The Big Town

PASS ME THE BONES, HOOKER.

COME ON, LUCKY NUMBER 7.

THE POINT IS STILL 9.

YEAH, MAN.

COME ON. LET'S SEE THAT 7.

BIG 7.

COME ON. THAT 7.

7, 7, 7. WELL DONE, BOY.

7. LOSE.

9, 10.

WHAT DO YOU USE FOR LUCK ALL THE TIME, CULLY?

$30. SHOOT IT ALL.

I'LL TAKE $10 OF THAT. $5 HERE, $5.

COME ON, DON'T BE SHY.

AND HERE'S THE OTHER $10, CULLY, LET'S GO.

COMING OUT, SHOOTER COMING OUT.

OK, CRAP OUT, CULLY. CRAP OUT.

CRAP OUT. SHOOTER COMING OUT.

LET'S SEE YOU CRAP OUT, CULLY. CRAP OUT, CRAP OUT.

7, WINNER, 7.

YOU LUCKY BASTARD.

$60. LET IT RIDE.

CAN HE SHOOT $60, HOOK?

SHOOTER' S LIMIT. BOYS, COME ON, WHO'S IN?

$20, NO PASS, CULLY.

WHO ELSE GONNA BE A MAN? I GOT $20 THERE.

$5 HERE.

$15, MY LAST.

COMING OUT AGAIN.

COME ON, NATURAL.

LET'S SEE THOSE CRAPS. SNAKE EYES.

6. AND HE STAYS.

POINT IS 6.

YOU GONNA MAKE THAT 6, AIN'T YA, CULLY?

IT'S YOUR MONEY, HOOK.

$10 SAYS HE PASSES.

DON'T BE SHY.

ANY TAKERS? I'LL TAKE IT.

EVEN MONEY?

SLIDE IN ANOTHER DEUCE THERE, PRAGER.

THAT BET IS 10 TO 12.

THE POINT IS 6.

10.

YOU CAN SHOOT AGAIN.

COME ON, CULLY, HOW MANY DAYS IN A WEEK?

6 DAYS IN A WEEK, MAN.

I FEEL A 7.

COME ON, CULLY.

HOW MANY DAYS IN A WEEK, CULLY?

7, 7, 7, 7, 7!

I TOLD YOU 6, MAN!

6!

6, WINNER, 6, THE HARD WAY.

PAY THE LINE AND COLLECT THE DON'TS.

SHIT.

$120.

SHOOT IT ALL.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, BOYS?

UH-UH. CLEANED OUT.

CULLY CHEATS.

CAN'T CHEAT WITH STRAIGHT DICE, PRAGER.

THEN HOW COME HE ALWAYS WINS, HOOKER?

'CAUSE I'M LUCKY. BULLSHIT.

HEY, HEY.

COME ON, NOW, BOYS, WE'VE HAD OUR FUN FOR TONIGHT.

CULLY BROKE THE GAME, PRAGER.

WE'LL GET OURSELVES SOME SLEEP, WHAT DO YOU SAY?

YEAH.

GOODNIGHT, HOOKER.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, HUH?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

ANYBODY GOT ANY MONEY LEFT?

NOT A CENT. NO.

11.

WINNER, 11.

SOME DAY YOUR LUCK'LL CHANGE, CULLY.

HEY, STRANGER.

COME ON, GET IN, CULLY.

YOU GOT SOMETHING, CULLY.

LUCK, HOOKER, I GOT LUCK.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN LUCK.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU THESE PAST FEW YEARS,

I AIN'T SEEN NOBODY PLAY THE ODDS BETTER.

YEAH, WELL, I TELL YOU,

THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS WHO KNOW THE ODDS.

YEAH, BUT YOU GOT SOMETHING EXTRA.

YOU GOT THE ABILITY TO TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF A ROLL,

LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN CARE, KNOWING WHAT'S MEANT TO BE WILL BE.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN BIG.

YOU GOTTA HAVE THE COOL.

AND YOU GOT IT.

YOU'RE YOUNG, CULLY.

THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OUT THERE,

AND YOU'RE JUST SEEING IT THROUGH A BITTY CRACK UNDER THE DOOR.

YOU--YOU THINK I CAN MAKE IT IN CHICAGO?

I KNOW IT.

I'M GONNA THINK ABOUT IT, HOOK.

YEAH, I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S MR. MCMULLIN ON THE TELEPHONE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU'RE LATE FOR WORK AGAIN.

DOROTHY. HELLO, MR. MCMULLIN.

WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU?

WELL, THERE'S ONE THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

THAT, UH, SON OF YOURS UP AND QUIT ON ME.

HAVE A NICE DAY NOW. YOU TOO, HOOK

YOU PROMISED ME, CARL HOOKER.

NOW, I DIDN'T PREMISE EXACTLY. I SAID I'D DO EVERYTHING I COULD.

YOU SWORE TO ME OVER JIMMY'S GRAVE

THAT YOU WOULDN'T TEACH MY BOY TO DRINK AND GAMBLE LIKE HIS FATHER.

YOU LIED!

NOW, FIRST OF ALL, I NEVER SWORE,

AND IT SURE AS HELL WASN'T OVER JIMMY'S GRAVE.

AND SECONDLY, YOUR HUSBAND WASN'T MUCH OF A GAMBLER.

HE WAS A DRUNK, THAT'S TRUE, AND YOU HAD A WHOLE LOT TO DO WITH THAT.

AND WHATEVER IT WAS I SAID,

WAS BEFORE I SAW CULLY'S TALENT.

HE'S ONE OF THE BEST DAMN DICE PLAYERS I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE.

I WANT MY BOY BACK.

I WANT YOU TO TELL HIM-- DOROTHY,

YOU AIN'T NEVER GONNA GET YOUR BOY BACK.

MR. MCMULLIN SAYS YOU CAN HAVE YOUR JOB BACK.

NO QUESTIONS ASKED, IF YOU CALL HIM BACK BY TONIGHT.

MA, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKIN'. YOU THINK--

YOU THINK I'M GONNA TURN OUT JUST LIKE DAD.

WELL, I AIN'T.

I NEVER WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

BUT I AIN'T GONNA TURN OUT LIKE YOU EITHER.

NOW, YOU CALL COLLECT IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE.

I'M NOT GONNA GET IN ANY TROUBLE, MOM.

HOW YOU DOIN', BOY?

DID YOU GET ALL DRESSED UP TO SEE ME OFF?

OH, HELL, NO. I HAVE TO GO SEE THE DOCTOR OVER IN EVANSVILLE.

I FIGURED IF YOU DRESS SHARP, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO FIND ANYTHING THE MATTER WITH YOU.

YOU'RE CRAZY, HOOK.

THERE YOU GO.

FERGUSON EDWARDS.

NOW, THEY'RE EXPECTING YOU.

AND I TOLD 'EM YOU'RE THE BEST DAMN DICE ARM THEY'RE EVER GONNA SEE.

WHAT'D YOU TELL 'EM THAT FOR?

WELL, THEY KNOW I EXAGGERATE.

THIS HERE'S MY LUCKY DOLLAR.

IT'S FOR YOU. I HAD THIS IN MY POCKET THE NIGHT I WON THE PACKARD.

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE IN LUCK.

I DON'T.

I BELIEVE IN CONFIDENCE.

THE ILLUSION OF LUCK.

NOW, DON'T YOU EVER GAMBLE WITH THAT UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY GOTTA WIN.

I DON'T MEAN WANT TO, I MEAN HAVE TO.

EVERYBODY ON THAT'S GETTIN' ON.

YEAH, DON'T YOU BE A STRANGER NOW.

GET IN THERE AND JUST TEAR 'EM UP.

I WILL. TAKE CARE, HOOK.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.