The Big Town (1987) - full transcript

Just around the corner
there's heartache...

... down the street that
losers use.

If you can wade in
through the teardrops...

... you'll find me at the
Home of the Blues.

I will and cry while
my heartbeat...

... keeps time with the
drag of my shoes.

The sun never shines through
this window of mine...

... it's dark at the
Home of the Blues.

Pass me the bones, Hooker.

Come on, lucky number seven.

The point is still nine.



Let's see that seven.

Seven.
- Come on.

Well done, boy.
- Seven.

Seven, lose.

Nine.

Jesus, winner seven.

Thirty dollars, shoot it all.

I?ll take ten of that.
- Five here.

Come on, don't be shy.
- Here's the other ten. Let's go.

Coming out. Shooter coming out.

Let's see you crap out, Cully.
Crap out, crap out.

Shooter coming out.

Let's see crap out, Cully.

Winner seven.



You lucky bastard.

Sixty dollars. Let it ride.

Can he shoot sixty dollars, Hook?

Shooter's limit, boys.
Come on. Who's in?

Twenty, no pass, Cully.

Who else gonna be a man?
- I got twenty here.

Five here.
- Fifteen my last.

Coming out again.

Come on, natural.

Let's see those craps.
Snake-eyes!

Six, and he stays.
- Point is six.

You gonna make that six,
ain't you, Cully?

It's your money, Hook.

Ten says he passes.

Don't be shy?
- Any takers?

I?ll take it. Even money?

Slide in another deuce there, Prager.

That bet is ten to twelve.

The point is six.

Ten. You can shoot again.

Come on, Cully. How
many days in a week?

Six days in a week, man.

I feel a seven.
- Come on, Cully.

How many days in the week, Cully?
- Seven, seven, Cully.

Seven, seven!

I told you six, man!
- Six!

Six, winner, six the hard way.

Pay the line and collect the don'ts.

A hundred and twenty dollars.

Shoot it all.

What do you say, boys?
- Cleaned out.

Cully cheats.

He can't cheat with
straight dice, Prager.

Then how come he always
wins, Hooker?

Because I?m lucky.
- Bullshit!

Come on, now, boys.
We've had our fun tonight.

Cully broke the game, Prager.

Well, we'll get ourselves some
sleep, what do you say?

Yeah.

Goodnight, Hooker.

See you next week?
- It?s possible.

Anybody got any money left?
- Not a cent.

Eleven. Winner, eleven.

Some day your luck's
gonna change, Cully.

Hey, stranger.
- Come on, get in, Cully.

You got something, Cully.

Luck, Hooker, I got luck.

I don't believe in luck. I?ve been
watching you these past few years.

I ain't seen nobody
play the odds better.

Yeah, well, I tell you...

...there's a lot of guys who
know the odds and...

Yeah, but you got
something extra.

I mean, you got the ability to take
yourself out of a roll,...

...like you don't even care, knowing
what's meant to be will be.

And that's what it takes to win big.

You gotta have the cool.

And you got it.

You're young, Cully.

There's a whole world out
here and you're just seeing it...

...through a bitty crack
under the door.

You think I can make it in Chicago?

I know it.

I?m gonna think about it, Hook.

Yeah, I?ll think about it.

It?s McMullin on the telephone.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You're late for work again.

Dorothy.

Hello, Mr. McMullin.
What's new with you?

Well, there's one thing I
want you to talk to about.

That son of yours
up and quit on me.

Have a nice day now.

You promised me, Carl Hooker.

Now I didn't promise exactly.

I said I?d do everything I could.

You swore to me over
Jimmy's grave that...

...you wouldn't teach my boy to
drink and gamble like his father.

You lied.

Now, first of all, I never swore,...

...and it sure as hell wasn't
over Jimmy's grave.

And secondly, your husband
wasn't much of a gambler.

He was a drunk, that's true,...

...and you had a whole
to do with that.

And whatever it was I said, was
before I saw Cully's talent.

He's one of the best damn dice
players I ever saw in my life.

I want my boy back.

I want you to tell him...
- Dorothy...

...you ain't never gonna
get your boy back.

I walk 47 miles of barbed wire.

I use a cobra snake for a necktie.

I had a house on the roadside
made from rattlesnake hide.

I got a brand new chimney
made on top...

... made out of a human skull.

Now, come on take a little
walk with me Arlene honey...

... and tell me who do you love.

Mr. McMullin says you
can have your job back.

No questions asked, if you
call him back by tonight.

Ma, I know what you're thinking.

You think...

...you think I?m going
to turn out just like dad.

Well, I ain't.

I never worried about that.

But I ain't gonna turn
out like you either.

Now, you call collect
if you get in trouble.

I?m not going to get in
any trouble, Mom.

Did you get all dressed
up to set me off?

Hell, no. I had to go see the
doctor over in Evansville.

I figured, if you dress sharp,...

...they're less likely to find
anything the matter with you.

You're crazy, Hook.

There you go.

Name: Ferguson Edwards.

Now, they're expecting you.

And I told 'em you're the best damn
dice arm they're ever gonna see.

What'd you tell 'em that for?

Well, they know I exaggerate.

This here's my lucky dollar.
It?s for you.

I had this in my pocket the
night I won the Packard.

I thought you didn't believe in luck.
- I don't.

I believe in confidence.
The illusion of luck.

Now, don't you ever gamble with that
unless you absolutely gotta win.

I don't mean want to,
I mean have to.

Yeah, don't you be a stranger now.
Get in there and just tear 'em up.

I will. Take care, Hook.
- All right.

Thanks for everything.

Big town, big town...

... you give a nice Saturday night.

Anything, anywhere, anytime...

... that's what I like.

I hear the sax screaming...

... the bands are swinging,
oh big town.

Standing on the corner lately...

... watch the chicks go by.

Big town woman...

... got it in her eye.

Got me fun real fast,...

... you make it so nice,
oh big town.

Left my baby,...

... yes I let her down.

Love you, baby.

Excuse me.

I?m looking for a Mr. Ferguson.

There's a man here looking
for a Mr. Ferguson.

Just a minute.

It'll be a minute. Grab a seat.

Thanks.

J.C. Cullen?

So, you're J.C. Cullen.

They call me Cully, ma'am.

My name is Ferguson Edwards.

Hooker didn't tell me
you were a woman.

No, he wouldn't have.

Hooker tells me you're about the
best dice arm I?m never gonna see.

Are you?
- Well, I shoot pretty good.

You know all the odds on
the pass line, the points...

...the side bets, that sort of things
- Like I know my name.

How many come-out rolls
does it take...

...to work out all the odds
in whole numbers?

Nineteen hundred and eighty.

Of those the shooter will pass
with a natural 440 times,...

...throw craps on the
come-out 220 times,...

...make his point 536 times,...

What's the most you've
ever won in one night?

157 and change.

157 and change.

It?s gonna be a pretty so-so
night for you here in Chicago.

Think you can make
it in the big-time?

Yes, ma'am. That's
what I?m here for.

Mister Edwards?

Well, if Hooker says he's okay...

...then he must be.

Cully, this is mister Edwards,
my husband.

You'll be working for us now.
- Yes, ma'am.

Put all your money
down on my desk.

Okay.

I?ll just keep it for you...

...so you can have bus
fare back to Rockport.

All right, give me your dice.

Now you're clean.

It?s the first thing you learn
about shooting for us.

You gamble with our money.
You carry our dice.

We know our dice are straight.
- Yes, ma'am.

We get 70% of everything you win.

We'll send Hooker ten percent.

Hooker didn't say anything
about any 10%.

That's the deal.
Take it or leave it.

Take it.

Good. There's a hotel that
we own down the street.

We'll put you up there.

Come back tomorrow about
3 p. m. and we'll get you started.

Just a little something
to tide you over.

Thanks.

Save the thanks, son.

Wait'll you see what it comes of it.

Excuse me. Let me have
a pack of Juicy Fruit.

That'll be five cents.

You might have told me
Ferguson was a woman.

You didn't ask me. Besides
I don't owe you anything.

Yes, you do.

You owe me nineteen dollars
and ninety-five cents.

You must be Cullen.
- Must be.

I?m Harold, the night manager.

Mrs. Edwards said to give you
a room in the third floor,...

...so you can get some
sleep in the daytime.

So, maybe you could show me
how to shoot dice sometime,...

...could you, Mr. Cullen?
- Yeah, sure, Harold.

Why don't you call me Cully? I don't
go so much for that mister business.

Okay then, Cully.

You know where I can get
a bite to eat around here?

Well, I usually eat a place
called 'Mother's'...

...right down the block.

What's wrong?
- Nothing.

It?s just a fellow once warned me
never to gamble in a place...

...called Honest John's and never
eat in a place called Mother's.

Well, you can suit yourself, but I?ve
been eating there nine years.

You can see it ain't hurt me none.
- No, I guess not.

By the way, there's a little game...

...going on down in the basement,
if you're interested.

What's the minimum bet?
- A buck.

I?ll go two for the shooter.

I picked up sixty dollars in a little
crap game at the hotel last night.

I already know that.

Yeah, well I figured.

From now on you shoot only
with our money. You got it?

Yes, ma'am.

I?m sending you out with one
of my best arms tonight,...

...Sonny Binkley. He's
gonna break you in.

I?m not gonna give you the usual
routine, because Hooker sent you up.

But it Sonny tells me you
can't handle the dice...

...or my money, you're gone.
You understand that?

Sure.
- Here's two hundred dollars.

Sonny's gonna take you
on the Grand Tour.

The places where they have
the regular games,...

...where you'll be shooting
80% of the time. Good luck.

Cullen?
- Yes, ma'am?

How is Hooker these days?

He's fine. He's doing just fine.

Get married yet?

No, Hooker. He's
still chasin' them though.

I guess you know how he is.

Who's here?

Cullen, the new man.

I?m just sending him out with Sonny.

Mr. Edwards.

The odds are with
you to make money,...

...as long as you know
the dice and the bets.

Now in a head's up game,
the bets is negotiated.

It?s mostly even money. It?s not
like betting against a casino.

Lots of times the guys bettin' against
you don't even know the true odds.

I mean, say some sucker lays down
a side bet when the point is five.

You cover it quick
with even money.

That's right. Odds is three
to two for you,...

...and you only gotta
give him even money.

A guy like that ain't gonna
stay in the game too long.

Too bad.

All it takes is a couple guys
like that betting on instinct...

...and you can start taking
their money real regular.

Otherwise, the Edwardses
wouldn't stay in business.

Listen, man, free advice is usually
worth exactly what it cost,...

...but you-all comin' in here
pretty much like I did,...

...I thought I?d tell you something
that's good to remember.

This here town is one
real place to get...

...hooked on something.
It?s right over there.

They get dope here, man,
like you never heard of,...

...and women, man, like you
never seen. And booze...

...but like I said, I thought
I?d just at least warn you.

I appreciate it.

What we got here tonight is
a big sales convention.

I love salesmen.

I heard there was a game in here.
- Come on in.

Hey, Duke.
- Sonny.

How you doing?
- Good.

J.C., J.C., this is Duke.

How you doing?
- Hey, Duke.

Come on, let's move the side bets.

How you doing?
- Hey, how are you?

New money in the game?
- Yes.

New shooter coming out.

Get outta that bed,...

... wash your face and hands.

Get outta that bed,...

... wash your face and hands.

Well, you get in that kitchen,...

... make some noise with
the pots and pans.

I said, shake, rattle and roll,...

... shake, rattle and roll.

Well, you won't do right to
save you doggone soul.

I believe to my soul you're
a devil in nylon hose.

I believe to my soul you're
a devil in nylon hose.

Well, the harder I work,
the faster my money goes.

I said, shake, rattle and roll,...

... shake, rattle and roll.

Well, you won't do right to
save your doggone soul.

Shake, rattle and roll.

Now Cullen, you made
396 dollars in five nights.

Not bad for a young man,
especially since it's tax free.

Yeah, well you didn't
do too badly yourself.

I figure you made...

...1.386 dollars off of
me and my shooting.

Listen to him.

The man's been here one week;
already the greed is showing through.

Hey, that's not what I meant.

What did you mean, Cullen?

Nothing. I just kinda
said it, that's all.

Didn't mean for it
to sound that way.

I hope you're smart enough to
figure out Mr. Edwards risked...

...nineteen hundred and eighty dollar
to win the thirteen hundred.

I hope you also realize...

...that if you were not
working for mister Edwards...

...you'd be suspected of being
a hustler and a cheat...

...every time you left
the game a winner.

I?m sorry if I sounded out of line.

Arm, if you really got no
use for that fat roll...

...there in your hand, why don't
you take it on down to the Gem...

...and let some real crapshooters
take it away from you?

What's the Gem?

It?s the only game in town where
you can't shoot with your own money.

It?s a Sunday night game
backstage at the Gem Club...

...across the street.
- Yeah?

Well, maybe I will go down there.
And maybe I?ll break the game,...

...just like I broke those
other ones this week.

Yeah, maybe you will.
Maybe you won't.

Why don't you go on and
give it a try, Hooker's boy?

You want anything else?

She don't want you, Cullen.

Now, maybe if you was
Hooker himself...

...instead of Hooker's boy.

Well, I called my baby
and told her to be...

... down at the juke joint
a- waitin' for me.

'Cause I?m a juke joint Johnny...

... I know every joint in town.

I?m a juke joint Johnny...

... and I?m always joking' around.

Now, I work all weekend
and I draw my pay...

You wanna hear something?

Yeah, sure. How about
this Bob Dicklley record?

Doesn't get much air time.

Yeah, well, the good stuff they
don't play on the radio.

You work here?

No, I sort of live here.

Yeah? Nice place you got here.

I live down off State Street.

I?m over on Wabash.

Yeah?
- Yeah.

We're neighbors then.

I can't decide, Sid.

I mean, I want all three, but I?ve
only got a dollar. You decide.

No, I can't let you do that.
- Are you sure?

Yeah, thanks anyway.
- Okay.

We've got eight thousand
of the Elvis records.

You can probably get in next week.

All right.

Thanks.

Nine dollars.

Let me get the lady's record.

Hi.
- Hello.

I almost missed it.

I?m Aggie. Aggie Donaldson.

Hi, Aggie. Jack Cullen.
- Hi.

Where you from, Jack?

Around and about.

What, like downstate someplace?

How come you know so much?

'Cause I?m from downstate myself.
- Yeah?

Chicago's a great place for music.

It?s got jazz, country, rock 'n roll.
Anything you like.

What do you like?

I like anything that really cooks.
- Yeah?

Yeah. I wanna get my own
collection of classics,...

...'cause one of these days I
wanna get a job as a D.J.

A what?

A D.J. You know a disc jockey.

Radio announcer.

Do they have women disc jockeys?

Well, they will. There's a training
school right here in Chicago,...

...and they said they'd take me
if I pass the FCC test.

And the FCC said
anyone can take it.

Hi, mommy.
- Hi.

Did you have a good nap?

Thanks for looking in on her.

Well, she was no problem at all.

I brought you a surprise.
- What?

Your favorite cookies.

Why don't you take 'em up to the
kitchen, and eat 'em at the counter?

Here we go.

So...
- So, what's your husband do?

It?s a kind of a long story.

Now and then I tell people
he was killed in Korea...

...when I?m in the mod
for a little sympathy.

I never actually married him.

We were just a couple of kids.

I don't know. It never
would have worked.

Yeah.
- Yeah.

It?s too bad.

Well, you know where I live.

It was nice running into you.
- Yeah.

Hey, Aggie.

Could you hold onto these for me?

I don't have a record player yet.

Sure, Jack.

Take care.
- You too.

Hey, how you doing?
What you doin' here?

I was looking for you.
- How's that?

Is that your girl?
- Yeah.

No shit.

I?ve grown so used
to you somehow...

... but I?m nobody's sugar
daddy now...

... and I?m lonesome,...

... I got the lovesick blues.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Honey! Hey, honey!

Honey! Ginger! Honey!

Honey, here.
This here's J.C. Cullen.

Cully, this is Ginger,
my true love.

Hello, J.C.
- Hi, Ginger.

Adele, you know what I?m after.

Do you want anything?
- Nothing.

You know I don't approve
of you drinking on the job.

You don't approve of
me drinking anytime.

Ain't my Sonny-boy here the
biggest old fuddy-duddy...

...you ever saw?

You will, darling.
- Yeah, he sure is.

Say, Sonny, you ever shoot dice in
the progame over at the Gem Club?

Sometimes.

But it ain't easy to beat.
- Why?

Because you gotta take and
give true odds on side bets.

No way to get the odds
to work for you.

That's a tight game, brother.

One of those pros on a hot streak
is just liable to whip out a couple..

...of hundred and just shoot it all.

Me, I don't like to gamble.

Shoo, ain't that a scream.
Sonny don't like to gamble.

Honey, you know what I mean.

I know what you mean, but I...

...I?ll tell you, I feel like
going over there tonight.

You feel like it?
- All right.

Just for a few minutes.

There goes this week's pay.

You think you can get all Jim Bean
laid in his grave without me?

I reckon so.

You think that you can keep your
eyes off them girls at the Gem?

You keep him on the
straight and narrow, J.C.

If he can't keep his
eyes off of 'em,...

...you make sure he keeps
his hands off of them.

Okay?
- I?ll try.

It was nice to meet you, J.C.

Nice meeting you.
- You come around again.

You be good.

There's only one thing
about the Gem Club though.

It?s a kind of a strange
place to shoot dice.

Baby, do it again.

She ain't real, boy.
She ain't real.

Hey, hey, let me
have some of that.

Hi.
- Hey, Sonny-boy.

Hi.
- Hi.

How you doin', Sonny?

This here is J.C.
He's a friend of mine.

He works for Ferguson.
- Come on in.

Roll 'em, Deacon.

Lord, grant me a seven...

...to relieve those sinful
gamblers of their money.

Winner seven.

Thank you, Lord, thank you.

Who's the nut case?

The name's Deacon Daniels.
Don't let any of that fool you.

He's a first class arm.

Shoot it all.
- The shooters falls now.

A Little Joe from Kokomo.

Gentlemen, the point is four.

Forty says the Deacon don't.

Twenty says he does.

You're short. I put down forty.

It?s a two to one bet. You
looking for even money?

Let it lay. I guess
you know the game.

I guess.

Is that Ferguson's new flash?

I speak English.

Well, I?m glad you
could make it, Flash.

It is fifty dollars to roll the dice.

I make all the 'don'ts'
at my discretion.

And other than that
it's head's up game.

Okay.

Roll 'em.

You got it!

Four!

What, you gonna bet
60 whole dollars, Murphy?

Are you sure about that?

That's more money than you ever
made in a month, isn't it?

You got that right.

Sorry, Murphy. It?s gotta be tough
going through life with no balls.

Do they let you in the
men's room, Murphy?

Sunflower's point.

There's one guy Will
Rogers never met.

Well, we are the
way God made us.

And the way we
make ourselves.

Amen, brother.

James Daniels. And don't call
me Jimmy, call me Deacon.

J.C. Cullen. You just call me Cully.

Who's he?

His name is George Cole.

He used to be some kind of gangster,
or criminal, or something like that.

Yeah?

Or maybe he has just
in the Marines.

I never have got it straight.

This is his place, as you
might have guessed.

He ain't been saved yet.
How about you?

One C.

One C. You pay that to
the man from Kentucky.

I see you have yet to conquer
the temptations of the flesh.

Viva!
- Hi.

Excuse me,...

...another young sinner in the
need of the comfort of the word.

Viva five. The winner five.

Six.

Spinning around on all sides
there. The number is six.

Hi.
- Hi.

All right. No problem.

E- oh-leven.

You're new here, aren't you?

Yes, ma'am.

The name's J.C. Cullen.

Well, hi, J.C.

Hey, seven out.

How'd you do?
- I?ve done better.

You need change
for a dollar, Flash?

Five C's to pass.

Well, a high roller has arrived.

You're faded, sir.

Fifty with the shooter.

Put it down on the table, Murphy.
There's no fly bets here.

New shooter coming out.

Show 'em how many
days in the week.

Hundred dollars on my man.

How many days in the week?

Winner seven for Flash.
Throws a natural.

One thousand, shoot it all.

One thousand faded.

Shooter coming out again.

Winner eleven.

Two thousand dollars.

Two thousand faded.

Ten, the point is ten.

One C on the shooter.

Any more side action here?

One hundred, looking
for two hundred.

Four thousand, shoot it all.

You better drag your winning while
you still got 'em, farm boy.

Four thousand faded.

Number eleven.

Seven thousand, shoot it all.

What do you got?
- Four thousand.

Seven faded.

Come on J.C. Make the pass, pass.

Eight. The point is eight.

Eight's the point. Eight.

Come, J.C. Let's see it again.

Eight, eight.

Shooter falls now.
- Come on.

E- o-leven. One roll too late.

Come on, what you
see is what you get.

Winner eight.

Fourteen thousand.

Fourteen thousand?

Shoot it all.

J.C.'s broke the game.

Come on, get your money.
Let's get out of here.

Come on, Cully.

That's fourteen grand.

Jim Dandy to the rescue,...

... Jim Dandy to the rescue.

Jim Dandy to the rescue,...

... go Jim Dandy, go Jim Dandy.

Jim Dandy on the mountain top...

... ten thousand feet to drop.

He started giddy on
a runaway horse...

... ha ha that's right of course.

Jim Dandy to the rescue,...

... go Jim Dandy, go Jim Dandy.

Jim Dandy had a girl named Sue...

... she was feelin' kind of blue.

Jim Dandy is the kinda guy...

... he never like to
see a woman cry.

Jim Dandy to the rescue,...

... go Jim Dandy, go Jim Dandy.

Jim Dandy to the rescue,...

... Jim Dandy to the rescue.

Jim Dandy to the rescue,...

... go Jim Dandy, go.

Stop staring at me.

You're staring at me, Cullen.

I guess I was. I?m sorry.

People like to stare at the blind.

Makes them think they
have an advantage.

They think we don't know.

But we do know.

And I don't like to be stared at.

I understand last night you...

...took the Gem game
and just broke it.

Took 'em for about fifteen
grand, I understand.

Yeah.

I like to see a young
man get ahead.

Yeah, I remember the time
I broke my first big game.

Never was a feeling
play like that again.

I was good, Cullen.

God, I was good.

Hooker and me...

...we were the best damn dice
arms in the whole Midwest.

There wasn't a game from
Minneapolis to Memphis...

...we couldn't just clean
out playing partners.

We were something.

Let me tell you about
the time I lost my eyes.

There was this kid, nice,...

...clean-cut young kid from Iowa.

When he first came up,
he got on a roll...

...like we'd never seen
before or since.

He just set this town on fire.

He got to actually thinking
he could will the dice.

Like he had some kind
of telepathy or something.

Hooker and I, we weren't
that impressed with this punk.

So, we decided to watch him.

Didn't really understand
the odds, I said.

So, we waited him out.
He lost his last ten bucks to me.

He turned around and asked me
would I fade him on credit.

Is he kidding me or what?

I mean, you know, you never lend
money to a man in a crap game.

I just looked him straight
in the eye, and I said,...

...no, the odds have finally caught
up with you. Adios, punk.

Well, he went crazy.
He got all upset.

He started running around like
a wild man. He ran over...

...over here, on this
east wall and there was...

...a pan of battery acid.

And he ran towards it
and threw it on us.

And a few of us,
jus a few, got hit.

Hooker gotta little
bit on his shirt.

And I was his back man...

...and I took it all right...

...right here in my eyes.

What happened to the kid?

Nothing happened to the kid.

The kid got away. The
kid ran down an alley.

We never saw him again.

Pete Carbondale. Yeah,
that was his name...

...had a small read heart...

...tattooed on the inside
of his right wrist,...

...right here.

Eight years...

...I had guys looking for him.
We never found him.

That's too bad.

Yeah, too bad.

He was a punk,...

...just like you.

And you know something, Cullen.

Some day your luck's going
to change, just like his.

You remember I told you that.

Hey, I?m sorry about your
bad luck, Mr. Edwards,...

...but I?m not a punk.

And I wouldn't throw battery
acid in any man's face.

I?ll be outside, till
Ferguson gets back.

Well, what did you
say the odds were?

All right, then put five
dollars on the Packers.

Right. All right. Bye.

Hey.
- What do you say, Buddy?

Say, how many suits
you buy, Flash?

Four. I figure I?d better spend
some of that money...

...before them 'arms' at the Gem
Club get a chance to get it back.

You got that right, brother.

Okay, let me guess.
Who could this be?

June Carter? Nope.
Must be Ginger McDonald.

Your perfume gave you away.

Ain't nobody gonna give
me away but my daddy.

Speaking of which, me and Ginger,
we got a little deal worked out.

She's gonna be
Mrs. Sonny Binkley.

No kidding? When?

Just as soon as I can get my daddy
trained to where can stay...

...in the same room with Sonny
and not get into an argument.

Hey, Elmo. Hold on one. Elmo!

Double Jim Beam and quick.

I?ll be Johnny Walker Red,
straight up.

On the house.

I tell you. Sonny he's one lucky
guy getting a girl like you.

Sonny tells me that you are some
bigshot with all these crap...

...shooters around.
- Well, I wouldn't go that far.

I?m pretty good, though.

Aggie!
- Ellie, how you been?

Great.

I?m going to be finished in
half an hour. Can you wait?

Yeah, all right.

Hey, Aggie.

Hi. What are you doing here?

Just hanging around telling lies.

Hi, Ginger. How you been?

Just great, Aggie. Sonny
and me is getting married.

Yeah? That's wonderful.

So, when are you gonna come
over and get your records?

Well, I haven't had time to go
out and get a phonograph yet.

You can come listen
on mine if you want.

I?m warning you, Aggie.
This boy ain't shy.

Hey, Sonny. I?d like you to meet
a friend of mine. This is Aggie.

Aggie, this is Sonny.

How you been, Sonny?

Fine. I think we
best be getting on.

Later. I?ll meet you out front.

So, when are you home, Aggie?

This week? I don't know.
I gotta get a new job.

I?ll just try to catch you. You know.

All right.

Take care.
- You, too. I?ll see you.

What are you doing hanging
around with her?

What's the matter with her?
- Nothing.

Don't you wonder why
she's so friendly?

I don't know. She's
just lonely. I guess.

Yeah, well, she's got at least one
married man to keep her company.

You can go better. I tell you true.

Going to the Gem Club.

Seven out, Duke.
Thank you very much.

What's it gonna be this time,
farm boy? Two dollars or three?

I?ll make it easy on you.
One hundred dollars.

What happened to all that money
you took out here last Sunday?

I?m wearing it.

Pretty good tailor, kid.

High roller from Indiana.

Your are faded, sir.

Fifty dollars on the shooter.

Lord, stay the winning roll from
this misguided boy's hand...

...so that you might deprive
him of his sinful-gotten gains...

...and restore him to
humility before thee.

Hallelujah.

Winner seven.

Praise the Lord.

Four hundred dollars.

Flash is feeling fortunate.
400 dollars.

Fifty says the don't.
- Fifty says he do.

Lord, forsake not your disciple
in his hour of need.

Thanks, Deacon.

Eight hundred dollars.
- Eight hundred dollars.

Two out of there, keep it alive.

The shooter falls now.

Seven. Flash throws
another natural.

Sixteen hundred dollars. Press it.

Don't you do that again!

Don't you ever do that again.
- What's wrong? I didn't do nothing.

Jesus, Murphy!

Murphy, take your money
business out of here.

Shame on you, Murphy.

What? I didn't do anything.

Two hundred on the Flash.

Two hundred with the kid.

Winner!

Thirty-two hundred
dollars, let it ride.

Two hundred dollars with J.C.

What's the matter, Flash?

You put funny dice in my game,
farm boy. I?m gonna cut your eyes out

Eleven. E-o-leven.

Eleven.

Boys, I thing we just found the
source of Flash's good fortune.

Hey, wait a minute. I?m no
bust-out guy. Wait a minute.

Somebody set me up.

If I cheated why would
I announce it?

Wait a minute, Cole.
The boy is saying true.

The boy is a slick little thief.

All right. All right.
Let the money lie.

Let everybody take
back what they bet.

Get him out of here.

Fucker.

Every honest guy in town is going
to stay clear of this game.

It brings a tear...

... into my eyes,...

... when I begin...

... to realize...

... I?ve cried so much...

... since you've been gone,...

Hi. I was just leaving you a note.

Are you all right?
- Yeah. I?m okay.

You wanna come in?
- Well, yeah.

Could you hold on for a second?
I?ll be just a minute.

Come on in.

I just wanted to make sure that
you knew I had nothing...

...to do with what
happened last night.

I hadn't even thought about that.

I?m very sorry.

I have never seen my husband
do that to anyone before.

Your husband? Cole?

You didn't know?

No, I didn't.

Listen, I have a few hours
free before the next show.

You wanna grab a bite?

Yeah, sure. Sure.

Good.

Put on a shirt.

I don't feel comfortable.

I don't know. I never eaten
in a place like this.

Why don't you just act like you do
with a pair of dice in your hand,...

...like you're the best there is.

That's what some of the other 'arms'
are saying about you, you know?

Yeah? What about your husband?
Does he think I?m the best?

No.

He just calls you that
'hay seed' bastard.

Of course, he's slightly
prejudice now, isn't he?

Tell me, why are you so
glad I broke his game?

Do I have to have a reason?

I just want to know why, that's all.

Maybe it's a secret.

All us city girls have
deep dark secrets.

Quit playing with me.

Let's go.
- I want to know why.

Let's go.
- I want to know why.

I?ll tell you why. Because I hate
the sonofabitch, all right?

I hope you're satisfied.

So you were just using me?
Is that it?

Why, do you think I made a
fool out of you or something?

If I?m a fool, so is everybody else.

My, my, my, aren't we
the wise old philosopher.

Look, why don't we
just forget it. Okay?

Why don't we just forget
the whole thing. All right?

Shit.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Lorry Dane.

Shake 'em up, honey, shake 'em.

In my face, in my face!

Hey, farm boy,...

...you know, seeing as how
my trifecta came in,...

...I?m gonna pour you
a drink, just this once.

Now, what is it you like to drink?
It?s warm milk, isn't it?

Cut the shit, Madigan.

Give me a whiskey straight up.

What's the matter? Never see
you drink anything but soda pop.

Choking on all that money?

How about some whiskey?
- Yeah, how about it.

You better give me another one.

Hi.
- Hey.

How's the big gambler?

Well, I could be better.
How about yourself?

It wasn't such a great day.

I had to go to a funeral
this afternoon.

Hey, sorry.
- Yeah. Well.

Someone you were close to?

Just a friend.
Pretty unexpected, though.

Why don't we be miserable together?

All right.

Got your key?

I gotta get up early.

Why bother going to sleep at all?

Right. Your just close your eyes and
poof, another day gone forever.

Yep.

What are you doing up?

Will you kiss me goodnight?

Yeah, I?ll be in in a minute,
sweetheart. Okay?

Yeah.

Thank you for the fun time,
Mr. Jack Cullen.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

I don't know. I?m just
feeling so bad.

You came along and
made me have fun.

Don't go.

Mama?

Mama?

Just give me a second, sweetheart.

Listen, partner, Ferguson tells me
you tied one pretty good last night.

And you showed up at a game,...

...dropped four hundred.
What're you doing?

Been thinking about
things, that's all.

Come on, let's get some chow.
I?m starved, man.

Hey, I?ll take all that
money off you hands...

...if it's causing you
that much grief.

What do you know about Lorry Dane?

What do you want to know?
A chicken noodle, please.

It?s pretty damn strange
with her and her husband.

I mean, she hates that guy.

Well, the story I heard is that
Cole come across Lorry...

...stripping down in New Orleans.

Now, he's a big time gambler
with a 40 G wad,...

...so Lorry figures she's found
the man of her dreams.

A meat loaf, please, with some gravy.

You bet.
- Pastrami on rye.

So, she persuades him to
take her on up to Chicago...

...and go partners whit
him in the Gem Club.

So they're partners.
- Could you put some gravy on that?

Yeah, well the thing is,
Cole is smarter than that.

There you go.
- He decides he wants to marry her.

Now she thinks she's getting half
interest that way, but she ain't.

He owns the place before
they was ever married.

So, she goes to him and she says,
'Hey, I?d lie my share'.

He just beats the crap out of her.

He just lied and
cheated her then?

Lied? He turned that
woman into his slave.

Shit. I wouldn't blame
her for killing the guy.

Of course, I wouldn't blame
anybody for killing Cole.

I got it.

That's four fifty.

Who'd you hear about this from?

Some guy that rolled into town.

Rolled around with her some.

You're not stuck on her, are you?

No.

Good. 'Cause she's
nothing but a whore.

Keep the change.

Damn! Nigger heaven.

I don't like handling nigger money.

What are you talking about?

It spends just like any other money.

Yeah, well, you go on,
get your nigger money.

I like to keep my hands clean.
- Hey, Sonny, where you going?

Charlie, give me a beer, will you?

Say, what's the action
like over there?

Not bad. Twenty to
fifty bucks mostly.

Yeah?
- You from around here?

No, Indiana.

How about yourself?
- Southern California.

You an 'arm'?

I?ve done some shooting.
Phil Carpenter.

J.C. Cullen.
- Good to meet you, J.C.

You here for the fight?
- Yeah, you bet I am.

I own a piece of one of
those fighters there.

Besides, there's no place like Chicago
for head's-up craps, I?ll tell you.

Yeah. I?m gonna go
get my feet wet.

Hey, well, good luck. Get
one of 'em wet for me.

Take care.

New shooter coming out.

Shooter coming out.
- Forty with the shooter.

Forty faded.

How you all doing?
- Good.

Eleven. Winner.

Well, if it isn't my favorite farm
boy. How's it going, son?

See forty with the shooter.

Faded.

You know what they say,
country boy, no harm; no foul.

Put your money where
your mouth is, man. Come on.

I hope you're taking
good care of my money.

Yeah, well if you hadn't
stolen that 1.600 from me,...

...you might've had a chance
to win all your money back.

Smart little stunt you pulled.

You're a real dandy, Flash.
You know that?

Yeah, how come no one will
play at your game any more?

I have a full house
every Sunday night.

Yeah? Playing with yourself
is what I heard.

Don't push your luck, country boy.

What are you doing here?
You shouldn't be here.

George could come
in at any minute.

George just got in a game
on the South Side.

Well, what do you want?

I just wanted to tell you
I?m sorry, I didn't know.

Didn't know what?
- About you and George.

What about me and George?

Well, about how he lied
to you, cheated you.

Let's face it, Lorry, he's just using
you like you were a slave.

You think you know all
about me, don't you?

Well, you don't know
anything about me.

So, don't think you can pass judgment
on me, because you can't.

You're the one that
wants to use me.

Well, I wanna hear you say it.

Say it!
- I love you.

Never know how much I love you,...

... never know how much I care.

When you put your arms around me...

... I get a fever that's
so hard to bear.

You give me fever,...

... when you kiss me, fever
when you hold me tight.

Fever in the morning,...

... fever all through the night.

Bless my soul I love you...

... take this heart away,...

... take these arms
I?ll never use,...

... and just believe in what
my lips have to say.

You give me fever,...

... when you kiss me, fever
when you hold me tight.

Fever in the morning,...

... fever all through the night.

Hello.

Mom. What's up?

When?

All right. I?ll be there.

Well, I?ve been asked to say
a few words today as we...

...lay Carl Hooker into
his final resting place.

I did not know the
man personally.

But all who knew him say he
was a personably, friendly...

...man who had a kind
word for everyone.

Carl Hooker does not leave behind
him sons or daughters,...

...nor does he leave vast
worldly possessions.

He was a man who touched the
lives of many in warm fellowship.

He was a man who made many friends.

This is his legacy.

Hooker knew he
was dying, didn't he?

He called me last week and
asked me to see to things.

The gas station is broke.

There's not much left, but...

...he did want you to have his car.

He sure had a lot of pals.

Where were his 'pals' today?

Are you kidding?
Everybody liked Hooker.

Sure, sure, Everybody liked him.

I nearly got crushed in the
crowd at the funeral.

Everybody liked him
but nobody loved him.

It?s a sad thing when a
man goes through life...

...and never knows
what love is.

Yeah?

They have a very good
telephone service in this city.

You should try it sometime.

I had to go to a funeral.
- Yeah, whose?

What happened?
- A stroke.

He had two before and
he never told anybody.

You don't want it?
- No.

I don't want it around.
- Why?

I said I didn't want it.

So that's it. You just wipe him out
of your memory like he never was?

The past is the past.

Well, if that's the case,...

...I want the ten percent
you were giving Hooker.

We'll split. Seventy-five,
twenty-five.

I want Hooker's percentage
and I want all of it.

Apparently you don't realize
that your credibility...

...around Chicago has dropped
to almost nothing.

Some of the 'arms' at the Gem
Club think that you cheated...

...the night you broke the table at..
- That's a pack of lies.

Do you think I?m stupid enough
to slip a pair of loaded dice...

...into a professional game?

I don't know what you're
stupid enough to do.

I?ve heard you've taken
an interest in Mrs. Cole.

Who told you that?
- George Cole is a rattlesnake.

If you're smart you'll stay
away from him an his wife.

I?m telling you that as a friend, as
somebody who is looking out for you.

Well, maybe I don't need
anybody looking out for me.

Maybe I don't need a shooter who...

...comes in drunk and drops
four hundred dollars!

It won't happen again.

The split is seventy-five,
twenty-five.

Okay.

I don't have to tell you...

...you're one of the
best 'arms' I have.

But you better keep your
mind on the game.

Yes, ma'am.

Nine, a winner!

Shoot the two.

A hundred with the shooter.

Hey, how's it going?
- Good, good, going good.

You sure ran out of
here the other night.

Yeah, well I had some business
that couldn't wait.

A woman?

Listen, hell, that ain't business,
that's a catastrophe, brother.

Tell you what shoot me winner.
I?ll buy you a steak.

So anyway, that's about
the long and short of it.

This girl s got a hold of me where
I don't wanna be gotten a hold of.

I can't stop thinking about her.

You want advice?

Sure, if you've got any.

Forget her.

The world's full of ladies
that lay down...

...for a gambler on a roll.

Just don't get involved. Stay cool.

Is that what you do?

Stay cool?

Yeah. That's the only
way I lasted this long.

Cigarette?

So, what's it like out on the
West Coast? You know?

Well, I?ll tell you, kid.

The West Coast circuit is a
little different than back here.

You know, most of your shooters,
they like to play the pony.

They bet on the fighters, football
games, dog tracks, that sort of thing

They don't like to follow a circuit
where the shooter may quit winners...

...and then go blow it all
on the track, you know?

I guess when you're raised in
a garage and washroom games,...

...you get a little narrow-minded.

Yeah, sure, sure.

It?s not the only thing that
makes a guy narrow-minded.

No, you got that right.

Hey, Sonny, I need to talk
to you, when you got a minute.

Can't you see we're busy.

Well, this is kind of important.

Yeah, well maybe I
don't feel like talking.

What's wrong with you?

Well, maybe we don't like any
nigger-lovers hanging around.

Hey, Sonny, maybe if you weren't
such a narrow-minded bastard...

Now why don't you just go find your
little whore and leave me alone?

Who is it?

It?s me. Cully.

No! Run and let him in, and tell
him I?ll be out in a minute, okay?

Act like a lady.

Hey.

My mommy says she'll
be back in a minute.

Okay. I got a minute.

Hey, do you know who this is?

Who?
- Elvis Presley.

Yeah? Well, he's yours now.

Jack! What a surprise.

Yeah. I thought I?d come by
and see how you're doing.

Well, I?m doing just fine.

I got a letter saying I
passed the FCC test.

That's great.
- I know.

Yeah, so you're gonna
be on the radio.

Well, I still have to make enough
money to pay for the training school.

But the man who runs it said about...

...just about every guy who
graduates is getting a job.

Course, I?m not a guy.

So, let's go out and celebrate.

I got so much to do tomorrow.

Well, we'll just go out
for a couple of hours.

I don't want to stay out long.

There is a really hot
sax player in town.

Let's go to see him.

Yeah.

Thank you, thank you.
We'll be right back.

Your luck will change
just like mine did.

Yeah, well I don't
believe in luck.

Well, I do.

It was luck when I run into
you at the Biloxi that night.

The man I was in love with
was buried that day.

God, that was the worst
day of my life.

The daughter called me up
and asked me...

...not to embarrass them by
showing up at the funeral.

So did you go?

Yeah, of course I went.

I mean, he would've expected me to.

Probably wouldn't have wanted me to,
but he would've expected me to.

I like that.

Yeah, you were
real sweet to me.

Yeah.

Listen Aggie, I wanted
to talk to you about that.

I wanted to clear up a few things.

Well, what's bothering you?

Well, besides the...

...fact that I haven't any
real friends in this town.

Well, you got one I know of.

I feel real down.

I?m hooked on this girl...

...and I?m trying real hard
to forget about her.

Yeah, sometimes that's the hardest
thing in the world, isn't it?

It is.

If you need my help,
you'll let me know.

Look who's here, the Indiana Flash.

I hope you're enjoying the show.

You got some real talent here.

We've decided to let you back
in my Sunday game, Flash.

If you promise not to cheat again.

What's the matter, Cole?

Does it burn you that the best arm in
Chicago won't shoot at your game?

The best arm in Chicago has never
missed my game, Flash.

Never missed.

If you see anything you want
back there, let me know.

So, the girls are for sale?

Some.

How much for Lorry Dane?

Now, she's expensive.

That little bitch'll cost you
a lot more than money.

Nice seeing you.

Cully.
- Hey.

Cully, he knows about us.
I know he does.

So, what's gonna do?

He's going to win back the money
that he lost to you and then...

And then what?
- I don't know what.

I?m really sorry I got
you into all this.

I?m never gonna let you go of you.

Baby, I wanna Singapore
Sling. You buy one for me?

If you're good.
- Please.

I?ve been good.
I am good, aren't I?

No.
- No?

You're great.

Hi, Aggie.

Your waitress will
be right with you.

You had her, didn't you?

Come on. You did, didn't you?

What's wrong?

You seem so far away.

I?m thinking.

About us?

No.

Well, then stop thinking about it.

You can only think about me.

I think I found the guy who
blinded Mr. Edwards.

His name's Phil Carpenter,...

...and he's been shooting
at the Belleville game.

What's that got to do with us?

So, I just feel like it's not fair.

If you play the game long enough,...

...you start to realize
that it's not just luck.

If you don't know the true odds,
or you forget them,...

...you pay for it, always.

A player gets what he deserves.

So, maybe Mr. Edwards
deserved to be blinded.

I don't know.

But the guy who did that...

...it's not fair that...

...he can just ruin a man's
life and get off scot free.

Stay out of it, Cully.

Nothing good can come from it.

Besides, Mr. Edwards isn't
the only man unlucky in life.

You lost your dad when
you were ten. Is that fair?

It?s not the same thing.

My daddy loved me too much.

What do you mean?

Well, let's just say he put me
through a really bad scene...

...when I was very young.

Come here.

I?m crazy about you.

Let's just get away from here.

Cully, George would find us;
he'd kill us.

He hates me and he's
burning to beat you.

He doesn't have much money left.

The first time you broke the game he
lost almost fifteen thousand dollars.

My God, you were one roll away
from owning the Gem Club.

I?m glad you could both make it.

Mrs. Cole.

Your reputation precedes
you here, Mr. Cullen.

Lorry tells me you found
a way to help her...

...get her fair share
of the Gem Club.

I?ve advised Mrs. Cole that in
the event of divorce proceedings,...

...the Club would go to Mr. Cole.
It?s all in his name.

However, since I have
represented Mr. Cole...

...in several criminal proceedings,..

...I enjoy his confidence.

Last week he offered
the Gem Club...

...as collateral for loan of
about twenty thousand dollars.

Is the Gem Club worth
twenty thousand dollars?

God, yes. It?s worth
several times that.

Provided, of course,
if we can find a buyer.

And that's where you come in.

I would like you to loan me
half the money to loan Cole.

And then play him.

I?d be betting against my own money.

Cully, I?ll pay you back.
I swear I will.

So, it all depends on me?

Loaning you half the money,...

...and then beating
Cole in a dice game?

Exactly.

Let's do it.
- Yeah?

Who is it?
- It?s me, Jack.

I want to talk to you.
- No.

Come on, Aggie, open up. Come on.

I really need to talk to you.

What do you want to talk about?

Look, I won't stay long.

Christy, will you let us have
some 'alone' time?

Thank you, sweetheart.

Look, I want to send
this to my mother...

...if you don't hear
from me by Tuesday.

Why you? What's wrong?

Look, just do it for me. Okay?

Yeah, right.

Here this is for you.

You don't owe me anything.

I mean, if you feel
guilty o something,...

...just forget about it, okay?

Look, I wish there was
something I could do,...

...or something I could tell you.

I could tell you I?m not going
to see her anymore.

I don't wanna lie to you.

Why, are you in love with her?

I don't know. She makes me crazy.

I can't get her out of my mind.

Look, I feel sorry for her.
I want to help her.

Yeah, then what?

Eighter from Decatur, the masturbator

Fifty looking for sixty.

Seven out.

Well, look who's here.

The Flash is back.

Who's your friend, Flash?

This here is Patsy Fuqua.

Patsy.

Gentlemen, my name
is Patsy Fuqua.

As he said,...

...I am president of the Fuqua Novelty
Company of Gary, Indiana.

And we supply most of
the casinos in Nevada.

We guarantee our dice for
unconditionally true play.

If anyone can prove that
our dice do not yield...

...absolutely random results, we will
pay him one thousand dollars...

...for each percentage by which
the results deviate from random.

I have here brand new dice,
still factory-sealed.

I shoot with Patsy's dice
or I don't shoot.

Whatever you say, Flash.
This is a casual game here.

We all trust each other.

Deacon.

I feel the spirit of the Lord
in these two dice.

I guarantee you that
the spirit of the Lord...

...was not present in those dice
when they left the factory.

Shoot one G.
- Faded.

Winner seven.

Shoot the two.

Two faded.

Winner seven.

Shoot the four.

Fade.

There's Little Joe.

Little Joe from Kokomo
is our point, gentlemen.

The point is four.

Four is the point.

What was it again, Deacon?

Three for the Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost,...

...in one unity of the three.

Seven.

Seven deadly sins there,...

...and six ways to make them.

Looks like your lucky
streak just petered out.

Now, you're gonna
see a real shooter.

I shoot one G.

One G faded.

You're faded.

Winner eleven.

I?ll shoot the four.

I got thirty-five hundred dollars.

What's the matter, doesn't anybody
have any money left here?

I?ll cover it.

Another five hundred
against the shooter.

It?s my last dollar.

Wanna go one more?

Last dollar?

Four thousand and one.

Ten the big point.

Seven. Give me a hundred.

Thank you, J.C.

One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

One thousand dollars.

Faded.

Shoot the two.
- Faded two.

Come on, kid. Keep them coming.

Four thousand dollars.

I?ll fade the four.

Let's see roll the point.

Here's your point.
- Big ten.

Let's see it again. Come on.

Make those dice weep.

Make the dice sweat.

Can't go on with the numbers.

There it is, ten.

Shoot eight grand.

I?ll fade four thousand
dollars and that's it.

Take all or nothing.

Eight thousand dollars.

Four thousand dollars is the
limit here. This is my game.

Eight thousand dollars,
all or nothing, or I?m walking.

Eight thousand dollars.

Should've quit when
you were ahead, boy.

Point is four.

Hey, Fuqua, you ever
seen so much money...

...riding on a your dice before?
- No, sir.

I?ve never seen a single dollar
wagered on my dice before tonight.

'Cause you may never see
throw four the hard way...

...for this much money again.

Sixteen thousand dollars.

Shoot it all.

Your luck is going to change, son.

Bet on it.

Come here!

Baby.

You saved me.

I?m gonna be so good to you.

Listen, I moved out. I?ve taken
a room at the Drake.

It?s only for a couple of days.

Until we can find a place,
if you still want me.

Of course I still want you.

Cully, I talked to Mr. Green.

He said that George
came by demanding...

...an extra week to pay off the debt.

He said he seemed desperate
enough to do anything.

I left him five grand.
That's more than he deserves.

What's he gonna do?

I know he can't pay off the debt.

Baby, now we can be together.

Come here.

New shooter coming out.

Shoot sixty.

Hey, you been holding out on us.

You didn't tell us you
were Cully the arm.

You got some kind of magic
or something is what I heard.

Ain't no way I?m gonna
fade Cully the arm.

Any action?

Well, I?m not afraid
to fade Cully the arm.

I think that'll fade you sixty.

Go to it, kid.

Let's see a natural now.
Seven or eleven.

That's the kind of
magic I like, kid.

Is there a J.C. Cullen?

New shooter coming out.

All right, fifty against this shooter

Come on, let's see it.

Crap. A loser.

Yeah?

What's he doing here?
- He's working for me.

Since when?

None of your business.
Read the note, George.

Carbondale is in Chicago.

He has been in the Belleville game.
- That's enough.

Now he got that note today,
and it says the man who blinded me...

...eighteen years ago has been
shooting in the Belleville game.

Who's the note from?
- It isn't signed.

You don't think a stool pigeon is in
the habit of advertising, do you?

Hey, I wouldn't know.

Look, I don't care
who wrote the note.

All I care about is what it says.
Now just shut up and listen to me.

Have you met a man named
Carbondale in the Belleville game?

No.

How about a man named Carpenter...

...who's got a red heart tattooed
right here on his wrist?

Yeah.

Has he got blond hair?

It can even be a little gray now.

It?s brown.

He dyed his hair, that bastard.

He at the Belleville Club now?

Why? What are you going to do?

What difference does it make?

Eighteen years, Cullen,
I have waited for this.

You stay away from
Mr. Carpenter, farm boy,...

...or I?m gonna send you back to
Indiana in a bunch of shoes boxes.

Goodnight, gentlemen.
- Good night.

No, I said Ginger Pop
in the fourth to win.

Thank you.

Pete!

Drop the gun!
Drop the gun!

Well, George, I said
we'd meet again,...

...and here we are.

Come on, Pete.

Come on, Pete!

Cully, you bastard!
You gonna pay for this.

There was a guy from St. Louis.

She was balling him for four weeks.

Never was anything
but a slut all along.

Probably ain't six guys
in all Chicago...

...she didn't lay down for.
Me and five others.

She'd screw anything wearing pants.

Who're you talking about?

Well, that's none of
your business, farm boy.

You were talking about
Lorry Dane, weren't you?

Can you back up what you said?

Or were you just shooting off your
big mouth like you always do?

You better watch yourself, punk.

What were you saying about her?

I said she's a pig and a slut...

...and a whore.

Come here!

Come on, Hillbilly! Come on!
- Stop it!

You hurt him bad!
- What happened?

Sonny, what happened?

I don't know. Cully went crazy.

Is he all right.

God, what a mess.

Don't touch him. Don't touch him.

You got what you wanted,
you happy, blind man?

Carbondale's dead. You happy?

You happy?

You happy?

Cullen!

Cullen!

Shit.

Cully, don't look
at me at that way.

It?s not what you think.

I had to do it.

Mr. Green's going to defend George.
He can really help us, Cully.

He can make sure that George
gets put away for life.

You understand, don't you?

You sent the note to Cole.

What?

Don't lie to me.

Well, I had to do it.

Once we got the club
away from George...

...he would never have left
us in peace. I had to do it.

You called the cops, didn't you?

Well, I called a detective,
a friend of mine.

You mean someone you do a
little favor for every now and then?

Like Mr. Green in there?
- Don't treat me like this, baby.

You got a man killed just to
settle your score with Cole,...

...didn't you? Didn't you?

All right! He deserved it.
They both deserved it.

You were perfectly willing to
get me killed, weren't you?

No, baby, no!
- Weren't you?

I would never do anything
to hurt you.

Please, don't hurt me.

Please, don't hurt me.

Cully.

It looks like Mr. Green just bought
himself a striptease club...

...and one crazy little
girl to go with it.

No, no, don't say that!

Cully, please, I can change.
I can change.

Please, come back. Don't
go, Cully. I can change.

Yeah, you might. But the
odds are against it.

Don't go, Cully.

Oh, God.

It?s for Madigan.
But he had it coming.

Everything he said
about her was true.

Is he gonna be okay?

Broken nose, two broken ribs.

Concussion. If you call that okay.

Yeah, well I?m through with Chicago.

I?ve talked to Madigan into not
presenting charges against you.

Good. This way I don't have to
tell the police what I know...

...about Carpenter murder.

You know I never wanted that.
- Yeah, I know.

Look, the past is the
past and all that.

But sometimes...

...it comes back to you whether
you want it or not.

You know, Cullen, Hooker always
spoke so highly of you.

The first time he's ever been wrong.

Second time.
He spoke highly of you, too.

Since I met you baby...

... my whole life has changed.

Since I met you baby...

... my whole life has changed.

And everybody tells me...

... that I am not the same.

I don't need nobody...

... to tell my troubles to.

I don't need nobody...

... to tell my troubles to.

Cause since I met you baby...

... all I need is you.

Since I met you baby...

... my whole life has changed.

Since I met you baby...

... my whole life has changed.

And everybody tells me...

... that I am not the same.

Since I met you baby...

... I?m a happy man.

Since I met you baby...

... I?m a happy man.

I?m gonna try to please you...

... in every way I can.