Harry in Your Pocket (1973) Movie Script
1
Sorry.
- Harry.
- Casey.
Good to see you.
How was the trip?
- All right.
- Good.
Everything okay with you?
Quiet. Awfully quiet.
I hate vacations, Harry.
Did you ever notice
how many people die on vacation?
You read about it in
the papers all the time.
They lie out in the sun
and kill themselves from boredom.
Well, let's go back to work.
An!
Why, just those two?
Yep.
Oh, here, Casey.
For me? Present?
I know what he's saying. Oh, I'm damned.
What he's trying to tell you is
he's lost his wallet.
Well, we'll find somebody
who knows sign language.
South bound from Los Angeles.
First class tourists...
As a reminder there
will be no smoking...
Also, we'd like
your cooperation...
Now boarding
on track number five,
southbound train number 207
for Tacoma, east Olympia,
Centralia, Eiko,
Portsmouth, Salem,
Eugene, Klamath falls,
Dunsmuir, Redding,
namath, Oakland,
and San Francisco.
Connecting with
eastbound trains
in San Francisco.
Excuse me.
How much is that? Five dollars.
Now boarding
on track number five
southbound train
number 207 for Tacoma,
east Olympia, Centralia,
Elko, Portsmouth, Salem,
Eugene, Klamath falls,
Dunsmuir, Redding,
namath, Oakland
and San Francisco.
Connecting with
eastbound trains in San Francisco.
Oh, excuse me.
Excuse me, I'm sorry.
Okay.
Give it back.
What?
Come on, just give me
the watch, Charlie.
Okay.
Just keep your voice down.
You don't wanna get me in trouble.
I'll get you in trouble.
I'll scream my head off
if you don't give it back.
Well, that's not it.
No, that's not it.
Here, is this it?
Thank you.
Oh, it looks like
I broke the clasp.
You, damn near broke
my wrist.
You know,
I was watching you the whole time.
You're terrible.
I mean,
you really stink.
Yeah, well,
watches are hard.
I'm sorry about the clasp.
Why don't you have
one of the others?
You can have
your choice. Look.
Oh, my god.
Gone.
Purse, bag, everything.
Well, it's a hell of a lot easier
than the way I've been doing it.
It's your fault.
My fault?
How is it my fault?
I didn't tell you to leave them there.
Why don't you take care
of your own things?
Take care of
my own things?
You stole my watch,
you big idiot!
Will you keep it down.
Keep it down. You'll get us busted.
Us busted?
I haven't done anything,
except have everything
stolen from me.
Will you keep it down?
My watch stolen, my bag stolen,
my purse stolen!
Whatever gave you the idea
you could be a pickpocket?
Some old guy I met up
in the workhouse in Omaha.
I was in on a vag,
but he was a real pro.
I can tell. Some pro.
Well...
Well, I just started.
It takes a lot of practice.
You know, if I were you, I'd consider
taking one of those aptitude tests.
What are you gonna do
when you get to Chicago?
I'm not.
How can I?
My ticket, my money,
everything was in that bag.
I'll tell you what.
I've got $200. You can have it.
All of it.
Are you serious?
You are serious.
You just stole my watch
and now you're gonna give me $200.
Yeah.
What do you want for it?
Nothing.
Nothing? No strings?
Nothing?
Nothing. No strings.
Cross my heart.
Boy scout's honor.
Okay. You're a little weird.
Hi, Casey.
Harry.
This is Francine.
Hello, Francine.Hello.
Come on in.
Harry, I knew
you had a long trip,
and I thought perhaps,
you know, well...
Yeah.
A very pretty girl, Casey.
Delicious.
Thank you.
Say, Casey, we'll play a
little cards later. Hang around.
Right.
I'll be damned.
Harry, you bought it?
You know, you really
are a nice guy.
Thanks, babe.
You're something else
yourself.
Jesus.
I mean, when you don't say
dumb things like that.
I just wanted you to know
that I slept with you
because I like you,
not because of the money.
What money?
You son of a bitch.
You said you had $200.
I meant I could get it.
Look at that.
There's at least
two bills there.
Oh, boy. Sure there is.
Hey, I'm not trying
to con you.
I said I liked you, didn't I?
I'm not interested
in the money anyway.
You could drive a guy nuts.
Yes, no. Yes, no.
Well, I'll tell you
one thing for sure.
I'm putting you on that
goddamn train for Chicago
with 200 bucks
just like I said.
The hell you are. The hell I'm not.
Look, you don't have
to take care of me.
You're not responsible for me.
I'm responsible for you
until I get you
on that train to Chicago.
After that
you're on your own.
Just because
you stole my watch,
doesn't give you the right
to tell me what to do.
Yeah.
I knew I shouldn't have got near you
in that train station.
Huh, you're damned right
you shouldn't.
And don't bring up that business
about your suitcase and the purse.
It's not my fault.
I didn't tell you to leave them there.
Well, if it's not your fault,
I'd like to know
whose fault it is.
Yours!
The hell it is. The hell it isn't.
Well, if we
don't get 200,
I know he'll give us
at least 100 and a half.
So where is he?
He's around.
You married or anything?
Not anymore.
I was when I was 16.
To a lineman.
I can still see his big feet
in front of the television.
Okay, okay.
Just a minute, okay?
Come on, get in.
Say, I think we can do
without that whistle, stretch.
Okay, okay. I got some
great stuff for ya.
God, it's hot.
Okay, what you got?
Cheese.
What does that mean?
Cheese, the stuff
that he brings me.
It means your
boyfriend's a stiff, lady.
Knock that off, man.
Hey, look at this.
Two dollars.
Two dollars for my watch?
The clasp is broken.
I know.
Miss, now here
are the goods.
Bring me stuff
like this, man.
Cheese.
$30.
$100.
$40.
Hey, man, we gotta live.
I'll give you $45
and a good line on something.
What kind of a line?
I'll connect you up
so you don't have to peddle crap.
$45.
Come on. It's hot.
Okay.
You know a place called the
brasserie Pittsburgh in pioneer square?
No.
Well, you find it.
There's a guy there
named Casey.
Now he is recruiting
a class a wire mob.
What's that?
Pickpockets.
Come on, get out of here,
will ya?
I got no time for this charity work.
Give me a break.
Hey, now, hold it.
Watch it.
Broken clasp.
Two bucks, you said.
Wholesale! Not retail!
Brassiere Pittsburgh.
602, first Avenue.
That's not far
from here, I think.
Man, if I could get in,
get connected.
Me, a Cannon!
What are you
so hyped up about?
A wire mob works together.
A real team.
Not like that crapping around
back at the train station.
You got people
that stall for you.
The Cannon goes in,
makes the hit, hands off.
It's fantastic bread.
Well, why don't you
keep the money you got,
and here, that'll get you
to Chicago, at least.
Okay?
Take care of yourself.
You're weird
and you'd starve to death.
That's it.
One thing, let me
do the talking, okay?
Oh, absolutely.
Hi. I'm ray Houlihan.
This is Sandy Coletto.
I understand
you're looking for, uh...
Sit down, please.
Tell me, who do you
know around here?
Better still,
who knows you?
Nobody, I guess.
I've been working the Omaha area,
and through there.
You have a police record,
no doubt.
No.
No?
Yes.
What for?
It was nothing.
I stole a car.
Years ago in Ohio.
Nobody's looking for him.
I mean, nobody cares
if he's alive or dead.
He's not here because he's so smart,
or cool, or experienced.
He's here because
we're flat on our ass.
Well, you got to
move around a lot.
You'll work with
a first class Cannon,
but you've got to do
as you're told.
Are you still interested?
Sure.
Excuse me,
I've got to make a call.
Do you still think I'm weird?
No. I think I'm weird.
Harry, this is ray,
and this is Sandy.
Come in.
I guess I kind of blew it
in the elevator there,
but I'm not used
to work...
He's too big.
He's clumsy.
They're both green, Harry.
I thought,
maybe the girl.
Yeah, the girl maybe.
Maybe? What maybe?
The stall.
You got the gift,
and with a little work you might be
an adequate stall.
Stalls? You mean,
all you're looking for is stalls?
What'd you make me
go for his poke for?
I wanted to see
if you had any guts.
Yeah, man,
but I've had experience.
I don't need experience.
All I want is stalls.
What about you?
You a thief?
Yeah, sure,
she's been with me for...
No. No.
I'm not a thief,
and I haven't had
any experience.
I don't even know
what the hell you're talking about.
What's a stall?
You learn to bump
into people gracefully,
setting them up
for the Cannon.
That's Harry.
I bump into people?
For a living?
You want it?
Ray and I
are in it together.
Why?
Beats the hell out of me.
I don't allow drugs.
No pot, pills, nothing.
You can drink. A little bit.
No whoring, no strong arm,
no gambling,
except where I know the game
or where it's legal.
You want us to join a church.
I have rules.
Lots of rules.
We travel first class.
Best rooms, best clothes,
best food.
Everything strictly
the best.
Casey handles the take.
Turn everything over to him.
No exceptions.
Money, ID, credit cards,
paper, all of it.
He'll fence
the whole package off.
You can buy a whole lot in just one day
with one credit card, you know.
Yes.
With a credit card
they have your face and your handwriting.
Right.
Your share is 20%
of the take.
Each?
Together.
I pay all the expenses.
Including fall money.
Lawyers, bail, all the fees.
But if you fall, that's it.
Understood?
Stand up, please.
That's pretty good.
If you know
how to use it.
I know it's pretty good.
So what?
You better realize
what business you're in, my dear.
What business
does he think I'm in?
Oh, what's that for?
Buy yourself a dress.
Something short.
High heels.
You get yourself
a coat and tie.
Cut some of that hair off.
Why? It's not
really that long.
It is for a thief.
Okay?
I'd rather see you
tomorrow at noon.
What the bloody hell.
Come on.
Don't do it, Harry.
I'll get someone else.
No, no,
they might work out.
I don't like it.
I have a feeling
that one's trouble.
Nah, I'll kick him in shape.
Oh, I meant her.
Okay, go.
This is a prat poke.
Cordeen poke.
Insider.
Prat kicks. Right, left.
Patch kicks.
Left, right.
Bridge kicks.
The pit.
This is where most of
our takes will be made.
It's where all
the big money is.
I don't care how good you are.
Any fool might
feel his poke go.
Just the law of gravity.
Unless his attention
is some place else.
If he's feeling something else,
looking some place else,
thinking about something else.
That's your job.
Amateurs like you are taking
the same risk for a two-dollar poke
as they are for 200.
So, we cut down
on those percentages.
That's my job. I steer.
I locate Mr. Bates.
Make sure that he's got
something worth taking.
I know where he puts it.
You know, Harry knows.
The rest is easy.
I'm not breaking
into a safe.
I'm tapping a warm,
breathing human being
who can stick his finger
in my eye if he tumbles.
Okay?
Okay, now we've got the law of gravity
to worry about.
And then there's Mr. Law.
You know who he is.
And now we come to
Harry's law.
That's the most important.
And Harry's law
is that Harry doesn't hold.
Harry never holds.
He doesn't keep the poke.
Not for more time
than it takes to pass it off.
Not for more than 10 seconds.
Understand?
That's why
I've never taken a fall.
And that's the way
I'm gonna keep it.
So remember,
the first law is that
Harry does not hold.
Okay?
Fine. Well, let's go to work.
Stand up, ray.
I'm gonna round the Mark,
the Cannon.
A pappy. Forget him.
Just an egg.
Another egg. Never mind.
How do you know?
My boy, it's what I do.
That's nice,
but it's not worth breaking your neck over.
Yeah.
Who's that?
Cannon squad.
Now there is Mr. Bates.
Okay, that's the Mark.
You frame him.
How?
Throw the hump.
Okay.
Let's go, ray.
Oh! Excuse me. I'm sorry.
Are you sure you're okay?
Oh, I'm fine.
I told you,
it isn't going to work.
They still think it's a god dammed game,
don't they?
Let's fix that, shall we?
Right prat.
What happened?
I don't know. He missed it.
What's that?
What the hell
do you think it is?
You're standing a mile away,
sound asleep on his feet.
You mean you hit
that Mark today?
Are you retarded
or something?
I told you the law, right?
Harry never holds.
Not for a minute.
Not for 30 seconds.
Now you started out breaking one rule
that does not bend.
Harry, he didn't know
you'd gotten it.
He just didn't know.
What do you think I was doing out there,
selling pencils?
Harry, you hardly
touched the guy.
It was too fast.
He had no idea.
There must be
a thousand bucks in there.
Yeah, that's right. And I carried
it home, all the way, in my pocket.
Harry, I'm sorry.
I didn't realize you were that good.
Your share.
Harry never holds.
School's out.
We could still cancel our
reservation on the Titanic.
I knew he'd screw up,
but I had no idea he'd leave me holding.
Harry,
why not pay him off?
She'd go with him.
Maybe at my age,
I've forgotten,
but is it worth it?
Yes.
This would get you to Chicago.
Harry wants me to
take care of you two.
So that's it, huh?
Yeah. That's it.
He wants you both
to get some better clothes.
So, I'll take you shopping,
and Harry will go with you.
It's okay.
He looks good, though.
The glass of fashion.
What about her?
Doesn't she look terrific?
I thank you kindly.
Did you tell him
what happened today?
No. No. No.
Oh, come on,
what happened?
No.
Well, you two had an
adventure yourselves today.
What happened, ray?
Well, all I can tell you is that
I'm not going shopping with Casey again.
It's a good thing
Casey was there.
The salesman
was all eyes for him.
Waiter.
You want another round, or should we...
Sure. Another round.
Whatever you say.
You're the boss.
Not after hours,
I'm not.
And you never told me
that he could smile.
And the truth is, he can't.
Really, he's just
a very large monkey,
and it just looks
like he's smiling.
Actually, when they
do that, they're terrified.
Well, I think in that case,
we'd best feed him.
Well, I think
that's a good idea.
Better get Casey something
pretty soon here,
or he's gonna fall
off the chair.
You know, you can't drink
too much after a certain age.
Ray, I want to
tell you something.
The best friend I ever had.
I mean the best friend.
And that's important
in this racket.
Well, I'm gonna tell you,
we're gonna be together a loft,
you know,
and that's not easy.
And you know,
that traveling all over the place together.
And I just hope
that a year from now
that we're all just as friendly
as we are here tonight.
I'll drink to that.
Let's not break down and cry about it,
aunt Casey.
I will if I want to,
you bloody ape.
Truth is, he's just a jolly
good meal ticket, that's all.
And we tailed him for,
oh, I guess it was a couple of hours.
No, 40 minutes.
No, it was 40 minutes.
Well, we finally
sprayed him.
We gave him five grand.
Yeah.
All counterfeit.
The whole fence.
Hey, Sandy, would you come up
and have a little nightcap?
I want to talk to you.
I want to talk with her.
Yeah, okay.
Well, good night. Good night, Casey.
See you tomorrow.
Good night, Casey.
You don't have to,
you know.
I don't have to what?
Come and have
a nightcap with me.
I know. It's after hours.
Hello, Harry.
Come in.
Hello, fellas.
Sorry to interrupt.
You want it
in front of her?
Honey, these gentlemen
are detectives.
We were just about to
have a nightcap. Join us?
I'm working.
I'd like a little Brandy.
Been in town long?
No, not long.
Oh, we heard three weeks,
maybe four.
Oh, yeah. I like it here.
Doesn't matter.
Time to go.
If I had the kind of life
you've got, Harry,
chance to move around,
see the country,
I'd do it.
What's going on here?
I haven't made any noise.
I paid my dues.
Three or four weeks
is long enough, Harry.
People begin think
you live here.
That's right.
Go on up to b.C.
Where folks get all the money.
Yeah, okay,
I'll think about it.
I like you, Harry.
Don't push back.
She 21?
23. And I've got I.D.
Just another little thing for
you to worry about, Harry?
Does this happen often?
Once in a while.
I guess you better go downstairs
and start packing.
We leave first thing
in the morning.
Okay.
I'm sorry, uh...
Well, you wouldn't have
scored anyway.
Good night.
Good night.
Come on, ray, move.
They're gonna go without us.
He's not gonna
leave without you.
What's that supposed to mean?
You didn't have to
go up there last night.
I told you nothing happened.
Now, if you
don't believe that,
there's nothing
more I can say.
I know nothing happened.
You didn't have to go
is all I'm saying.
You didn't have to let me go.
So shut up about it.
I don't tell you what to do.
That's right, you don't.
I'll do whatever I want.
But even if I do,
you don't have to put up with it.
Thank you, sir. You're welcome.
If you ask me, Harry,
it's the credit card
that's downed the economy.
As soon as we get rid
of those little plastic bastards,
the whole thing'll pick up.
Listen, Casey,
the credit cards are not gonna go away.
No, if anything,
money'll disappear.
We'll all be a number
in a giant computer.
Do away with money?
That's ridiculous.
An, it'll happen.
Communistic.
It's economics.
It's criminal.
Oh, it's beautiful.
This is where we'll work.
Where the money is.
Where we live.
This is where the class is.
It looks like there's
a lot of money here, too.
Yes, my boy,
but you don't steal where you live.
Nice to have you back,
Mr. Durban.
Thank you.
You want a girl, Mr. Durban?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Don't make such
a big deal out of it.
Never happened before.
Hey, come on.
Well, not often.
You're tired, that's all.
My nerves are shot, too.
Yeah, I guess that's it.
Reminds me when I was
a kid in high school.
Our basketball coach used to get us
in the locker room,
and he'd tell us
never to have sex before a game.
He said it weakened you.
In high school?
That's dirty.
Yeah.
But he did it.
He was a pro.
Just like Harry.
Harry's a bastard.
Yeah.
But he's a pro.
He's a pro bastard.
I'd like to have seen you when you
were in high school.
Big basketball star.
All the little Indiana
cheerleaders hot for you.
You jealous?
Green with it.
Hey, listen,
if we make a couple of really big hits,
and get a stake together,
maybe we ought to get married.
Yeah, sure.
And have six kids,
and you can go out and steal every day,
and I'll have dinner ready
when you come home.
Yeah.
I'll make it someday.
I know you will.
Oh, excuse me.
I'm sorry.
Thank you so much.
It fits perfect. Thanks.
Would you two be
slightly interested to know
just what we
took in today?
Yes, indeed.
$1,420.
$1,420.
When it's all in
small pokes like it was,
that's definitely
a Dobby day.
Congratulations, children,
to us as a team.
And did you notice that ray didn't
make a single mistake all day?
I did. I did.
You know, you reminded me
of the first time I saw the great
Iranian dip, angel fingers, at work.
It was in Paris,
before the war.
Which war was that, Casey?
The boer war, you silly ass.
Ray's hands
are slightly larger.
Angel fingers was only
approximately 4'11".
Nevertheless,
their techniques
are remarkably similar.
Yeah, but he was a Cannon.
I'm still only a stall.
Harry, my boy.
Good evening. Thank you.
Chivas regal water back, please.
How'd we do?
$1,420.
And the biggest poke
was a hundred and a half.
So we took a hell of a lot of leather
in an eight hour day.
1,400. I think
that's pretty damned good.
Fair.
Oh, Harry,
they're beautiful.
Oh, wow.
Nice.
Was I supposed to
say something else?
No? I propose a toast.
To ray.
Didn't make
a bad move all day.
To ray.
Even his timing
was pretty good.
Actually, it was
damn good, ray.
Oh, that's nice. Thank you.
Say, listen, Harry,
maybe tomorrow you could
start teaching me
how to dip.
Well, come on.
You just finished saying how good I was.
No.
Oh, come on, Harry,
you know...
No, not tomorrow.
Not any time.
Will you turn it down?
Sandy, will you turn it down?
It's bugging me.
Off.
So What'd he say?
What does he always say,
nothing.
Just no. He has a headache.
Feel like going to a movie?
No. It's depressing
in the morning.
We could make love.
We already did.
Well, you know, there have been
occasions in the history of the world
when it's been done
more than once in 24 hours.
Look, let's just try and get
through the day, all right?
Can I make an appointment
for tomorrow?
I don't feel like having sex.
"Know me."
What?
You don't have sex with me,
you know me.
It's right there
in what you're reading.
I think I'll go out
and ask Harry
if it's okay
if I wander around and check things out.
You'd ask Harry if you
wanted to go to the John.
I'm sorry.
I guess I'm just
beginning to hate hotels.
Hi, Casey.
Oh, hello, ray.
I understand Harry's down with
another one of those migraines.
Yeah.
How about it here,
a little tea or sandwich?
No. No, thanks.
Actually, I was thinking about going out
and working on my own.
Oh, come on.
Don't make an utter ass
out of yourself...
You were gonna say, "again."
I did okay before
I met him, you know.
Look, you've come
a long way, my boy.
And Harry would never
stand for it.
Oh, screw Harry.
I've got to
learn how someday.
He's not gonna keep me
around forever.
I'm here because
she's here and you know it.
Anyway, I don't plan on
being anybody's kiss ass stall
for very much longer.
Oh, I didn't mean that.
I mean, with you it's different, Casey.
You're his friend.
I know precisely
what you mean.
If it's the milk of human kindness
you're looking for, my boy,
Harry ain't the cow.
You know as much
about this racket as he does.
How come you work for him?
I don't work for him.
We're partners.
My hands aren't
what they used to be.
How would you like to work behind a Duke
like that, huh?
I keep up my end
and Harry knows it.
You could teach me
how to make it as a Cannon.
Yeah. I could,
but I won't.
Harry would go
up the wall.
Well, forget Harry.
You could teach me
how to do it right.
I won't get that chance again.
No one will.
You're right there.
God knows
there aren't many left who
really know this profession.
That's what I mean, Casey.
You're the only one who could teach me
how to do it right.
It doesn't change a jot.
I like that part of it.
It's a stable occupation
in an unstable world.
You see, it's all character,
human nature.
I can spot a good Mark
just by his face.
But as you probably don't believe
in human nature,
you haven't noticed
it at work.
My boy, you can't teach
what I know. Not half.
But I'll tell you this much,
you wanna learn
a man's character,
after his face,
look at his pockets.
I can tell a man's state
of health just by his kicks.
Now there's a science
not many have studied.
Body oils.
A fat man's pockets are always slicker.
And it's not just
the poor bugger
who's got the dirty ones.
I've stuck my hands
into some pretty fancy kicks in my time,
and pulled them out...
Wow, shocking.
You never know what you're
gonna find in somebody's pocket.
You've got a lot
to learn, my boy,
if you want to work
the right class of people.
You've got to associate
with the right sort of mob.
But you can't do that
unless you're willing to learn the game.
I'm willing as all hell.
Oh, sure.
Not enough.
There's no sense of craft anymore today.
Harry apprenticed for years.
He was turned out by John Orlando.
One of the finest.
John started in the old country.
Even worked the boat that brought him here,
so they say.
Nowadays,
youngsters haven't got it.
No Patience, no discipline.
They don't want to
spend the time to learn.
So they rip and they run,
and they hit some poor old lady
over the head and grab her purse.
That really pisses me off.
Spoils it for the rest of us
and it shouldn't be allowed.
One has got to
have good training.
There are rules.
One has got to
have discipline.
Without it,
you fall into all sorts of bad habits.
This is... this is different,
you understand?
My age, it's...
You know, it's good for you.
Good for digestion.
Good for the blood pressure.
How come Harry never gets
on you about that?
Ah, my little weakness
is cocaine.
Harry's is me.
Try it again.
Hey, isn't this where
black Bart came from?
Yes.
It's funny.
We probably steal more than he ever did,
but nobody ever heard of us.
Good lord, I hope not.
Excuse me.
Great. You were beautiful. Yeah?
Score's 650 so far.
Good. Let's quit.
Why?
I don't wanna get caught.
I haven't made
a bad move all day.
No. I mean, by Harry.
Oh, forget Harry.
Casey.
Look at the watch on ray.
How'd he get that?
Knocked it off, I suppose.
No, he couldn't do that clasp.
Maybe he made
a good investment.
I think he's
holding out on us.
Oh, I'm sure
he'd never do that.
No?
Not a chance. Nah.
Hey, man,
what are you doing?
What is this?
What do you think it is?
People. They're marks.
Pictures of marks
and personal effects
you've skimmed
from the pokes, right?
Yeah. I like to study them.
I like to know something
about the people I steal from.
Stupid.
Did it ever occur to you
that these are all evidence?
It occurred to me, yeah.
This is my fault, too, Harry.
No, you stay out of this.
How long you been
holding out, ray?
I've never held out.
You're wearing $1,400
worth of watch on that wrist.
How could a punk like you afford that,
if you haven't been holding out?
It was with my own money.
I worked on my own time.
Did you?
Well, let me
tell you something.
You don't have any
"your own time."
You work for me,
you follow the rules,
you turn in
everything to Casey...
Don't give me that crap
about the rules again.
You let Casey
walk around with coke.
Now that's a federal bust.
How does that
fit into your rules?
Okay.
You don't want to play the game my way,
you don't have to play.
Go down and see Casey.
He'll pay you what you're owed.
All right, I will.
Sandy'll come with me.
Now wait a minute.
I think you better
ask the lady.
Well, maybe somebody
better ask me something.
What does that mean?
Why should she want to go back
on the streets with a loser like you?
You shut your mouth.
Ray, don't!
You swing on me,
I'll kill you.
All right.
Stick with the old guys.
Ray.
Ray.
Does that make you
feel big, all that?
It was bound to happen.
He doesn't have it.
I don't mean that.
I mean, using me against him.
Oh, you did that.
What do you mean?
You've been
having it both ways.
You could have turned me off
any time you wanted.
Okay. I'm gonna go get him,
try and make him come back,
and if he doesn't,
I'm going with him.
I heard the row
all the way down the hall.
Yep.
Did he tell you
I've been teaching him?
No, he didn't have to.
Oh. Still he didn't.
I think he's got a lot more to him
than you realize, Harry.
He's young.
Yeah. They're both young.
Well, I like them both.
Yeah, I know you do.
Look at this.
Hi.
Hi.
We're not going to be with Harry forever,
you know.
Just until we know
what we're gonna do,
so we can make it
on our own.
Yeah. But I don't have to
take that crap from him.
It's not worth it.
Ray, please come back.
I'm afraid.
I sold the watch.
Come on, sit down.
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm terribly clumsy.
Are you okay?
No, I'm fine.
I'm fine, just fine.
What's her name?
Wanna go play in there?
My wallet!
What's the matter?
I can't find my wallet.
I had it.
Look in your purse.
Why would your wallet
be in my purse?
- You had it.
- It's not...
How much money
did you have? The credit cards...
Oh, don't worry about the money.
It's the credit cards,
don't you know,
my driver's license, everything.
Wait a minute.
What's going on?
My wallet...
I need some help.
Help me.
I need some help.
Get the police!
You have my wallet.
This is my wallet.
Policeman, get him!
We need a policeman!
Here's my wallet.
Right here.
What's the trouble here?
This is my wallet.
This man had it right in his coat.
No, no, that's my wallet.
Sh', let go of this gentleman.
No. I want that wallet.
That's mine.
You'll get it back again.
Look. I don't know
how it happened!
The poke was suede.
It must've got hung up in his pocket,
but he should have
checked it.
I don't wanna talk about it.
Look, Casey was
stoned out of his head.
He should have been
paying attention.
You're always
making mistakes, ray.
Then why did you
bring me back?
I wish to god now I hadn't.
Okay. That's it.
Where you going?
None of your
goddamned business.
I'm not coming
looking for you again.
Don't bother. I'll be back.
Come on in.
I'm on the phone.
Hello, Jerry,
I don't have that much right now.
It'll take me
a few days to raise it.
Yeah. In.
Don't try the
diminished capacity plea.
It won't work.
It'll only embarrass
him anyway. Yeah.
I know there's
very little you can do,
but whatever he wants,
he gets. Right?
Yeah. Okay. Well, I'll call
you when I've got the money.
Couple of days.
Okay, Jerry, thanks.
Bye-bye.
He'll wanna look his usual
elegant self in court, I imagine.
Can you get him off?
They found some
coke on him.
Oh, Christ.
Bound to happen sooner
or later, I guess.
A very expensive legal fee.
You care a lot
more than that.
Well, let's see, he was
the only family I had.
Traveled around
a lot together.
We're just gonna go away
and leave him?
Yeah. That's it.
He's such an old man.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Sandy?
Do you want a cigarette?
Pardon?
Cigarette?
Yeah.
What do you think
will happen now?
Oh, I guess we can go to
Phoenix or Denver.
Some place like that.
What about New York?
Did you ever
work in New York?
No. Too many amateurs there.
Person's liable
to get mugged.
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
You know,
I figure you're a black sheep
of a very rich family.
Well, your manners,
and your style and everything.
Dirt poor.
Poor white trash.
I learned it all.
Really?
Sandy.
Sandy.
Do you care?
Sure, I care.
Sandy tells me you're short
on fall money for Casey.
Yeah, that's right.
What do you say?
I'll work with you one more time,
then I'm finished.
Okay. Ray, listen,
about Casey,
don't blame yourself for that.
It's all my fault.
Wanna drive?
Thank you.
All right, the score should be big here,
but so will the risks.
We'll be careful.
She does all
the stalling, ray.
I steer, make the hit,
pass off to you.
Right.
You skin the poke
and count up after each hit.
I wanna work fast and get out of here
as soon as we have enough.
Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen,
and welcome to the inner mountain
national championship horse show.
Now presenting the colors.
Several of the champions
will perform for you here this afternoon.
Any questions? All right.
Because there's no sweat
about crowd control
like you have
with a rock concert,
we'll be working without
uniformed personnel to help today.
This sort of horse crowd
is usually no trouble.
But there is a chance
we may get a wire mob working the area.
Telex from central p.D.
Says a steerer for Harry durban
got busted at the
capitol yesterday.
So you better keep your
eyes open for this man.
Any record?
No arrests.
Who's stalling for him?
We don't know. Watch for
durban's hand off and go for the stall.
Why don't we try to nail him
with the goods on him?
Lots of luck.
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
a performance
by the celebrated show horse
in that slow gait phase.
The slow gait, please.
This is the first of the
artificial or man-made gates,
the very high stepping
slow gait, if you please.
And now, here they go.
...stand address on, please.
Now watch your horses, please.
And now canter, please.
Will that show horse
canter, please?
All show canter, please.
Now walk, please.
And reverse.
And try to show trot, please.
All show trot, if you please.
Aren't they beautiful,
ladies and gentlemen?
All those saddle horses,
that show trot.
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
complete your scorecards of the
American saddle championship program.
In the arena
for show jumping.
In this class for jumpers,
the horses are scored on
performance over
defenses only.
A clean performance.
No faults at all for number 267,
Bundalo b.
Next jumper to compete
will be number 207,
tailor maid from the
Foxbury farm of San Redondo
with the rider,
Mr. Richard Hilton.
Mr. Hilton now approaching
the very difficult triple combination.
And performs it cleanly,
ladies and gentlemen,
completing the trials today,
another clean performance for tailor maid
by Mr. Richard Hilton.
Excellent performances here,
ladies and gentlemen,
each day here
at the inner valley
national championship
horse show.
In few moments we'll be ready to present
the awards for the jumpers
at the American
celebrated show horse.
And now,
ladies and gentlemen,
presenting the awards
for the open jumpers
grand champion
sweepstakes today
here at the inner mountain
championship horse show,
it is my distinct pleasure and
privilege to introduce to you
the co-chairman of this year's horse show
from salt lake city,
ladies and gentlemen,
welcome Mr. John c. Gillmore I,
who made the horse show
arrangement.
This is Mrs. Gillmore,
and ladies and gentlemen,
first prize, that trophied
blue ribbon champion sweepstakes
is number 207, tailor maid.
Tailor maid from the
Foxbury farms of San Redondo,
already the champion this year of
the grand national at the cow palace.
Tailor maid, and second prize
goes to number 255, Marshall manor,
from the Portland stables
of Portland, Oregon.
A winner in Vancouver,
British Columbia,
and throughout
the pacific northwest,
Marshall manor shown here
today by John winners.
Oh, excuse me, I'm sorry.
...from Santa fe, California,
the holder of the indoor high jump record
at the national horse show
in Los Angeles.
I'm a police officer.
You're under arrest.
Put your hands out.
Let's go, Harry.
Sorry.
- Harry.
- Casey.
Good to see you.
How was the trip?
- All right.
- Good.
Everything okay with you?
Quiet. Awfully quiet.
I hate vacations, Harry.
Did you ever notice
how many people die on vacation?
You read about it in
the papers all the time.
They lie out in the sun
and kill themselves from boredom.
Well, let's go back to work.
An!
Why, just those two?
Yep.
Oh, here, Casey.
For me? Present?
I know what he's saying. Oh, I'm damned.
What he's trying to tell you is
he's lost his wallet.
Well, we'll find somebody
who knows sign language.
South bound from Los Angeles.
First class tourists...
As a reminder there
will be no smoking...
Also, we'd like
your cooperation...
Now boarding
on track number five,
southbound train number 207
for Tacoma, east Olympia,
Centralia, Eiko,
Portsmouth, Salem,
Eugene, Klamath falls,
Dunsmuir, Redding,
namath, Oakland,
and San Francisco.
Connecting with
eastbound trains
in San Francisco.
Excuse me.
How much is that? Five dollars.
Now boarding
on track number five
southbound train
number 207 for Tacoma,
east Olympia, Centralia,
Elko, Portsmouth, Salem,
Eugene, Klamath falls,
Dunsmuir, Redding,
namath, Oakland
and San Francisco.
Connecting with
eastbound trains in San Francisco.
Oh, excuse me.
Excuse me, I'm sorry.
Okay.
Give it back.
What?
Come on, just give me
the watch, Charlie.
Okay.
Just keep your voice down.
You don't wanna get me in trouble.
I'll get you in trouble.
I'll scream my head off
if you don't give it back.
Well, that's not it.
No, that's not it.
Here, is this it?
Thank you.
Oh, it looks like
I broke the clasp.
You, damn near broke
my wrist.
You know,
I was watching you the whole time.
You're terrible.
I mean,
you really stink.
Yeah, well,
watches are hard.
I'm sorry about the clasp.
Why don't you have
one of the others?
You can have
your choice. Look.
Oh, my god.
Gone.
Purse, bag, everything.
Well, it's a hell of a lot easier
than the way I've been doing it.
It's your fault.
My fault?
How is it my fault?
I didn't tell you to leave them there.
Why don't you take care
of your own things?
Take care of
my own things?
You stole my watch,
you big idiot!
Will you keep it down.
Keep it down. You'll get us busted.
Us busted?
I haven't done anything,
except have everything
stolen from me.
Will you keep it down?
My watch stolen, my bag stolen,
my purse stolen!
Whatever gave you the idea
you could be a pickpocket?
Some old guy I met up
in the workhouse in Omaha.
I was in on a vag,
but he was a real pro.
I can tell. Some pro.
Well...
Well, I just started.
It takes a lot of practice.
You know, if I were you, I'd consider
taking one of those aptitude tests.
What are you gonna do
when you get to Chicago?
I'm not.
How can I?
My ticket, my money,
everything was in that bag.
I'll tell you what.
I've got $200. You can have it.
All of it.
Are you serious?
You are serious.
You just stole my watch
and now you're gonna give me $200.
Yeah.
What do you want for it?
Nothing.
Nothing? No strings?
Nothing?
Nothing. No strings.
Cross my heart.
Boy scout's honor.
Okay. You're a little weird.
Hi, Casey.
Harry.
This is Francine.
Hello, Francine.Hello.
Come on in.
Harry, I knew
you had a long trip,
and I thought perhaps,
you know, well...
Yeah.
A very pretty girl, Casey.
Delicious.
Thank you.
Say, Casey, we'll play a
little cards later. Hang around.
Right.
I'll be damned.
Harry, you bought it?
You know, you really
are a nice guy.
Thanks, babe.
You're something else
yourself.
Jesus.
I mean, when you don't say
dumb things like that.
I just wanted you to know
that I slept with you
because I like you,
not because of the money.
What money?
You son of a bitch.
You said you had $200.
I meant I could get it.
Look at that.
There's at least
two bills there.
Oh, boy. Sure there is.
Hey, I'm not trying
to con you.
I said I liked you, didn't I?
I'm not interested
in the money anyway.
You could drive a guy nuts.
Yes, no. Yes, no.
Well, I'll tell you
one thing for sure.
I'm putting you on that
goddamn train for Chicago
with 200 bucks
just like I said.
The hell you are. The hell I'm not.
Look, you don't have
to take care of me.
You're not responsible for me.
I'm responsible for you
until I get you
on that train to Chicago.
After that
you're on your own.
Just because
you stole my watch,
doesn't give you the right
to tell me what to do.
Yeah.
I knew I shouldn't have got near you
in that train station.
Huh, you're damned right
you shouldn't.
And don't bring up that business
about your suitcase and the purse.
It's not my fault.
I didn't tell you to leave them there.
Well, if it's not your fault,
I'd like to know
whose fault it is.
Yours!
The hell it is. The hell it isn't.
Well, if we
don't get 200,
I know he'll give us
at least 100 and a half.
So where is he?
He's around.
You married or anything?
Not anymore.
I was when I was 16.
To a lineman.
I can still see his big feet
in front of the television.
Okay, okay.
Just a minute, okay?
Come on, get in.
Say, I think we can do
without that whistle, stretch.
Okay, okay. I got some
great stuff for ya.
God, it's hot.
Okay, what you got?
Cheese.
What does that mean?
Cheese, the stuff
that he brings me.
It means your
boyfriend's a stiff, lady.
Knock that off, man.
Hey, look at this.
Two dollars.
Two dollars for my watch?
The clasp is broken.
I know.
Miss, now here
are the goods.
Bring me stuff
like this, man.
Cheese.
$30.
$100.
$40.
Hey, man, we gotta live.
I'll give you $45
and a good line on something.
What kind of a line?
I'll connect you up
so you don't have to peddle crap.
$45.
Come on. It's hot.
Okay.
You know a place called the
brasserie Pittsburgh in pioneer square?
No.
Well, you find it.
There's a guy there
named Casey.
Now he is recruiting
a class a wire mob.
What's that?
Pickpockets.
Come on, get out of here,
will ya?
I got no time for this charity work.
Give me a break.
Hey, now, hold it.
Watch it.
Broken clasp.
Two bucks, you said.
Wholesale! Not retail!
Brassiere Pittsburgh.
602, first Avenue.
That's not far
from here, I think.
Man, if I could get in,
get connected.
Me, a Cannon!
What are you
so hyped up about?
A wire mob works together.
A real team.
Not like that crapping around
back at the train station.
You got people
that stall for you.
The Cannon goes in,
makes the hit, hands off.
It's fantastic bread.
Well, why don't you
keep the money you got,
and here, that'll get you
to Chicago, at least.
Okay?
Take care of yourself.
You're weird
and you'd starve to death.
That's it.
One thing, let me
do the talking, okay?
Oh, absolutely.
Hi. I'm ray Houlihan.
This is Sandy Coletto.
I understand
you're looking for, uh...
Sit down, please.
Tell me, who do you
know around here?
Better still,
who knows you?
Nobody, I guess.
I've been working the Omaha area,
and through there.
You have a police record,
no doubt.
No.
No?
Yes.
What for?
It was nothing.
I stole a car.
Years ago in Ohio.
Nobody's looking for him.
I mean, nobody cares
if he's alive or dead.
He's not here because he's so smart,
or cool, or experienced.
He's here because
we're flat on our ass.
Well, you got to
move around a lot.
You'll work with
a first class Cannon,
but you've got to do
as you're told.
Are you still interested?
Sure.
Excuse me,
I've got to make a call.
Do you still think I'm weird?
No. I think I'm weird.
Harry, this is ray,
and this is Sandy.
Come in.
I guess I kind of blew it
in the elevator there,
but I'm not used
to work...
He's too big.
He's clumsy.
They're both green, Harry.
I thought,
maybe the girl.
Yeah, the girl maybe.
Maybe? What maybe?
The stall.
You got the gift,
and with a little work you might be
an adequate stall.
Stalls? You mean,
all you're looking for is stalls?
What'd you make me
go for his poke for?
I wanted to see
if you had any guts.
Yeah, man,
but I've had experience.
I don't need experience.
All I want is stalls.
What about you?
You a thief?
Yeah, sure,
she's been with me for...
No. No.
I'm not a thief,
and I haven't had
any experience.
I don't even know
what the hell you're talking about.
What's a stall?
You learn to bump
into people gracefully,
setting them up
for the Cannon.
That's Harry.
I bump into people?
For a living?
You want it?
Ray and I
are in it together.
Why?
Beats the hell out of me.
I don't allow drugs.
No pot, pills, nothing.
You can drink. A little bit.
No whoring, no strong arm,
no gambling,
except where I know the game
or where it's legal.
You want us to join a church.
I have rules.
Lots of rules.
We travel first class.
Best rooms, best clothes,
best food.
Everything strictly
the best.
Casey handles the take.
Turn everything over to him.
No exceptions.
Money, ID, credit cards,
paper, all of it.
He'll fence
the whole package off.
You can buy a whole lot in just one day
with one credit card, you know.
Yes.
With a credit card
they have your face and your handwriting.
Right.
Your share is 20%
of the take.
Each?
Together.
I pay all the expenses.
Including fall money.
Lawyers, bail, all the fees.
But if you fall, that's it.
Understood?
Stand up, please.
That's pretty good.
If you know
how to use it.
I know it's pretty good.
So what?
You better realize
what business you're in, my dear.
What business
does he think I'm in?
Oh, what's that for?
Buy yourself a dress.
Something short.
High heels.
You get yourself
a coat and tie.
Cut some of that hair off.
Why? It's not
really that long.
It is for a thief.
Okay?
I'd rather see you
tomorrow at noon.
What the bloody hell.
Come on.
Don't do it, Harry.
I'll get someone else.
No, no,
they might work out.
I don't like it.
I have a feeling
that one's trouble.
Nah, I'll kick him in shape.
Oh, I meant her.
Okay, go.
This is a prat poke.
Cordeen poke.
Insider.
Prat kicks. Right, left.
Patch kicks.
Left, right.
Bridge kicks.
The pit.
This is where most of
our takes will be made.
It's where all
the big money is.
I don't care how good you are.
Any fool might
feel his poke go.
Just the law of gravity.
Unless his attention
is some place else.
If he's feeling something else,
looking some place else,
thinking about something else.
That's your job.
Amateurs like you are taking
the same risk for a two-dollar poke
as they are for 200.
So, we cut down
on those percentages.
That's my job. I steer.
I locate Mr. Bates.
Make sure that he's got
something worth taking.
I know where he puts it.
You know, Harry knows.
The rest is easy.
I'm not breaking
into a safe.
I'm tapping a warm,
breathing human being
who can stick his finger
in my eye if he tumbles.
Okay?
Okay, now we've got the law of gravity
to worry about.
And then there's Mr. Law.
You know who he is.
And now we come to
Harry's law.
That's the most important.
And Harry's law
is that Harry doesn't hold.
Harry never holds.
He doesn't keep the poke.
Not for more time
than it takes to pass it off.
Not for more than 10 seconds.
Understand?
That's why
I've never taken a fall.
And that's the way
I'm gonna keep it.
So remember,
the first law is that
Harry does not hold.
Okay?
Fine. Well, let's go to work.
Stand up, ray.
I'm gonna round the Mark,
the Cannon.
A pappy. Forget him.
Just an egg.
Another egg. Never mind.
How do you know?
My boy, it's what I do.
That's nice,
but it's not worth breaking your neck over.
Yeah.
Who's that?
Cannon squad.
Now there is Mr. Bates.
Okay, that's the Mark.
You frame him.
How?
Throw the hump.
Okay.
Let's go, ray.
Oh! Excuse me. I'm sorry.
Are you sure you're okay?
Oh, I'm fine.
I told you,
it isn't going to work.
They still think it's a god dammed game,
don't they?
Let's fix that, shall we?
Right prat.
What happened?
I don't know. He missed it.
What's that?
What the hell
do you think it is?
You're standing a mile away,
sound asleep on his feet.
You mean you hit
that Mark today?
Are you retarded
or something?
I told you the law, right?
Harry never holds.
Not for a minute.
Not for 30 seconds.
Now you started out breaking one rule
that does not bend.
Harry, he didn't know
you'd gotten it.
He just didn't know.
What do you think I was doing out there,
selling pencils?
Harry, you hardly
touched the guy.
It was too fast.
He had no idea.
There must be
a thousand bucks in there.
Yeah, that's right. And I carried
it home, all the way, in my pocket.
Harry, I'm sorry.
I didn't realize you were that good.
Your share.
Harry never holds.
School's out.
We could still cancel our
reservation on the Titanic.
I knew he'd screw up,
but I had no idea he'd leave me holding.
Harry,
why not pay him off?
She'd go with him.
Maybe at my age,
I've forgotten,
but is it worth it?
Yes.
This would get you to Chicago.
Harry wants me to
take care of you two.
So that's it, huh?
Yeah. That's it.
He wants you both
to get some better clothes.
So, I'll take you shopping,
and Harry will go with you.
It's okay.
He looks good, though.
The glass of fashion.
What about her?
Doesn't she look terrific?
I thank you kindly.
Did you tell him
what happened today?
No. No. No.
Oh, come on,
what happened?
No.
Well, you two had an
adventure yourselves today.
What happened, ray?
Well, all I can tell you is that
I'm not going shopping with Casey again.
It's a good thing
Casey was there.
The salesman
was all eyes for him.
Waiter.
You want another round, or should we...
Sure. Another round.
Whatever you say.
You're the boss.
Not after hours,
I'm not.
And you never told me
that he could smile.
And the truth is, he can't.
Really, he's just
a very large monkey,
and it just looks
like he's smiling.
Actually, when they
do that, they're terrified.
Well, I think in that case,
we'd best feed him.
Well, I think
that's a good idea.
Better get Casey something
pretty soon here,
or he's gonna fall
off the chair.
You know, you can't drink
too much after a certain age.
Ray, I want to
tell you something.
The best friend I ever had.
I mean the best friend.
And that's important
in this racket.
Well, I'm gonna tell you,
we're gonna be together a loft,
you know,
and that's not easy.
And you know,
that traveling all over the place together.
And I just hope
that a year from now
that we're all just as friendly
as we are here tonight.
I'll drink to that.
Let's not break down and cry about it,
aunt Casey.
I will if I want to,
you bloody ape.
Truth is, he's just a jolly
good meal ticket, that's all.
And we tailed him for,
oh, I guess it was a couple of hours.
No, 40 minutes.
No, it was 40 minutes.
Well, we finally
sprayed him.
We gave him five grand.
Yeah.
All counterfeit.
The whole fence.
Hey, Sandy, would you come up
and have a little nightcap?
I want to talk to you.
I want to talk with her.
Yeah, okay.
Well, good night. Good night, Casey.
See you tomorrow.
Good night, Casey.
You don't have to,
you know.
I don't have to what?
Come and have
a nightcap with me.
I know. It's after hours.
Hello, Harry.
Come in.
Hello, fellas.
Sorry to interrupt.
You want it
in front of her?
Honey, these gentlemen
are detectives.
We were just about to
have a nightcap. Join us?
I'm working.
I'd like a little Brandy.
Been in town long?
No, not long.
Oh, we heard three weeks,
maybe four.
Oh, yeah. I like it here.
Doesn't matter.
Time to go.
If I had the kind of life
you've got, Harry,
chance to move around,
see the country,
I'd do it.
What's going on here?
I haven't made any noise.
I paid my dues.
Three or four weeks
is long enough, Harry.
People begin think
you live here.
That's right.
Go on up to b.C.
Where folks get all the money.
Yeah, okay,
I'll think about it.
I like you, Harry.
Don't push back.
She 21?
23. And I've got I.D.
Just another little thing for
you to worry about, Harry?
Does this happen often?
Once in a while.
I guess you better go downstairs
and start packing.
We leave first thing
in the morning.
Okay.
I'm sorry, uh...
Well, you wouldn't have
scored anyway.
Good night.
Good night.
Come on, ray, move.
They're gonna go without us.
He's not gonna
leave without you.
What's that supposed to mean?
You didn't have to
go up there last night.
I told you nothing happened.
Now, if you
don't believe that,
there's nothing
more I can say.
I know nothing happened.
You didn't have to go
is all I'm saying.
You didn't have to let me go.
So shut up about it.
I don't tell you what to do.
That's right, you don't.
I'll do whatever I want.
But even if I do,
you don't have to put up with it.
Thank you, sir. You're welcome.
If you ask me, Harry,
it's the credit card
that's downed the economy.
As soon as we get rid
of those little plastic bastards,
the whole thing'll pick up.
Listen, Casey,
the credit cards are not gonna go away.
No, if anything,
money'll disappear.
We'll all be a number
in a giant computer.
Do away with money?
That's ridiculous.
An, it'll happen.
Communistic.
It's economics.
It's criminal.
Oh, it's beautiful.
This is where we'll work.
Where the money is.
Where we live.
This is where the class is.
It looks like there's
a lot of money here, too.
Yes, my boy,
but you don't steal where you live.
Nice to have you back,
Mr. Durban.
Thank you.
You want a girl, Mr. Durban?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Don't make such
a big deal out of it.
Never happened before.
Hey, come on.
Well, not often.
You're tired, that's all.
My nerves are shot, too.
Yeah, I guess that's it.
Reminds me when I was
a kid in high school.
Our basketball coach used to get us
in the locker room,
and he'd tell us
never to have sex before a game.
He said it weakened you.
In high school?
That's dirty.
Yeah.
But he did it.
He was a pro.
Just like Harry.
Harry's a bastard.
Yeah.
But he's a pro.
He's a pro bastard.
I'd like to have seen you when you
were in high school.
Big basketball star.
All the little Indiana
cheerleaders hot for you.
You jealous?
Green with it.
Hey, listen,
if we make a couple of really big hits,
and get a stake together,
maybe we ought to get married.
Yeah, sure.
And have six kids,
and you can go out and steal every day,
and I'll have dinner ready
when you come home.
Yeah.
I'll make it someday.
I know you will.
Oh, excuse me.
I'm sorry.
Thank you so much.
It fits perfect. Thanks.
Would you two be
slightly interested to know
just what we
took in today?
Yes, indeed.
$1,420.
$1,420.
When it's all in
small pokes like it was,
that's definitely
a Dobby day.
Congratulations, children,
to us as a team.
And did you notice that ray didn't
make a single mistake all day?
I did. I did.
You know, you reminded me
of the first time I saw the great
Iranian dip, angel fingers, at work.
It was in Paris,
before the war.
Which war was that, Casey?
The boer war, you silly ass.
Ray's hands
are slightly larger.
Angel fingers was only
approximately 4'11".
Nevertheless,
their techniques
are remarkably similar.
Yeah, but he was a Cannon.
I'm still only a stall.
Harry, my boy.
Good evening. Thank you.
Chivas regal water back, please.
How'd we do?
$1,420.
And the biggest poke
was a hundred and a half.
So we took a hell of a lot of leather
in an eight hour day.
1,400. I think
that's pretty damned good.
Fair.
Oh, Harry,
they're beautiful.
Oh, wow.
Nice.
Was I supposed to
say something else?
No? I propose a toast.
To ray.
Didn't make
a bad move all day.
To ray.
Even his timing
was pretty good.
Actually, it was
damn good, ray.
Oh, that's nice. Thank you.
Say, listen, Harry,
maybe tomorrow you could
start teaching me
how to dip.
Well, come on.
You just finished saying how good I was.
No.
Oh, come on, Harry,
you know...
No, not tomorrow.
Not any time.
Will you turn it down?
Sandy, will you turn it down?
It's bugging me.
Off.
So What'd he say?
What does he always say,
nothing.
Just no. He has a headache.
Feel like going to a movie?
No. It's depressing
in the morning.
We could make love.
We already did.
Well, you know, there have been
occasions in the history of the world
when it's been done
more than once in 24 hours.
Look, let's just try and get
through the day, all right?
Can I make an appointment
for tomorrow?
I don't feel like having sex.
"Know me."
What?
You don't have sex with me,
you know me.
It's right there
in what you're reading.
I think I'll go out
and ask Harry
if it's okay
if I wander around and check things out.
You'd ask Harry if you
wanted to go to the John.
I'm sorry.
I guess I'm just
beginning to hate hotels.
Hi, Casey.
Oh, hello, ray.
I understand Harry's down with
another one of those migraines.
Yeah.
How about it here,
a little tea or sandwich?
No. No, thanks.
Actually, I was thinking about going out
and working on my own.
Oh, come on.
Don't make an utter ass
out of yourself...
You were gonna say, "again."
I did okay before
I met him, you know.
Look, you've come
a long way, my boy.
And Harry would never
stand for it.
Oh, screw Harry.
I've got to
learn how someday.
He's not gonna keep me
around forever.
I'm here because
she's here and you know it.
Anyway, I don't plan on
being anybody's kiss ass stall
for very much longer.
Oh, I didn't mean that.
I mean, with you it's different, Casey.
You're his friend.
I know precisely
what you mean.
If it's the milk of human kindness
you're looking for, my boy,
Harry ain't the cow.
You know as much
about this racket as he does.
How come you work for him?
I don't work for him.
We're partners.
My hands aren't
what they used to be.
How would you like to work behind a Duke
like that, huh?
I keep up my end
and Harry knows it.
You could teach me
how to make it as a Cannon.
Yeah. I could,
but I won't.
Harry would go
up the wall.
Well, forget Harry.
You could teach me
how to do it right.
I won't get that chance again.
No one will.
You're right there.
God knows
there aren't many left who
really know this profession.
That's what I mean, Casey.
You're the only one who could teach me
how to do it right.
It doesn't change a jot.
I like that part of it.
It's a stable occupation
in an unstable world.
You see, it's all character,
human nature.
I can spot a good Mark
just by his face.
But as you probably don't believe
in human nature,
you haven't noticed
it at work.
My boy, you can't teach
what I know. Not half.
But I'll tell you this much,
you wanna learn
a man's character,
after his face,
look at his pockets.
I can tell a man's state
of health just by his kicks.
Now there's a science
not many have studied.
Body oils.
A fat man's pockets are always slicker.
And it's not just
the poor bugger
who's got the dirty ones.
I've stuck my hands
into some pretty fancy kicks in my time,
and pulled them out...
Wow, shocking.
You never know what you're
gonna find in somebody's pocket.
You've got a lot
to learn, my boy,
if you want to work
the right class of people.
You've got to associate
with the right sort of mob.
But you can't do that
unless you're willing to learn the game.
I'm willing as all hell.
Oh, sure.
Not enough.
There's no sense of craft anymore today.
Harry apprenticed for years.
He was turned out by John Orlando.
One of the finest.
John started in the old country.
Even worked the boat that brought him here,
so they say.
Nowadays,
youngsters haven't got it.
No Patience, no discipline.
They don't want to
spend the time to learn.
So they rip and they run,
and they hit some poor old lady
over the head and grab her purse.
That really pisses me off.
Spoils it for the rest of us
and it shouldn't be allowed.
One has got to
have good training.
There are rules.
One has got to
have discipline.
Without it,
you fall into all sorts of bad habits.
This is... this is different,
you understand?
My age, it's...
You know, it's good for you.
Good for digestion.
Good for the blood pressure.
How come Harry never gets
on you about that?
Ah, my little weakness
is cocaine.
Harry's is me.
Try it again.
Hey, isn't this where
black Bart came from?
Yes.
It's funny.
We probably steal more than he ever did,
but nobody ever heard of us.
Good lord, I hope not.
Excuse me.
Great. You were beautiful. Yeah?
Score's 650 so far.
Good. Let's quit.
Why?
I don't wanna get caught.
I haven't made
a bad move all day.
No. I mean, by Harry.
Oh, forget Harry.
Casey.
Look at the watch on ray.
How'd he get that?
Knocked it off, I suppose.
No, he couldn't do that clasp.
Maybe he made
a good investment.
I think he's
holding out on us.
Oh, I'm sure
he'd never do that.
No?
Not a chance. Nah.
Hey, man,
what are you doing?
What is this?
What do you think it is?
People. They're marks.
Pictures of marks
and personal effects
you've skimmed
from the pokes, right?
Yeah. I like to study them.
I like to know something
about the people I steal from.
Stupid.
Did it ever occur to you
that these are all evidence?
It occurred to me, yeah.
This is my fault, too, Harry.
No, you stay out of this.
How long you been
holding out, ray?
I've never held out.
You're wearing $1,400
worth of watch on that wrist.
How could a punk like you afford that,
if you haven't been holding out?
It was with my own money.
I worked on my own time.
Did you?
Well, let me
tell you something.
You don't have any
"your own time."
You work for me,
you follow the rules,
you turn in
everything to Casey...
Don't give me that crap
about the rules again.
You let Casey
walk around with coke.
Now that's a federal bust.
How does that
fit into your rules?
Okay.
You don't want to play the game my way,
you don't have to play.
Go down and see Casey.
He'll pay you what you're owed.
All right, I will.
Sandy'll come with me.
Now wait a minute.
I think you better
ask the lady.
Well, maybe somebody
better ask me something.
What does that mean?
Why should she want to go back
on the streets with a loser like you?
You shut your mouth.
Ray, don't!
You swing on me,
I'll kill you.
All right.
Stick with the old guys.
Ray.
Ray.
Does that make you
feel big, all that?
It was bound to happen.
He doesn't have it.
I don't mean that.
I mean, using me against him.
Oh, you did that.
What do you mean?
You've been
having it both ways.
You could have turned me off
any time you wanted.
Okay. I'm gonna go get him,
try and make him come back,
and if he doesn't,
I'm going with him.
I heard the row
all the way down the hall.
Yep.
Did he tell you
I've been teaching him?
No, he didn't have to.
Oh. Still he didn't.
I think he's got a lot more to him
than you realize, Harry.
He's young.
Yeah. They're both young.
Well, I like them both.
Yeah, I know you do.
Look at this.
Hi.
Hi.
We're not going to be with Harry forever,
you know.
Just until we know
what we're gonna do,
so we can make it
on our own.
Yeah. But I don't have to
take that crap from him.
It's not worth it.
Ray, please come back.
I'm afraid.
I sold the watch.
Come on, sit down.
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm terribly clumsy.
Are you okay?
No, I'm fine.
I'm fine, just fine.
What's her name?
Wanna go play in there?
My wallet!
What's the matter?
I can't find my wallet.
I had it.
Look in your purse.
Why would your wallet
be in my purse?
- You had it.
- It's not...
How much money
did you have? The credit cards...
Oh, don't worry about the money.
It's the credit cards,
don't you know,
my driver's license, everything.
Wait a minute.
What's going on?
My wallet...
I need some help.
Help me.
I need some help.
Get the police!
You have my wallet.
This is my wallet.
Policeman, get him!
We need a policeman!
Here's my wallet.
Right here.
What's the trouble here?
This is my wallet.
This man had it right in his coat.
No, no, that's my wallet.
Sh', let go of this gentleman.
No. I want that wallet.
That's mine.
You'll get it back again.
Look. I don't know
how it happened!
The poke was suede.
It must've got hung up in his pocket,
but he should have
checked it.
I don't wanna talk about it.
Look, Casey was
stoned out of his head.
He should have been
paying attention.
You're always
making mistakes, ray.
Then why did you
bring me back?
I wish to god now I hadn't.
Okay. That's it.
Where you going?
None of your
goddamned business.
I'm not coming
looking for you again.
Don't bother. I'll be back.
Come on in.
I'm on the phone.
Hello, Jerry,
I don't have that much right now.
It'll take me
a few days to raise it.
Yeah. In.
Don't try the
diminished capacity plea.
It won't work.
It'll only embarrass
him anyway. Yeah.
I know there's
very little you can do,
but whatever he wants,
he gets. Right?
Yeah. Okay. Well, I'll call
you when I've got the money.
Couple of days.
Okay, Jerry, thanks.
Bye-bye.
He'll wanna look his usual
elegant self in court, I imagine.
Can you get him off?
They found some
coke on him.
Oh, Christ.
Bound to happen sooner
or later, I guess.
A very expensive legal fee.
You care a lot
more than that.
Well, let's see, he was
the only family I had.
Traveled around
a lot together.
We're just gonna go away
and leave him?
Yeah. That's it.
He's such an old man.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Sandy?
Do you want a cigarette?
Pardon?
Cigarette?
Yeah.
What do you think
will happen now?
Oh, I guess we can go to
Phoenix or Denver.
Some place like that.
What about New York?
Did you ever
work in New York?
No. Too many amateurs there.
Person's liable
to get mugged.
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
You know,
I figure you're a black sheep
of a very rich family.
Well, your manners,
and your style and everything.
Dirt poor.
Poor white trash.
I learned it all.
Really?
Sandy.
Sandy.
Do you care?
Sure, I care.
Sandy tells me you're short
on fall money for Casey.
Yeah, that's right.
What do you say?
I'll work with you one more time,
then I'm finished.
Okay. Ray, listen,
about Casey,
don't blame yourself for that.
It's all my fault.
Wanna drive?
Thank you.
All right, the score should be big here,
but so will the risks.
We'll be careful.
She does all
the stalling, ray.
I steer, make the hit,
pass off to you.
Right.
You skin the poke
and count up after each hit.
I wanna work fast and get out of here
as soon as we have enough.
Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen,
and welcome to the inner mountain
national championship horse show.
Now presenting the colors.
Several of the champions
will perform for you here this afternoon.
Any questions? All right.
Because there's no sweat
about crowd control
like you have
with a rock concert,
we'll be working without
uniformed personnel to help today.
This sort of horse crowd
is usually no trouble.
But there is a chance
we may get a wire mob working the area.
Telex from central p.D.
Says a steerer for Harry durban
got busted at the
capitol yesterday.
So you better keep your
eyes open for this man.
Any record?
No arrests.
Who's stalling for him?
We don't know. Watch for
durban's hand off and go for the stall.
Why don't we try to nail him
with the goods on him?
Lots of luck.
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
a performance
by the celebrated show horse
in that slow gait phase.
The slow gait, please.
This is the first of the
artificial or man-made gates,
the very high stepping
slow gait, if you please.
And now, here they go.
...stand address on, please.
Now watch your horses, please.
And now canter, please.
Will that show horse
canter, please?
All show canter, please.
Now walk, please.
And reverse.
And try to show trot, please.
All show trot, if you please.
Aren't they beautiful,
ladies and gentlemen?
All those saddle horses,
that show trot.
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
complete your scorecards of the
American saddle championship program.
In the arena
for show jumping.
In this class for jumpers,
the horses are scored on
performance over
defenses only.
A clean performance.
No faults at all for number 267,
Bundalo b.
Next jumper to compete
will be number 207,
tailor maid from the
Foxbury farm of San Redondo
with the rider,
Mr. Richard Hilton.
Mr. Hilton now approaching
the very difficult triple combination.
And performs it cleanly,
ladies and gentlemen,
completing the trials today,
another clean performance for tailor maid
by Mr. Richard Hilton.
Excellent performances here,
ladies and gentlemen,
each day here
at the inner valley
national championship
horse show.
In few moments we'll be ready to present
the awards for the jumpers
at the American
celebrated show horse.
And now,
ladies and gentlemen,
presenting the awards
for the open jumpers
grand champion
sweepstakes today
here at the inner mountain
championship horse show,
it is my distinct pleasure and
privilege to introduce to you
the co-chairman of this year's horse show
from salt lake city,
ladies and gentlemen,
welcome Mr. John c. Gillmore I,
who made the horse show
arrangement.
This is Mrs. Gillmore,
and ladies and gentlemen,
first prize, that trophied
blue ribbon champion sweepstakes
is number 207, tailor maid.
Tailor maid from the
Foxbury farms of San Redondo,
already the champion this year of
the grand national at the cow palace.
Tailor maid, and second prize
goes to number 255, Marshall manor,
from the Portland stables
of Portland, Oregon.
A winner in Vancouver,
British Columbia,
and throughout
the pacific northwest,
Marshall manor shown here
today by John winners.
Oh, excuse me, I'm sorry.
...from Santa fe, California,
the holder of the indoor high jump record
at the national horse show
in Los Angeles.
I'm a police officer.
You're under arrest.
Put your hands out.
Let's go, Harry.