The baltimore bullet english full movie comedy crime drama
A tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.
Transcript
00:01:30You're shooting great tonight, Nick.
00:01:57You should have been in the tournament.
00:01:58Thank you, Steve.
00:01:59You're taking that away from us.
00:02:01Listen, if I want a tin cup, I'll buy it.
00:02:04Cash is where it's at.
00:02:06Any of you gentlemen want to take any part of this 5,000?
00:02:08No, no way.
00:02:09Come on, Nobby.
00:02:11Richie?
00:02:11After what you just did to Miserac, I don't believe I'll fool with it.
00:02:15Pete, come on.
00:02:16My partner over here for 5.
00:02:18Come on, 6,000.
00:02:19You guys are too tough tonight.
00:02:20You guys are stuck all painfully.
00:02:21No way.
00:02:22Lots of fun players here, kid.
00:02:29Time to party.
00:02:30Yes.
00:02:31I believe we are.
00:02:32Due for a little vacation, huh?
00:02:33Yeah.
00:02:34Maybe the West Coast.
00:02:35Yeah.
00:02:36Hollywood.
00:02:59You bastards, you've been hustling my hustlers again?
00:03:02Temper, Paulie, temper.
00:03:04It's not a gentlemanly way to encourage competition.
00:03:14I ain't no gentleman.
00:03:16You guys want to hustle my hustlers?
00:03:18You're playing my friggin' tournament.
00:03:20You paid a friggin' entrance fee and you put on a friggin' touch like the rest of my boss.
00:03:23Always make your tournament and your tin cup each other.
00:03:28Oh, I wish you hadn't said that.
00:03:30What the hell?
00:03:31You know who I am.
00:03:32I'll make you pay what it is.
00:03:34You hear me?
00:03:35You guys better come back here or I'll break your ass.
00:03:38Get out of here.
00:03:49Well, this is it, sugar.
00:03:51The office.
00:03:52What kind of business are you in?
00:03:56Beer okay?
00:03:57Can we have a couple of beers now, please?
00:03:59Okay, Nick.
00:04:03Where's Billy Joe?
00:04:04He said he'd be back about five.
00:04:07Who's Billy Joe?
00:04:08That's my partner.
00:04:10Oh.
00:04:11Yeah, say hello to sugar.
00:04:13Hi, sweetie.
00:04:15Oh, clever, very clever.
00:04:17Cheers.
00:04:19Are you sure you're not a movie star?
00:04:23For the third time.
00:04:29Well, are you going to teach me how to play?
00:04:35Oh, yes.
00:04:39Now, first, you chalk the stick.
00:04:45And you take it in your hand.
00:04:51What do I do now?
00:04:55Go down on the stick.
00:04:57What?
00:04:59I mean you bend over your stick.
00:05:03And get that little white ball at that blue one.
00:05:07You got to spread your legs upon it, just like that.
00:05:12Yes, that's about it.
00:05:16Oh, God, that's perfect.
00:05:18I feel a little strange in this position.
00:05:22Oh.
00:05:23Well, how does this feel?
00:05:26Now, now, that is true.
00:05:30Nice and easy.
00:05:34Stuck.
00:05:37Nice and easy.
00:05:41Stop that.
00:05:43Why don't we get a bottle and go to my place?
00:05:47I don't fool around with older men.
00:05:49Older men says when he's 39 old.
00:05:51Come on.
00:05:52Well, you look older.
00:05:54Oh, besides, I don't even know you.
00:05:56You're putting me on.
00:05:58No.
00:05:59You don't know who Nick Casey is?
00:06:01No.
00:06:02I'm a celebrity, baby.
00:06:04Get that off the hat.
00:06:05Al, the magazine.
00:06:06Get down to your last two copies, Nick.
00:06:08Sports Illustrated.
00:06:12Page 48.
00:06:21Oh, the centerfold.
00:06:25Woo!
00:06:29Where'd you play mean games?
00:06:31Not a very nice way to treat a new member.
00:06:33Jack, you owe me $50.
00:06:36See, Bert, I'll just bet you're not as good on this pool table as you are on that court.
00:06:41You want to bet?
00:06:43Let me have a beer.
00:06:45All right, how about a little eight ball?
00:06:47Well, I'm warning you, Hank.
00:06:50Pool's my game.
00:06:52Oh.
00:06:54Well, then.
00:06:57Rack them up.
00:06:59To Sugar from Nick Casey, the world's greatest pool player.
00:07:04Oh.
00:07:07Oh, but it says here nobody knows who's best, you or your partner.
00:07:10Oh.
00:07:11Take it from an objective observer, I am.
00:07:14Oh.
00:07:16Oh, but it says here you've never played each other.
00:07:19How come?
00:07:20Partners never play each other.
00:07:22Nick will never play the kid.
00:07:23He's gotten too good.
00:07:25Listen, Sugar.
00:07:28How would you like to see my best shot?
00:07:29Oh, I'd love to.
00:07:31Come on.
00:07:36What am I going to tell Billy Joel not to bother?
00:07:39Well, if he's your partner, how come you don't want him to bother?
00:07:43Sugar.
00:07:49You know, I've never seen such luck.
00:07:52But I guess that means I owe you $500, hmm?
00:07:54Minus the 50, I won at racquetball.
00:07:57Same time tomorrow?
00:08:00We sure think, Bert.
00:08:08I'd like to make a reservation for the racquetball court for tomorrow.
00:08:11Same time.
00:08:12Okay, I'll see what I can do for you.
00:08:14Also in sports news today, you call poker, pool and gambling sports,
00:08:19is Joe Denton, the deacon himself.
00:08:22Paroled from the federal penitentiary
00:08:25after serving two years of a five-year sentence for tax evasion.
00:08:29The famous high roller, known as a gambler's gambler,
00:08:33has never allowed himself to be photographed.
00:08:35At Wimbledon this afternoon, there was a very close...
00:08:37Phones all in order?
00:08:39...between two newcomers.
00:08:40A young man from Atlanta...
00:08:41Ooh!
00:08:42Hey, Nick!
00:08:43The deacon's out.
00:08:44Yeah.
00:08:45Ooh!
00:08:46Hey, lover boy, I hate to interrupt you,
00:08:48but I got some great news for you.
00:08:50Hey, man.
00:08:51I'm entertaining a lady.
00:08:52Now, come on, get out of here.
00:08:53Get out of here.
00:08:54Great news...
00:08:55Out!
00:08:56Out!
00:08:57Out!
00:08:58Out!
00:08:59The deacon's out.
00:09:01The deacon's out?
00:09:03He was on the TV, paroled this morning.
00:09:06Whee!
00:09:07Wow!
00:09:08Man, what did they say?
00:09:09Where's he at?
00:09:10Oh, I don't know.
00:09:11All they said was he was being paroled.
00:09:13Good behavior, I guess.
00:09:15Good behavior, my ass.
00:09:17Cash.
00:09:18When you got cash, you got juice.
00:09:19The deacon's got plenty of that.
00:09:21What will he be?
00:09:23New Orleans, land of dreams.
00:09:25That's where he's at.
00:09:26What makes you think so?
00:09:27Just figures.
00:09:28He owns that town, doesn't he?
00:09:30Start packing.
00:09:31Vacation's over.
00:09:33Nick?
00:09:34Hi.
00:09:35Hi.
00:09:36Hi.
00:09:37Hey, Nick, what's the rush?
00:09:39Listen, I've been waiting for that cat for two years now.
00:09:43And I'm ready.
00:09:46What's your bankroll, kid?
00:09:47About four.
00:09:49Four thousand, not bad.
00:09:51Four hundred.
00:09:53Four hundred?
00:09:55What's happened to you?
00:09:57Poker game.
00:09:59When are you gonna learn?
00:10:00Poker's not your game.
00:10:01How much you hold?
00:10:02Three thousand.
00:10:03Pay the bill here, leave us with a thousand.
00:10:07What a time to be busted.
00:10:08Busted?
00:10:09No, we still got, what, fourteen, fifteen hundred bucks.
00:10:13We need twenty thousand dollars.
00:10:15Oh, look.
00:10:16The deacon just got out of the can, right?
00:10:18Maybe he'll play for less.
00:10:20Not the deacon.
00:10:21Twenty thousand dollars a game.
00:10:23That's his bottom.
00:10:24I sure like to meet the deacon.
00:10:26I've always been sort of religious.
00:10:28Have you?
00:10:29You are a religious experience, sugar.
00:10:34We'll just have to get it hot on the road, that's all.
00:10:36We can do it.
00:10:37Some big, big action down south.
00:10:40I've never been south.
00:10:42No?
00:10:43Oh, well.
00:10:45Hollywood's your town, sugar.
00:10:47You just hang in there and we'll see you up there on that silver screen yet.
00:10:51Do you like that?
00:10:53Yes, I love that.
00:10:55Well, the porter will come by and pick up our stuff.
00:10:57And, uh, check out time's three o'clock?
00:10:59Three o'clock.
00:11:01Bye-bye.
00:11:05Three o'clock.
00:11:08Maybe I should play him this time.
00:11:10Who made you number one?
00:11:12He beat you last time, didn't he?
00:11:14He didn't beat me.
00:11:16How many times do I have to tell you? I beat myself.
00:11:18Where's my car?
00:11:20I wished I'd been there.
00:11:22Just how good is he?
00:11:23He's a good pool player.
00:11:25But he's an artist that's psyching you out.
00:11:27He had me missing shots that sugar could have made.
00:11:29Well, if he did it once, who says he can't do it again?
00:11:32I do. I do.
00:11:34Thank you.
00:11:38What do you think we can take him down for?
00:11:40The night I played him, he was carrying a briefcase with $160,000 in cash.
00:11:44I'll have that briefcase coming home to us.
00:11:52$160,000.
00:11:54Hell, after we take the deacon down,
00:11:56you'll be able to buy your own pool room.
00:12:00It'll work for a living, huh?
00:12:02Oh, no. Not Nick Casey, man.
00:12:06$160,000.
00:12:08You know what I think we should do the first thing?
00:12:10Hop on a plane and fly to the south of France.
00:12:14Saint-Tropez, French Riviera.
00:12:17See, that's where Brigitte Bardot lives.
00:12:21Who's she?
00:12:24I hear those French broads run around those beaches stark naked.
00:12:29Acres of them.
00:12:32Acres and acres.
00:12:35And acres of them.
00:12:44$160,000
00:12:46$160,000
00:12:48$160,000
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00:12:54$160,000
00:12:56$160,000
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00:13:00$160,000
00:13:02$160,000
00:13:04$160,000
00:13:06$160,000
00:13:08$160,000
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00:13:13$160,000
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00:13:19$160,000
00:13:21$160,000
00:13:23Good evening, sir.
00:13:25Good to see you again, Clovis.
00:13:33Leave the car in front, folks.
00:13:35Certainly will.
00:13:37Say, uh, listen.
00:13:39That drunk dame just walked in there.
00:13:41Oh, you mean the deacon?
00:13:43Yeah.
00:13:45Yes, sir.
00:13:47Listen, excuse me.
00:14:01Listen, my name is Wilson.
00:14:03I work with the Daily News, you know.
00:14:05I'd like to take a shot at the deacon.
00:14:07A what?
00:14:09Picture.
00:14:11You can really help me out, you know what I mean?
00:14:13I'll tell you what I want you to do.
00:14:15My car is right over there.
00:14:17Okay?
00:14:19When he comes out, just take your hat off
00:14:21and brush your hair a little bit.
00:14:25My man.
00:14:27Gotcha.
00:14:29It's, uh, $2,000.
00:14:31Whoa.
00:14:33Ah, let's see.
00:14:35You're $2,000 and then $3,000 more.
00:14:37$5,000.
00:14:39I'll call.
00:14:41It did say $5,000, sir.
00:14:43Right.
00:14:45Mario.
00:14:47Huh?
00:14:49I see that.
00:14:51I'll raise you $5,000.
00:14:53Hold on just a moment.
00:14:55Thank you.
00:14:57Thank you, Mario.
00:14:59Excuse me, gentlemen. Yes?
00:15:01Hey, deacon. Nick Casey.
00:15:03Nick Casey.
00:15:05Good to have you back, man.
00:15:07Thank you, Mr. Casey. How did you find me?
00:15:09It's an educated hunch.
00:15:11Say, how about a game?
00:15:13I'm in a game, Mr. Casey, and you're interrupting it.
00:15:15I'm talking about pool.
00:15:17Me and you, huh?
00:15:19I beat you once. Why should I play you again?
00:15:21Money?
00:15:23I don't need your money.
00:15:25Listen, Joe, I think you're missing the point.
00:15:28I'm talking about somebody I'm talking about, not mine.
00:15:30You seem to have recovered
00:15:32your nerve, Mr. Casey.
00:15:34I have indeed.
00:15:36You haven't lost yours, have you, deacon?
00:15:38I mean, your game hasn't gotten too rusty
00:15:40sitting up there in the slammer, has it?
00:15:42Well, if you'd like to find out,
00:15:44get yourself over to Paulie's tournament
00:15:46next weekend.
00:15:48Come on, don't tell me that you've turned
00:15:50into a fun player, deacon.
00:15:52I've agreed to play the winner of that tournament for $20,000.
00:15:54Does that sound like
00:15:56fun to you, Mr. Casey?
00:15:58By the way, you do have
00:16:00the money. Oh, yeah, sure, of course.
00:16:02Well, then, you're halfway there.
00:16:04Nice talking to you.
00:16:10Well?
00:16:12Yeah, he said he'd play me. Good.
00:16:14All I have to do is win Paulie's
00:16:16tournament.
00:16:18Paulie's? Plus coming up
00:16:20with the $20,000?
00:16:22Oh, yeah.
00:16:24Doesn't seem like he wants any part of you at all.
00:16:26He knows what the odds are against winning a tournament.
00:16:28The champs knocking each other off.
00:16:30And that's assuming that Paulie'd let you
00:16:32into the place. No, that's not a problem.
00:16:34Don't worry about that. Our big problem
00:16:36is coming up with $20,000 by this
00:16:38weekend.
00:16:40Nick, I got it! I got it!
00:16:42What?
00:16:44He'll hawk your car. Oh, are you kidding?
00:16:46Come on, it would get us to the 10 of it, at least.
00:16:48Forget it. Nick, you want money, don't you?
00:16:50Listen, forget it. Forget about the car.
00:16:52All we need is one hot towel between here
00:16:54and Johnson City and we're cool.
00:16:56Now you're
00:16:58talking.
00:17:00I'd better drive.
00:17:02You look tired.
00:17:04I'm all right. Get in. Nick, you're not getting
00:17:06any younger, you know?
00:17:08No, get in the car.
00:17:10All right. After getting any younger?
00:17:22Finally,
00:17:24the deacon will have his day.
00:17:26Harold with an R,
00:17:28Patrick,
00:17:30Harry, and Nothel,
00:17:32King,
00:17:34got a cold hand tonight.
00:17:52Woodrow?
00:17:54That's too rich
00:17:56for me.
00:17:58Half full,
00:18:00Senator.
00:18:02One card, Mario.
00:18:04Two cards,
00:18:06please.
00:18:08Mario,
00:18:10how much is there in the pot?
00:18:14Fifty thousand.
00:18:16That's the bet.
00:18:18Fifty thousand.
00:18:20Well, as you see, I don't have it.
00:18:22I don't have it.
00:18:24I don't have it.
00:18:26I don't have it.
00:18:28I don't have it.
00:18:30I don't have it.
00:18:32I don't have it.
00:18:34I don't have it.
00:18:37As you see, I don't have it.
00:18:39Your mark is good enough for me, Senator.
00:18:54Deacon, I think you're bluffing.
00:18:58Mario.
00:19:07I call you.
00:19:11I've got a full house here, Senator.
00:19:18It beats my aces up.
00:19:27Gentlemen,
00:19:29I'm going to call you.
00:19:31I'm going to call you.
00:19:33I'm going to call you.
00:19:35You're on a good game, Mario.
00:19:37It's always good
00:19:39for the winner.
00:19:41Deacon,
00:19:43I trust you'll be
00:19:45patient on that I.O.U.?
00:19:47Why, Senator,
00:19:49whenever it's convenient.
00:19:51Oh, Rico.
00:19:53Ah, Maurice.
00:19:55Good night, gentlemen.
00:19:57Or rather,
00:19:59good morning.
00:20:01Good morning.
00:20:03Good morning.
00:20:19Sooner or later, you're going to come out of there.
00:20:23Where to, boss?
00:20:25What a man misses most
00:20:27in prison, Rico, are fine restaurants
00:20:29and beautiful women.
00:20:31I happen to know one of each in Atlanta, Georgia.
00:20:33All the way to Atlanta for a broad and a meal?
00:20:37Precisely.
00:20:39Sooner or later.
00:21:01Ah,
00:21:03ah,
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00:22:26Let's move it, I said move it!
00:22:29Chocolate chip!
00:22:31Chocolate chip!
00:22:33Ah,
00:22:35ah,
00:22:37ah,
00:22:39ah,
00:22:41ah,
00:22:43ah,
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00:22:49ah,
00:22:51ah,
00:22:53It looks like somebody was trying to burn a cop, perhaps, perhaps not.
00:23:13It's all right, he's still dead.
00:23:31No, no, no, Jansko, J-A-N-S-K-O, Paulie Jansko, yeah, he owns the place.
00:23:47Now, persons to person, please.
00:23:51Nick, who?
00:23:52Casey, Mr. Jansko ain't in.
00:23:54No, no, no, wait a minute, give me that phone, wait a minute.
00:24:00Nick, how are you?
00:24:05Well, you sounded better spirits than the last time I saw you.
00:24:07I want to talk to you about that.
00:24:09Uh, listen, Nick, you know you're a class guy, you're a great player.
00:24:13I want you in my tournament.
00:24:14You do?
00:24:15Yeah.
00:24:16Oh, come on, Nick, forget about the past, I want you in my tournament.
00:24:19I don't know, uh...
00:24:21Nick, only for you.
00:24:23I'll stand you to the entrance fee.
00:24:25You will?
00:24:26Yeah.
00:24:27What do you say?
00:24:28It's a deal?
00:24:29Wait a minute.
00:24:30Wait a minute, Paulie.
00:24:32All right, uh, Nick, the kid too.
00:24:34Oh, this is Paulie I'm talking to, isn't it?
00:24:38Come on, Nick, of course it's Paulie.
00:24:41Who do you think it is, huh?
00:24:43We got a deal, huh?
00:24:45Okay, Paulie, see you in a few days.
00:24:53Thought you threw him out.
00:24:56Yeah, yeah, I did.
00:24:58But a hotshot TV producer read about him in some magazine.
00:25:01Says he wants him in the tournament.
00:25:03He thinks they're, uh, colorful.
00:25:06Colorful?
00:25:08What do you think of that, hmm?
00:25:10What are you standing around here for?
00:25:12You got work to do?
00:25:13Yeah.
00:25:14Well, get out of here.
00:25:15Well, Cosmo, get back here.
00:25:16Listen, listen to me.
00:25:18Not a word about the TV contract to Nick.
00:25:20Do you understand that?
00:25:21Or he'll stick it to me.
00:25:22Hey, Nick, one of those guys told me about a high-stake poker game later tonight.
00:25:27Poker?
00:25:28Yeah.
00:25:29Come on, now, when are you gonna learn?
00:25:30All right, all right, all right.
00:25:31Did you get a hold of Paulie?
00:25:32Sure, I got a hold of him.
00:25:33Yeah.
00:25:34We're in the tournament.
00:25:35The both of us?
00:25:36He's even putting up?
00:25:37Would you boys like some more coffee?
00:25:39Oh, yes.
00:25:40I don't believe it.
00:25:41How'd you pull it off?
00:25:43Charm.
00:25:45That old Nick Casey charm.
00:25:51Thank you.
00:25:53Now, that is a work of art.
00:25:57Work of art, my...
00:26:13Casey, you wanna pick up that VLT special?
00:26:27Well, your muffler's completely shot.
00:26:30Shot?
00:26:31It's a new car, man.
00:26:33How long did it take to fix it?
00:26:36An hour and a half or two.
00:26:39An hour and a half, huh?
00:26:42Yeah.
00:26:43Okay.
00:26:44Ernie, is that your name?
00:26:46Yeah.
00:26:47That's right, Ernie.
00:26:48Listen, go ahead and fix the car.
00:26:50All right.
00:26:51Would it be possible?
00:26:58What can you do?
00:27:07Oh.
00:27:08Ha, ha, ha.
00:27:10Oh.
00:27:11Ha, ha, ha.
00:27:24Hey, man, look what Santa Claus sent us, huh?
00:27:27It's like a bird's nest in the ground.
00:27:29Well, you gotta shoot now.
00:27:34Well, you might be able to make that.
00:27:41Ha, ha, ha.
00:27:43Listen, Georgie, uh, you see, I only got 17 there.
00:27:47I'll pay the rest when payday comes around, okay?
00:27:50Why don't we just rack them up and we'll have another game before?
00:27:53Oh, no, no, no.
00:27:54You owe me five bucks from last week's poker game.
00:27:56If Angie finds out about this, she's gonna knock the hell out of me.
00:27:59Come on, let's rack them up.
00:28:00I'm sorry.
00:28:01Sorry, no more credit.
00:28:04You mean to tell me that you weren't gonna give your own uncle credit?
00:28:10Uncle Harv, I can't.
00:28:16Come on, Uncle Harv, Uncle Harv.
00:28:19Wait up, I gotta pay the...
00:28:20Let him go, Georgie.
00:28:22Uncle Harv's not in your class, man.
00:28:25Here, look.
00:28:28I'm just looking for punishment.
00:28:31Rack them up.
00:28:33I only play my Uncle Harv for money.
00:28:36I better be going.
00:28:37Hey, what's your hurry?
00:28:39Listen, I'm gonna make it real easy for you, Georgie.
00:28:43See, I'll spot you 25 balls.
00:28:46You mean I gotta make 25 to win and you gotta make 50?
00:28:51How's that sound, huh?
00:28:55Sounds like I have to give it a shot.
00:29:03All finished, Mr. Casey, that'll do it.
00:29:05That's great, Ernie. How much more are you?
00:29:07Mr. Ernie!
00:29:09Mr. Ernie!
00:29:11Mr. Ernie!
00:29:12Mr. Ernie!
00:29:13You got a new kid working for you?
00:29:15Well, uh, not exactly.
00:29:17Well, Tony thought he had himself a pork chop.
00:29:19Except the pork chop turned out to be a professional pool hustler.
00:29:22And now he's gonna skin his ass for it.
00:29:24Uh, listen, do you have a telephone I can use?
00:29:26Yeah, there's one in the office.
00:29:28Oh, Mr. Ernie, you should have saw it.
00:29:29I mean, I ain't never seen nothing like that before.
00:29:31I mean, you were ball dropping here and here.
00:29:33You was ball dropping every time you blinked your eye.
00:29:35I ain't never seen a pool that big out here.
00:29:37You should have been...
00:29:41It's not me.
00:29:44Whoa.
00:29:46Look, we don't like being hustled by no pool sharks.
00:29:49I mean, those guys may look like my uncle and me, but that ain't us.
00:29:53Hey, this guy's getting pretty shaky with that thing.
00:29:57He likes to cut people.
00:30:00Look fellas, I'm a mechanic.
00:30:02Come on, get this freak away from me, huh?
00:30:05All right, Mr. Mechanic.
00:30:06What's a cluster gear?
00:30:08I'm glad you asked me that.
00:30:11Well, a cluster gear spans...
00:30:13That thing!
00:30:19Get him!
00:30:32Get him!
00:30:38Stop!
00:31:03Get in here!
00:31:07Get in the hatch.
00:31:08Hey, let Frank stay at it.
00:31:10I know.
00:31:20There's a fire!
00:31:22There ain't no fire in here!
00:31:24Hey, some of the boys just got in a little hassle, that's all.
00:31:27What's going on, Fred?
00:31:28Someone turned in a false alarm.
00:31:30All right, who's the wise guy?
00:31:32I did it!
00:31:33It's a weakness of mine.
00:31:35You better come with me.
00:31:36Yes, sir.
00:31:38Goddamn son of a bitch.
00:31:45Okay.
00:32:01Okay.
00:32:14Hey, wake up.
00:32:16It's time to go to sleep.
00:32:25Go get us a room, I'll...
00:32:27Get the stuff out of the back.
00:32:28I'm not tired.
00:32:29You go ahead.
00:32:31I need to get laid.
00:32:33Well, give me the stash.
00:32:37Why don't you give me fifty of that, huh?
00:32:40Fifty dollars? You don't need fifty dollars to get laid in this one-horse town.
00:32:43Come on, drinking money.
00:32:48Try to be quiet when you come in, will you?
00:32:50Right.
00:32:59Son of a...
00:33:12Quiet sleep, Mozart.
00:33:17Good morning.
00:33:20It's six minutes past the hour.
00:33:22Our guest this morning is going to show us ladies how to keep a trim figure.
00:33:27Now, ladies, at seventy-seven years of age,
00:33:31our guest begins each day with two hundred foot sit-ups and two hundred leg lifts.
00:33:37Here's a stash of measurements, sir.
00:33:41Oh, good. Let's go.
00:33:49You look brutal.
00:33:52Won't you pick up a plow horse?
00:33:55Very funny.
00:34:02Was he worth it, Matt?
00:34:04There was no she.
00:34:06I played poker all night.
00:34:09What?
00:34:10Now, it won't happen again, Nick. I promise you.
00:34:12Jesus. Well, thank God for us. You only had fifty dollars to lose.
00:34:16Where'd you park the car?
00:34:17Where'd you park the car?
00:34:19Uh...
00:34:25It's right here, Nick.
00:34:27No.
00:34:29Oh, Jesus.
00:34:31Tell me it's not true, please.
00:34:34Tell me you didn't do it.
00:34:35Now, just take it easy, Nick, huh?
00:34:37You didn't.
00:34:40You blew our car on...
00:34:42No.
00:34:43A poker game.
00:34:44Yeah.
00:34:45You son of a...
00:34:46Yeah, I know I did, Nick.
00:34:47I know, I know I did.
00:34:49But look, Nick.
00:34:50Nick.
00:34:51I'll buy you a brand new car out of my end after we take the deacon down.
00:34:54Take the deacon down? There's got to be a deacon, don't you know that, you dumbass?
00:34:57I mean, the car was half our stake. Look at this...
00:35:00This...
00:35:01Piece of shit.
00:35:02Nick, come on.
00:35:04Nick, we still got...
00:35:07We still got four days to raise the money.
00:35:09Four days?
00:35:11Who did he told to raise the money in four days?
00:35:14How can you be so stupid?
00:35:21What's the use?
00:35:24What's the use?
00:35:29That's it.
00:35:30Where are you going?
00:35:31Away.
00:35:32From you.
00:35:33As far as I can tell.
00:35:35Nick, I think you ought to at least give me a chance to explain, huh?
00:35:38What?
00:35:39All right, I made a mistake.
00:35:40No, I made a mistake.
00:35:41No, I made a mistake.
00:35:43Teaming up with you.
00:35:44You've been doing this to me for 15 years.
00:35:46No more.
00:35:47Nick, I swear to God.
00:35:48Just give me another chance.
00:35:50I promise you, I won't screw it up again.
00:35:53Oh, Jesus Christ, Nick.
00:35:54I was holding a full house.
00:35:57Will you just listen to me?
00:35:59What would you...
00:36:01What would you have done?
00:36:04Done!
00:36:12All right.
00:36:22Nick.
00:36:28Is that a full house?
00:36:30Yeah.
00:36:31Full house.
00:36:34Now listen, kid.
00:36:37This is the last time, all right?
00:36:39This is the last time, all right?
00:36:41The very last time.
00:36:42If you want money from me, anything,
00:36:44coffee, cigarettes, women, whatever,
00:36:47you come to me for it, all right?
00:36:49Yes, sir.
00:36:51And no more poker.
00:36:53No more poker, got it?
00:36:58Yes, Nick.
00:36:59I swear it.
00:37:02If I'm lying, I'm dying.
00:37:06That's the truth.
00:37:10Come on.
00:37:23She kicks right over with a little push.
00:37:39Get it!
00:38:09Get it!
00:38:40Come on.
00:38:53Murphy, Rothschild, 70.
00:38:54Our very best, sir.
00:38:55Thank you.
00:39:00Well, what did you find out, Rico?
00:39:02His name's Max Lachine,
00:39:04and it wasn't a cop he was looking to kill back in New Orleans.
00:39:07It's you he's after.
00:39:09Max Lachine.
00:39:12A name from the past.
00:39:13I don't remember him.
00:39:15The distant past.
00:39:17I won a great deal of money from him.
00:39:19A great deal?
00:39:21All he had, and some he didn't.
00:39:24An unpredictable fellow, became much too dangerous.
00:39:27So I arranged for him to become a guest of the state.
00:39:33For five years, to be precise.
00:39:36He did not enjoy his stay, apparently.
00:39:39I'd better give Smitty a call.
00:39:40How?
00:39:46No violence.
00:39:48Let them show up at Paulie's.
00:39:51I don't understand. The guy's a stone killer.
00:39:57Try your wine, Rico.
00:39:59It's delicious.
00:40:06Born blue
00:40:13Born with
00:40:20Born blue
00:40:27Born, born with
00:40:36Do you know Blond Billy?
00:40:39He's better with the work than a gun
00:40:42They keep him on at the Wild West show
00:40:45Because he's loved by everyone
00:40:50When he's down, he don't matter
00:40:53He can keep you down all night long
00:40:56All night long
00:40:58Do you know Blond Billy?
00:41:00He's a surprise
00:41:03Born blue
00:41:10Born, born with
00:41:16Do you know Blond Billy?
00:41:19You watch him when he walks by
00:41:22He wears his idols on his chest
00:41:25And his action in his eyes
00:41:30When he's down, he don't matter
00:41:33He can keep you down all night long
00:41:36All night long
00:41:38Do you know Blond Billy?
00:41:40He's a surprise
00:41:43Hey, take a gander at what he's singing.
00:41:46Born blue
00:41:50Born with
00:41:56Born blue
00:42:01Born, born with
00:42:31You're my kind of singer.
00:42:34I'll be damned.
00:42:37Baltimore Bullet.
00:42:39Good to see you.
00:42:40Billy Joe Robbins.
00:42:41How are you doing?
00:42:42Hell yeah.
00:42:44I haven't played in the pool in years.
00:42:45Why not?
00:42:46I make too much money owning this joint.
00:42:49What brings you guys to Kansas City anyway?
00:42:52We got a chance at the Deacon.
00:42:54We need about 20 grand to bring him down.
00:42:56So we're here hustling up a little grand.
00:42:58Any action like that around?
00:42:59Oh, and all the big money players already left for polies.
00:43:02Hey, Skinny.
00:43:03Who is that good-looking pool player over there?
00:43:06Oh, now, that's my good buddy, Carolina Red.
00:43:08I tell you, that's the best woman pool player in the country.
00:43:11It's a view, huh?
00:43:12Oh, yeah, that's my kind of woman.
00:43:13I'll bet you.
00:43:15Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:43:17Look, Nick, you're looking awful good.
00:43:25Hi there.
00:43:27By the way, my name is Billy.
00:43:30How do you do?
00:43:31You know, I am very impressed.
00:43:33I mean, not only do you sing a terrific song,
00:43:36but you shoot a darn stick.
00:43:37Thank you very much.
00:43:39How are you dancing?
00:43:41Rotten.
00:43:43Phew, ice cubes.
00:43:47What is your approach, kid?
00:43:48It's all wrong.
00:43:49Come on, man, it doesn't have any style.
00:43:51Oh, I suppose you could do better.
00:43:53Without shaking?
00:43:54Yeah.
00:43:55On a dance floor like that?
00:43:58Be my guest.
00:44:00No, no, I don't take those cowgirls.
00:44:06Hey, Nick, you got a hundred bucks on you?
00:44:09Find a mark?
00:44:14I'll bet you a hundred bucks you can't get her to dance with you.
00:44:22You got a pet sucker?
00:44:25That's Carolina rib, Nick Casey.
00:44:27Well, I'm very impressed.
00:44:29Not only do you sing wonderfully,
00:44:31you shoot a fine game of pool.
00:44:33I was wondering, how are you dancing?
00:44:36There's one way to find out.
00:44:42Excuse me, cowboy.
00:44:56Oh, my God.
00:45:10Listen, hey, honey,
00:45:11don't you have anything that swings up to like Count Basie,
00:45:14a little Woody Harman, something like that?
00:45:15Oh, we don't play that kind of music here, honey.
00:45:20I can't dance to it either.
00:45:21Well, listen,
00:45:22why don't we go have a look at this?
00:45:26Thank you.
00:45:27I'll go to the bar and get a little tequila.
00:45:29White wine?
00:45:38I'd like some of that tequila gold
00:45:40and a nice cold glass of white wine.
00:45:42Take it over to the table with the red sip, okay?
00:45:43Be right over.
00:45:46Just don't give it time.
00:45:48I'm handsome, women find me sexy.
00:45:55Hi.
00:46:05You know, you really look familiar to me.
00:46:07Are you a movie star?
00:46:08No, I guess I can't.
00:46:09Well, you're pretty enough.
00:46:10You could be, you know.
00:46:11Thank you.
00:46:12I know you say that to all the girls.
00:46:15Never.
00:46:16Never?
00:46:17Never.
00:46:18Not even to Laura Lee?
00:46:19Laura Lee?
00:46:20Laura Lee, you know, the tall blonde
00:46:22with long bow legs from Raleigh, North Carolina.
00:46:25Listen, how do you know about Laura Lee?
00:46:27Because you brought her into my daddy's pool room
00:46:29every day when I was a kid.
00:46:32Raleigh, North Carolina.
00:46:33Red Callahan?
00:46:34You're Red Callahan's little girl?
00:46:36Yeah, I'm not so little anymore.
00:46:39I'll be damned, just a kid,
00:46:40and he could have been more than what?
00:46:41Twelve, exactly.
00:46:42And I had the biggest crush in the world on him.
00:46:44A beast.
00:46:53Oh, my God.
00:46:56Oh, my God.
00:47:19Congratulations.
00:47:20Thank you.
00:47:30Hey, Snow White?
00:47:31Well, Matthew, get it again.
00:47:35Yes.
00:47:37I am Snow White.
00:47:40What can we do for you, little brother?
00:47:42The name's Billy Joe.
00:47:44Skinny sent me.
00:47:45How sweet.
00:47:50How much are you buying?
00:47:51Two thousand.
00:47:53Well, that sounds good to me.
00:48:01Snow White holds the bank.
00:48:03There you are.
00:48:09Now, partner, looks like you're the man I gotta beat.
00:48:13You know, I seen that face someplace before.
00:48:16Yeah, same place it is now.
00:48:18How sweet.
00:48:19Cute, real cute.
00:48:21Max, are you in or out?
00:48:25Ante up.
00:48:28Here's one that I've been trying to teach Billy Joe.
00:48:30He hasn't quite got it yet.
00:48:34You do.
00:48:38How did you and Billy Joe ever hook up together?
00:48:42In a pool room.
00:48:44He was racking balls and cleaning spit tombs.
00:48:46He was 15 years old, didn't have a family.
00:48:48I took a liking to him.
00:48:50He was a spirited kid, you know.
00:48:52And, uh, talented.
00:48:55I put a pool stick in his hand and it was like he came with the table.
00:48:59So we've been hanging out ever since, traveling around.
00:49:02Stuck at the hip like brothers, you know.
00:49:05You guys have been together a long time, then.
00:49:07Oh, yeah, we have.
00:49:09Wonder where he's at.
00:49:11We gotta get to Johnson City by tomorrow night.
00:49:13You ever been there?
00:49:14No. Pauly's place?
00:49:15Yeah.
00:49:20Hey, Skinny.
00:49:22Yo.
00:49:23Where's Billy Joe? Have you seen him?
00:49:24Yeah, he went all over to Snow White's.
00:49:26Snow what?
00:49:27Snow White's.
00:49:29Snow White's, it's a poker place on the outside of town.
00:49:31Pretty big stakes.
00:49:32Poker?
00:49:33Yeah.
00:49:36Son of a bitch.
00:49:39I fold.
00:49:41I fold.
00:49:51I want to thank you, gentlemen.
00:49:52Thank you very much.
00:49:56Gentlemen, I think we have roughly $12,000 here.
00:50:00Which I do believe you are holding for me, ma'am.
00:50:05So I think I'm just gonna cash it all in.
00:50:07Rule here is only losers quit.
00:50:11I quit when I want to quit.
00:50:13You don't want to break any rules now, do you, kid?
00:50:19Hey, I don't want to break any rules, no.
00:50:22It's cool, it's cool. All right, all right.
00:50:25Sit down, sit down.
00:50:31Get him out of here.
00:50:33Come on, hurry up.
00:50:36He's gone, he took the whole stake.
00:50:39Get over here.
00:50:40Get moving.
00:50:58Here.
00:51:00Here.
00:51:02Wait.
00:51:04Take it rough.
00:51:08Better keep that engine running.
00:51:15Hey, hey, don't rip the jacket, will you?
00:51:17Come on, come on, hey, hey, hey.
00:51:18I don't give up, man. It's my money.
00:51:21Look, she's got my 12 grand, man. I want it fair and square.
00:51:23You ain't leaving here no winner.
00:51:25Oh, yeah?
00:51:26That's right.
00:51:27My money.
00:51:28No, I don't give up.
00:51:29The only thing you're getting in here for is your ass, kid.
00:51:33I'm going to take you right out, right now.
00:51:59Come on.
00:52:23Come on, go.
00:52:24Come on, this way.
00:52:25Come on.
00:52:28Come on.
00:52:34Go to the bottom.
00:52:46Hey, hold it.
00:52:48He's mine.
00:52:50Hey, pretty boy.
00:52:58Come on.
00:53:21Nick, Nick.
00:53:22What?
00:53:23What?
00:53:24What's up?
00:53:28What?
00:53:29Who's this?
00:53:30Get your hands off somebody here, I'll get you out.
00:53:34Max, she's got your money.
00:53:37Hey, come back here.
00:53:58Ha, ha, ha.
00:54:28Come on.
00:54:58Stop.
00:55:26Move.
00:55:28That's the way to hit a lady.
00:55:30So, this one is no lady.
00:55:42This is beautiful.
00:55:44Okay, let's go to Johnson City.
00:55:46Red's waiting outside.
00:55:48What, the three of us?
00:55:49No, actually four.
00:55:50She won't go without Trudy.
00:55:52Trudy?
00:55:54Who's Trudy?
00:55:58Hey, Red.
00:55:59What kind of horse is Trudy?
00:56:00Oh, she's a champion quarter horse from South Texas.
00:56:03We've earned a lot of barrels together over the years.
00:56:06That's what we do when I'm not playing music.
00:56:08Anything to buy those oats.
00:56:10My God, I think we're gonna make it.
00:56:12Six thousand dollar shorts.
00:56:15Get lucky at college with a little side action.
00:56:17I knew you were gonna have yourself a ball.
00:56:19Great, I can't wait.
00:56:21Hey, Red.
00:56:22Red.
00:56:23Come on, sing my song for me.
00:56:24Your song?
00:56:25Yeah.
00:56:26You know, blonde-haired villain.
00:56:27Oh.
00:56:29Sure.
00:56:34Do you know blonde villain
00:56:36Hired gun at a western show
00:56:40If you haven't met villain
00:56:42He's a guy you'd like to know
00:56:47When he's down he don't let on
00:56:50He can keep you dancing all night
00:56:53All night
00:56:56He's no blonde villain
00:56:58He's a surprise
00:57:02Born villain
00:57:04Born to lose
00:57:07Born to win
00:57:13Born villain
00:57:15Born to lose
00:57:19Born
00:57:21Born villain
00:57:23Wahoo!
00:57:37You're right, Billy Joe.
00:57:39This is Hustler's Heaven.
00:57:40Hey, that's Jimmy Las Vegas Mattia
00:57:42Talking to the notorious Paulie.
00:57:46Nothing but world champion players.
00:57:48Like Alan Hopkins and P.E. Margo.
00:57:51Hey, Red.
00:57:52See the man in the green suit?
00:57:53That's gentleman Irving Crane, the surgeon.
00:57:56He will get you on the table
00:57:57And cut you wide open.
00:57:59Boy, they are all here.
00:58:01There's machine gun Luby Terra
00:58:02Sitting with Ray Martin and Mike Segal.
00:58:05And against the wall, that's Steve Miserec.
00:58:07You know, the guy in the beer commercial.
00:58:09Well, it's Nick Casey over there.
00:58:10What are you doing here, Nick?
00:58:11I thought you didn't play for tin cups.
00:58:14Popular demand, sir.
00:58:15Popular demand.
00:58:17Hey, Billy Joe.
00:58:18Hey, PDA.
00:58:19Long time no see.
00:58:20Yeah.
00:58:21Is that Carolina?
00:58:22Yep.
00:58:23Carolina Red.
00:58:24Fellas.
00:58:25Fellas, come here.
00:58:27I have to introduce you to Carolina.
00:58:29The only skirt I know plays as good as a man.
00:58:32Carolina, these are my state courses.
00:58:34The Baron.
00:58:35How do you do?
00:58:36And Robin Hood.
00:58:37Charmed.
00:58:38Robin Hood?
00:58:39Oh, yeah.
00:58:40He robs from the rich.
00:58:41Only he keeps it.
00:58:42Only he keeps it.
00:58:43Hang on for as much as you can.
00:58:45Did you see him?
00:58:46The Baron Jordan.
00:58:47Nick, how are you?
00:58:49Listen, you were down in Miami with that big guy he's tapping.
00:58:51Weren't you?
00:58:52What happened?
00:58:53Oh, yeah.
00:58:54Yeah.
00:58:55Well, these two guys come in carrying cue cases.
00:58:56Except there ain't no sticks inside.
00:58:59Shotguns.
00:59:00They clean the joint out of 60,000 in less than two minutes.
00:59:04Real pros.
00:59:05Listen, I hope it doesn't happen here.
00:59:06It would make Paulie mad.
00:59:07It wouldn't.
00:59:08Fight your time.
00:59:09Fight your time.
00:59:10All right.
00:59:11Everybody, please sit down, will you, please?
00:59:12Come on.
00:59:13Find yourself a chair.
00:59:14Find yourself a chair.
00:59:15Jim Redden.
00:59:16Meet Carolina Redden.
00:59:17How you doing?
00:59:18So and you.
00:59:24All right, everybody, pipe down.
00:59:28I said pipe down!
00:59:33Okay, Paulie, what do you got to say, man?
00:59:36Now, first I want to welcome everybody here to the eighth annual
00:59:39all-around world champion pool hustlers tournament.
00:59:43Now, this year, for the first time,
00:59:45the championship finals are going to be televised
00:59:47on national network TV.
00:59:49So no obscene bullshit.
00:59:52You're a TV star, huh?
00:59:54Also, that means that everybody here
00:59:56has got to wear a tuxedo.
00:59:58I mean, everybody.
01:00:00Who's getting married?
01:00:01Hey, we're here to shoot pools.
01:00:02Now, if you don't have a tux,
01:00:04you can rent one from me.
01:00:05Fifteen bucks a day.
01:00:07Fifteen?
01:00:08Go for it, Paulie.
01:00:09Now, as you all know,
01:00:10first prize is the municipal $1,500.
01:00:14Plus
01:00:15this beautiful,
01:00:17genuine,
01:00:18handmade silver and gilt trophy.
01:00:22No prize money is going to be paid
01:00:24till one day after the tournament.
01:00:26So I don't want to hear any sob stories
01:00:28about your dying mothers.
01:00:29You've got a heart of gold, Paulie.
01:00:31Now, last but not least,
01:00:33the betting windows are going to open tonight.
01:00:35Stay open for the next 72 hours.
01:00:37If you want to play some side bets,
01:00:38the tables in the back room rent.
01:00:40Ten bucks an hour.
01:00:43Don't ask for credit.
01:00:44I ain't no finance company.
01:00:46Put that away.
01:00:48Oh, yeah.
01:00:49One other thing.
01:00:50Uh, because of that heist
01:00:52that went down in Miami,
01:00:53any of you guys are holding heavy cash,
01:00:55I strongly suggest you deposit it in my safe.
01:00:59My safe?
01:01:00Give me a second.
01:01:03I now officially declare
01:01:05the eighth annual
01:01:06all-around world champion
01:01:07pool hustlers tournament
01:01:09officially open.
01:01:14Thank you.
01:01:33Let me have the betting slips.
01:01:34Here you are.
01:01:35Thank you.
01:01:40Hello, sweetheart.
01:01:41How are you?
01:01:42You're looking gorgeous.
01:01:44All right, let's go.
01:01:45Come on.
01:01:47Cosmo, get back up here.
01:01:49Change the odds on machine number terror to five to one.
01:01:57No, tonight's the preliminaries.
01:01:59A hundred on Petey Margo?
01:02:00Okay.
01:02:01Are you a friend of 14th Street Lester?
01:02:03Sure I know him.
01:02:04And I also know his widow.
01:02:09Four tickets.
01:02:10God damn it,
01:02:11this is the last time I do you a favor.
01:02:12Hey, Jimmy,
01:02:13can you give me four tickets for my mother?
01:02:14Again?
01:02:15Two hundred on Irving Gray?
01:02:16Hello?
01:02:17Yeah.
01:02:19What?
01:02:20He's Henry the Herman.
01:02:21He wants five thousand.
01:02:22Screw him, screw him.
01:02:23His credit stinks.
01:02:24All right, Harry, no pressure.
01:02:25Get your cash.
01:02:26Billy, how's it going, huh?
01:02:27Which way's the money going?
01:02:28Pretty close to us.
01:02:32Hold it, hold it.
01:02:33Nine to five.
01:02:34Six to five.
01:02:35Seven to five.
01:02:36There you are.
01:02:37Three to two.
01:02:38Okay.
01:02:40All right.
01:02:41Okay.
01:02:47Two grand.
01:02:48You got it.
01:03:05How's it going?
01:03:07They're raking it in.
01:03:10When do we make our move?
01:03:13The net safe of Paulie's
01:03:14is bursting at the seams.
01:03:16The big night.
01:03:18That's when we hit it.
01:03:40Harvey, come on.
01:03:41Stop breaking my balls.
01:03:42Do you want the money on Marco,
01:03:43Casey, or Oliver?
01:03:45What?
01:03:46A thousand on Oliver.
01:03:47Put a thousand on Oliver.
01:03:48Hold on, I got an idiot here.
01:03:49Oliver, a thousand dollars.
01:03:52Hello?
01:03:53Yeah.
01:03:54Make it, uh...
01:03:55He's got more money than you.
01:03:56One hundred?
01:03:57Yeah.
01:03:58All right.
01:03:59All right.
01:04:00All right.
01:04:01All right.
01:04:02All right.
01:04:03All right.
01:04:04All right.
01:04:05All right.
01:04:06All right.
01:04:07All right.
01:04:09One hundred?
01:04:10Three ball, corner pocket.
01:04:12Which corner?
01:04:14This corner.
01:04:15Well, just say so, will you, please?
01:04:16Okay, three ball, corner pocket.
01:04:17Thanks.
01:04:20Cut.
01:04:21Nice shot.
01:04:23The winner of the semi-final match,
01:04:25Machine Gun Lou Bethel.
01:04:35I checked Johnson City.
01:04:37Max hasn't shown.
01:04:40But Nick Casey's arrived.
01:04:43He's lost more money.
01:04:45I'll sign.
01:04:46Thank you, Rico.
01:04:47I'm sort of hoping that Nick does win.
01:04:50Bum's not your choice, boss.
01:04:52Bum?
01:04:53When it comes to shooting pool, Nick Casey's no bum.
01:04:56He's a better player than I am.
01:04:58Better than you?
01:04:59Under ordinary circumstances.
01:05:02When Nick has his rent and groceries
01:05:03dangling out from the end of his stick,
01:05:06he never misses a shot.
01:05:09You're overcutting.
01:05:10However, he does have one weakness.
01:05:12Undercut, it was.
01:05:15He can't shoot for the big cash.
01:05:19You put $20,000 down on the table,
01:05:22and he suddenly develops paralysis of the arm.
01:05:26Now,
01:05:28if Nick does win the tournament,
01:05:31I'll beat him again.
01:05:36Beautiful.
01:05:41Mr. Casey is playing for three in the match.
01:05:44Nine ball.
01:05:49Shooting for two.
01:06:01Game ball.
01:06:06Wow!
01:06:12Ladies and gentlemen,
01:06:13the winner of the semifinal match,
01:06:15Mr. Nick Casey,
01:06:17better known as
01:06:19the Baltimore Bullets.
01:06:25Ladies and gentlemen,
01:06:26please, tomorrow evening,
01:06:28right at this spot, Mr. Casey
01:06:29will be in the championship finals
01:06:31on National Network TV.
01:06:33Now, uh,
01:06:34tickets for sale in the main foyer,
01:06:36very reasonable.
01:06:37And don't forget, please,
01:06:38one hour from now,
01:06:39Rempe Robbins.
01:06:41Billy Joe Robbins and Jim Rempe.
01:06:46Thank you.
01:06:55I won't wait short, kid.
01:06:58And I can't give a seat back for Max
01:06:59to save my ass, man.
01:07:01He won't touch us.
01:07:04Hey, Nick.
01:07:06You know, I still gotta play Rempe
01:07:07in the semifinals.
01:07:09I don't know if I can beat him.
01:07:11What happens if I do?
01:07:13More power to you.
01:07:14Beat him.
01:07:16That's just great.
01:07:17You know what that means?
01:07:18That means you and I
01:07:19play the finals.
01:07:21Huh?
01:07:24We do what we do.
01:07:26Maybe it's time.
01:07:27Anyway, to all academics,
01:07:28if we don't fill our poke by tomorrow,
01:07:30we can't make the Deacons' action anyway.
01:07:32I got it, you guys.
01:07:35Here's $5,000.
01:07:37$5,000?
01:07:38Where'd you get $5,000?
01:07:39I hawked Trudy this morning.
01:07:41You did what?
01:07:42I hawked Trudy.
01:07:44I love that horse,
01:07:45and I want her back, Nick.
01:07:47But the money's yours.
01:07:51You'll get her back.
01:07:53With interest.
01:07:56Thank you.
01:07:57You're welcome.
01:08:00A little drink?
01:08:01To our new partner.
01:08:02To our new partner.
01:08:32Thank you very much.
01:08:33It was very interesting.
01:08:34Thank you.
01:08:35All right, Gunnar.
01:08:44Yeah, that's fine.
01:08:45All right.
01:08:46Okay, thank you very much.
01:08:48Max lived under Johnson City this morning.
01:08:51Good. He's not disappointing us.
01:08:54I still don't get it.
01:08:56Guy's looking to kill you.
01:08:58Don't worry.
01:08:59It's all been arranged.
01:09:01Did Harry mention who's winning the tournaments?
01:09:05Casey and Robbins play for the world title tonight.
01:09:07Money guys make it six to five on me, Casey.
01:09:15Yes, sir.
01:09:16How many hours to Johnson City?
01:09:19Oh, eight or nine.
01:09:20Make it eight.
01:09:21You got it.
01:09:31God.
01:09:55Jack, are you ready?
01:09:56Yeah.
01:09:57Okay.
01:09:58Let's roll with the course.
01:09:59Stable.
01:10:01Yeah, here we go.
01:10:02Fifteen seconds to roll.
01:10:03Is everybody set?
01:10:04What a kid.
01:10:05A little shaky, huh?
01:10:06All right.
01:10:07I'm going to level with you.
01:10:08You want the deacon?
01:10:09You want him really bad.
01:10:10I've never seen anything like that before.
01:10:12I'm going to let you have him.
01:10:14What?
01:10:15I said I'm going to let you have him.
01:10:22You're going to let me win?
01:10:25Yeah.
01:10:28Do you actually think you can beat me?
01:10:31Bet your sweet ass I can beat you.
01:10:34The only way you're going to win is if I don't show up, kid.
01:10:38You want to know why I haven't played you all these years?
01:10:41Why?
01:10:42Because I knew you couldn't handle losing to me.
01:10:44That's why.
01:10:45I was worried about you.
01:10:47Will you guys stop it?
01:10:48You're sounding like a couple of kids.
01:10:50You think you can beat me, huh?
01:10:51I don't think you can.
01:10:53But I don't want you giving me anything.
01:10:55If you want to find out,
01:10:56you get your ass out there and play the best pool you can,
01:10:58like you were taught.
01:11:01Okay.
01:11:02Okay, you ask for it, mister.
01:11:05You just remember
01:11:06that I taught you everything you know.
01:11:09But I didn't teach you everything I know.
01:11:16Wise guy.
01:11:17Run off with my money, huh?
01:11:19Come on now, watch it, huh?
01:11:20Look, I'll settle up with you right after this match.
01:11:22No, I'm going to get my money.
01:11:24What are you talking about?
01:11:25Money, your money.
01:11:26I just made a little bet on this match.
01:11:28Well, I hope you made the smart bet
01:11:30because I'm favoring you.
01:11:31Right.
01:11:32Six to five.
01:11:33That's why you're going to lose.
01:11:35What the hell are you saying, man?
01:11:37I got 30 grand on the short end.
01:11:39You're dumping.
01:11:40Listen, I don't dump for anybody, man.
01:11:42You don't seem to understand.
01:11:45For you, Max,
01:11:47I'll dump.
01:11:50That's more like it.
01:11:52That's more like it.
01:11:54No funny business, huh?
01:11:56I'll be watching.
01:12:03Get out.
01:12:04Go.
01:12:05Nick, you all right?
01:12:06Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
01:12:07Go.
01:12:13Oh.
01:12:16Wow.
01:12:18Turkey.
01:12:21Oh.
01:12:31Billy Joe Robbins,
01:12:32what are your chances of winning tonight's game?
01:12:34I don't see any way that I can lose, to tell you the truth.
01:12:37Thank you.
01:12:38Thank you.
01:12:39Nick Casey,
01:12:40Billy Joe says he can't lose.
01:12:41What do you got to say about that?
01:12:43Get lost.
01:12:44Yeah, what's this for, huh?
01:12:46What's the matter? I'm not loud enough?
01:12:48I need this.
01:12:49Sam.
01:12:50Sam, one, two, one, two.
01:12:51Thank you.
01:13:20Thank you.
01:13:29Nick, could you please speed it up?
01:13:31Anything on TV might be terrible.
01:13:33Yeah, it's just as soon as I chuck my cue card in.
01:13:36No, no, chalk it, chalk it.
01:13:38Yeah, all right.
01:13:45Give it.
01:13:50Good morning.
01:13:53Ladies and gentlemen.
01:13:55I'm really sorry it worked out this way.
01:13:57Playing for the all-around world championship.
01:13:59I really wanted it to be in the square.
01:14:01From Ash Fork, Arizona.
01:14:02Boy, you're going to have to play for it, kid.
01:14:03Making his first appearance for the world title,
01:14:05Billy Joe Robbins.
01:14:06Because I'm not dumping.
01:14:14Also, making his first appearance for the world title,
01:14:18from Baltimore, Maryland.
01:14:19Dumping.
01:14:20What about Max?
01:14:21My very good friend, Mr. Nick Casey.
01:14:34Gentlemen.
01:14:36Lag for break.
01:14:38Let's do it, kid.
01:14:39And the man who will be explaining the shots here tonight,
01:14:4215 times world pocket billiard champion,
01:14:44a legend in his own time, Mr. Willie Moscone.
01:14:46Willie, nice to have you here.
01:14:47Thank you, Jeff.
01:14:48Glad to be here.
01:14:50Ladies and gentlemen.
01:14:51The closest ball to the cushion wins the lag.
01:14:57Mr. Robbins has won the lag.
01:15:01Since it is a disadvantage to break the ball,
01:15:03Mr. Robbins will have Mr. Casey break.
01:15:07And the first player to sink 150 balls wins the match.
01:15:13A little tighter, please.
01:15:19Okay?
01:15:26One ball.
01:15:28Two rails.
01:15:31Sidebar.
01:15:33One ball, two rails.
01:15:35This shot is almost impossible to make.
01:15:37I've never seen it called in tournament pool.
01:15:41He made it! He made it!
01:15:42He made it!
01:15:44Nice little shot!
01:15:48He made it!
01:15:57You win.
01:15:59He's gonna kill you.
01:16:04Back to 14 ball.
01:16:0514 ball, corner pocket.
01:16:11Five ball.
01:16:12Five ball, side.
01:16:15He didn't leave himself much.
01:16:16What do you think he's gonna do, Willie?
01:16:17Looks like he's looking at a four ball combination
01:16:20into the corner pocket.
01:16:22It'll have to be hit absolutely perfect.
01:16:26Seven ball.
01:16:27Seven ball, corner pocket.
01:16:30He did it!
01:16:3613.
01:16:37Two in the corner.
01:16:38Two ball, corner pocket.
01:16:40Nick got out of position on that last shot.
01:16:42Looks like he'll have to play a safety.
01:16:44Don't you think so, Willie?
01:16:45I'm sure he will.
01:16:49Safety.
01:16:50He will.
01:16:51Safety.
01:16:58Very well done.
01:17:00Score 51 for Mr. Casey.
01:17:09Mr. Casey's run is 51,
01:17:11and he has left Mr. Robbins with no shot on the table.
01:17:14Three ball, corner pocket.
01:17:16Three ball, corner pocket.
01:17:18Robbins is called a three ball in the corner pocket,
01:17:21but the only chance he has is a masse shot,
01:17:24the most difficult shot in pool.
01:17:30Great shot! Sensational shot!
01:17:32Wonderful!
01:17:33This kid's great!
01:17:34No question the Baltimore Bullets is up against a strong opponent.
01:17:40Eleven ball, side pocket.
01:17:42Eleven ball, side pocket.
01:17:51Seven ball.
01:17:52Seven ball, corner pocket.
01:17:55Seven ball.
01:17:56Seven ball, corner pocket.
01:18:12Combination.
01:18:13Twelve ball, side pocket.
01:18:14Seven ball, left corner pocket.
01:18:16Five ball, right corner pocket.
01:18:19Kidding?
01:18:20Willie, why don't you diagram this shot for us?
01:18:22He's going to try to make this ball here,
01:18:24this ball here, this ball here.
01:18:28Kind of reckless.
01:18:33Well, Willie, it's reckless, but it's great pool.
01:18:45Four ball.
01:18:46Four ball, side pocket.
01:18:53Eleven ball.
01:18:54Corner pocket.
01:19:01Mr. Robbins' run was 73.
01:19:09Tough. Great.
01:19:16Nine ball.
01:19:17Nine ball, corner pocket.
01:19:23How does it look?
01:19:24A piece of cake.
01:19:26Okay.
01:19:28It means we hit in 15 minutes.
01:19:31Two in the corner.
01:19:53Well, you got to play a kiss shot.
01:19:55Eleven ball.
01:19:58Fourteen ball, corner pocket.
01:20:00Willie, why don't you diagram this shot for us?
01:20:03He's going to shoot the 14 in between the two and the five
01:20:06into the cushion and bank it over into this corner pocket.
01:20:18Play the game.
01:20:19Yeah.
01:20:20Play the game.
01:20:21Yeah.
01:20:22Any predictions, Willie?
01:20:23No one's got the best of them.
01:20:24No either way.
01:20:26But the Bullets got the stick right now.
01:20:28And I'd have to make him the favorite.
01:20:36Nine ball.
01:20:37Side pocket.
01:20:39Eleven ball, side pocket.
01:20:45Twelve ball.
01:20:46Twelve ball, corner pocket.
01:20:51Twelve ball, side pocket.
01:20:53Combination three shot.
01:21:01Five ball.
01:21:02Five ball, corner pocket.
01:21:06Willie, I haven't seen you in a hundred years.
01:21:11Cute.
01:21:12Real cute.
01:21:13Thirteen ball in the corner.
01:21:14Thirteen.
01:21:16Fourteen ball, side pocket.
01:21:21Fifteen.
01:21:42Six ball, corner pocket.
01:21:43Five ball.
01:21:44One ball.
01:21:49Wait a minute.
01:21:50I'll get back to you.
01:21:53Is there something I can do for you, pal?
01:22:00I said, is there something I can do for you, pal?
01:22:05Uh, sir?
01:22:07Sir?
01:22:08Who, who, who?
01:22:09Alright, freeze!
01:22:10Come on, up again.
01:22:11Let's go!
01:22:12Move!
01:22:13Open it.
01:22:14Oh, no.
01:22:15Oh, yes.
01:22:16I said open it.
01:22:17Please.
01:22:18Thank you.
01:22:19On the floor.
01:22:20Yes, sir.
01:22:21On the floor.
01:22:22Over there.
01:22:23Come on, move.
01:22:24Yes, sir.
01:22:25All right, boys.
01:22:26The tip of the ties.
01:22:27Right through here.
01:22:28Move it.
01:22:29Come on.
01:22:30Come on.
01:22:31Come on.
01:22:32Come on, fellas.
01:22:34That's your tie.
01:23:02That's a tough break. Nick's in trouble. He's going to have to play his safety.
01:23:09Foley. The score now stands at 130 to 130.
01:23:18Mr. Casey's called time. There'll be a five-minute break.
01:23:22Each player is allowed a five-minute break.
01:23:25Which gives us a chance to break for a commercial. Stay with us.
01:23:32This is the Army's newest explosives. Don't make any noise.
01:23:43It's just gonna blow the door off.
01:23:48First I'm gonna get my money back.
01:23:51And then I'm gonna take care of that son of a bitch, Nick Casey.
01:23:54Double-crossed me, you know what I mean?
01:24:03Do you know that King Kong walked out of there a little while ago with murder in his eyes?
01:24:07Good. Well, maybe he'll stay out.
01:24:09What, has your porch light burned out completely or something?
01:24:12No, it's wrong.
01:24:13What's wrong? Nick, you gotta let me have that shot. You gotta let me win it.
01:24:18I'm not stopping you.
01:24:19You are. You got an edge. You're better than me.
01:24:26No, I'm not. Not anymore, I'm not.
01:24:31You're shooting great pool out there, kid.
01:24:33You're coming up a little fast off your stick. Watch that.
01:24:36You know, you are gonna get yourself busted up or possibly even killed, you know that?
01:24:40Nah, don't worry about me, kid.
01:24:44Don't worry about you, huh?
01:24:46Don't worry about you for 15 years on that gout. You've been everything to me, Nick.
01:24:51My man, you've been my father, my mother.
01:24:53Your mother?
01:24:56Okay, my brother.
01:24:57Okay, brother.
01:25:01Don't do it, Nick. Let me have that last shot, huh?
01:25:06You're a great pool player, kid.
01:25:09If you want to save my ass, you're gonna have to beat me if you can.
01:25:13Because I'm gonna play to win.
01:25:16Right now, I'm gonna have a pee.
01:25:19Right.
01:25:21You'd be amazed how noisy this is.
01:25:23I'm gonna get my money back in just a sec.
01:25:25This is Jeff Temkin, here in Johnston City, Illinois, with Willie Mosconi.
01:25:29We're back in the arena now, waiting for Casey and Robbins to resume play.
01:25:33They're scored at 130 each.
01:25:34Here's anyone's guess at how this will turn out.
01:25:36Hey, what's going on?
01:25:38What are you?
01:25:42All right, everybody, FBI. You're all under arrest.
01:25:45I'll have you guys busted for this, all right?
01:25:47Come on, get your hands off me.
01:25:49What's going on here?
01:25:51Sit down, everybody.
01:25:53Stay seated and remain calm.
01:25:55The game is over.
01:25:57We're closing this place.
01:25:59Do you hear this?
01:26:01They're waving at you.
01:26:03Put it out.
01:26:11Get it out.
01:26:13Get this thing out.
01:26:17Stay seated and remain calm.
01:26:23You're tearing my club!
01:26:25You're tearing my club!
01:26:27My money!
01:26:39Put the minicam over. Am I on the air?
01:26:41Ladies and gentlemen,
01:26:43this is Jeff Temkin reporting live
01:26:45from Johnston City.
01:26:47A scene of a tremendous explosion.
01:26:49There's money in it.
01:26:51There's money in it.
01:26:53We left the slips.
01:26:55We left the betting slips.
01:26:57I want my money back.
01:26:59I want my money back.
01:27:03Who are you taking me to, huh?
01:27:05All right, let's go. Come on.
01:27:07You're gonna pay for this. Let's go.
01:27:09I got influence. I got connections.
01:27:11It's a bummer.
01:27:13What about the betting slips?
01:27:15Donations. There was donations.
01:27:17I was running a benefit.
01:27:21Let's go.
01:27:29We've got Paulie's books.
01:27:31All right, right this way.
01:27:33Let's go. All right.
01:27:35Let's get them all in here.
01:27:37All right, let's get everybody out of here.
01:27:51All right.
01:28:15Thank you.
01:28:17Whoo!
01:28:21Holy mess.
01:28:35The senator asked me to thank you
01:28:37for the tip, Mr. Denton.
01:28:39You won't have to worry about Max Lachine
01:28:41for a long time.
01:28:43Mr. Barron, would you see to it
01:28:45that he gets this.
01:28:47Tell him we're all square. He'll understand.
01:28:49Right.
01:28:51Mr. Barron,
01:28:53what about Nick Casey?
01:28:55Oh, he's inside.
01:28:57He's hiding in the rafters.
01:28:59I'll grab us a piece of beer
01:29:01for the road.
01:29:09Now, this looks like
01:29:11a very interesting game.
01:29:13I'll wait.
01:29:15No.
01:29:17Now, Nick taught me everything I know,
01:29:19but not everything he knows.
01:29:21So we don't have to finish
01:29:23this game.
01:29:25I concede.
01:29:29Well, thank you, sir.
01:29:31Thank you for making it easy for me.
01:29:33I hear you're tougher to beat.
01:29:35You don't choke
01:29:37for the high stakes.
01:29:39I've got my 20, Deacon.
01:29:41The beer is yours.
01:29:43Rico!
01:29:53Here it is.
01:29:55How much is in there, Deacon?
01:29:57Oh, I'd say about
01:29:59200,000 or so, Rico.
01:30:01218,000.
01:30:03218,000 dollars.
01:30:07Think about that, Mr. Casey.
01:30:09I am, Deacon.
01:30:11You're gonna make me a rich man.
01:30:13Money has no home,
01:30:15Mr. Casey.
01:30:17It's all yours.
01:30:19If you can win it.
01:30:27Deacon,
01:30:29I'm gonna beat your ass.
01:30:39Come on.
01:31:01Mr. Casey's run is 33.
01:31:03As I told you, Rico,
01:31:05there are money players
01:31:07and fun players.
01:31:11Mr. Casey may be
01:31:13the best fun player in the world.
01:31:15Seven ball.
01:31:17Seven ball, corner pocket.
01:31:27Seven.
01:31:31Six ball.
01:31:37Seven.
01:31:59Thank you.
01:32:02Phew.
01:32:04Look at him, will you?
01:32:06Moving around that table.
01:32:08He's really on tonight.
01:32:11He's just another hustler.
01:32:15He's not even in your league.
01:32:19He's some hustler, all right.
01:32:31Seven.
01:32:47Deacon ran 138 points,
01:32:50putting the score at 138-33.
01:32:53There's no way you can win now, Mr. Casey.
01:32:56You know that.
01:33:02Mr. Casey,
01:33:04you need 117 balls.
01:33:06Rico,
01:33:08I think we can make St. Louis
01:33:10for breakfast.
01:33:13Then I wouldn't rush off, Joe.
01:33:16I've still got a shot.
01:33:19If my memory serves me correctly,
01:33:22those were the exact words
01:33:24I heard you say the night I sent you home
01:33:27in nothing but your jockstrap.
01:33:31Ha-ha-ha-ha.
01:34:02Where to, sir?
01:34:03Maine.
01:34:04Maine?
01:34:05That's correct.
01:34:07There's this marvelous lobster house
01:34:09on the coast just south of Brunswick.
01:34:12Perhaps the finest lobster
01:34:14served anywhere in the world.
01:34:16Delicious.
01:34:18Whoo!
01:34:19Whoo!
01:34:20Ha-ha!
01:34:22Whoo!
01:34:23Whoo!
01:34:24Whoo!
01:34:25Whoo!
01:34:26Whoo!
01:34:27Whoo!
01:34:28Whoo!
01:34:30Whoo!
01:34:42I'm gonna miss her.
01:34:44Yeah, so will I.
01:34:46Why, she wants to go home
01:34:47and buy her daddy's pool hall back.
01:34:49With her there to the winning,
01:34:50she can buy the whole town back.
01:34:52Yeah, she's gonna be okay.
01:34:54I don't see why you'd let her have the car.
01:34:56What do we need a car for
01:34:57in the south of France?
01:34:58Saint-Tropez.
01:35:00With acres and acres of naked women.
01:35:03And Richard Bardot.
01:35:05Yeah.
01:35:06I hear she goes for younger men.
01:35:08Who'd you hear that?
01:35:10Oh, I don't know.
01:35:11Some movie magazine or something.
01:35:12I'm not sure.
01:35:14You can't win.
01:35:15Ha-ha-ha-ha.
01:35:16Hey, come on, come on.
01:35:17Hey, wait a minute.
01:35:18I took the deacon down, you know.
01:35:20We took the deacon down, partner.
01:35:22We took the deacon down.
01:35:23Yeah, you couldn't have done anything
01:35:24without that horse.
01:35:25Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
01:35:27We did it!
01:35:28Woo-hoo!