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