The Grifters

Around the country,

the bookies pay off winners at track odds

It's dangerous when a long shot comes in,

unless you have somebody at the tracks to lower those odds

Heartbreak Highway, fast lane to the blues

Each turn I take leads me back to you

And there's nothing I can do

Bet you can't do that with a quarter

Are you kidding? Sure, I can

I'll give you a dime for every quarter you can lay on end

It's a bet

Hey, you got any quarters?

Sir!

How you doin'?

All right Can I get a, uh, Miller, please?

You got it

Heartbreak Highway, fast lane to the blues

Each turn I take

Out of 20

3, 4, 5

5 is 10, 10 is 20

Thanks, sir

Next

Okay, Ace

10 in a row

Yep, You're right

That's a dollar I owe you

Hey!

That was the deal a dime for every quarter

Running time for the six furlong,

1 minute, 10 and 1/5 seconds

In the winner's circle, Number 1, "Magical Flight,"

owned by Frank and Melanie McDonald,

trained by Melanie McDonald,

ridden to victory by Orlando Guerrino

Number 7, "Telescope," second,

number 5, "Free To Go," third,

number 3, "Just Be Kind," fourth

Winning quinella combination

$5,000 on the 3 horse to win, please

4, 5, 10, that's 20

$3720 winning quinella combination

2, 3, 4, and 5 Thanks

Thank you

Winning exacta combination, 9 and 7, returns $118.80

$118.80 the 9-7 exacta combination

Winning quinella combination, 7 and 9, $54

$54 even, the 7-9 quinella combination

Post time in three minutes

In the winner's circleNumber 1, "Magical Flight,"

owned and trained by Anthony Martinez

$2,000 on the 3 horse to win

Running time for the six furlong,

1 minute, 11 and 1/5 seconds

They're in the gate

They're off

"Full Force" from the outside racing right out for the lead

with "Vital Contact" moving up

Mmm, Mrs Langtry, I'm sorry

Why? What's wrong?

You are a valued customer, as you know

But what's wrong?

I can't understand this It's something you almost never see

What is?

This is some of the finest filigree platinum I've ever seen

Mm-hmm

But the stones, no

They're not diamonds, Mrs Langtry

But they must be They They cut glass

Glass will cut glass, Mrs Langtry

Almost anything will

Come with me

Let me show you a positive test for diamonds

Yeah

Take this

Do you see how the water splashes over them?

How it slides off in a sheet?

With real diamonds, it won't do that

It clings to the surface in tiny droplets

I see it

I hope you're not too badly disappointed with us, Mrs Langtry

It's not your fault

You'll give us an opportunity to serve you again, I hope,

if there's anything you think we might be interested in

Well, I have only one thing now

Are you interested?

Well, I would have to see it, of course

You are seeing it

You're looking right at it

Mrs Langtry

Something like this very rarely happens

The fine setting and workmanship usually means precious stones

It always hurts me when I find they're not

I always hope

I'm mistaken

Can I get a Miller, please?

- One too many, mister? - What?

Step away from the car

Never mind Let's see your driver's license

You seem pretty sick, Mr Dillon

Well, it's a bad shrimp, I think

Didn't quite taste right when I was eating it

I'm getting over it, though

Want us to take you to the doctor?

No, I'm fine now Thanks

I've still got a lot of clients to see

You take it easy, now

I will, Thank you

Have a good day, now

Quinella wagering on all 12 races...

Hi, Lilly

Irv? Irv, I'm done here Do I come back to Baltimore?

No, no Bobo wants you to go on to La Jolla

La Jolla?

I never go to California That's 1,000 miles from here

Come on, Lilly You don't argue with Bobo

He needs somebody to handle playback there

Maybe I'll swing around Los Angeles on the way

Take two or three days Call when you get there

Yeah, Okay

Put it this way say I rent to a woman

Well, she has to have a room with a bath,

because otherwise she's got the hall bath tied up all the time,

washing her goddamn hair and her clothes and everything she can think of

I had my first hotel 37 years ago

in Wichita Falls, Texas,

and that's when I learned about women

They don't make the money, see, for a place like this

Not regular, they don't

There's only one way they can get it by sellin'their self

tappin'them cute little piggy banks they all got

- Mr Dillon - Mr Simms

Here's a potential neighbor of yours

Mrs Langtry may drop by

I'll send her right up

That's the fine type of person I have in mind for here,

like yourself, I'm sure

Well, don't you want to see me?

Of course, honey I'll meet you at the bar

Oh, honey, I can't go there

Well, what do you have in mind?

Come on You could be here in 20 minutes

Oh, I don't know, Roy

I've got to get the train from downtown,

and that's about an hour from your place

In a minute

Smack

Heads

Smack

Tails

What do you want, kid?

Show me how you did that other one

Scram, Go home

I can't I just left home

You're too young You ought to be in school

I am in school

5 of spades

5 of spades

Where's the 5?

In your other hand

Good You learned something

Goodbye

I want to learn everything

You want to be a grifter?

A grifter, Yes

Not partners

That's your first lesson

Cuts your score in half right down the middle

Worse than that, you take a partner,

you put an apple on your head and hand the other guy a shotgun

Grifters, huh?

You're one, all right

Grifters got an irresistible urge to beat a guy who's wise

There's nothing to whipping a fool

Hell, fools are made to be whipped

But to take another pro, even your partner,

who knows you and has his eye on you

that's a score

No matter what happens

So, you want to learn a few tricks,

I'll teach you a few tricks

But your hand does not get into my pocket

It's a deal

- Roy - Mm-hmm

All right Forget the long con

If the fool tips, you're caught You'll do time

Never do time

And don't go dressing like that

- Why? - It's showing off Showing off!

Any blind man could spot you

Yeah

Give me $20

Come around tomorrow, I'll take you again

Well, that's fine

Two months we know each other, you're already so bored

you fall asleep before I get here

When you're not here,

all I can do is dream about you, Myra

You stink, and I hate you

Hmm