Around the country,
the bookies pay off winners at track odds
It's dangerous when a long shot comes in,
unless you have somebody at the tracks to lower those odds
Heartbreak Highway, fast lane to the blues
Each turn I take leads me back to you
And there's nothing I can do
Bet you can't do that with a quarter
Are you kidding? Sure, I can
I'll give you a dime for every quarter you can lay on end
It's a bet
Hey, you got any quarters?
Sir!
How you doin'?
All right Can I get a, uh, Miller, please?
You got it
Heartbreak Highway, fast lane to the blues
Each turn I take
Out of 20
3, 4, 5
5 is 10, 10 is 20
Thanks, sir
Next
Okay, Ace
10 in a row
Yep, You're right
That's a dollar I owe you
Hey!
That was the deal a dime for every quarter
Running time for the six furlong,
1 minute, 10 and 1/5 seconds
In the winner's circle, Number 1, "Magical Flight,"
owned by Frank and Melanie McDonald,
trained by Melanie McDonald,
ridden to victory by Orlando Guerrino
Number 7, "Telescope," second,
number 5, "Free To Go," third,
number 3, "Just Be Kind," fourth
Winning quinella combination
$5,000 on the 3 horse to win, please
4, 5, 10, that's 20
$3720 winning quinella combination
2, 3, 4, and 5 Thanks
Thank you
Winning exacta combination, 9 and 7, returns $118.80
$118.80 the 9-7 exacta combination
Winning quinella combination, 7 and 9, $54
$54 even, the 7-9 quinella combination
Post time in three minutes
In the winner's circleNumber 1, "Magical Flight,"
owned and trained by Anthony Martinez
$2,000 on the 3 horse to win
Running time for the six furlong,
1 minute, 11 and 1/5 seconds
They're in the gate
They're off
"Full Force" from the outside racing right out for the lead
with "Vital Contact" moving up
Mmm, Mrs Langtry, I'm sorry
Why? What's wrong?
You are a valued customer, as you know
But what's wrong?
I can't understand this It's something you almost never see
What is?
This is some of the finest filigree platinum I've ever seen
Mm-hmm
But the stones, no
They're not diamonds, Mrs Langtry
But they must be They They cut glass
Glass will cut glass, Mrs Langtry
Almost anything will
Come with me
Let me show you a positive test for diamonds
Yeah
Take this
Do you see how the water splashes over them?
How it slides off in a sheet?
With real diamonds, it won't do that
It clings to the surface in tiny droplets
I see it
I hope you're not too badly disappointed with us, Mrs Langtry
It's not your fault
You'll give us an opportunity to serve you again, I hope,
if there's anything you think we might be interested in
Well, I have only one thing now
Are you interested?
Well, I would have to see it, of course
You are seeing it
You're looking right at it
Mrs Langtry
Something like this very rarely happens
The fine setting and workmanship usually means precious stones
It always hurts me when I find they're not
I always hope
I'm mistaken
Can I get a Miller, please?
- One too many, mister? - What?
Step away from the car
Never mind Let's see your driver's license
You seem pretty sick, Mr Dillon
Well, it's a bad shrimp, I think
Didn't quite taste right when I was eating it
I'm getting over it, though
Want us to take you to the doctor?
No, I'm fine now Thanks
I've still got a lot of clients to see
You take it easy, now
I will, Thank you
Have a good day, now
Quinella wagering on all 12 races...
Hi, Lilly
Irv? Irv, I'm done here Do I come back to Baltimore?
No, no Bobo wants you to go on to La Jolla
La Jolla?
I never go to California That's 1,000 miles from here
Come on, Lilly You don't argue with Bobo
He needs somebody to handle playback there
Maybe I'll swing around Los Angeles on the way
Take two or three days Call when you get there
Yeah, Okay
Put it this way say I rent to a woman
Well, she has to have a room with a bath,
because otherwise she's got the hall bath tied up all the time,
washing her goddamn hair and her clothes and everything she can think of
I had my first hotel 37 years ago
in Wichita Falls, Texas,
and that's when I learned about women
They don't make the money, see, for a place like this
Not regular, they don't
There's only one way they can get it by sellin'their self
tappin'them cute little piggy banks they all got
- Mr Dillon - Mr Simms
Here's a potential neighbor of yours
Mrs Langtry may drop by
I'll send her right up
That's the fine type of person I have in mind for here,
like yourself, I'm sure
Well, don't you want to see me?
Of course, honey I'll meet you at the bar
Oh, honey, I can't go there
Well, what do you have in mind?
Come on You could be here in 20 minutes
Oh, I don't know, Roy
I've got to get the train from downtown,
and that's about an hour from your place
In a minute
Smack
Heads
Smack
Tails
What do you want, kid?
Show me how you did that other one
Scram, Go home
I can't I just left home
You're too young You ought to be in school
I am in school
5 of spades
Where's the 5?
In your other hand
Good You learned something
Goodbye
I want to learn everything
You want to be a grifter?
A grifter, Yes
Not partners
That's your first lesson
Cuts your score in half right down the middle
Worse than that, you take a partner,
you put an apple on your head and hand the other guy a shotgun
Grifters, huh?
You're one, all right
Grifters got an irresistible urge to beat a guy who's wise
There's nothing to whipping a fool
Hell, fools are made to be whipped
But to take another pro, even your partner,
who knows you and has his eye on you
that's a score
No matter what happens
So, you want to learn a few tricks,
I'll teach you a few tricks
But your hand does not get into my pocket
It's a deal
- Roy - Mm-hmm
All right Forget the long con
If the fool tips, you're caught You'll do time
Never do time
And don't go dressing like that
- Why? - It's showing off Showing off!
Any blind man could spot you
Yeah
Give me $20
Come around tomorrow, I'll take you again
Well, that's fine
Two months we know each other, you're already so bored
you fall asleep before I get here
When you're not here,
all I can do is dream about you, Myra
You stink, and I hate you
Hmm
The twins seem to be very restless
Maybe we ought to put'em to bed, huh?
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna smother you
Death, where is thy sting?
Ahh
You smell good, Myra, like a bitch in a hothouse
Ooh, darling
What a beautiful thing to say!
Maybe you don't smell so good
I do, too You just said so
It could be your clothes
It's me
Do I have to prove it?
Naturally
What?
Simms, Mr Dillon
Sure, Mr Simms What can I do for you?
A visitor, Mr Dillon
a very attractive young lady
She says she's your mother
Send her up
Come on in, Lilly
Hi, Lilly
Roy
Long time no see
Eight years
I'm just making some coffee You want some?
Just instant
It'd be nice
Here we are
Come on Sit down, Lilly
So, what are we up to these days?
Still handling playback money at the track
I'll be going back to Baltimore
as soon as the races at La Jolla are finished
So you're working for that same bookmaker?
Yeah
An easy life
Usually
Got a great view, Roy
I guess you've been getting my Christmas cards
You always did have a sense of humor
Glad to see you, Lilly
I'd have been hurt if you hadn't have dropped by
I'm glad to see you, too, Roy
I'm not sure what you're up to
Up to? I'm not up to anything, Lilly
Come on, Roy You can't kid me
You got so much more on the ball than I ever did, and you know what it does to a person
Lilly, why don't you mind your own goddamned business?
Roy, what is it?
It's no sweat
God, you're ice cold
Don't laugh at me
Laugh? I'm not laughing at you, honey
Did somebody hurt you, Roy?
Got hit in the stomach a couple days ago
- Let me see - No
- Let me see - No!
Dr Mitchell?
It's Lilly Dillon, doctor
I work for Just us Amusement Company out of Baltimore, and
What?
Don't you brush me off, buster
Do I have to get Bobo Justus to call you?
Mrs Dillon, I'm sorry about our little disagreement on the phone
And I'm really sorry about your son
Well, it's hard to believe
that such a strapping young man is is your son
Never mind that Just take care of him
Yeah, well, he's had
he's had an internal hemorrhage
He's bleeding to death
Well, make it stop
His blood pressure's under 100
I don't think he's gonna make it to
You know who I work for
Yeah, but there's just so much I can do
My son is gonna be all right
If not, I'll have you killed
No, really You're Roy's mother?
Mm-hmm
That's impossible
Not quite
But I'm not sure who you are,
Mrs, uh, Langtry, was it?
I'm Roy's friend
Yes
I imagine you're lots of people's friend
Oh Oh, of course
Now that I see you in the light,
you're plenty old enough to be Roy's mother
Aren't we all?
Play nice Don't fight
Darling!
Roy
You're gonna be all right
Sure, I am
What am I doing here?
You were bleeding inside, honey
Remember that bruise you had?
You called the doctor, huh?
Wellno, Roy Your mother did
Oh, yeah?
Thanks
How long did they say till I can get out of here?
Roy, your mom saved your life
Yeah
Second time I gave it to you
I was kind of
inconvenient for Lilly
You know, she was only 14 when I came along
In fact, I used to be her kid brother
Well, or so she'd say
Well, you're all right now, I guess
It's a two-hour drive I'm late I have to go down to the track
Thanks, uh, Lilly
Don't mention it
I guess I owe you my life
You always did
Down to the track?
La Jolla
Her job
I want to know everything about you
Number 7, "Troubadour," rank outsider,
stays unchanged at 70 to 1
70 to 1
Now at the start, "Blue Bay," 5 to 2
"Celadon Star," the favorite, moves in at 2 to 1
Now "Troubadour" goes into the gate,
still running high odds at 70 to 1
And they're off!
From the start, it's "Fertile Crescent, " "Troubadour, "
"Otis Blue," "Buckmeister," "Uncle Louie"
Down the backstretch, "Celadon Star" has the lead by two lengths
with "Call Me Hap" second
"Six Dreams" goes along in third,
now "Troubadour" now moving stoutly on the outside
Not Troubadour No
Rounding the far turn,
"Celadon Star" in front, "Call Me Hap" second
"Blues Bay" now begins to drop back a little bit as "Six Dreams" moves up
Now "Troubadour" making a bold move on the outside
They round the turn into the homestretch,
and it's "Celadon Star" in front
On the outside, "Troubadour" now coming strong,
with "Call Me Hap" along the rail
Those two vying for second position, but it's "Celadon Star" in front
Now "Troubadour" begins to pick up the pace
"Celadon Star" holding the lead, "Troubadour" coming on
It's "Celadon Star" "Troubadour" grinding
onto the outside with a strong finish
"Celadon Star", "Troubadour"
It's "Troubadour" on the outside now, going by to get the lead
"Troubadour" winning it by half a length
Finishing odds were as follows
Today's amazing success story, "Troubadour," outsider,
at 70 to 1, in first place, second place
- Roy? - Mm-hmm?
What happens when you get out of here?
A ticker-tape parade, a key to the city,
sex with my baby
Ah, the usual, I guess
And that's it?
What else?
Well, that's what I want to know
Is Is this all we have, Roy
"sex with my baby"?
Not that I'm knocking it, but is that all?
What are you driving at, Myra, marriage?
I didn't say that
Ah But, well, that's what I asked
- I don't think so - Ha
I'm a very practical little girl,
and I don't believe in giving any more than I get
And that might be pretty awkward
for a matchbook salesman or whatever you are
Everybody needs matches
What do you sell, anyway?
Self-confidence
God knows you have it to spare
I'll see you tomorrow
Hey
No kiss?
Hello, Mrs Langtry
Hi
Time to rest
Well, I'll leave you in Carol's good hands
Hmm
You're looking much better today
But you're not You're looking very bad today
I am?
You belong in bed, Miss Flynn
Here I'll give you part of mine
You will not
But you must
I've seen girls with this look before
Bed is the only thing that will cure them
Bed without dinner might cure you
You'd better behave,
or I won't kiss you good night, and then you'll be sorry
You'd better behave, or I'll tell your mother
Well, we wouldn't want that, now, would we?
Oh Hi, Myra I didn't recognize you
No, I'm sure you didn't
Myra's been here
And what's your objection to Myra?
The same as anybody's
I stopped by your place, picked up your mail
Just bills I'll take care of them
I can take care of my own bills, Lilly
Whatever you say
The manager at your place said your boss called
Really pulled the wool over everyone's eyes, huh?
What are you talking about?
So I've got a job So what?
Stop kidding me
Four years in a town like Los Angeles
and a peanut-selling job's the best you can do?
You expect me to believe that?
Well, it's there The boss called
You said so yourself
That dump you live in?
Those clown pictures on the walls?
- I like those - You do not
Roy Dillon, cornball clown pictures,
commission salesman it's all a front
You're working some angle,
and don't tell me you're not, because I wrote the book
You're one to talk
You still running playback money for the mob?
That's me That's who I am
You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy, and if you
How come?
You aren't tough enough
Not as tough as you, huh?
How'd you get that punch in the stomach, Roy?
I tripped on a chair
Get off the grift, Roy
Why?
You haven't got the stomach for it
Oh, good, Carol, come in
Dr Mitchell says you can get out of here Friday,
but that you should have someone to look in on you, so I hired Carol
You hired?
Well, you'll pay me back I know that
Lilly, I make my own decisions for a long time now
Roy, you couldn't possibly object
to a pretty, young lady coming to visit you
Carol
Do you know why my mother hired you?
Why, yes
I'll come in every afternoon and make sure
She hired you for me to fuck
Uh
To keep me away from bad influences
Isn't that right, Lilly?
It is not
Uh, Mrs Dillon, perhaps I
Go wait in the hall Don't go away
You didn't have to do that
I thought I did
So you won't take a thing from me, is that it?
Sex?
I'm not offering you sex, you little punk
That's not what I meant
For Christ's sake, Lilly,
you're just throwing that wallflower at me
'cause you don't like Myra
Myra's nothing She's less than nothing
Then why does she bug you?
You jealous?
Of what?
You want to lie down with dogs?
And I'll pick the dog
Go ahead, Roy
Thanks, Mom
That's right, I just give you your life
What you do with it is up to you
That's right!
Myra here Sorry you missed me
Tell me how to reach you, and I will
Baby, I'm getting out of here today That's it
Listen, let's go down to La Jolla this afternoon
We'll hit the beach Have some fun, huh?
Take some time off, forget all this other stuff
Myra
Don't tell me
You're Addison Simms of Seattle,
and we had lunch together in the Fall of 1902
Myra, listen
Myra, damn it!
Listen, Myra
Joe
How's your wiry zone?
Are hidden germs lurking
in your nooks and crannies?
All right, this is your final warning
You've got to settle your bill today
Now, Joe, don't I always pay my bills, huh,
one way or another?
Yeah, well, this time there's just one way
Stop getting up nights, man
You, too, could learn to dance
All you need is a magic step,
simple as one, two, three
Here's your bill
It's a lot of money, Joe
You wouldn't have padded it
You owe every damn cent of that
Maybe I could get the dough from your wife Do you suppose?
Maybe your kids'd crack their piggy banks
You take one step towards my family, and I promise you
Oh, oh! Don't wet your pants, for Christ's sake!
Come in, Joe
The money
There it is
The automatic clutch, Joe
It comes with the deluxe upholstery
and the high-speed wiry zone
Myra, please
I've let you
I've been very good to you
I've let you stay here month after month
Can't be done, Joe
All passengers must pay as they enter
No free passes or rebates
That's a strict rule
of the Intercourse Commerce Commission
Oh, God
Only one choice to a customer,
the lady
or the loot
What's it gonna be?
Your difference between your folded towel
and your clean towel is a trip to the laundry
When you're cleaning those bathrooms,
what you do is you pick up the towel,
and you give it a good shake and a good look,
and you say to yourself, "Would I dry myself on this towel?"
If the answer is yes, you fold it
What if it's wet?
Mr Dillon, welcome back
You're looking fine, just fine
Thank you, Mr Simms I'm feeling fine
I'm glad you're better
- Sickness comes to us all, Mr Dillon - That's true, Mr Simms
We never know when, we never know why,
we never know how The only blessed thing we know
is it'll come at the most inconvenient, unexpected time,
just when you've got tickets to the World Series,
and that's the way the permanent waves
Well
That fella could be a congressman
If it's wet, you don't fold it
You shake it and hang it neatly on the rod provided
Yes, sir
What are you laughing at?
Oh, nothing
Nothing, nothing No, never mind, Joe
It's just, I was remembering
at lunch, on the menu, it said
"Today's special
"Broiled hothouse tomato
under generous slice of ripe cheese"!
Hi, Bobo
Did I buy you that dress, you piece of shit?
Well, I guess so You're the guy I work for
- I'm the guy you work for, huh? - Yeah
Then in that case, I may just flush you down the toilet
Take me to my hotel
Troubadour
How'd you figure you were gonna get away with that?
I'm not getting away with anything, Bobo
You're fucking right, you're not
How much did your pals cut you in for on that nag?
Or are they giving you the same kind of screwing you gave me?
I was down on that horse, Bobo,
maybe not as much as I should've been
But there was a lot of action
One question do you want to stick to that story
or do you want to keep your teeth?
I want to keep my teeth
All right, I'll ask you another
You think I got no contacts out here?
That nag paid off on almost the opening price
There wasn't hardly a flutter on the tote board
from the time the first odds were posted
There ain't enough action to tickle the tote board,
and you claim a 10 grand win
You send me $10,000 like I'm a fucking mark you can rip off
No, Bobo, I didn't
You want to talk to me straight up?!
My son
Your what?
My son was in the hospital
What the fuck are you doing with a son?
He left home a long time ago
He was in the hospital up in Los Angeles
He was real sick
Motherhood
I never fucked up before, Bobo
You got any kind of long coat in the car,
something you could wear home over your dress?
No
I'll loan you a raincoat
You guys take a walk
Ugh!
Will you go in the bathroom and bring me a towel?
You ever hear about the oranges, Lilly?
You mean the insurance framers
Tell me about the oranges, Lilly
while you put those in the towel
You hit a person
with the oranges wrapped in a towel
They get big, ugly-Iooking bruises,
but they don't really get hurt,
not if you do it right
It's for working scams against insurance companies
And if you do it wrong?
It can louse up your insides
You can get p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p
What?!
P-p-permanent damage
You never shit right again
Bring me the towel
- Whaaa! - Aaah!
Ugh!
Oh, no!
Oh, no! No!
Aahhhhh!
Oh, no!
Come on, get up
You go clean yourself up The coat's on the bed
Oh, I almost forgot
10 grand it's yours
Troubadour, huh?
You want a drink?
Gee, uh, I better not, if that's okay
I still got to drive up to Los Angeles
See your son, huh?
That's nice, Lilly a side of you I never knew
Yeah, he's a good kid, a salesman
- On the square, huh? - Yeah
How you making out these days?
Stealing much?
From you?
My folks didn't raise no stupid kids
You're not skimming a thing, Lilly?
Oh, well, you know,
clip a buck here and a buck there,
not enough to notice
That's right take a little, leave a little
A person who don't look out for himself
is too dumb to look out for anybody else
He's a liability, right, Bobo?
That's 1,000% right, Lilly
Or else he's working an angle
If he's not stealing a little,
he's stealing a lot
You know it, Lilly
You know, I
I like that suit, Bobo
I don't know what there is about it,
but
somehow it makes you look taller
Yeah?
Yeah
You You really think so?
Yeah
A lot of people have been telling me that
Well
You can tell them for me they're right
Well, I best be going
Roy will wonder where I am
- Worries about his mother, does he? - Yeah
You give him a hug for me
I will
Thanks, Bobo
So long, Bobo
I don't see
I don't see why we have to take the train
What if we want to drive somewhere while we're there?
Well, we will rent a car
Big spender
You ain't seen nothing yet
Hey, why so many people?
Race season at La Jolla
Where your mother is?
And you don't want to see her, do you?
Nope
Hit the beach, eat well
that's good enough for me
I'm gonna stretch my legs You want to come along?
No
You want a drink?
No
See you in a minute
A drink for you, a drink for Gunderson's dead grandmother,
- but the junior, he gets milk - Milk
I'd like one milk, please
In a minute
Check it out, check it out, check it out
This is a good time to tell you boys that, um, I was
- Whoa! - Whoa! Whoa!
Shit! Ugh! Oh, I'm sorry
- You okay, fella? - Yeah
- Look, I spilled all your drinks - Don't worry about it
Are you sure you're okay?
- What are those, beers? - Don't worry about it
Watch this I'll be right back
Four Millers
He jumped right in! He jumped right in!
"Don't worry about it, sarge, I'll drive him!
He's too distraught!"
You said, "distraught"!
Hey, you guys could've got into a lot of trouble
No way! Are you kidding?!
You remember that? I couldn't believe that
Hey, one of you guys drop this?
- No, no - No, it's not mine
I don't know, I wouldn't have taken a chance like that
- To us! - To us! Here we go!
Another round I'm buying
- No, come on, guy, you can't buy every round - It's, like, our turn
- Come on, we got plenty of cash - Give us a shot
Tell you what we'll roll for it
All right
- Low number buys - Very good
You roll first
- Let's go, junior - Let's go, junior
Another round of drinks
That's a four All right, we're in
I told you I'd buy
It just doesn't seem fair, Tom
Give me a chance to get even when I get back
- You got it - Make sure they're cold
Let's go! Let's go!
He's got $20! Come on!
Here we go! Here we go!
All right!
- All right - Jesus!
- Take it away, my friend - Yep
You're getting better at this, man
Want to go one more time?
- One more time - I got 4
I got 3 Spot me
Spot me on this one Spot me!
- I'm not spotting you - Come on, you guys!
Four bucks!
- You shut up! - Come on, let's go! Let's go!
One or a two One or a two
Come on! Pow!
A game of chances
It's getting worse and worse, man
I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what
take that away
Take it Here, it's yours
It's great to get away, isn't it,
take some time off?
Next week, I'll be back to work
You already went back to work
What?
I watched you, working the tat on those sailor boys
Working the what?
Oh, come on, Roy, the tat,
what you do for a living
I'm a salesman
You're on the grift, same as me
Myra, I'm not following this
Roy, you're a short-con operator
and a good one, I think
Don't talk to me like I'm another square
You talk the lingo What's your pitch?
The long end, big con
Nobody does that single "o"
I was teamed 10 years with the best in the business,
Cole Langley
I've heard the name
It was beautiful
and getting better all the time
Is that right?
It is, Roy It's where you should be
What do you bring in, $300, $400 a week?
We used money like that for tips
Wow
And now, right now,
it's the perfect time,
the best time since I been in the game
All over the Southwest, you got these businessmen
They were making money
when everybody was making money
They think that means they're smart
And now they're hurting
When the price of oil fell, so did they
They still got money, but they need more money
Good morning You may head right in
When the oil money was good,
they put up all these office buildings
Now they're half empty
Good morning
They'll give you anything to move in,
first two months free, redecoration,
whatever you want
They help you set up the store
I'm the roper
I go out and find them and bring'em in
Morning, gentlemen
Gloucester Hebbing,
may I present my fine stockbroker, Henry Fellowes?
Gloucester
What we have here today, Mary Beth,
is strictly between
Oh, I told Mr Hebbing all about it,
how brilliant you are at making money
for your special clients
Well, I certainly hope that you're not
spreading the news a little too widely Are you?
Well, of course not,
but I'd trust Mr Hebbing with anything
wouldn't I, darling?
Well, I guess I'll just have to take your word for that
won't I?
Here's the money
Goody!
Please, let me help you
Once they saw that money,
they were hooked,
and I made sure they saw it
Well, isn't that just beautiful?
Then all Cole had to do was tell the story
Gloucester
We are talking about breaking the law here
I just want to make sure you understand that
No one is gonna get hurt,
but the law is going to be broken
Laws are made to be broken, aren't they?
Loose talk is the thing I worry most about
I can keep my mouth shut
Gloucester, come on over here and sit down
Now
Tokyo exchange is nine hours behind us
The New York exchange is one hour ahead of us
There is never one hour
in which both exchanges are open
Information moves, but it has to wait
Now, I have a fellow working for me
Do you know what a hacker is, uh?
Yeah, sure, that's, like, a computer expert or genius
Very good, and what this boy's been able to do
is tap into that main link between Tokyo and New York,
and when we really need it,
he's been able to give us a 7-second delay
in the transfer of that information
Do you know what that means?
Well, I can see that you get your information ahead of New York
Every once in a while, a major change happens,
and we have a 7-second advantage
to put a buy order, a sell order
into that computer in New York
just before that data from Tokyo
comes pulling in right behind it
Not much time
No, we have to be ready, we have to have the money,
we have to know what that information means,
and we have to be able to move like greased lightning,
but, boy, when it works, it is beautiful!
Seven seconds, huh?
I don't see how you can do it
Machines!
Machines, Gloucester!
I have got a whole room full of machines back here
You want to see'em? Come here
Oh, Henry, no
Come on, take a look!
I got a whole suite
full of mainframe computers back here!
We're not really interested, Henry
Oh, they are so beautiful
No, Henry!
Oh, you've got a minute Come on, Gloucester
Listen to'em hum
Henry, don't try Mr Hebbing's patience
You sure?
Wellokay, then
Cole liked to take risks, huh?
He didn't think they were risks
He was so good, Roy,
he could just play with a mark
He was so crooked,
he could eat soup with a corkscrew
And when he got serious?
He'd explain that he had to have cash
so there wouldn't be any paper trail for the SEC,
and a lot of cash or it wasn't worthwhile
The least we ever took was $40, 000,
and the most was $185, 000 from one sucker
I thought these people were broke
No, no, Roy, just cash poor
They had savings accounts, stocks to sell
Houses to mortgage, sell their wife's jewelry
Oh, they had plenty of money
when they put their minds to it
or when I put their minds to it
And a month later, the sucker calls the cops,
and you're on the run
No, no
He never calls the cops,
not after we give him the blow off
This is it
The money
Whoo, I think you're gonna be pleased
Hoo, yeah!
Come on, let me have one! Let me have one!
FBI everybody hold what you got!
No, I don't have anything to do with this!
The evidence is right here!
- It's you, isn't it? You - No, I swear to God!
You and your goddamn big mouth?!
Pipe down! Hey! Hold it!
Let me go! No! No!
Ugh!
You don't move! Get back there!
You don't nobody moves!
Stay there Oh, God
- Come on with me now! - No!
- Nobody move! Nobody! - No!
Come on, get him! Let's go! Go, go, go!
Ugh! Ugh!
They never came back
Do ya, do ya love me
Even though I make you cry?
And can you feel the heartbeat?
The breaking heart in every sigh?
Do ya, do ya need me?
Always one to let you down
Can you feel the rhythm?
The beat of your heart makes me pound
We were rolling in dough, lived wherever we wanted
Only pulled two or three scams a year
It was great Great
What happened to Cole?
He retired
Retired?
Where?
Upstate
Upstate where?
Atascadero
It's all hollow
Ha Aaaaaah
- No, baby Not again - It's all hollow I can't move
It's all hollow
- I can't move - Cole?
All hollow It's all holl
I can't move I can't move I can't move
- I can't move I can't move - It'll be all right, honey
It's just the stress again
- We'll take a vacation - I can't move I can't move
- Cole - I can't move
Cole, you scare me when this happens
- Please - I can't move
No! You demon! Demon!!
- Oh, Cole, please! Please! - Ahhhhh!
That's where they keep the criminally insane, isn't it?
He retired, and that's it
But I didn't
I'm still the best long-con roper you'll ever see
I bet you are, too
And now you're trying to rope me
Join up with you
All right Here we go
Strike three
Oh! A beautiful woman like you
You shouldn't eat alone
Go away
What do you want to eat alone for?
Could I have some more coffee, please?
Coming up
All right We could have coffee together
Uh My name's Kenny
Your pal wants you
Let him find his own pretty woman
This fellow bothering you, Miss?
Yes
Why don't you go back there and just go sit down?
I'll sit here
Oh!
Oh-ho!
Oh Now you've done it
You all right?
You didn't need to do that
I thought I did
You should take better care of your friend
- Get out of here - Okay
I'm sorry a lady can't eat in here without being bothered
It'll never happen again, Miss
See ya later
Why do we have to have separate rooms?
Do you expect your father to come through?
Separate bathrooms, darling
I will not lay out all my cosmetics
for you to knock over
Things a man isn't supposed to know
Well, you don't mind really, do you, Roy?
It's been such a wonderful evening
I guess I just wore myself out
Sure
I'm pretty tired myself
Forget the long con
'Cause I'm the one who's being conned
Screw this noise
Yeah
Open your door
What for?
Gangway
I hope you don't mind, sir
I just washed my clothes,
and I couldn't do a thing with them
If you could have seen the look on your face
when when I told you good night
You looked so mm
Mmm
Roy
Can I come in?
Sure
What are you doing in La Jolla?
Me and Myra came down yesterday
We're leaving tonight
If you come out to the track,
don't know me
We won't hit the track
What's that?
4 grand It's for the hospital
Is it enough?
Roy, I don't want your money
I pay my debts
Oh, you do?
Yep
Expecting somebody?
No That was the point
- Where'd you get that? - An accident
Roy, take that money back I don't want it
No
I thought
I was hoping we could play it straight
with one another
I guess not
I guess you won't be getting a straight job either
Not this week
Not ever
It's up to me
I'm strictly short con
It's nothing but small-time stuff
I can walk away from it anytime I want
Where have I heard that before?
Yeah, but I'm in control
Sure You're only 25 years old
Already you can lay down 4 grand
without even turning your head
The grift's like anything else, Roy
You don't stand still
You either go up or down
Usually down sooner or later
Well, I'll let it be a surprise then
You gonna head east from here?
After the meet
Back to Baltimore
It's nice to see you again
You little prick
Okay?
No, I see him Just wait Hold it
That's the guy we're following
Just wait
Ahh
Excuse me
Could I borrow your binoculars?
Thanks
Got a race to the wire
"Telescope" on the outside
Excuse me
That race pays the big one
Winning exacta combination, 9 and 7, returns $11880
$11880 the 9-7 exacta combination
Winning quinella combination, 7 and 9, $54 $54 even
The 7-9 quinella combination
What'd you do with yourself all afternoon?
I went out to the track
What were you doing at the track?
Did you run into my mother?
No How could I? I was in the clubhouse Lilly wouldn't be in the clubhouse, would she?
How did you know that?
Okay I saw her
She didn't see you, in other words?
I saw her out there, and I was curious
You know, she's always so nasty to me
And I know she's knocking me to you every chance she gets
So, I called a friend of mine in Baltimore,
so now I know who she is
You must have some very knowledgeable friends
I'm well-connected, Roy
Cole introduced me to a lot of people
very valuable valuable for us
Running your broker scam, you mean?
What a team we'll make
You won't regret this, Roy
Regret what? I didn't say I was coming aboard
But why not?
I thought it was settled
Nothing was ever settled
Uh-huh
It's your mother talking against me, isn't it?
She's got nothing to do with this
- I make my own decisions - That's not what Lilly thinks
Who cares what she thinks?
I don't care what she thinks
I left home when I was 17
with nothing but stuff I bought and paid for myself,
nothing from Lilly
Darling, guess what?
I had to tell you right away
I called a fellow I know in Tulsa
the the one who plays my chauffeur
He says that there's a sucker there that's made for us
and a broker that just shut down
We can use their office, not change a thing
Now
I can scrape up 10 grand if I try
I got a couple of aces in the hole,
some markers I could call on for something real
That leaves $15,000 or $20,000 for your end
We can start this weekend
Get the sucker into position
Hold it
You're talking some pretty tall figures
What makes you think I got that kind of money?
Well, you must have
Now, you know you do, Roy
Maybe I like it where I am
Well, maybe I don't
I had 10 good years with Cole,
and I want'em back
I gotta have a partner
I looked and I looked, and believe me, brother,
I kissed a lot of fuckin'frogs
And you're my prince
Do I get any say in this?
No Because
That's what I say
What I say is no
We don't do partners
What is it?
What's going on? Why don't you want to team up?
The best reason I can think of
is that you scare the hell out of me
I have seen women like you before, baby
You're double-tough, and you are sharp as a razor
and you get what you want or else,
but you don't make it work forever
Sooner or later, the lightning hits
And I'm not gonna be around when it hits you
My God
It's your mother It's Lilly
What?
Sure it is
That's why you act so funny around each other
What's that?
Oh, don't act so goddamned innocent
You and your own mother?
Ugh!
You like to go back where you've been, huh?
Watch your mouth
Yeah Yeah, I'm wise to you
I should've seen it before, you rotten son of a bitch
How is it, huh? How do you like it?
Ah!
Ow!
Stop Stop Stop
Stop Stop!
That's not like me
I don't do this
That's why we wouldn't work together
You're disgusting
Your mind is so filthy, it's hard to look at you
Goodbye
And you don't even know it
Mama Mama She's the one
And you'll get yours, mama Oh, yes
Yeah?
Lilly, it's Roy
Lilly, I was wondering if, um,
I was wondering if we could just talk
You know, like, have a conversation?
Maybe we've both grown up
Maybe we could just talk
Well, sure, Roy
You want me to drive up?
No
Okay
I'll come there tonight
Fine Come on down
It won't be a home-cooked meal, you know
Well, that's good news
Well, who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?
Don't worry
I'll look after her
Roy?
Lilly, listen, it's Irv
You've always been decent with me
I'm taking a hell of a chance here
Somebody blew you out with Bobo
The car full of money he's
Lilly? Lilly!
Lilly, come on
Lilly!
Bobo knows about all the money in the car,
the money you stole from him
A black and gold Cadillac
Fuck!
- Hi - Hi
Welcome to Phoenix
I'd like a single room for tonight
Everything's the same size, same price
I'm a very light sleeper
Traffic noise keeps me wide awake all night
The trucks I know what you mean
Do you have something around back,
facing away from the road?
I could put you in room 19
Very quiet Faces the desert
Sounds perfect
Could I park my car back there?
Right in front of the room
Somethin'wrong?
Oh I'm sorry
I thought you were the other lady
No, I'm me
I'll give you number 6
very nice room, very handy
In the front, right by the pool
Oh Don't you have something around back,
where it's quieter?
Everybody wants the back tonight
I guess everybody wants privacy
Roy Dillon?
Lieutenant Pierson, Phoenix police
I have a car here
There was a bunch of money
- hidden in your mother's car - Yeah?
A lot of money
- Would you know anything about that? - No
I realize this is a shock
Mostly, I don't believe it
Well, that's natural
No I mean, I don't believe it
I know my mother
Lilly is not a suicide
Nothing would make her check out
I'm sorry It was her, all right
It was her gun even
Her gun?
Mm-hmm
There is one thing I have to caution you
Normally we don't do a next-of-kin I D,
unless there's no other choice
In this case, there's no fingerprints on file
The dental records don't help
because of the location of the wound
She ate the gun
I'm sorry
This is going to be a shock
Not many laughs in this room, huh?
Not many
Remove that
We'll want a full identification
Jesus
No question, huh?
No
Well
that's that then
Yeahthat's that
Ohh
Mom
The last modern thing I liked was the miniskirt
Your technology now nobody understands it
That's the simple fact of the situation
Good evening, Miss, uh, Langtry
Hello, Lilly
Oh Roy
You scared me
You going somewhere?
Somewhere else, that's for sure
I just came back from Phoenix
Oh, yeah? Is the frame holding?
It looks very solid, Lilly
Take a minute Tell me about it
I've really got to go
You're dead, Lilly It worked
Yeah, but not for long
Cops may buy it,
- but Bobo will spend money to make sure - Even so
Relax a minute Sit down
Just for a minute
Put that down
Myra followed you, huh?
Yeah
I guess she must have been the one
that blew me off with Bobo,
to get me running
Did you tell her about my stash?
No
That's what she was after, though
What happened in Phoenix?
Oh, Roy
It was terrible
You read about people killing people and all that
But when it happens my God
She was in her nightgown, you know
The old grifter's Dodge
nightgown and the ice bucket,
and she just got in the wrong room by mistake
Ah!
I sat in there with her
I thought, "What do I do now?"
Run, I've got Bobo and the law after me
Stay, how do I explain?
This was perfect
It is, isn't it?
I've wanted out of the rackets for years
And now I'm out
I can make a clean break
You've already made a break
I don't know how clean it is
I'm sorry, Roy
I hated to take your money
You're not taking it
Roy! I need this money!
I can't run without money!
And if I can't run, I'm dead!
- You must have some money - Just a few bucks
Myra's stuff?
Her credit cards
How far am I gonna get with that?
Far enough
San Francisco, St Louis, someplace new start over
At what?
You're smart, you're good-Iooking
You won't have any trouble finding a job
A job? I've never had a legit job in my life
Well, you're gonna start if you want to live through this
You're gonna get a square job,
and you're gonna lead a quiet life
You start showing up at the tracks or any of the hot spots,
Bobo's boys are gonna be all over you
Roy, don't tell me what to do with myself
- It's a big world out there - Not anymore
Lilly, listen to me It's good advice
- I'm following it myself - What?
You want me out of the rackets,
you want me off the grift, I think I'm gonna get out
Roy, that's fine, but I don't have time for this!
- Bobo's after my ass - I thought you'd be happy for me!
After all, you're the one who's telling me what to do all my goddamn life!
Bobo's not after you! Bobo's after me, and he's goddamn good,
- but so am I - What makes you think
- I'm a survivor, Roy I survive - I'm gonna let you get out of here
- And to survive my way, I need money - with my goddamn money?
And that leaves this
No
Want a drink?
No You probably shouldn't have one either
No, but I'm goddamn thirsty
Ice water?
Sure That sounds nice
I'll get it
Take whichever one you want
You wouldn't do that
You don't know what I'd do
You have no idea
To live
You'll live, Lilly
I know what's bugging you, of course
Oh, I didn't know anything was
I wasn't a very good mother to you when you were a kid
It was pretty lousy of me, I guess
to be a child at the same time you were
Oh, for God's sake, Lilly
I gave you your life twice
I'm asking you to give me mine once
I need the money, Roy
No
So, you're getting off the grift, huh?
I might
That's good
You don't really belong
on this side of the fence, you know?
I don't?
If you stayed a crook,
you think you'd live to be my ripe age?
Well, I don't see why not
Hmm
I guess I got it wrong, then
Seems to me I heard about a guy just your age
who got hit so hard in the guts
it almost killed him
Well
Oh, that's different That doesn't count
It doesn't really matter, does it, if I'm getting out?
You're getting out?
You're on the level?
You don't need the money!
So why the hell can't I take it?!
Lilly, my money wouldn't last forever
And then what?
You'd be stuck in some other part of the rackets
with another Bobo Justus to slap you around
and burn holes in your hand
If you can't change your life now
while you're still relatively young,
how could you do it when you were, say, crowning 50?
This way, you gotta go the square route
Send me a card when you get settled
I could maybe help you out sometime
Roy
What if I told you that I wasn't really your mother?
That we weren't related?
What?
You'd like that, wouldn't you?
Sure, you would
You don't have to tell me
Now, why would you like that, Roy?
What are you talking about?
Of course you're my mother Of course you are
Roy
There's nothing more to talk about
I want that money, Roy
I need it
Now, what do I have to do to get it?
You mean you won't give it to me, Roy?
Will you
or won't you?
What can I do to get it?
Is there nothing I can do?
Lilly, Jesus, what are you doing?
Nothing at all Nothing at all
Uhhhhh!
Uuuuhhh!
No, no, no, no
No, no