305. Are you sure?Copy !req
306. Can I get you something?Copy !req
307. Later.Copy !req
308. A long wait for a bus?Copy !req
309. Yes.Copy !req
310. How long have you been waiting?Copy !req
311. What?Copy !req
312. How long have you been waiting?Copy !req
313. Since 4:00.Copy !req
314. Just a cup of black
coffee, please.Copy !req
315. Ma'am, wait a minute.Copy !req
316. Would you like another cup?Copy !req
317. All right. Thanks.Copy !req
318. What time does the bus leave?Copy !req
319. What bus?Copy !req
320. Your bus.Copy !req
321. 8:00.Copy !req
322. That Wouldn't
give us much time.Copy !req
323. You're right.Copy !req
324. Hello and goodbye.Copy !req
325. Have a nice trip.Copy !req
326. Thanks. I will.Copy !req
327. Give it to me.Copy !req
328. How much do I owe you?Copy !req
329. It was paid for by the lady.Copy !req
330. Give me some bourbon,
J.T.S. Brown.Copy !req
331. Sure.Copy !req
332. Want a chaser? No.Copy !req
333. Did you have a nice trip?Copy !req
334. Fair.Copy !req
335. May I sit down?Copy !req
336. Why not? We already know
each other's secrets.Copy !req
337. Thanks for the breakfast.Copy !req
338. Two ships that
pass in the nightCopy !req
339. should always buy
each other breakfast.Copy !req
340. Can I buy you another drink?Copy !req
341. Another one for me
and the lady.Copy !req
342. Check.Copy !req
343. You look different,Copy !req
344. more relaxed.Copy !req
345. It's the lights and the Scotch.Copy !req
346. How come you didn't
catch your bus?Copy !req
347. I wasn't waiting for a bus.Copy !req
348. Then why go to the station?Copy !req
349. For the same reason you went.Copy !req
350. At that hour, you haven't
got much choice.Copy !req
351. Besides, I only live
three blocks from there.Copy !req
352. Where do you live?Copy !req
353. Around.Copy !req
354. I know where you live.Copy !req
355. In a locker in a bus station.Copy !req
356. What's it like
living in a locker?Copy !req
357. Cramped.Copy !req
358. Do you always drink like this
so early in the morning?Copy !req
359. Do you always ask
so many questions?Copy !req
360. Not always.Copy !req
361. Sometimes I wake up and I can't
sleep, not without a drink.Copy !req
362. The bars don't open until 8:00.Copy !req
363. Mac, over there,
has faith in me.Copy !req
364. When I'm broke he trusts me.Copy !req
365. Don't you trust me, Mac?Copy !req
366. Check.Copy !req
367. When I'm not broke, I usually
have a bottle in my room,Copy !req
368. in which case I sleep
very well indeed.Copy !req
369. You talk kind of funny,
but I like it.Copy !req
370. I used to be an actress.Copy !req
371. What do you do now?Copy !req
372. I'm a college girl,
two days a week.Copy !req
373. Tuesdays and Thursdays
I go to college.Copy !req
374. You don't look
like a college girl.Copy !req
375. I'm the emancipated type,
real emancipated.Copy !req
376. I didn't mean that.
Whatever that means.Copy !req
377. I mean you just don't
look young enough.Copy !req
378. I'm not.Copy !req
379. Then why go to college?Copy !req
380. Got nothing else to do
on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Copy !req
381. What do you do
on the other days?Copy !req
382. I drink.Copy !req
383. No more.Copy !req
384. I'm getting sleepy.
Thank you very much, Mr...Copy !req
385. Eddie, the name is Eddie.Copy !req
386. The name should be Eddie.Copy !req
387. What should my name be?Copy !req
388. I don't know, whatever
you like it to be.Copy !req
389. I like it to be
what it is, Sarah.Copy !req
390. That's a Biblical name. Do you
want to know its meaning?Copy !req
391. I could always get us a bottle.Copy !req
392. No.Copy !req
393. A fifth of Scotch.Copy !req
394. What do you want me to do,
step out in the alley?Copy !req
395. No.Copy !req
396. I'll take you home.Copy !req
397. All right.Copy !req
398. It's all right. I'm
not drunk, I'm lame.Copy !req
399. Why me?Copy !req
400. Please! You're too hungry.Copy !req
401. Take it. It's yours.Copy !req
402. You can have this one for $1.50
a night, or $7 by the week.Copy !req
403. By the night. In advance.Copy !req
404. A bottle of beer.Copy !req
405. Hey, mister, is it
okay if I grab a cue?Copy !req
406. You're Eddie Felson!Copy !req
407. Who is he?Copy !req
408. I saw you play at Ames
the other night.Copy !req
409. I'll play you a game and
keep one hand in my pocket.Copy !req
410. Man, you're way out
of our league.Copy !req
411. What are you stuck for?Copy !req
412. A three. That's enough for me.Copy !req
413. Thanks.Copy !req
414. Can I buy you fellows a drink?Copy !req
415. Okay.Copy !req
416. You know, you shoot good,
but you also shoot lucky.Copy !req
417. Yeah, I shoot lucky.Copy !req
418. Why did you do that?Copy !req
419. I wanted to see what
kind of day it is.Copy !req
420. A day like any other.Copy !req
421. People come. People go.Copy !req
422. Give me a drag.Copy !req
423. What time is it?Copy !req
424. 11:00.Copy !req
425. I'll be back later.Copy !req
426. Why?Copy !req
427. Come here.Copy !req
428. You need a shave. You mustn't
go looking like that.Copy !req
429. There's a razor and shaving
cream in the bathroom,Copy !req
430. compliments of the house.Copy !req
431. Why did you say that, Sarah?Copy !req
432. How do you know
my name was Sarah?Copy !req
433. You told me.Copy !req
434. I lie. When I'm drunk I lie.Copy !req
435. So what's your name today?Copy !req
436. It's Sarah.Copy !req
437. Eddie,Copy !req
438. I've got troubles and I think
maybe you've got troubles.Copy !req
439. Maybe we should
leave each other alone.Copy !req
440. My things are at the hotel. I'll
bring them over later. Come here.Copy !req
441. I'm not sure.Copy !req
442. I don't know.Copy !req
443. What do you want
to know, and why?Copy !req
444. Thank you.Copy !req
445. Where have you been all day?Copy !req
446. At school. It's Thursday.Copy !req
447. Oh, I forgot.Copy !req
448. You were asleep when I left.
I didn't want to wake you.Copy !req
449. Did you go out?Copy !req
450. I went out for
a couple of hours.Copy !req
451. A present.Copy !req
452. You know, I've been living
here for almost three years.Copy !req
453. Now, in three days, it seems
like I know everybody.Copy !req
454. When I pass people
on the street,Copy !req
455. I want to stop them and say,
"Listen, I've got a fellow!"Copy !req
456. Thanks.Copy !req
457. Eddie, where do you go
when you go out?Copy !req
458. Museums, art
galleries, Concerts.Copy !req
459. I believe you when you
say you go to school.Copy !req
460. Do you want to go with me?Copy !req
461. Are you kidding?Copy !req
462. See that book?Copy !req
463. I began it when
I first got here,Copy !req
464. I haven't finished
the first chapter.Copy !req
465. Did you read all those books?Copy !req
466. Uh-huh.Copy !req
467. Got it all in your head?Copy !req
468. When I'm sober.Copy !req
469. They get a little mixed
up when I'm drunk.Copy !req
470. UsuaHy they're mixed up.Copy !req
471. Stop talking about yourself
like you're a lush.Copy !req
472. I don't like it.Copy !req
473. You should go to a clinic,
and get some treatment.Copy !req
474. I'm getting treatment
right here.Copy !req
475. I'm hungry-Copy !req
476. Take your choice.Copy !req
477. Igotenough so we won't have to
leave the house till Tuesday.Copy !req
478. What did all this stuff costyou?Copy !req
479. When you got money, youWlpay.Copy !req
480. I want to know,
to keep the score.Copy !req
481. The bills are right here. You
didn't say what you wanted.Copy !req
482. Don't you ever cook anything?Copy !req
483. Eggs. How do you like them?Copy !req
484. Raw.Copy !req
485. Oh!Copy !req
486. I cut my finger.Copy !req
487. I got something in my bag.Copy !req
488. It's not bad.Copy !req
489. Eddie, what's in that case?Copy !req
490. Haven't you opened it?Copy !req
491. No. Why should I? It's yours.Copy !req
492. It's a machine gun.Copy !req
493. A guy told me, in the big city I'd
need a machine gun. So I bought one.Copy !req
494. Where did you get the money
to pay for all this?Copy !req
495. I mean, liquor and the
groceries and the rent.Copy !req
496. From the rich old man
who used to be my lover.Copy !req
497. Hello, Eddie.Copy !req
498. Hello, Charlie.Copy !req
499. Come on in.Copy !req
500. That's my girl.Copy !req
501. Hello, Eddie's girl.Copy !req
502. Ilooked all over for you.Copy !req
503. How did you find me?Copy !req
504. I asked around.Copy !req
505. Do you want me to go?Copy !req
506. No. Stick around.Copy !req
507. Can we get you a drink?Copy !req
508. I don't want to be no bother.Copy !req
509. Don't play it small. It
don't look good on you.Copy !req
510. How do you want me to play?
I'm broke.Copy !req
511. So am I.Copy !req
512. Sit down.Copy !req
513. Would you get us
a couple of drinks?Copy !req
514. You walked out on me.Copy !req
515. No goodbye, no nothing.
Like a thief in the dark.Copy !req
516. We were partners,
more than partners.Copy !req
517. He was like a...Copy !req
518. A son.Copy !req
519. Yes, like a son.Copy !req
520. I've known him since he was 16.Copy !req
521. The first time I saw him
in Oakland, I said,Copy !req
522. "This is a talented boy.
This is a smart boy."Copy !req
523. Talk to me.Copy !req
524. I want you to come back
on the road with me.Copy !req
525. I have no stomach for that
kind of life anymore.Copy !req
526. What is your life like here?Copy !req
527. Playing the small rooms,
winning a few bucks a day.Copy !req
528. I'll connect.
I'll get your money back.Copy !req
529. Do you intend to play Fats again at Ames?
Is that what's on your mind?Copy !req
530. Never been out of it. I'm
going to beat that fat manCopy !req
531. with that curly hair and those
diamond rings and that carnation.Copy !req
532. This boy is crazy!Copy !req
533. They wiped the floor with him
and he wants to go back.Copy !req
534. What for? Another beating?Copy !req
535. You'll get your money back!Copy !req
536. He thinks I care
about the money.Copy !req
537. I care about you.Copy !req
538. Do you care about me, Eddie?Copy !req
539. We were together a long
time, night and day.Copy !req
540. So how do you say goodbye?Copy !req
541. You give me the car and $100.Copy !req
542. Do you think I care about the
dough or the car? I care about you.Copy !req
543. This boy is the greatest
pool hustler you ever saw.Copy !req
544. A high-class con man. He can
charm anybody into anything.Copy !req
545. Did he tell you how well
we did on the road?Copy !req
546. We had everything.Copy !req
547. We ate well, we slept late,Copy !req
548. we had money to burn. Whiskey, dames...
Excuse me.Copy !req
549. I tell you what,
take her along.Copy !req
550. And if you don't want to start right
away, we won't start right away.Copy !req
551. We'll drive to Miami. Get
it all out of your system.Copy !req
552. Have a few laughs,
a few weeks in the sun.Copy !req
553. With what?Copy !req
554. Don't worry,
I'll raise the money.Copy !req
555. Yeah? Where?Copy !req
556. What's the difference?
I'll raise it.Copy !req
557. Could I have another drink?Copy !req
558. Did you hold out
on me, Charlie?Copy !req
559. How much?Copy !req
560. How much?Copy !req
561. My 25%. Approximately $1,500.Copy !req
562. You crumb! With that much
I could have beat him!Copy !req
563. That's all I needed.Copy !req
564. Give me the money!Copy !req
565. What for, to play Fats again?Copy !req
566. Yes, I'll play Fats again!Copy !req
567. If you want to come back on
the road, the money is yours,Copy !req
568. but not if you want
to give it to Fats.Copy !req
569. What do you say?Copy !req
570. You still don't see,
do you, Charlie?Copy !req
571. You're nothing but
a small-time Charlie.Copy !req
572. You would love to keep me
hustling, Wouldn't you?Copy !req
573. In a couple more years, with me
playing in those little towns,Copy !req
574. you might be able to buy
a poolroom in Oakland,Copy !req
575. six tables and a
handbook on the side.Copy !req
576. Is that when you
say goodbye to me?Copy !req
577. Is that what you think?Copy !req
578. Yeah. That's what I think.Copy !req
579. All right, that's what I want,Copy !req
580. a poolroom and a little
handbook on the side.Copy !req
581. I'm getting old.Copy !req
582. Lay down and die by yourself.
Don't take me with you.Copy !req
583. Just like that.Copy !req
584. Yes, just like that!Copy !req
585. Thanks for the drink,
Eddie's girl.Copy !req
586. Give me another drink.Copy !req
587. BOY-Copy !req
588. Everybody wants a piece of me!Copy !req
589. Won't you have one?Copy !req
590. What did he have to come
back here for, anyway?Copy !req
591. Come here.Copy !req
592. Come here.Copy !req
593. Are you going out?Copy !req
594. For a little while.Copy !req
595. Are you okay?Copy !req
596. What are you writing?Copy !req
597. It's a story.
A story I'm making up.Copy !req
598. Give it to me.Copy !req
599. What is this supposed to mean?Copy !req
600. Give it back to me!Copy !req
601. What does this mean?Copy !req
602. "We have a Contract
of depravity."Copy !req
603. "All we have to do
is draw the blinds."Copy !req
604. Write yourself another story!Copy !req
605. Well, what else have we got?Copy !req
606. We never talk about anything.Copy !req
607. We stay here in this room and
we drink and we make love.Copy !req
608. We're strangers!Copy !req
609. What happens when the liquor
and money run out, Eddie?Copy !req
610. You told Charlie
to lay down and die.Copy !req
611. Will you say that to me, too?Copy !req
612. What happens, Eddie?Copy !req
613. You find another
rich old lover.Copy !req
614. That's right. And I'm
sure you'll help me!Copy !req
615. Are you waiting for me to cry?Copy !req
616. You bum!Copy !req
617. You poolroom bum!Copy !req
618. Give me a bottle of beer.Copy !req
619. Right.Copy !req
620. How did you make out?Copy !req
621. I made a few bucks.Copy !req
622. Poker game?Copy !req
623. Yeah.Copy !req
624. Is it open?Copy !req
625. It's open.Copy !req
626. What will you have?Copy !req
627. Give me a beer.Copy !req
628. Okay? Sit down.Copy !req
629. What's the limit?Copy !req
630. Half and a dollar.Copy !req
631. Give me $10 worth of chips.Copy !req
632. $10.Copy !req
633. Make it $20.Copy !req
634. $20.Copy !req
635. Cut.Copy !req
636. Deal.Copy !req
637. Bourbon. J.T.S. Brown.Copy !req
638. Two.Copy !req
639. I'm buying.Copy !req
640. I thought you only drank milk.Copy !req
641. Only when I work.Copy !req
642. Yeah? Why?Copy !req
643. I like it. It's good for you.Copy !req
644. If you're gambling, whiskey
gives you an excuse for losing.Copy !req
645. You don't need that.Copy !req
646. How did you make out
in the poker game?Copy !req
647. I lost $20.Copy !req
648. Poker's not your game.Copy !req
649. What is?Copy !req
650. Pool.Copy !req
651. Are you being cute?Copy !req
652. No pool player
shoots better poolCopy !req
653. than you shot the
other night at Ames.Copy !req
654. You have talent.Copy !req
655. So I have talent.
So what beat me?Copy !req
656. Character.Copy !req
657. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
658. You're damn right, I'm sure.Copy !req
659. Everybody has talent.
I have talent.Copy !req
660. You think you can play big-money pool
or poker for 40 hours with only talent?Copy !req
661. Is Fats the best in the country
just because he has talent?Copy !req
662. No.Copy !req
663. He has more character in one
finger than you have in your body.Copy !req
664. I got drunk.Copy !req
665. He drank as much
whiskey as you did.Copy !req
666. He knows how to drink.Copy !req
667. You bet he knows how.Copy !req
668. You think that's a talent, too?Copy !req
669. You think Fats was born
knowing how to drink?Copy !req
670. Okay, what do I do now? Lie
down and bow from the ankles?Copy !req
671. What do I do, go home?Copy !req
672. That's your problem.Copy !req
673. Or do I stay?Copy !req
674. Stay until I hustle up
enough to play Fats again.Copy !req
675. Maybe, by that time, I'll have
developed some character.Copy !req
676. Maybe, by that time,
you'll die of old age.Copy !req
677. How much will you need?Copy !req
678. $1,000.Copy !req
679. $3,000, at least.Copy !req
680. He'll start at $500 a game,Copy !req
681. and he'll beat
the pants off you.Copy !req
682. That's the way he plays against a
man who knows the way the game is.Copy !req
683. He'll beat you five times or
more, depending on your nerves.Copy !req
684. He might be scared of you.Copy !req
685. That could change things,
but don't count on it.Copy !req
686. How do you know when
nobody knows that much?Copy !req
687. Did you see that big
car parked outside?Copy !req
688. Well, that's mine.
I like that car.Copy !req
689. I get a new one every year,Copy !req
690. because I know what guys
like you and him will do.Copy !req
691. I made enough off you the other
night to pay for it twice over.Copy !req
692. In that case, you owe
me another drink.Copy !req
693. Eddie?Copy !req
694. May I get personal?Copy !req
695. What have you been so far?Copy !req
696. Eddie, you're a born loser.Copy !req
697. What's that supposed to mean?Copy !req
698. It was the first time I'd ever
seen Fats hooked, really hooked.Copy !req
699. But you let him off.Copy !req
700. I got drunk.Copy !req
701. Sure you did. You have the
best excuse for losing.Copy !req
702. No trouble losing when
you have a good excuse.Copy !req
703. But winning,Copy !req
704. that can be heavy on your
back, too, like a monkey.Copy !req
705. You can drop that load
with an excuse.Copy !req
706. You have to learn to
feel sorry for yourself.Copy !req
707. It's one of the
best indoor sports,Copy !req
708. feeling sorry for yourself,
and enjoyed by all.Copy !req
709. Especially the born losers.Copy !req
710. Thanks for the drink.Copy !req
711. Wait. Maybe I can help you.Copy !req
712. To do what?Copy !req
713. Get the $3,000,
play Fats again.Copy !req
714. Why?Copy !req
715. Ten reasons, maybe fifteen.Copy !req
716. Also there's something
in it for me.Copy !req
717. I figured that. How much?Copy !req
718. 75%.Copy !req
719. For who?Copy !req
720. For me.Copy !req
721. That's a big slice. Who do you
think you are, General Motors?Copy !req
722. How much do you think
you are worth these days?Copy !req
723. I'm supplying
the money and time,Copy !req
724. for that I get 75%
return, if you win.Copy !req
725. You think I can lose?Copy !req
726. That's all I've seen.Copy !req
727. You saw me win $18,000.Copy !req
728. You want to hustle
pool, don't you?Copy !req
729. The game isn't like football.Copy !req
730. Nobody pays you for yardage.Copy !req
731. When you hustle, you
keep score real simple.Copy !req
732. At the end of the game,
you count your moneyCopy !req
733. to find out who is best.Copy !req
734. Why back me, then? Back yourself,
play poker and get rich.Copy !req
735. I am already rich,
but I like action.Copy !req
736. That's one thing you're
good for, acüon.Copy !req
737. Besides, like I say,
you've got talent.Copy !req
738. You already told me that.Copy !req
739. You cut that slice down to
bite-size, and maybe we can talk.Copy !req
740. We don't talk. I don't make bad bets.
It is 75%-25%.Copy !req
741. Kiss off.Copy !req
742. Wait.Copy !req
743. What'Il you do about the money?Copy !req
744. There are places.
I'll scuffle around.Copy !req
745. The word's out on you, Eddie. In the
wrong place, they'll eat you alive.Copy !req
746. When did you adopt me?Copy !req
747. I don't know when it was.Copy !req
748. Hi.Copy !req
749. Hi.Copy !req
750. You lucky punk. I quit you!Copy !req
751. Do you want in, friend?Copy !req
752. How much are you playing for?Copy !req
753. $1 on the five. $2 on the nine.Copy !req
754. I'll play a couple of
games, just for kicks.Copy !req
755. Okay, friend.Copy !req
756. That's it for me.Copy !req
757. That does it for me, too.Copy !req
758. Are you quitting, too?Copy !req
759. You're a pretty good player.Copy !req
760. How much are you ahead?Copy !req
761. A couple of bucks.Copy !req
762. It's just you and me.Copy !req
763. I guess it is, boy.
Just you and me.Copy !req
764. Do you want to raise the bet?Copy !req
765. $2 on the five. $5 on the nine.Copy !req
766. You know, kid, I think
maybe you're a hustler.Copy !req
767. Try me. Shoot.Copy !req
768. Okay.Copy !req
769. You sure you don't
want to quit, friend?Copy !req
770. Let's cut out the small stuff.
$100 freeze-out.Copy !req
771. Ten games at $10 a game,
the winner takes all.Copy !req
772. Then we'll see who quits.Copy !req
773. Okay, friend, you're on.Copy !req
774. Call it.Copy !req
775. Heads.Copy !req
776. You win.Copy !req
777. You better not miss, friend.Copy !req
778. I don't rattle, kid. But just for
that, I'm going to beat you flat!Copy !req
779. That's one.Copy !req
780. That's five.Copy !req
781. That's six.Copy !req
782. That's ten.Copy !req
783. You two-bit punk, come on.
Pay up, $100!Copy !req
784. You quitting, friend?Copy !req
785. Yes, I'm quitting.Copy !req
786. Why, you're a pool shark, boy.
A real pool shark.Copy !req
787. So is he.Copy !req
788. You're better than he was.
Much better.Copy !req
789. There's your money, boy.Copy !req
790. There's your money, boy.Copy !req
791. Pool shark!Copy !req
792. Wait a minute.Copy !req
793. Let's give this boy his money.Copy !req
794. We always pay
what we lose, boy.Copy !req
795. We've got no use for
pool sharks around here!Copy !req
796. Who is it?Copy !req
797. It's me, Eddie.Copy !req
798. What happened?Copy !req
799. I got beat up.Copy !req
800. They broke my thumbs.Copy !req
801. God!Copy !req
802. Sarah, they broke my thumbs.Copy !req
803. Broke my thumbs.Copy !req
804. It's all right.Copy !req
805. I'm here.Copy !req
806. You can read it if you want to.Copy !req
807. Do you want to go out for a while?
To a movie?Copy !req
808. No.Copy !req
809. Do you want a drink?Copy !req
810. No, do you?Copy !req
811. What's it so hot in here for?Copy !req
812. Please!Copy !req
813. Sarah, do you think
I'm a loser?Copy !req
814. A loser?Copy !req
815. Yeah.Copy !req
816. I met this guy, Bert Gordon.
He said I was a born loser.Copy !req
817. Would he know?Copy !req
818. He knows a lot.Copy !req
819. Why did he tell you?Copy !req
820. I'm not sure.Copy !req
821. He said there are people who
always look for an excuse to lose.Copy !req
822. What does this Bert Gordon do?Copy !req
823. He's a gambler.Copy !req
824. Is he a winner?Copy !req
825. He owns things.Copy !req
826. Is that what makes a winner?Copy !req
827. What else does?Copy !req
828. Does it bother you,
what he said?Copy !req
829. Yeah.Copy !req
830. It bothers me a lot.Copy !req
831. Because, you see, twice,
once at Ames with FatsCopy !req
832. and then again at Arthur's...Copy !req
833. That cheap, crummy poolroom.
Why did I do it, Sarah?Copy !req
834. I could have beat that guy cold.
He never would've known.Copy !req
835. I just had to show him.Copy !req
836. I had to show those punks how great
the game can be when it's great.Copy !req
837. You know, anything can
be great, anything.Copy !req
838. Bricklaying can be great
if a guy knows.Copy !req
839. If he knows what
he's doing and why,Copy !req
840. and if he can make it come off.Copy !req
841. Why, when I'm really
going, I feel like a...Copy !req
842. Like a jockey must feel
sitting on his horseCopy !req
843. with all that speed
and power underneath.Copy !req
844. He's coming into the stretch,
the pressure's on and he knows.Copy !req
845. He just feels when to let
it go, and how much.Copy !req
846. He's got everything working for him.
Timing, touch.Copy !req
847. It's a great feeling.Copy !req
848. A real great feeling, when
you're right and you know it.Copy !req
849. Suddenly, there's oil in my arm.
The pool cue is part of me.Copy !req
850. The pool cue has nerves in it.Copy !req
851. It's a piece of wood
with nerves.Copy !req
852. Feel the roll of those balls. You
don't have to look, you just know.Copy !req
853. You make shots that
nobody's ever made before.Copy !req
854. And you play that game the way
nobody's ever played it before.Copy !req
855. You're not a loser,
you're a winner.Copy !req
856. Some men never feel that
way about anything.Copy !req
857. I love you, Eddie.Copy !req
858. Some day, Sarah,
you'll settle down.Copy !req
859. You'll marry
a college professor.Copy !req
860. Write a great book,
maybe about me.Copy !req
861. Fast Eddie Fe/son, Hustler.Copy !req
862. I love you.Copy !req
863. Do you need the words?Copy !req
864. Yes, I need them very much.Copy !req
865. If you ever say them, I'll
never let you take them back.Copy !req
866. You glad?Copy !req
867. Yes, I'm glad.Copy !req
868. Hello, Eddie.Copy !req
869. Hi.Copy !req
870. How's business?Copy !req
871. Slow.Copy !req
872. Something wrong with your hand?Copy !req
873. I had an accident.
A place called Arthur's.Copy !req
874. You seem to do
all right that way.Copy !req
875. Mygame is about 20%
off, maybe more.Copy !req
876. Did somebody step on your hand?Copy !req
877. A big creep broke my thumbs.Copy !req
878. A man named Turk?Copy !req
879. You know everybody, don't you?Copy !req
880. Everybody who can hurt me or help me.
It pays.Copy !req
881. You should give me lessons.Copy !req
882. Sign up.Copy !req
883. Where do I sign?Copy !req
884. The first match I have in mind
is in Louisville, Kentucky.Copy !req
885. Name the place, boss,
I'll be there.Copy !req
886. What happened?Copy !req
887. Like I told you, my thumbs.Copy !req
888. I don't mean the thumbs.
You already told me.Copy !req
889. I've been thinking.
Thinking about what?Copy !req
890. Maybe I'm not such a great
piece of property right now.Copy !req
891. A 25% slice of something big is
better than a 100% slice of nothing.Copy !req
892. Give us a couple of drinks.Copy !req
893. J.T.S. Brown.Copy !req
894. Good evening, sir.Copy !req
895. Evening.Copy !req
896. Give us a nice quiet table.Copy !req
897. Yes, sir, right this way.Copy !req
898. Would you like a drink
before dinner?Copy !req
899. Okay?Copy !req
900. Sherry, very old, very dry.Copy !req
901. Two.Copy !req
902. Sherry?Copy !req
903. It's a nice joint.
You look very pretty.Copy !req
904. I feel pretty.Copy !req
905. What's so funny?Copy !req
906. Your tie.Copy !req
907. I've never seen you
wear one before.Copy !req
908. There's a first time
for everything.Copy !req
909. Yeah, that's great.Copy !req
910. Excuse me.Copy !req
911. To you, Eddie.Copy !req
912. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
913. What is it, Eddie?Copy !req
914. Want another drink?Copy !req
915. What do you want to tell me?Copy !req
916. I'll be leaving town
for a little while.Copy !req
917. For how long?Copy !req
918. I don't know.Copy !req
919. A week, a year?Copy !req
920. More like a week. I'll be back.Copy !req
921. Sure.Copy !req
922. Let's go home.Copy !req
923. Taxi!Copy !req
924. No, I'll Walk.Copy !req
925. Come here.Copy !req
926. Better get some dry things on.Copy !req
927. Don't you want to know
where I'm going?Copy !req
928. No.Copy !req
929. Yes, I want to know what for,Copy !req
930. but I don't want to ask.Copy !req
931. I'm going to Kentucky, to
Louisville with a friend.Copy !req
932. I'm going to try to make some money.
IneeditCopy !req
933. I'll leave early
in the morning.Copy !req
934. Leave now.Copy !req
935. Grow up.Copy !req
936. Why should I?Copy !req
937. I'm going there to play pool
with a guy named Findley.Copy !req
938. I need the action
and I need the money.Copy !req
939. I told you I'd be back.Copy !req
940. If you were returning,Copy !req
941. you Wouldn't have taken me
out or bought this dress.Copy !req
942. You're hustling me. You've
never stopped hustling me.Copy !req
943. No, I've never hustled you, even
when I thought I was, you know it.Copy !req
944. Do you want me to sit and wait?Copy !req
945. Faithful little Sarah. Pull
the shades down and sit.Copy !req
946. When you feel like coming back,
you'll come back and love me.Copy !req
947. And then you'll go away again.Copy !req
948. Is that your idea of love?Copy !req
949. I've got no idea of love.Copy !req
950. Neither one of us
would know what it wasCopy !req
951. if we saw it coming
down the street.Copy !req
952. I'd know it.Copy !req
953. I'd know it.Copy !req
954. For God's sake, what
are you doing to me?Copy !req
955. I love you.Copy !req
956. What's your idea
of love, chains?Copy !req
957. No.Copy !req
958. I made you up, didn't I, Eddie?Copy !req
959. You weren't real.Copy !req
960. I made you up
like everything else.Copy !req
961. There was no car crash, Eddie.Copy !req
962. When I was five I had polio.Copy !req
963. I was never an actress.Copy !req
964. The rich old man is my father.Copy !req
965. He walked out on us
when I was seven.Copy !req
966. He sends a check every monthCopy !req
967. to buy his way out of my life.Copy !req
968. The men I've known,Copy !req
969. after they'd left, I'd say, "They
weren't real, I made them up."Copy !req
970. But you, Eddie, I
wanted you to be real.Copy !req
971. I'm so scared!Copy !req
972. I'm scared.Copy !req
973. Sarah Packard, Bert Gordon.Copy !req
974. How do you do?Copy !req
975. That one of mine
goes in Drawing Room A.Copy !req
976. Thank you.Copy !req
977. I got it.Copy !req
978. You sure you'll be
comfortable, Miss...Copy !req
979. Packard. Sarah Packard.Copy !req
980. It takes me a while
to memorize a name.Copy !req
981. Are you sure you
don't want anything?Copy !req
982. No, I'm fine.Copy !req
983. You ever been to Louisville
for Derby week, Miss Packard?Copy !req
984. I've never been to Louisville.Copy !req
985. Lots of action, lots
of money, class.Copy !req
986. You see the best dressed, most
beautiful women in the world.Copy !req
987. Knock your eyes out.Copy !req
988. Findley is rich.Copy !req
989. His grandfather left him
20% of a tobacco company.Copy !req
990. What, and he hustles pool?Copy !req
991. He's a gentleman,
a gentleman gamblerCopy !req
992. who gets his kicks
playing with hustlers.Copy !req
993. He's got an old Southern
mansion, with a pool table.Copy !req
994. He drinks eight-year-old bourbon,
smokes cork-tipped cigarettes.Copy !req
995. How good is he?Copy !req
996. I don't know.Copy !req
997. I never saw him play. I hear he's great.
I'm ready.Copy !req
998. As soon as
I've finished my coffee.Copy !req
999. You have
great Confidence in me.Copy !req
1000. I don't.Copy !req
1001. I've Confidence in Findley.Copy !req
1002. What's that supposed to mean?Copy !req
1003. It means I'm confident he's a loser.
All the way a loser.Copy !req
1004. You are only about one half
loser, the other half winner.Copy !req
1005. I'm finished. I got it.Copy !req
1006. No. When you play for me,
I pick up all the tabs.Copy !req
1007. Fats knew the game
was in the clutch,Copy !req
1008. so he had to do
something to stop you.Copy !req
1009. He played it smart.Copy !req
1010. I've played that game
in my head, too.Copy !req
1011. Play it again. Learn something.Copy !req
1012. Fats went to the john.Copy !req
1013. He washed his face, cleaned his
fingernails, made his mind a blank,Copy !req
1014. combed his hair, and came
back all ready to go.Copy !req
1015. You were through.Copy !req
1016. You saw how he looked, clean,
ready to start all over again.Copy !req
1017. Hold tight and push hard.Copy !req
1018. Do you know
what you were doing?Copy !req
1019. You were waiting to get beat.Copy !req
1020. You were flattened out
on your butt,Copy !req
1021. swimming in glory and whiskey,Copy !req
1022. probably deciding
how you could lose.Copy !req
1023. What makes you know so much?Copy !req
1024. How do you know
what he was thinking?Copy !req
1025. I know.Copy !req
1026. Been there myself.Copy !req
1027. We've all been there,
haven't we, Miss Packard?Copy !req
1028. Got a match?Copy !req
1029. Doesn't your lighter
work, Mr. Gordon?Copy !req
1030. I forgot all about it.Copy !req
1031. How is your hand?Copy !req
1032. Fine.Copy !req
1033. Good. I'd hate to put
my money on a cripple.Copy !req
1034. Why did you say
a thing like that?Copy !req
1035. I'm sure Mr. Gordon
meant no offense.Copy !req
1036. It was a figure of speech.Copy !req
1037. That's right, Miss Packard.Copy !req
1038. A fact is a fact.Copy !req
1039. She's a smart girl, Eddie.Copy !req
1040. Right this way,
Mr. Gordon.Copy !req
1041. Here you are,
Mr. Gordon, Suite 56.Copy !req
1042. I wired ahead for
two suites adjoining.Copy !req
1043. I don't recall.Copy !req
1044. I do! I want two suites.Copy !req
1045. I'm sorry, we're filled
up, this is Derby week.Copy !req
1046. You're wrong, you
must've gotten my wire.Copy !req
1047. Look through your reservations.Copy !req
1048. I'll see what I can do.Copy !req
1049. Yes, you're right, Mr. Gordon.
I mislaid your wire.Copy !req
1050. Two adjoining suites?Copy !req
1051. That's sweet music in there.Copy !req
1052. You can almost smell the
action and the money.Copy !req
1053. I can feel it right down
in the bottom of my shoes.Copy !req
1054. Eddie!Copy !req
1055. Billy, how are you?Copy !req
1056. I didn't know you were here.Copy !req
1057. Everyone's here. It's like
a hustlers' Convention!Copy !req
1058. West Stone Kid, Johnny Jumbo. Come in,
the guys will be glad to see you.Copy !req
1059. Come on.Copy !req
1060. What room are we in?Copy !req
1061. 57.Copy !req
1062. I'll be up later.Copy !req
1063. Wait, Miss Packard.Copy !req
1064. We're neighbors, now.
Call me Sarah.Copy !req
1065. I want to talk to you.Copy !req
1066. Do we need words?Copy !req
1067. I think so.Copy !req
1068. We could cut each other up, but
that'd be bad for everybody,Copy !req
1069. for me, for you, and
worst of all for Eddie.Copy !req
1070. You know what's good for him.Copy !req
1071. To win.Copy !req
1072. For whom and for what?Copy !req
1073. What makes the world go around?
For money and for glory.Copy !req
1074. Answer my first question.
For whom?Copy !req
1075. Today for me,
tomorrow for himself.Copy !req
1076. There is no tomorrow with you.Copy !req
1077. You own all the tomorrows, because
you buy them today, cheap.Copy !req
1078. Nobody has to sell.Copy !req
1079. You bastard...Copy !req
1080. Miss Ladybird!Copy !req
1081. You're here on a rain
check, and I know it.Copy !req
1082. Hanging on by your nails.Copy !req
1083. You let that glory
whistle blow for EddieCopy !req
1084. and you're a wreck on the track,
a horse that finished last.Copy !req
1085. Don't make trouble, Miss Ladybird.
Live and let live!Copy !req
1086. While you can.Copy !req
1087. I'll make it up to you.Copy !req
1088. H ow?Copy !req
1089. You tell me.Copy !req
1090. Thanks.Copy !req
1091. There
are three late scratchesCopy !req
1092. Rosemary, Stroke of
Luck, and I & R.Copy !req
1093. Where's Bert?Copy !req
1094. He went off somewhere.Copy !req
1095. That old loving horse
paid $22.40!Copy !req
1096. I won $200 from that
jockey last night,Copy !req
1097. and today at the
track I've $540.Copy !req
1098. Here, you hold it. Why?Copy !req
1099. Just for luck.Copy !req
1100. Findley's here. Where?Copy !req
1101. Over there by the bar.Copy !req
1102. Aren't you going
to talk to him?Copy !req
1103. Sit tight. He'll be over here.Copy !req
1104. You ready for another?Copy !req
1105. Thank you.Copy !req
1106. No more for me.Copy !req
1107. Hello. I haven't seen
you in a long time.Copy !req
1108. I haven't been here
for a long time.Copy !req
1109. Miss Packard, Eddie Felson.
James...Copy !req
1110. Findley.Copy !req
1111. Glad to meet you.Copy !req
1112. And I, you.Copy !req
1113. I think I've heard
about you, Mr. Felson.Copy !req
1114. You play pocket
billiards, don't you?Copy !req
1115. Now and then. Why? Do you?Copy !req
1116. A little, but I'm afraid
I generally lose.Copy !req
1117. So does Eddie.Copy !req
1118. I win sometimes.Copy !req
1119. I bet you do, Mr. Felson.
I just bet you do.Copy !req
1120. How much?Copy !req
1121. Ben?Copy !req
1122. I believe Mr. Felson
is making a proposition.Copy !req
1123. Could be.Copy !req
1124. Well, Mr. Felson,Copy !req
1125. maybe you'd like to come
to my place sometime.Copy !req
1126. We can play billiards.Copy !req
1127. When?Copy !req
1128. You're very direct.Copy !req
1129. That's right. When?Copy !req
1130. Tonight?Copy !req
1131. What time?Copy !req
1132. I'm having some people for
drinks right after the races.Copy !req
1133. Why don't you all come? Then
about 10:00 we can play.Copy !req
1134. We'll be there. Good.Copy !req
1135. Good.Copy !req
1136. If you don't mind, I think
I will stay at the hotel.Copy !req
1137. What's the matter?Copy !req
1138. I'm tired.Copy !req
1139. Come on, it'll be a lot of laughs.
Findley's parties are famous.Copy !req
1140. He invites everybody from high
society to every tramp in town.Copy !req
1141. Another way he gets his kicks.Copy !req
1142. It excites him to be
around the criminal type.Copy !req
1143. Some men are like that.Copy !req
1144. Some women, too.Copy !req
1145. What's the matter?Copy !req
1146. It's all right.
She drank too much.Copy !req
1147. Let her sleep it off.Copy !req
1148. Cut it out!Copy !req
1149. Do what he says,
come on, upstairs.Copy !req
1150. Do you gentlemen
care for a drink?Copy !req
1151. None for me. Let's play.Copy !req
1152. By all means.Copy !req
1153. Thought we came here
to play pool?Copy !req
1154. I don't play pool,
I play billiards.Copy !req
1155. It's my house, my game. You don't
have to play if you don't want to.Copy !req
1156. We won't.Copy !req
1157. Bert, let me play him.Copy !req
1158. How much?Copy !req
1159. We'll start small. $100 a game?Copy !req
1160. Did you ever play
billiards before?Copy !req
1161. Sure.Copy !req
1162. You hustling me?Copy !req
1163. I'm sure he knows
what he's doing.Copy !req
1164. You can afford $100
to find out.Copy !req
1165. Deal the cards.Copy !req
1166. Beautiful shot!Copy !req
1167. You've played billiards
before, Mr. Felson.Copy !req
1168. Sure you Wouldn't
care for a drink?Copy !req
1169. Nothing for me.Copy !req
1170. How do we stand?Copy !req
1171. About even.Copy !req
1172. When do I raise the bet?Copy !req
1173. I don't know.Copy !req
1174. If that's his best game,
I can beat him.Copy !req
1175. Level with me. Did you
ever play billiards?Copy !req
1176. What's the difference?Copy !req
1177. There's a cue,
balls on the table.Copy !req
1178. All you got to do is
get the feel of it.Copy !req
1179. Shall we raise the stakes?Copy !req
1180. How much?Copy !req
1181. $500?Copy !req
1182. You think you can beat him?Copy !req
1183. Of course he does. He Wouldn't
play me if he didn't.Copy !req
1184. I didn't ask him, can he beat
you, I already know he can.Copy !req
1185. I asked him, will he?
That's two different things.Copy !req
1186. I can beat him.Copy !req
1187. All right, $500.Copy !req
1188. Have you noticed, Bert,Copy !req
1189. this fellow here bears a
striking resemblance to you?Copy !req
1190. It seems you might have
modeled for the artist.Copy !req
1191. It's possible.Copy !req
1192. Mark that one up, too, Bert.Copy !req
1193. I'll beat him the next game.Copy !req
1194. How are the hands?Copy !req
1195. Fine.Copy !req
1196. Rack up your cue,
we're leaving.Copy !req
1197. That's a shame.
The night is young.Copy !req
1198. The night is $2,000 old.Copy !req
1199. Hey, Bert, wait.Copy !req
1200. I said we're leaving.Copy !req
1201. I can beat him, Bert.Copy !req
1202. He suckered me, I didn't
think he knew how to hustle.Copy !req
1203. I can outplay and beat him!Copy !req
1204. I don't believe you, Eddie.
I think you're still a loser.Copy !req
1205. I'll play him on my own money!Copy !req
1206. Be right back.Copy !req
1207. Okay, come on, let's play.Copy !req
1208. I'm broke.Copy !req
1209. That's
unfortunate, Mr. Felson.Copy !req
1210. For whom, Mr. Findley?Copy !req
1211. Bert, he only beat me
by a point.Copy !req
1212. The bank is closed.Copy !req
1213. Don't get off me, please!Copy !req
1214. I know when to quit. You don't.
Win or lose, you don't know!Copy !req
1215. What do you want me to do?
Say itCopy !req
1216. and you've got it,
but don't get off me now.Copy !req
1217. Don't beg him.Copy !req
1218. Go back to the hotel.Copy !req
1219. Please, Eddie, don't beg him.Copy !req
1220. Go back to the hotel.
Take a cab, go back!Copy !req
1221. Doesn't all this
come through to you?Copy !req
1222. Doesn't it mean
anything to you?Copy !req
1223. That man, this place,
the people.Copy !req
1224. They wear masks,Copy !req
1225. and under them they're
perverted, twisted, crippled!Copy !req
1226. Shut up.Copy !req
1227. Don't wear a mask.
You don't have to.Copy !req
1228. That's Turk,
who broke your thumbs!Copy !req
1229. He won't break your thumbs, he'll
break your heart, your guts,Copy !req
1230. and for the same reason, because
he hates you for what you are.Copy !req
1231. For what you have
and he hasn't.Copy !req
1232. Get off my back,
once and for all!Copy !req
1233. Would you get off my back?Copy !req
1234. Play him, Eddie.Copy !req
1235. Play him for $1,000 a game.Copy !req
1236. Will you take a check?Copy !req
1237. Cash.Copy !req
1238. How much do I owe you?Copy !req
1239. $12,000.Copy !req
1240. Here.Copy !req
1241. It's been an
interesting evening.Copy !req
1242. It sure has.Copy !req
1243. Charles, call a cab for
these gentlemen, please.Copy !req
1244. I'd show you
to the door, but...Copy !req
1245. Yes, you're tired.Copy !req
1246. And beat.Copy !req
1247. Yeah.Copy !req
1248. You must come again.Copy !req
1249. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
1250. $3,000.Copy !req
1251. The cab is waiting.Copy !req
1252. Thanks.Copy !req
1253. Eddie, let's go.Copy !req
1254. I want to walk.Copy !req
1255. It's a long walk.Copy !req
1256. I got time, Bert.Copy !req
1257. You want me to
tell her for you?Copy !req
1258. Tell her what?Copy !req
1259. You got to be hard, Eddie.Copy !req
1260. When are you leaving?Copy !req
1261. In a little while. It's
what you want, isn't it?Copy !req
1262. It's what Eddie wants.Copy !req
1263. He told me to
give you some money.Copy !req
1264. Put it on the bed. That's the
way it's done, isn't it?Copy !req
1265. That's the way it's done.Copy !req
1266. The way you're looking at me,Copy !req
1267. is that how you look at a
man you've just beaten?Copy !req
1268. As if you've just taken his money
and now you want his pride?Copy !req
1269. All I want is the money.Copy !req
1270. Sure.Copy !req
1271. Sure, the moneyCopy !req
1272. and the aristocratic pleasure
of seeing him fall apart.Copy !req
1273. You're a Roman, Bert.
You have to win them all.Copy !req
1274. You got a drink?Copy !req
1275. Give me my key,
please. Room 57.Copy !req
1276. Come on, give me my key.Copy !req
1277. Now, let's
go over this again.Copy !req
1278. You say you were
in the other room...Copy !req
1279. She closed the door, I
told you, she closed the door.Copy !req
1280. She closed the door, went in there,
maybe ten, five minutes or so.Copy !req
1281. Hey, let him come in.Copy !req
1282. Eddie...Copy !req
1283. Eddie?Copy !req
1284. Eddie?Copy !req
1285. She came in here, Eddie.Copy !req
1286. She asked me for a drink.Copy !req
1287. I gave her one.Copy !req
1288. We had a few more.Copy !req
1289. Eddie, she came in here!Copy !req
1290. I came to play pool, Fats.Copy !req
1291. That's good. For how much?Copy !req
1292. You name it.Copy !req
1293. $1,000 a game?Copy !req
1294. Let's make it
$3,000 a game, Fats.Copy !req
1295. $3,000, that's my bankroll,
my life savings.Copy !req
1296. What's the matter, Fats?Copy !req
1297. Beat me the first game, and I'm
on my way back to Oakland.Copy !req
1298. Let's go.Copy !req
1299. Get on me, Bert, I can%lose!Copy !req
1300. Willie?Copy !req
1301. Call it. Heads.Copy !req
1302. How should I play
that one, Bert?Copy !req
1303. Play it safe?Copy !req
1304. That's what you always
told me, play it safe,Copy !req
1305. play the percentage.Copy !req
1306. Well, here we go,
fast and loose.Copy !req
1307. One ball, corner pocket.Copy !req
1308. Percentage players die broke,
too, don't they, Bert?Copy !req
1309. How can I lose?Copy !req
1310. Twelve ball.Copy !req
1311. I mean, how can I lose?
Because you were right, Bert.Copy !req
1312. It's not enough to have talent,Copy !req
1313. you've got to
have character, too.Copy !req
1314. Four ball.Copy !req
1315. And I sure got character now.Copy !req
1316. I picked it up in a hotel
room in Louisville.Copy !req
1317. Shoot pool, Fast Eddie.Copy !req
1318. I'm shooting pool, Fats.
When I miss, you can shoot.Copy !req
1319. Five ball.Copy !req
1320. Fourteen ball.Copy !req
1321. Four ball.Copy !req
1322. That's game.Copy !req
1323. Game!Copy !req
1324. Eight ball.Copy !req
1325. Thirteen ball.Copy !req
1326. I quit, Eddie.Copy !req
1327. I can't beat you.Copy !req
1328. Willie, give him the stake.Copy !req
1329. You got yourself a pool player.Copy !req
1330. Preacher, give me my coat.Copy !req
1331. Where do you think
you're going?Copy !req
1332. Eddie?Copy !req
1333. You owe me money!Copy !req
1334. Just how do you
figure that, Bert?Copy !req
1335. What do you figure I owe you?Copy !req
1336. Half!Copy !req
1337. In Louisville, it was 75%.Copy !req
1338. Here, it's half.Copy !req
1339. What if I don't pay you?Copy !req
1340. You don't pay me?Copy !req
1341. You'll get your
thumbs broken again.Copy !req
1342. And your fingers.Copy !req
1343. If I want them to, they'll break your
right arm in three or four places.Copy !req
1344. You better pay him, Eddie.Copy !req
1345. You figure you're
still my manager?Copy !req
1346. I'm a businessman, kid.Copy !req
1347. You've got a lot of
games lined up for me?Copy !req
1348. We'll make lots of money
together, from now on.Copy !req
1349. 50%?Copy !req
1350. It don't have to be 50%.
It can be 30%, 25%.Copy !req
1351. We really stuck the knife
in her, didn't we?Copy !req
1352. We really gave it to her good.Copy !req
1353. If it didn't happen
in Louisville,Copy !req
1354. it would happen someplace else.Copy !req
1355. If not now,
six months from now.Copy !req
1356. That's the kind
of dame she was.Copy !req
1357. Then we twisted it,
didn't we, Bert?Copy !req
1358. It doesn't stick in your throatCopy !req
1359. because you spit it out
like everything else!Copy !req
1360. But it sticks in mine.Copy !req
1361. I loved her.Copy !req
1362. I traded her in on a pool game.Copy !req
1363. That Wouldn't mean
anything to you.Copy !req
1364. Who did you ever care about?Copy !req
1365. "Just win," you said.
That's the important thing.Copy !req
1366. You don't know what winning is.
You're a loser!Copy !req
1367. Because you're dead inside,
and you can't liveCopy !req
1368. unless you make everything
else dead around you.Copy !req
1369. Too high, Bert.Copy !req
1370. Your price is too high.Copy !req
1371. If Itakeit she never lived.
She never died.Copy !req
1372. We both know that's not true, don't we?
She lived. She died.Copy !req
1373. You better...Copy !req
1374. You tell your boys
they better kill me.Copy !req
1375. They better go
all the way with meCopy !req
1376. becauseifthey just bust me up,Copy !req
1377. I'll put the pieces togetherCopy !req
1378. and so help me God, Bert,Copy !req
1379. I'll come back
and I'll kill you.Copy !req
1380. Wait a minute.Copy !req
1381. All right.Copy !req
1382. Only,Copy !req
1383. don't ever walk into a
big-time pool hall again.Copy !req
1384. Fat Man,Copy !req
1385. you shoot a great game of pool.Copy !req
1386. So do you, Fast Eddie.Copy !req