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A struggling grocery-store owner makes a deal with Satan that gives him the power to gamble in Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos without losing. However, his deal is threatened with exposure when a casino boss suspicious of his "winning streak" begins to investigate him.
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00:00:00sunrise generally a slow time for my business most places it's really too early or too late
00:00:25for truly inspired sinning but here in las vegas it's still prime time the wheels are still turning
00:00:34the dice are still rolling and the chips are still falling where they may ah las vegas i do like it here
00:00:55take it from me take it from me take it from me take it from me take it from me you hit the jackpot
00:01:04jackpot
00:01:06yeah
00:01:10whoo
00:01:12whoo
00:01:14whoo
00:01:16whoo
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00:02:16The sunrise over Crocus Hill, Iowa.
00:02:20It's the same sun that rises over Las Vegas,
00:02:22but that's about all the two towns have in common.
00:02:26Except, of course, for the people.
00:02:28I find that people are much the same everywhere.
00:02:31Losers and winners, saints and sinners.
00:02:35Only the temptations are different.
00:02:37No, Crocus Hill is not Las Vegas.
00:02:40Just a quiet little Midwestern town.
00:02:42Do I get my piece of the action here, too?
00:02:53So different, yet so much alike.
00:02:58You did pretty well.
00:02:59I haven't enjoyed an all-night poker game like that in a long time.
00:03:04Donovan's a pretty sharp card, man.
00:03:07Las Vegas and Crocus Hill.
00:03:09It might be interesting to bring them together somehow.
00:03:14Now, will that be all, Mrs. Murphy?
00:03:15No, uh, no tea this week?
00:03:17Ah, I forgot the tea.
00:03:19How could I forget the tea?
00:03:21I'll get it for you.
00:03:21Mrs. Murphy?
00:03:34Now, I thought we talked last week about you taking things when I wasn't watching.
00:03:39The devil made me do it.
00:03:41It's the devil that ought to be punished for all the bad things that happen.
00:03:45It's all the devil's fault.
00:03:46I don't think we should blame the devil.
00:03:48After all, he's just doing his job, isn't he?
00:03:49He's tempting people, sending them to hell is not a very pleasant job.
00:03:52And isn't it up to us to resist temptation?
00:03:55It's the children.
00:03:56I really ought to do something for this character.
00:03:59Even without a contract.
00:04:01Las Vegas.
00:04:03Hmm.
00:04:04You can have one bag every week and you don't have to steal it.
00:04:07I don't really know why you're here.
00:04:09What is it to do with some special slot?
00:04:10It's a special slot machine set never to pay off.
00:04:15Government study on gambling habits.
00:04:17CIA.
00:04:19I'm an agent with ICA, International Control Alliance.
00:04:23We're concerned with the flow of international monies, illicit arms.
00:04:27There you go.
00:04:27Here's your tea.
00:04:29Now, let me see.
00:04:30That brings it to, uh, 465.
00:04:35Money's the root of all evil.
00:04:37Do you still want to take it now?
00:04:39I'll take it.
00:04:40I haven't used it inside the casino, but with the crowds in there, it wouldn't be of much use anyway.
00:04:49It's an antique.
00:04:52It's as outdated as that penny slot machine.
00:04:55Yeah, well, Joel said you had some special techniques to show me.
00:05:09Hi.
00:05:09Good morning.
00:05:11You're new in town?
00:05:12Not my first time in your store.
00:05:14Ah.
00:05:15Nice place.
00:05:16Oh, thank you.
00:05:17Thank you very much.
00:05:17You seem to have a good word for everyone.
00:05:19Oh, that poor old thing.
00:05:21Yeah, we go through that every week.
00:05:22She always blames the devil.
00:05:26And I always defend him.
00:05:28Remarkable.
00:05:29You don't hear that very often.
00:05:30You will be well rewarded.
00:05:32In heaven.
00:05:33Well, I wouldn't know about that.
00:05:36Most of our devices are spring-loaded like this.
00:05:38We often disguise them.
00:05:42Some of our people made injections with an umbrella tip recently.
00:05:45It's a CO2.
00:05:47It's a CO2.
00:05:48Right?
00:05:51With a dart like this, with M99,
00:05:56stop the rhinoceros with a slightly longer needle.
00:06:00A man named Harthorne did most of the basic animal studies.
00:06:05Hey, Mary, slow down.
00:06:20Slow down.
00:06:20What's all the excitement?
00:06:21Daddy, you won.
00:06:22You won.
00:06:23Won what?
00:06:24The ticket I sold you.
00:06:25The hospital wrapper.
00:06:26You won it.
00:06:28Succinylcholine can't even be detected in an autopsy.
00:06:35We can produce anything from brief tranquilization and immobilization
00:06:41to something more permanent.
00:06:46Death.
00:06:50Sleep.
00:06:52We like to think of it as permanent sleep.
00:06:59Well, it does seem a hell of a lot more effective than guns.
00:07:03How do I get hold of that stuff?
00:07:05Joe's done a lot for us.
00:07:09Not just the slot machine, but some situations in Asia and Africa.
00:07:16He's got a lot of connections, and we appreciate the help.
00:07:21So, this is for you.
00:07:25Sort of a starter kit.
00:07:29Joe told me you were absolutely reliable.
00:07:33Yeah, well, I guess I better be, huh?
00:07:36Express it well.
00:07:38Be very careful.
00:07:41I'll be around for a while, so if you have any questions...
00:07:45Yeah, well, thanks.
00:07:46I guess.
00:07:47What, did I win some free surgery?
00:07:52Dad, you won a free trip to Las Vegas, you and Mom, for a whole weekend, and they're giving you $100 to gamble with.
00:07:59Good gravy.
00:07:59I never gambled in my life.
00:08:01You gambled on the raffle?
00:08:03Las Vegas, huh?
00:08:04I know Grandma can be unreasonable sometimes, but it's only for two days.
00:08:09So please try to do whatever she wants.
00:08:11What about TV?
00:08:13Well, I've told Grandma you can watch whatever you want this weekend.
00:08:16Up until bedtime.
00:08:17But Dad, Grandma thinks bedtime is 9 o'clock.
00:08:21When I was your age, young lady, bedtime was at dark.
00:08:247 o'clock, 8 o'clock.
00:08:26How about 10?
00:08:279.30.
00:08:28Well, we have $100 to gamble with.
00:08:31Who knows?
00:08:33Maybe we'll make a killing.
00:09:04It's amazing.
00:09:08Have you ever seen so many lights?
00:09:11I've never seen so many lights.
00:09:12Listen, we have $200, right?
00:09:15I know.
00:09:15The $100 we brought with us and the $100 we won at the airport?
00:09:18We've doubled our money.
00:09:19Let's take the whole thing down to the casino and start gambling.
00:09:21What do you say?
00:09:23Let me change my clothes.
00:09:24Okay, but hurry.
00:09:34When you're batting knife
00:09:44Because they think you can't hit too long
00:09:48When the crap game world
00:09:51Is singing a snake eye song
00:09:55If you've got one friend
00:09:57Who'll be there with you
00:10:00Right or wrong
00:10:02Take it from me
00:10:04Take it from me
00:10:05You hit the jackpot
00:10:07When your arm is shot
00:10:11You've been pulling those lemons all night
00:10:15You can barely see
00:10:17In the glare of the neon light
00:10:22Watch the sun come up
00:10:24If you thrill to that heavenly sight
00:10:28Take it from me
00:10:31Take it from me
00:10:32You hit the jackpot
00:10:34Hey
00:10:35You can be well healed
00:10:38Next day you are
00:10:40Kinda strapped
00:10:42Living high on the heart
00:10:44Or temporarily tapped
00:10:48When you hear the cry
00:10:51Of your newborn baby
00:10:53Who's just been slapped
00:10:55Take it from me
00:10:58Take it from me
00:10:59You hit the jackpot
00:11:01Wait a minute
00:11:04Wait a minute
00:11:05I have been playing
00:11:09That machine in there
00:11:11Yeah
00:11:11For two hours
00:11:14And it has not paid off poop
00:11:18That's okay
00:11:19That's okay
00:11:20Don't play those machines in there
00:11:22Those are for suckers
00:11:23They are?
00:11:25I got a machine
00:11:26Especially for you
00:11:28Guaranteed to pay off
00:11:29Every time
00:11:31Here you are
00:11:33This one?
00:11:34That's it
00:11:34Guaranteed every time
00:11:36Try it
00:11:38Go on
00:11:39You wouldn't shit me
00:11:40I wouldn't shit you
00:11:41Try that machine
00:11:42I don't want to
00:11:45You don't want to
00:12:06what are you gonna do with all this stuff huh i'm gonna i'm gonna eat it you can't eat all that
00:12:33candy sure i'm down to just the hey hey hey hey and the sunflower seed first of all look at that
00:12:40the machine's almost empty
00:12:42see that empty it's almost empty yeah you almost cleaned it right out
00:12:53you get a shopping bag and you sell this stuff and i'll win it okay no no no
00:13:01no no you know i think what you ought to do is i think you ought to go home what i think you
00:13:07ought to go home come on i'll call you a cab and then you get on oh i can call my own all right
00:13:13i'll tell you what i'll do i'll show you where the i'll show you where the phone is i'll come back
00:13:17and i'll get your candy and i'll bring it to you okay all right come on all right
00:13:24come on you sucker okay this one's for daddy here we go
00:13:40whoa whoa oh son of a
00:13:44what's the matter fellas she hang up on you
00:13:49you know that i have emptied my pockets into this son of a bitch and it isn't paid off once
00:13:54i've been here about a about an hour it's just like that one out there
00:13:58i don't know i'm gonna get home
00:14:00i'm gonna talk to somebody about this
00:14:03oh you're right you know there's so many crooks in this town
00:14:07yeah
00:14:08look i'll tell you what i'm gonna do
00:14:10you look like a nice guy
00:14:12i'm gonna show you a machine that really pays off
00:14:16yeah yeah the last one i found like that paid off in candy bars
00:14:20how am i gonna get home in candy bars
00:14:22trust me trust me this is gonna pay off in cold hard cash
00:14:26fuck
00:14:26now listen
00:14:28nobody else knows about this machine
00:14:30this is your and my bills
00:14:34all right
00:14:40put it all on black
00:14:45mmm big batch
00:14:47no more batch
00:14:4822 black
00:14:51this is it
00:15:00this is the little baby right here guaranteed to pay off every time in good hard cash
00:15:05this one here
00:15:06trust me
00:15:07okay
00:15:08okay
00:15:09okay
00:15:12okay little baby
00:15:17just you and me
00:15:20kid
00:15:21here we go
00:15:23okay
00:15:30okay
00:15:31i'm gonna take 36
00:15:44okay i'll bet 10
00:15:45no more battles
00:15:4636 rent
00:15:51hey
00:15:51can you believe that
00:15:54oh
00:15:54my sister works for you but after me
00:15:56unbelievable
00:15:57i don't know
00:15:58where are you coming from
00:15:59hello
00:16:00oh sweetheart
00:16:03i love you
00:16:05oh my friend
00:16:16luck requires the element of chance
00:16:18i've eliminated that
00:16:2110
00:16:22black
00:16:23no more bets
00:16:2410 black
00:16:27touch me
00:16:28yeah
00:16:29you must be from saudi arabia
00:16:38any relatives over there
00:16:42i'm from iowa
00:16:43oh yeah
00:16:45what part iowa
00:16:46oh
00:16:46it's kind of north and central
00:16:48small town
00:16:50you're not doing too bad for uh how's the cops this year
00:16:53as good as this i hope
00:16:54no nothing's as good as this
00:16:57baby
00:16:57no more bets
00:16:59violence
00:16:59yeah
00:17:00suspense
00:17:01yeah
00:17:0225 red
00:17:04jim are you still counting that money
00:17:14i swear you must have counted that 11 times last night
00:17:1912
00:17:20i bet you have
00:17:224,782
00:17:26carol
00:17:30it wasn't a dream
00:17:31no it was a nightmare
00:17:33well what's the matter
00:17:35oh i don't know
00:17:36hey it's monday morning
00:17:39and it's time to go home
00:17:40carol
00:17:41what would you say
00:17:42if i told you i didn't want to go home
00:17:45well i mean not not just yet
00:17:47you know maybe maybe in three or four days
00:17:48you don't think we should go home
00:17:51well
00:17:51let me tell you
00:17:52i've been sitting here now
00:17:53counting that money
00:17:55if i could take that money
00:17:56and turn it into
00:17:5740,000
00:17:5950,000
00:18:0060,000
00:18:0170,000
00:18:01enough maybe to buy a
00:18:03franchise
00:18:04yeah a franchise
00:18:05now that that would make a big change in our lives right
00:18:08that would make a big change
00:18:10now
00:18:12have i lost
00:18:13no you haven't lost once
00:18:16you came here with a hundred dollars
00:18:18and we've got over four thousand dollars
00:18:21i think i can do it
00:18:22well but
00:18:24somebody's gotta mind
00:18:25the store
00:18:26and the kids
00:18:26i should go home
00:18:30what do you mind
00:18:30no i don't mind
00:18:32i'm glad to get away
00:18:33you stay as long as you can stand
00:18:36and don't lose any more than
00:18:39four thousand
00:18:40seven hundred and eighty two dollars
00:18:42okay
00:18:42you got crazy
00:18:43of course you're crazy
00:18:45and you be careful
00:18:49oh i will
00:18:50i will
00:18:51we better get you to the airport
00:18:57hold a moment please
00:19:08checkmate
00:19:16what's that
00:19:17i talked to it
00:19:19talked to what
00:19:20the computer
00:19:21never mind
00:19:23hi
00:19:23what's up
00:19:24we got a problem
00:19:25how soon can you be here
00:19:27late afternoon
00:19:32about five
00:19:33is it important
00:19:35would i have called
00:19:37if it wasn't important
00:19:38well you might joe
00:19:40give me something to think about
00:19:41slot machine problem
00:19:43screwed up computer printout
00:19:44i'll tell you when you get here
00:19:45think about me instead
00:19:47oh i often do joe
00:19:49these are computer readouts
00:19:51from the slot machines
00:19:51looks pretty profitable to me
00:19:56is this the midline
00:19:58right
00:19:59eighteen sixty five
00:20:00per player per hour
00:20:01but here's the problem
00:20:02that machine paid out
00:20:04three dollars last week
00:20:05and it took in three thousand
00:20:08you're complaining
00:20:09that machine is set
00:20:11not to pay out anything
00:20:13no kidding
00:20:15that's illegal
00:20:16ordinarily yes
00:20:18but this is a government
00:20:20funded research study
00:20:21on gambling habits
00:20:22because the commission
00:20:23knows all about it
00:20:24it could be
00:20:25computer error
00:20:27of course
00:20:27but they fed in
00:20:28the weekly test problems
00:20:29and everything came out
00:20:30normal
00:20:30are you sure you didn't
00:20:32make all this up
00:20:33just to get me down here
00:20:34i didn't make it up
00:20:36but i welcomed
00:20:37the excuse
00:20:38yeah
00:20:42before it goes
00:20:46to the repair shop
00:20:47i want the wheel
00:20:47brought up here
00:20:48into my office
00:20:49tony
00:20:49and i want you
00:20:50with it
00:20:50now
00:20:51tony or caro
00:20:57and fred finch
00:20:58one of our
00:20:59security people
00:21:01got a problem
00:21:02you might as well
00:21:02sit in on it
00:21:03okay
00:21:04how about dinner
00:21:05all right
00:21:07hey
00:21:11sylvia baby
00:21:12you've been short
00:21:13circuiting any computers
00:21:14lately
00:21:15no
00:21:15sylvia fred finch
00:21:17hi fred
00:21:18have a chair
00:21:19fine thank you
00:21:20what's up
00:21:23ah some weirdo
00:21:25some guy from
00:21:27iowa
00:21:27weird how weird
00:21:29does uh
00:21:30handstands
00:21:31juggles
00:21:32praise
00:21:32what's going on
00:21:33tony
00:21:33well it
00:21:35yeah you tell them
00:21:37fred you've been
00:21:37watching the guy
00:21:38well it's not
00:21:39that much money
00:21:40so far
00:21:41mr donovan
00:21:42the guy checked in
00:21:43last friday
00:21:44with his wife
00:21:45names
00:21:46jim parish
00:21:48why
00:21:48yeah
00:21:50probably
00:21:51he comes from
00:21:51some little town
00:21:52in iowa
00:21:53but the guy's
00:21:54hit like
00:21:54a hundred straight
00:21:56bets just yesterday
00:21:57little bets
00:21:58uh he's winning
00:21:59maybe
00:21:59three four thousand
00:22:01dollars total
00:22:02but
00:22:03bars
00:22:03the whole thing's
00:22:05got me snake bit
00:22:06the guy only bets
00:22:07small
00:22:07but he wins
00:22:08practically every
00:22:09bet he makes
00:22:10what about the
00:22:13dealers
00:22:13oh they're
00:22:15all right
00:22:16look
00:22:18look
00:22:19if it was only
00:22:20blackjack
00:22:21or if it only
00:22:22was one or two
00:22:23tables
00:22:23our dealers
00:22:24can handle
00:22:25cards
00:22:26i'm not
00:22:27saying that
00:22:27any one of them
00:22:28would but
00:22:28they could
00:22:29but that
00:22:30son of a
00:22:31bitch
00:22:31has won a
00:22:32whole series
00:22:34of small bets
00:22:35on practically
00:22:35every table
00:22:36in the joint
00:22:37and the wheel
00:22:38nobody controls
00:22:41the wheel
00:22:41and he's
00:22:42called four
00:22:43straight up
00:22:44numbers in a
00:22:44row
00:22:45on one
00:22:46wheel
00:22:46something's
00:22:50going on
00:22:50i don't
00:22:51understand
00:22:51i don't
00:22:52like it
00:22:53a bit
00:22:53look at that
00:22:55damn thing
00:22:56welders like
00:22:57a duck's
00:22:57ass
00:22:58it's only
00:23:00to stand
00:23:01this
00:23:01well
00:23:01the
00:23:02business
00:23:02all right
00:23:02what do you mean
00:23:03it's all right
00:23:04there's no excuse
00:23:05for a wheel to look
00:23:06like this in this
00:23:06casino
00:23:07it's your
00:23:07responsibility
00:23:08what is my
00:23:09responsibility
00:23:10the guy's lucky
00:23:10it's your
00:23:11responsibility for
00:23:12everything that goes
00:23:12wrong in this
00:23:13casino
00:23:13luck
00:23:14four numbers in a
00:23:15row straight up
00:23:16all the other bets
00:23:17he's won
00:23:17is that possible
00:23:20statistically
00:23:21possible
00:23:22anything's possible
00:23:23you know that
00:23:24hey the guy's
00:23:26won almost
00:23:27every bet
00:23:28he's made
00:23:28for the last
00:23:29three days
00:23:29now it's
00:23:30peanuts so far
00:23:31but if he keeps
00:23:33on and a couple
00:23:34high rollers
00:23:35catch on to this
00:23:36hey this could
00:23:36turn into
00:23:37something
00:23:37what if he is
00:23:39just lucky
00:23:40what are the
00:23:41statistics for this
00:23:42kind of a winning
00:23:42streak
00:23:43well
00:23:44you know the
00:23:45old story about
00:23:46the six monkeys
00:23:47this could be
00:23:48serious
00:23:49great little town
00:24:09Las Vegas
00:24:09lots of action
00:24:11of course for
00:24:12real high stakes
00:24:13fun
00:24:14I prefer
00:24:15Washington
00:24:15or Moscow
00:24:17my kind
00:24:18of folks
00:24:19they're
00:24:19real high rollers
00:24:21place your bets
00:24:24all bets down
00:24:2818 reds
00:24:32oh yeah I did
00:24:36well not this time
00:24:49here
00:24:50oh you a mental bet
00:25:06yeah
00:25:07I won
00:25:13place your bets
00:25:27how about this time
00:25:29what's your guess
00:25:30well
00:25:31it's uh
00:25:31different than yours
00:25:34place your bets
00:25:36folks
00:25:37twenty two black
00:25:42two dollar bets
00:25:53come on
00:25:54loosen up Jim
00:25:55for once in your life
00:25:57you can go for the
00:25:59jackpot
00:26:00just sort of a wide
00:26:01just sort of a wide guess
00:26:01just sort of a wide guess
00:26:01you're kidding
00:26:03my name's Paris
00:26:04Jim Paris
00:26:05I'm Sylvia
00:26:06Steve
00:26:06hi
00:26:07where are you from
00:26:08oh Iowa
00:26:09small town
00:26:10you uh
00:26:11you wouldn't know it
00:26:12vacation
00:26:13convention
00:26:14um
00:26:15your wife with you
00:26:17well it's
00:26:18kind of a vacation
00:26:19see we run a grocery store
00:26:21back in the night
00:26:21so my wife
00:26:22well she went back
00:26:23but I decided I'd stay on
00:26:24for a couple of days
00:26:25where are you from
00:26:28San Francisco
00:26:29I'm a logician
00:26:3132 red
00:26:3232 red
00:26:36really
00:26:37you don't look like a
00:26:39magician
00:26:39I don't
00:26:40no
00:26:41you don't look like a
00:26:42grocery store
00:26:43we're even
00:26:44no we're not
00:26:45I'm losing
00:26:46I haven't lost a bet yet
00:26:59so you've got quite a
00:27:15system there
00:27:15no
00:27:16I'm just lucky
00:27:17well listen
00:27:18with a system like that
00:27:19you ought to be
00:27:19betting a hundred dollar
00:27:20chips
00:27:20no
00:27:21no system
00:27:21no kidding
00:27:22really it's just luck
00:27:23luck's better
00:27:23really
00:27:25mm-hmm
00:27:25well listen
00:27:27I'm a systems expert
00:27:28right
00:27:29I've studied them for years
00:27:30I used to be a computer
00:27:31programmer
00:27:32you know I once
00:27:33programmed an IBM
00:27:34computer to play
00:27:35seven million hands
00:27:37of blackjack
00:27:37just to find out
00:27:38whether to split
00:27:38nines against seven
00:27:40really
00:27:40well should you
00:27:42well generally
00:27:43never but
00:27:44some special card
00:27:45counts yeah
00:27:45you will
00:27:4719 red
00:27:48gamble for a living
00:27:49none
00:27:50more or less
00:27:51yeah
00:27:52say listen
00:27:53with your luck
00:27:54as you call it
00:27:55my systems
00:27:55maybe we ought to
00:27:56put our heads together
00:27:57on something
00:27:57excuse me
00:27:58Sylvia
00:27:59you know you've been
00:28:00looking for somebody
00:28:00with a system
00:28:01I'd like you to meet
00:28:02Bill Gaggle
00:28:03Sylvia
00:28:04Syl
00:28:05are you a systems expert
00:28:07well I know a lot about
00:28:08do you always win
00:28:11well
00:28:12listen nobody always wins
00:28:13but I do alright
00:28:14he does
00:28:16I've noticed
00:28:17again
00:28:20and again
00:28:22and again
00:28:23have been so far
00:28:28you two gentlemen
00:28:30play together often
00:28:31just met this morning
00:28:32here at the casino
00:28:33you're both pretty lucky
00:28:34play a lot differently though
00:28:37you count the cards
00:28:39well
00:28:40sort of keep track
00:28:41it's impossible to count
00:28:44with four decks
00:28:44in that shoe
00:28:45here
00:28:45this feels good
00:28:47boss wants to see
00:28:54Helen will take over
00:28:55excuse me
00:28:56good luck to work with you
00:28:58how are you Debbie
00:29:05oh fine Joe
00:29:06how are you
00:29:07how come you and I
00:29:08have never had any dinner
00:29:09together
00:29:10still not hungry
00:29:12I'm always hungry
00:29:13but I like my job
00:29:14and you're good at it
00:29:16how about these two guys
00:29:19oh I don't know
00:29:20I don't think they're
00:29:20playing together
00:29:21they both bet
00:29:21two differently
00:29:22oh
00:29:22oh one guy's
00:29:24like a computing machine
00:29:25his card count
00:29:26is absolutely phenomenal
00:29:27even with four decks
00:29:28wired
00:29:29he
00:29:29well
00:29:31what
00:29:31he does something funny
00:29:33with his shoulder
00:29:34I don't know
00:29:34I suppose it could be
00:29:35just a nervous habit
00:29:36okay
00:29:37what about the other one
00:29:39uh
00:29:39Parrish
00:29:40oh
00:29:40well if he's got
00:29:41any kind of a system
00:29:42it's not one
00:29:42I can figure out
00:29:43he makes the most
00:29:44unreasonable plays
00:29:45he'll hit 19
00:29:47against 7
00:29:47and win
00:29:48he stands on 14
00:29:49against 10
00:29:50I end up 6
00:29:51in the hole
00:29:51draw an 8
00:29:52and break
00:29:52no
00:29:53his plays
00:29:54and his bets
00:29:54don't have anything
00:29:55to do with card
00:29:56count value
00:29:57anything else
00:29:58mm-mm
00:29:59yes
00:30:00yes
00:30:01the nervous guy
00:30:02he seems to be
00:30:03getting a little greedy
00:30:04what about the other one
00:30:05no
00:30:06small bets
00:30:06not much action
00:30:07okay honey
00:30:09thanks
00:30:09get back to your table
00:30:10see you later
00:30:10all right
00:30:15you did it again
00:30:16you did it again
00:30:17one more time
00:30:19all right
00:30:21all right
00:30:22yes sir
00:30:24I'll finish up here
00:30:25hello
00:30:27hello
00:30:28excuse me sir
00:30:31I don't know your name
00:30:32me
00:30:33I'm Charles Cotter
00:30:34well Mr. Cotter
00:30:35would you come with me please
00:30:37Mr. Donovan would like to speak with you
00:30:38who Donovan
00:30:40Donovan Donovan
00:30:41I don't know any Donovan
00:30:42I can think of
00:30:42you must have the wrong man
00:30:43I don't
00:30:44Mr. Donovan
00:30:45owns the casino
00:30:46what
00:30:47what does he want with me
00:30:50I really don't know sir
00:30:51perhaps he'd like to ask you to dinner
00:30:53or to see the show
00:30:54Mr. Donovan
00:30:55often asks special people
00:30:56in the casino
00:30:57to the show
00:30:58well I'm not a special person
00:30:59would you please come with me sir
00:31:02I don't want Mr. Donovan
00:31:03to be impatient with me
00:31:05I'd appreciate it
00:31:06it'll only take a moment
00:31:08all right
00:31:10all right I'm going
00:31:10but I want to come back
00:31:12and play with the pal Jim here
00:31:13sure
00:31:13play some more
00:31:14hold the fort for me
00:31:15all right
00:31:17which way do I go
00:31:17very good
00:31:18Donovan
00:31:20Mr. Cotter
00:31:22yes
00:31:22sit down won't you
00:31:24thank you
00:31:26you from Crocus Hill, Iowa
00:31:30Crocus Hill
00:31:32I never heard of that
00:31:33I'm from Framingham
00:31:34from Massachusetts
00:31:35where'd you meet your friend
00:31:36from Crocus Hill
00:31:37don't send me mixed up
00:31:39with somebody else
00:31:40I'm just trying to understand
00:31:41you need money badly
00:31:42I mean you know
00:31:43mortgage, hungry kids
00:31:44anything like that
00:31:45Mr. Donovan
00:31:45I don't know what you're getting at
00:31:47I just like to play blackjack
00:31:49that's all
00:31:49been pretty lucky so far
00:31:51so it's Crocus Hill
00:31:52huh
00:31:53Joe his name is Jim Parrish
00:31:55who are you talking about here
00:31:57you two are playing blackjack together
00:31:58oh
00:32:00you meet my old friend Jim
00:32:01I had spent him this morning
00:32:02I never saw him before
00:32:04yeah he's been pretty lucky too
00:32:05I don't understand it though
00:32:08you don't understand
00:32:09well the way he bets
00:32:09you know
00:32:10I mean it doesn't make any sense
00:32:11but still he wins
00:32:13doesn't make any sense
00:32:14how do you figure
00:32:15I don't know
00:32:16just according to my way
00:32:18you
00:32:18well I just
00:32:19you think our rules are unfair
00:32:21you can double down
00:32:23on any two cards
00:32:24take insurance
00:32:25what do you ask me
00:32:25all these questions for
00:32:26I think your rules
00:32:27are just fine
00:32:27our dealers don't deal
00:32:28seconds of Barry Aces
00:32:29our decks are complete
00:32:30have you got four
00:32:31four decks
00:32:31feel the cards face up
00:32:32yes but with four decks
00:32:33next but nothing
00:32:34people like you
00:32:36that made us go to
00:32:37four decks in a shoe
00:32:38people like me
00:32:39bad enough when you
00:32:40computer machine nuts
00:32:41device systems to beat
00:32:42blackjack and then
00:32:43wrote books about it
00:32:44but now you got the nerve
00:32:45to bring that damn things
00:32:46into the casino
00:32:46pick off your jacket
00:32:49I don't have to stay here
00:32:51and listen to this
00:32:51I don't have to listen
00:32:52to this talk
00:32:52just take off the jacket
00:32:55I'm not taking off the jacket
00:32:56I'm getting out of here
00:32:57fake detection
00:32:58now let me give you
00:33:01some advice
00:33:02Mr. Cotter
00:33:02you get the hell
00:33:04out of Vegas
00:33:04go to Macau
00:33:05go to Monte Carlo
00:33:06go somewhere
00:33:07get him the hell out
00:33:08my friend
00:33:09talk to him alone
00:33:09come with me
00:33:09Mr. Cotter
00:33:10you just stepped
00:33:11into my
00:33:12Mr. Cotter
00:33:15I hope you're not
00:33:16taking all this
00:33:17personally
00:33:17I mean
00:33:18I'm just trying
00:33:19to do my job
00:33:20well seems like
00:33:22a pretty unpleasant
00:33:22job I'll tell you
00:33:23well what do you
00:33:26want of me
00:33:26well frankly
00:33:27I can use your help
00:33:30me
00:33:31yeah
00:33:32you know I'm supposed
00:33:33to be responsible
00:33:34for all the blackjack
00:33:35tables in this casino
00:33:37and I don't know
00:33:37anything about systems
00:33:39but obviously
00:33:40you're a real expert
00:33:41oh
00:33:42thank you
00:33:43Joe you can bar
00:33:45people from playing
00:33:46from even entering
00:33:47the casino
00:33:47but Sylvia
00:33:48a guy like this
00:33:49has to be stopped cold
00:33:50oh what are you
00:33:51asking me for
00:33:52your boss seems
00:33:52to think he knows
00:33:53that's just the problem
00:33:54he thinks he knows
00:33:55everything
00:33:56but you're a computer
00:33:57expert
00:33:58could I
00:34:00could I take a look
00:34:03at your machine
00:34:03well
00:34:05it's hard to do
00:34:08see it's all built
00:34:09into this jacket
00:34:10what does the machine
00:34:11do
00:34:11you know
00:34:14it's really interesting
00:34:14I have got
00:34:16these four buttons
00:34:17over here
00:34:18in the shoulder area
00:34:18now this one here
00:34:20that's for tens
00:34:21this one's for fives
00:34:23this one's for aces
00:34:23and down here
00:34:25for all the rest
00:34:26of the cards
00:34:26see
00:34:27if a ten
00:34:28or a face card
00:34:29is played
00:34:29then I press
00:34:30the tens button
00:34:30five
00:34:31so on
00:34:31but what does
00:34:32the machine do
00:34:33well it keeps track
00:34:35well I mean
00:34:36if there was one deck
00:34:37then I mean
00:34:38I could easily
00:34:38keep track in my head
00:34:39but with four decks
00:34:40I mean
00:34:40some people say
00:34:42they can do it
00:34:42I don't know
00:34:43the machine
00:34:43counts for you
00:34:44then
00:34:45well it tells me
00:34:46well of course
00:34:46some things are
00:34:47pretty obvious
00:34:47like if all the aces
00:34:49are still in the deck
00:34:50yeah sure
00:34:50then I make a big bet
00:34:51if most of the fives
00:34:52are gone
00:34:53I make even a bigger bet
00:34:54and if there's a high
00:34:55percentage of tens left
00:34:56make even a bigger bet
00:34:57they come back
00:34:58in disguises
00:34:59they're a bunch of nuts
00:35:0021 is our most popular game
00:35:03and they'll ruin it
00:35:03if we let them
00:35:04but you see
00:35:05I got these electrodes
00:35:06in my collar
00:35:07right in here
00:35:08oh really
00:35:10and it just gives me
00:35:10a tiny prick
00:35:11it's just a small
00:35:12electric shock
00:35:13and then I make
00:35:14a smaller bet
00:35:14another shock
00:35:16make a bigger bet
00:35:16the machine figures
00:35:17it all out
00:35:18really helps the players
00:35:18Mr. Cotter
00:35:20you know I can't let you
00:35:22walk out of here
00:35:22with that thing
00:35:23this is supposed to be
00:35:25a game of chance
00:35:26of luck
00:35:27yeah right
00:35:28you're making it
00:35:29a game of skill
00:35:30wait a minute
00:35:30you mean to tell me
00:35:31that if the odds
00:35:32are in the casino's favor
00:35:33it's a game of luck
00:35:34but if I shift the odds
00:35:35to my favor
00:35:36it's a game of skill
00:35:36Mr. Cotter
00:35:37the casino owners
00:35:38have ruled
00:35:39that if you count the cards
00:35:40it's skill
00:35:41bullshit
00:35:42I'm just shifting
00:35:43the chance of luck
00:35:44it's still a game of chance
00:35:45it's still a game of luck
00:35:45it's still gambling
00:35:46no not give me that coat
00:35:47no
00:35:47no listen listen
00:35:48hey listen
00:35:49I won't use it here
00:35:50in your place
00:35:50alright
00:35:51can't somebody
00:35:52just be lucky
00:35:53yes
00:35:54but not indefinitely
00:35:55just plain luck
00:35:57is short lived
00:35:58give me that coat
00:35:59no I'm not giving you
00:36:00the coat
00:36:00I'm not leaving it here
00:36:01listen
00:36:01hey listen
00:36:02I won't use it
00:36:02in your place
00:36:03Mr. Cotter
00:36:04it isn't only this casino
00:36:06it's the entire
00:36:07gambling world
00:36:08yeah what about my
00:36:08what about my
00:36:10I'm not giving you
00:36:11the coat
00:36:12no
00:36:12earthquakes
00:36:19of course we do
00:36:21earthquakes
00:36:21no no no no
00:36:24acts of God
00:36:25is just an expression
00:36:26Fred
00:36:31I want Parish
00:36:32moved to room
00:36:33two thousand
00:36:34yeah two thousand
00:36:36and videotaping
00:36:37in both rooms
00:36:38right
00:36:40bring Sherry up
00:36:41to the den
00:36:42I want to talk
00:36:43to her
00:36:44say excuse me
00:36:53what happened to him
00:36:54I'm sorry
00:36:54I guess we discouraged him
00:36:56you discouraged him
00:36:58you mean because
00:36:58he was winning
00:36:59oh we like to have
00:37:00people win
00:37:01and it's good
00:37:01advertising for the casino
00:37:02but we don't want
00:37:04people to cheat
00:37:05oh now listen
00:37:07I hear
00:37:07there's no problem
00:37:08with you Mr. Parish
00:37:09in fact we've moved
00:37:10you to a nicer room
00:37:11compliments of the casino
00:37:12and if you need tickets
00:37:14for any show
00:37:14just let me know
00:37:15well thank you
00:37:17I was very happy
00:37:17we've already moved you
00:37:19Mr. Parish
00:37:19you're in two thousand
00:37:20one of the executive suites
00:37:22keys at the desk
00:37:23thank you
00:37:25all pleasure
00:37:26enjoy your game
00:37:2835-1
00:37:31the man is from Iowa
00:37:34who cares that
00:37:36now what do you think
00:37:41are you tired
00:37:42it's a job
00:37:46it's a job
00:37:47just like mine
00:37:49hi Joe
00:37:51Sherry
00:37:51you know
00:37:53I've always wanted
00:37:55to ask you something
00:37:56how come you call
00:37:57this place a den
00:37:58den of inequity
00:38:00listen darling
00:38:05I want to talk to you
00:38:05sure Joe
00:38:06I got a little problem
00:38:08and I need your help
00:38:09sure Joe
00:38:10what can I do
00:38:11what you do best
00:38:13honey
00:38:14Joe that's all I ever do
00:38:16couldn't I do something
00:38:17Sherry don't you like your work
00:38:19you want to go back on the line
00:38:20of course not
00:38:22Joe
00:38:22can't beat the hours
00:38:23no
00:38:23meet some interesting people
00:38:25of course I do
00:38:26but
00:38:27got a real interesting guy
00:38:28this time
00:38:29not again
00:38:30you know what the last
00:38:32interesting guy wanted
00:38:33did you
00:38:33no no this is a regular guy
00:38:35he's from Iowa
00:38:36good
00:38:37is he winning
00:38:38it's on the house
00:38:40this time
00:38:40with a bonus for you
00:38:41what's a bonus for
00:38:43I want you to get
00:38:44some information
00:38:45bring it straight to me
00:38:46is that all
00:38:47that's all
00:38:48gonna bring him up here
00:38:50no
00:38:51Crocus Hill
00:38:52could never perform here
00:38:54now listen carefully honey
00:38:56this time
00:39:01Say
00:39:01Oh
00:39:02all
00:39:04Oh
00:39:05I
00:39:05know
00:39:10are you
00:39:16okay
00:39:17are you
00:39:18gonna
00:39:18you
00:39:18get
00:39:21heard
00:39:21Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. I must have the wrong room somehow.
00:39:36Aren't you Jim Parrish?
00:39:38Yeah.
00:39:40Then these are the right rooms.
00:39:42They are?
00:39:44You're not the maid.
00:39:51Jim.
00:39:57Good morning.
00:39:59Good morning.
00:40:00Breakfast is served. I ordered omelets.
00:40:04You did? How did you know I liked omelets?
00:40:06How did you sleep?
00:40:09Fine.
00:40:10I'll, uh, I'll get dressed.
00:40:12Ah, come on. Your eggs will get cold.
00:40:15Okay.
00:40:19Gosh, you're really an early gambler.
00:40:21The sun's barely in.
00:40:23Well, I've, uh, I've been up all night.
00:40:28I got behind, but I'm pretty well caught up by now.
00:40:34You know, Jim says he doesn't have a system.
00:40:38You obviously do. What is it?
00:40:41Well, I got lots of systems.
00:40:43This one here is a special form of what's called a martingale.
00:40:47Double when you lose.
00:40:48No, increase a little. It's a special form of progression.
00:40:51We're going to practice.
00:40:54Are you awake enough to join us?
00:40:58Yeah, sure.
00:40:59Fred, I've got, uh, the videotape set up on Donovan's TV projection set.
00:41:03And with those new video cameras, the pictures are terrific.
00:41:07I tell you, I've got three in each room and, uh, two behind chandeliers and one behind a picture.
00:41:13Well, Sherry is terrific.
00:41:15Sherry's terrific.
00:41:16But the guy said he was tired. She didn't do it.
00:41:18There's got to be a room somewhere.
00:41:19Come on.
00:41:20Too tired for Sherry?
00:41:22Nobody is that tired.
00:41:23Look, I can only take pictures.
00:41:25I mean, maybe the guy is gay.
00:41:26Well, listen, uh, Sherry, you, uh...
00:41:29You went to bed alone?
00:41:30Sherry, clap and roll on.
00:41:32The boss is going to be sore as hell.
00:41:35Are you sure you covered everything?
00:41:36Three cameras in each room, wide-angle lenses.
00:41:38I covered everything with the bathroom.
00:41:40Yeah, well, just maybe they went in the bathroom.
00:41:42Oh, come on, Fred.
00:41:44We even have separate bathrooms.
00:41:45No, no, no, no.
00:41:46You, you, you take the bedroom.
00:41:47I'll, uh, I'll take the roll away.
00:41:49I'll order.
00:41:49No.
00:41:50The roll away will be too short for you.
00:41:55I sleep curled up.
00:41:56I do have a breakfast scene.
00:41:58Breakfast in pajamas.
00:41:59And it's not exactly X-rated, but...
00:42:01Breakfast in pajamas isn't exactly what the boss had in mind.
00:42:05I'm telling you, he's going to be sore as hell.
00:42:07But I think that's true.
00:42:09Yeah, I've been lucky, too.
00:42:11I wonder if it's always lucky to be lucky.
00:42:15Fred, I think he wanted something just a little bit more.
00:42:18Fred, I know what he wanted.
00:42:19I couldn't go in and, uh, tell a guy about the birds and bees.
00:42:22And Sherry couldn't.
00:42:24You know, she can lead the horse to water,
00:42:26but she can't make him drink.
00:42:29I mean, it was, uh, it was just like Playboy.
00:42:31You know, I'm going to think about her an awful lot.
00:42:33There's nothing wrong with fantasizing.
00:42:35Yeah.
00:42:36You know, I always thought having the smarts
00:42:38was the best way to make a bundle.
00:42:39I mean, I'm smart.
00:42:41But after last night, I guess luck's even better, huh?
00:42:44Hey, what do you mean smarts?
00:42:45Well, smarts, you know, brights.
00:42:47Headlights.
00:42:48Well, give me, uh, for instance.
00:42:50A computer.
00:42:52I mean, there's all sorts of ways to beat them.
00:42:53I would guess that this joint here
00:42:54feeds all its, uh, results into a computer, huh?
00:42:57It's a good guess.
00:42:58I mean, it's like the guy at the bank
00:42:59who, uh, programs the computer
00:43:01to trim all the pennies out of everyone's account
00:43:03and put it into his account.
00:43:05I mean, look,
00:43:06if you had the security code for the casino's computer
00:43:08and you, uh, had a little terminal in your basement,
00:43:12you could get into that computer on a telephone line
00:43:15and then you could put a special program in it
00:43:17that trims, say, uh, a tenth of a percent
00:43:20off of all the winnings and add it to the payout.
00:43:22I mean, I thought of that.
00:43:23Then you could just wire it to a bank account for a market.
00:43:25You know something?
00:43:26You could be dangerous.
00:43:27Bill, tenth of a percent of $3,000 is $3, right?
00:43:33Right.
00:43:35I forgot to check the sub-programs.
00:43:39Have a nice breath.
00:43:45Sub-programs, of course.
00:43:54Obvious.
00:43:55Dammit.
00:44:06Well, somebody's getting rich.
00:44:09But Joe'll want to know who...
00:44:12I'll be a son of a bitch on that question.
00:44:19Pony?
00:44:22I don't know.
00:44:25There's a sub-program in the computer
00:44:27that trims off one-tenth of one percent
00:44:29off all the slot machine's winnings
00:44:32and puts it in a lawsuit.
00:44:33That's why your special machine
00:44:35showed a $3 payout.
00:44:37But it didn't actually pay out.
00:44:38That's right.
00:44:39It's a new form of an old trick.
00:44:43If it hadn't been for your machine,
00:44:44we might never have found it.
00:44:46The computer wire transfers
00:44:48the tenth of a percent
00:44:49to someone's number bank account.
00:44:53Talk to you later.
00:44:55Sure.
00:44:59Who's bank account?
00:45:00That's your problem, Joe.
00:45:04Who has the security code
00:45:05to the computer?
00:45:07I do.
00:45:08You do.
00:45:08The controller.
00:45:09Tony.
00:45:10The programmer.
00:45:12Well, somebody's building up
00:45:13a hell of a lot of money
00:45:14in that account.
00:45:15You know where the account is?
00:45:18Zersh.
00:45:20Here's the number.
00:45:20Boss left me out of this tree
00:45:26bringing that stupid broad down here.
00:45:29I don't know.
00:45:31She may be on to something.
00:45:33Ah, forget to be on to.
00:45:35There are monkeys and typewriters.
00:45:38Yeah.
00:45:39I heard, though,
00:45:40she was talking with Boss
00:45:41and she said
00:45:42that she'd gotten
00:45:43some computer readouts back
00:45:45and that she'd solved
00:45:47that problem with the machine.
00:45:49With the machine?
00:45:50Yeah, that weird slot machine
00:45:51that's been paying off so funny.
00:45:54What's that got to do with Parrish?
00:45:56Hey, she wasn't brought down here
00:45:57to deal with that Parrish dude.
00:45:59Well, what did she find out
00:46:01was wrong with the machine?
00:46:03Well, she didn't say.
00:46:04Or at least I didn't hear it.
00:46:05She just said
00:46:06she'd solved the problem.
00:46:10Did she say
00:46:11who she thought
00:46:12was involved with the problem?
00:46:13No.
00:46:14But we'll find out.
00:46:15We always do.
00:46:17Yeah.
00:46:19Yeah, we always do.
00:46:23It's Parrish, isn't it?
00:46:25Yeah.
00:46:27I believe you know Miss Steele.
00:46:29Sylvia?
00:46:31When did you have to drink?
00:46:33Oh, nothing.
00:46:34Nothing, thanks.
00:46:35A seat.
00:46:37Oh, thanks.
00:46:38I understand you've been
00:46:41very fortunate at the table.
00:46:44Lucky.
00:46:45Luck, is it?
00:46:46Yeah, luck.
00:46:48I think it's more than that.
00:46:51Mr. Donovan,
00:46:52your man here told me
00:46:53that the guy next to me
00:46:54at the blackjack table
00:46:55was cheating,
00:46:56but I'm not cheating.
00:47:00I do seem to win a lot of bets.
00:47:02I don't really care
00:47:05how you win them.
00:47:07Lucky, cheating.
00:47:09In fact,
00:47:09if you're not cheating,
00:47:11you're even more dangerous.
00:47:13Yeah.
00:47:15Well, Joe's got the lie detector.
00:47:17You mean
00:47:17the voice stress analyzer?
00:47:18Whatever you call it.
00:47:19Yeah, the voice analyzer.
00:47:21Anyway,
00:47:21Joe's gonna take
00:47:22some guy's voice
00:47:23on a regular tape deck
00:47:24and then put it
00:47:25on the voice analyzer later.
00:47:27Will that work?
00:47:27Sure.
00:47:28Any good recording will do.
00:47:30Why doesn't he use
00:47:30the deck that's built
00:47:31into the analyzer?
00:47:33He's already got
00:47:34a tape recorder
00:47:34built into his desk.
00:47:36That'll be more convenient.
00:47:37Listen,
00:47:37if he has any trouble
00:47:38with the analyzer,
00:47:39can you come over?
00:47:40Anytime, Angie, my friend.
00:47:41Just give me a call.
00:47:43Right.
00:47:45Atari.
00:47:48I'd like to talk
00:47:49to Mr. Parrish alone.
00:47:52Sylvia,
00:47:53wait for me,
00:47:53will you please?
00:47:54Of course.
00:47:56I'll be in the coffee shop.
00:47:58Over here,
00:47:59Mr. Parrish.
00:48:00Eyeball to eyeball.
00:48:16Parrish.
00:48:18First name's
00:48:19Jim, right?
00:48:21Right.
00:48:22And you come from
00:48:23Crocus Hill.
00:48:25Small town of Iowa.
00:48:26You know, Jim,
00:48:29I've been in gambling
00:48:30all my life.
00:48:32I've dealt
00:48:32every game there is,
00:48:33and I thought I knew
00:48:34every gimmick there was
00:48:36until you came along.
00:48:38Gimmicks?
00:48:39You mean cheating?
00:48:41Every day.
00:48:43Two or three people
00:48:43at every blackjack table
00:48:45are always trying something.
00:48:48Bent corners,
00:48:48torn edges,
00:48:49dirt smudges.
00:48:51And usually,
00:48:52we just change decks
00:48:53and they go away.
00:48:57The fellow you were
00:48:58playing with
00:48:58had a miniature computer
00:49:00wired into his jacket.
00:49:04There it is.
00:49:08Mr. Donovan,
00:49:09I swear to God,
00:49:09I don't know anything
00:49:10about that.
00:49:12I mean,
00:49:12it has to be possible
00:49:13for somebody like me
00:49:14to win money
00:49:15in the amount I have.
00:49:17Statistically,
00:49:17it's got to be possible.
00:49:18You sound like Sylvia.
00:49:20Sure,
00:49:21some people go home
00:49:22with a bundle,
00:49:22but nobody does it
00:49:23all the time.
00:49:25What you're doing
00:49:26doesn't, uh,
00:49:27doesn't make any sense.
00:49:29Little bets.
00:49:30I don't know.
00:49:33I don't know
00:49:34what you're up to.
00:49:36But it's got to stop.
00:49:38Look out there.
00:49:51The economy
00:49:51of this whole state
00:49:52is based on the premise
00:49:53that nobody's that lucky.
00:49:55Now,
00:49:56if you are that lucky,
00:49:57you're a threat
00:49:57to the whole state.
00:49:58Well,
00:49:59come on,
00:49:59Mr. Donovan,
00:49:59I'm just one man.
00:50:00How can I be a threat
00:50:01to anything?
00:50:02Well,
00:50:02let me get along somehow.
00:50:03Where are you from?
00:50:04Who are your friends?
00:50:05What the hell
00:50:05are you up to?
00:50:06Listen,
00:50:06I don't understand.
00:50:07The amount of money
00:50:07that I've won
00:50:08can't possibly make
00:50:09that much difference
00:50:09than anybody.
00:50:10I don't perish.
00:50:11Every pit boss
00:50:12in the casino
00:50:13has got his eye on you.
00:50:15Now,
00:50:15when are your friends
00:50:16showing up
00:50:16at the big bets?
00:50:18Listen,
00:50:19I'm alone.
00:50:20I'm a private citizen,
00:50:21Mr. Donovan.
00:50:21This is a private club.
00:50:23Now,
00:50:24you spent last night
00:50:25with a hooker
00:50:25and we videotaped
00:50:27your pajama breakfast
00:50:28in Sweet 2000.
00:50:30Would your wife
00:50:30like to see that?
00:50:31If she is your wife.
00:50:32You what?
00:50:34Videotaped
00:50:35your pajama breakfast.
00:50:37routine,
00:50:38we protect ourself.
00:50:39I better think
00:50:39about getting dressed.
00:50:40You dirty pet.
00:50:41Why don't you kill a major
00:50:41in some of those other rooms
00:50:42and just slip out the door?
00:50:44No problem.
00:50:45The major don't know me.
00:50:47Nothing happened.
00:50:50All right,
00:50:50I'll be your goddamn
00:50:51private club.
00:50:54Parrish.
00:50:56Go home
00:50:57before you get
00:50:59in real trouble.
00:50:59You having some trouble
00:51:05with your voice
00:51:06stress analyzer?
00:51:06The goddamn thing
00:51:07doesn't work.
00:51:08Well,
00:51:09let me hear the tape.
00:51:10And, uh,
00:51:11is he normally
00:51:11in the low 20s?
00:51:13Normal about 23.
00:51:14Every pit boss
00:51:15in the casino
00:51:16has got his eye on you.
00:51:18Now,
00:51:18when are your friends
00:51:19showing up
00:51:19at the big bets?
00:51:20I don't have any friends.
00:51:21I'm here alone,
00:51:22Mr. Donovan.
00:51:22I'm a private citizen.
00:51:23And this is a private club.
00:51:25He can't be alone.
00:51:27There's no sense
00:51:27in it if he's alone.
00:51:28It's a typical setup.
00:51:29It's a scam.
00:51:30It's a sting.
00:51:32Are you asking me
00:51:33for an expert opinion?
00:51:35Yeah,
00:51:36I guess I am.
00:51:38Well,
00:51:38Mr. Donovan,
00:51:39this happens a lot.
00:51:41People don't trust
00:51:41this machine.
00:51:43But I do.
00:51:44The difference
00:51:45between truth
00:51:46and a lie
00:51:46is a very subtle thing.
00:51:49If a man
00:51:50believes something
00:51:51that isn't true,
00:51:53the machine
00:51:54will say
00:51:54it is true.
00:51:56Why don't you
00:51:56let me question
00:51:57the man?
00:51:58The way you ask
00:51:59the questions
00:52:00contaminates the answers.
00:52:02Too late for that.
00:52:04Couldn't he just
00:52:04be an expert liar?
00:52:07Hey,
00:52:08anything's possible.
00:52:09But I've never seen
00:52:10a liar that's that good.
00:52:13Anything's possible.
00:52:13That's all I hear.
00:52:14All right,
00:52:15maybe I asked
00:52:15the wrong questions.
00:52:17Angie asked Sylvie
00:52:18to come in here.
00:52:19Thanks, Carmen.
00:52:20You may be right
00:52:21about the machine,
00:52:21but you're damn wrong
00:52:22about the guy.
00:52:24Now,
00:52:25my favorite lie detectors
00:52:26were thumbscrews.
00:52:28Simple,
00:52:29reliable,
00:52:31and great
00:52:32little fuel savers.
00:52:35You're really
00:52:36going to Atlantic City,
00:52:37huh?
00:52:37Yeah.
00:52:38You know,
00:52:38that croupier's
00:52:39going, too.
00:52:40Yeah,
00:52:40but you,
00:52:40I mean,
00:52:40why not New York?
00:52:42Washington, D.C.?
00:52:43I mean,
00:52:43with your luck,
00:52:44you can control
00:52:44the stock market.
00:52:45Oh.
00:52:46You can be
00:52:46president of the
00:52:46United States,
00:52:47gee.
00:52:48Well,
00:52:48thanks,
00:52:49but no thanks.
00:52:50I just want to win
00:52:51just a little bit
00:52:51more money.
00:52:52Hard to quit
00:52:53when you're winning.
00:52:54That's the main reason
00:52:55people end up losing.
00:52:56Oh.
00:52:57Atlantic City,
00:52:58huh?
00:52:59Mm-hmm.
00:53:00Oh,
00:53:00the boardwalk,
00:53:01the ocean,
00:53:02the girls,
00:53:03Miss America,
00:53:04saltwater,
00:53:05daddy.
00:53:07You're on.
00:53:08Great,
00:53:08we should do
00:53:09something about
00:53:09airplanes.
00:53:09Talk to him.
00:53:11If he stays,
00:53:12I couldn't protect him
00:53:13if I wanted to,
00:53:14even from Tony.
00:53:15Tony's frightened,
00:53:16Sylvia,
00:53:17and Angie's upset,
00:53:17too,
00:53:18and they're dangerous men.
00:53:19I don't understand
00:53:20why everyone's so uptight,
00:53:22so he's on a little
00:53:23winning streak,
00:53:24and the amount of money,
00:53:25Joe,
00:53:25is nickels.
00:53:27Nickels now,
00:53:28God knows what,
00:53:29later,
00:53:29and it's not just
00:53:30a little winning streak.
00:53:31Angie thinks he's got
00:53:32international connections.
00:53:34Tony thinks he's
00:53:34from an eastern crowd.
00:53:36I don't know
00:53:36what the hell to think.
00:53:38Sylvia,
00:53:39I'm even willing
00:53:40to admit
00:53:40that maybe you're right,
00:53:41but you've got to
00:53:42get him out of here
00:53:43before something happens
00:53:44you're not going to like.
00:53:46I run the golden circle,
00:53:47Sylvia.
00:53:48I don't run the town.
00:53:50Joe,
00:53:50I'm sorry.
00:53:51Of course,
00:53:52I'll talk to him.
00:53:57Atlantic City
00:53:58Atlantic City
00:54:02I'm tired of roaming
00:54:04It's great to be home
00:54:05in Atlantic City
00:54:08I've seen them all
00:54:10I've been gone
00:54:11But no place
00:54:12turns me on
00:54:13Like Atlantic City
00:54:15Hey,
00:54:18Mr. Boardwalk
00:54:19How's my friend
00:54:20to see
00:54:20You have a chance
00:54:23You're looking good to me
00:54:24Oh, he's going to
00:54:25Atlantic City
00:54:26Now he can win
00:54:27from the competition
00:54:27Competition?
00:54:29We're going to have
00:54:30our own casino there
00:54:30within a year
00:54:31That's no good
00:54:32I just thought
00:54:33You didn't think
00:54:34Now get out there
00:54:36We've got to know
00:54:36what's going on with him
00:54:37Come on back
00:54:38Atlantic City
00:54:40And when the day is through
00:54:47And the night time rolls around
00:54:50The action is fantastic
00:54:53You'll know why
00:54:54Atlantic City
00:54:56My favorite town
00:55:00Atlantic City
00:55:03Get on down
00:55:07Atlantic City
00:55:10What do you have, Sylvie?
00:55:24It must have been really special
00:55:25Like what?
00:55:26Cafe Diablo
00:55:27Double's drink
00:55:28Fine, thank you
00:55:30That's good
00:55:30I'm glad to see you
00:55:33I was, uh
00:55:34Well, I was a little lonesome
00:55:35How about Bill?
00:55:38Oh, he's fine
00:55:38He's, uh
00:55:40Probably over at the casino
00:55:41right now
00:55:41Trying another one
00:55:42of his blackjack systems
00:55:43And he's full of systems
00:55:44Systems for everything
00:55:45Uh
00:55:46He loves it, you see
00:55:49I know
00:55:50I know
00:55:50Look at him
00:55:52He's my beautiful
00:55:52Thank you very much
00:55:54Listen, do you
00:55:55I'll sit over there
00:55:56Sure
00:55:56Are you still winning?
00:56:08Oh, yeah
00:56:08Yeah
00:56:09I'm still winning
00:56:10Bill's up and down
00:56:11But I'm still winning
00:56:12Well, why doesn't he
00:56:13Just duplicate your bet?
00:56:14Oh, he does
00:56:15And when he does that
00:56:16He wins
00:56:16But you see
00:56:17The thing you gotta understand
00:56:18About him is
00:56:19He just loves betting
00:56:20He loves gambling
00:56:21And when he duplicates my bets
00:56:23That's not a gamble
00:56:24Because I always win
00:56:25So there's
00:56:26No suspense
00:56:27There's no fun
00:56:27Everybody's dreams
00:56:29But there's no fun
00:56:31Yeah
00:56:31Yeah, well
00:56:33It was fun in the beginning
00:56:33At first it was fun
00:56:35Jim, do you still win
00:56:37All of your bets?
00:56:38Yeah
00:56:38So what are you doing here?
00:56:39Are you
00:56:39You really a private detective?
00:56:42Yes
00:56:43I am a private detective
00:56:44And I'm here to
00:56:46Discover your system
00:56:48See, these casino people
00:56:52They believe in luck
00:56:53Up to a point
00:56:54But yours
00:56:55Well, there's no system
00:56:57Really
00:56:58Sylvia, honest
00:56:59No system
00:56:59If there was
00:57:00I would tell you
00:57:00There isn't
00:57:01I believe you
00:57:04Yeah, Sylvia
00:57:05I think I'm gonna go home
00:57:08Home?
00:57:10Yeah, I think I've had it
00:57:11I'll pack up and go on home
00:57:13I have to get something
00:57:14For my wife
00:57:15You know
00:57:15Some kind of a
00:57:16Gift, present
00:57:17Your wife?
00:57:18Mm-hmm
00:57:19I'm lucky in love too
00:57:20Some people are
00:57:23Uh-huh
00:57:23Well, I could help you shop
00:57:26Would you?
00:57:26Wait, you want clothes?
00:57:27Jewelry?
00:57:28No, no, I don't think so
00:57:29Something, uh
00:57:30Something for the housemates
00:57:31Something impractical
00:57:32Well, did you look in
00:57:34Reese Palace
00:57:34Next to the casino?
00:57:35I just kind of glanced
00:57:36Through the window
00:57:37It's got wonderful presents
00:57:38Impractical
00:57:40Things for the coffee table
00:57:42Things for the mantel
00:57:43Things to dust
00:57:45Yeah
00:57:46Yeah, that's what I mean
00:57:47Presents
00:57:47Mm-hmm
00:57:48Okay
00:57:48Well, let's go look
00:57:49Okay, you want me to sit
00:57:50Ha
00:57:51Ha
00:57:51Ha
00:57:52Go look in a minute
00:57:53Don't cry
00:57:57Well, you hang on to that
00:57:58I'll get the check
00:57:59I'll hang on to it
00:58:00Thank you
00:58:23Well, there's something
00:58:29Can we help you
00:58:33Or would you just rather
00:58:34I'd like us to leave you alone
00:58:35Could you tell me
00:58:36How much that is?
00:58:37Yeah
00:58:37That's the bean mockingbird
00:58:39That's 25
00:58:3925?
00:58:4125
00:58:412,500
00:58:42Oh, 2,500
00:58:47If it's a little too much
00:58:50You can walk across the street
00:58:51To the casino
00:58:52And win the money
00:58:53Jim, for you
00:58:55That would be easy
00:58:56If you're that lucky
00:58:58You could buy a whole flock
00:58:59Of my bird
00:59:00You know, I could buy a Rolls Royce
00:59:02Or Atlantic City
00:59:04Joe, listen to this
00:59:05And watch the numbers
00:59:06His normal voice rating
00:59:08Is 20
00:59:09Joe says our slot machine
00:59:10Paid out something
00:59:11Yeah, it's a
00:59:13It's some malfunction or something
00:59:15How could that happen?
00:59:17I thought the payout was blocked up
00:59:19Absolutely
00:59:19Oh, probably some drunk
00:59:22That got pissed
00:59:23And shook it
00:59:24Or
00:59:24Banged it around
00:59:26Hard enough for a few bucks
00:59:27To drop out
00:59:28This was last night
00:59:30Tony called in sick this morning
00:59:33One minute later
00:59:35Our travel agent called
00:59:36To confirm his reservations
00:59:38For Atlantic City
00:59:39Said the tickets would be ready
00:59:40At the ticket counter
00:59:41Jeremy, tell me to steal
00:59:45In Atlantic City
00:59:46Fred, call the hangar
00:59:46Tell him to get the jet ready
00:59:47Get your toys together
00:59:48You're coming with us
00:59:49What about your friend Carmine?
00:59:51Parrish is there too
00:59:52We have no idea
00:59:53What kind of crowd
00:59:53We're going to have to deal with
00:59:54Right, Carmine might be helpful
00:59:55He'll come
00:59:56I'll pick him up
00:59:57Hi, Joe
00:59:58What's up?
00:59:59Sylvia, it was Tony
01:00:00That put the subprogram
01:00:01In the computer
01:00:02You traced the bank account?
01:00:04Now, don't ask me
01:00:05Any questions now, Sylvia
01:00:06Just listen
01:00:07And do what I tell you
01:00:08Okay
01:00:09Tony's on his way
01:00:10To Atlantic City
01:00:11He knows you discovered
01:00:13The subprogram
01:00:14And probably thinks
01:00:15He has to get rid of you
01:00:16No matter what happens
01:00:17Don't be alone with him
01:00:19I'll be there with Angie and Fred
01:00:21As fast as I can
01:00:21Now, Sylvia
01:00:22Please be careful
01:00:23Where can we meet you?
01:00:25Well, I'll go to my room
01:00:26And stay there
01:00:27No
01:00:28I don't want you alone
01:00:29Go somewhere where there's
01:00:30Lots of people
01:00:31There's a discotheque
01:00:33In the casino
01:00:34Called The Storm
01:00:35We're on our way
01:00:37Sylvia, darling
01:00:38Be very careful
01:00:40Joe
01:00:43It's your problem
01:00:45It's your problem
01:00:45But I must tell you
01:00:48As a professional
01:00:48That we rarely put anyone
01:00:50To sleep permanently
01:00:51Until we've had a chance
01:00:53To drain them of information
01:00:54I usually start with
01:00:56Sodium pentothal
01:00:57Tony is too dangerous
01:01:00To mess around
01:01:01Trying to milk his brain
01:01:02Now, I've seen him scared before
01:01:03Now, maybe
01:01:05Maybe
01:01:06I might be able to
01:01:08Hold him with this
01:01:08And talk to him
01:01:09But in the crowd
01:01:11Anyway, the boss
01:01:12Doesn't mess around
01:01:13With the chips
01:01:14Personally, I'd like to ask
01:01:15The guy a couple of questions
01:01:16Myself
01:01:17You want to be careful
01:01:19With that
01:01:19Don't scratch yourself
01:01:21With the needle
01:01:21All it takes is one draft
01:01:24I'll be careful
01:01:25Let's go
01:01:26No more bets
01:01:31Six black
01:01:33Dang
01:01:33Five hundred dollars
01:01:35Bill
01:01:36Tony just came in
01:01:38If he comes over
01:01:39Will you distract him
01:01:40So Jim and I can leave
01:01:42Without him following us
01:01:43Here he comes
01:01:44Tony
01:01:49When did you get him?
01:01:51You know me, Sylvia
01:01:52I follow you around
01:01:53Like a puppy dog
01:01:54Nah, I just came down
01:01:56Because I thought
01:01:57I could help you
01:01:58Figure this guy out
01:01:59He's over playing blackjack
01:02:00Winning as usual
01:02:01Listen, I think
01:02:03I think I figured it out
01:02:05Figured what out?
01:02:06Jim and roulette
01:02:07Now, listen
01:02:08Do you know where roulette originated?
01:02:09It's a very old game
01:02:10No, and I don't give a damn either
01:02:12Now, what do you think about Jim?
01:02:15Well, I've been watching
01:02:16Every move he makes
01:02:17And it's really interesting
01:02:18Oh
01:02:20Jim, you've made enough money
01:02:22To buy the bird
01:02:22Yeah?
01:02:23Let's go
01:02:23Okay, well I have to
01:02:24Cash these in first though
01:02:25Oh no
01:02:26This is as good as money
01:02:27Oh, is it?
01:02:28Yeah
01:02:28Okay
01:02:28I'm sure
01:02:29What's the big watch?
01:02:30What the hell are you getting at?
01:02:32What have you seen?
01:02:32That's just the point
01:02:33It's more what I haven't seen
01:02:35Well, explain it later
01:02:36Joe's coming
01:02:37And
01:02:37Where's Bill?
01:02:39He's talking to Tony
01:02:40We're going to meet Joe
01:02:41At the discotheque
01:02:42So we have to go to this
01:02:43Wait a minute
01:02:43It just seems to me
01:02:44That
01:02:45He must just be lucky
01:02:47He's not talking faster
01:02:58Than talking fast
01:02:58She's going
01:02:59Where'd she go?
01:03:00I don't know
01:03:01Maybe disco dancing
01:03:02Maybe for a swim
01:03:03Maybe Reese Pally
01:03:04I really don't know
01:03:05Honestly
01:03:05Reese Pally
01:03:06Who's he?
01:03:06It's a store
01:03:07It's an art dealer
01:03:08It's next door in the boardwalk
01:03:09Maybe they just went
01:03:10To the washroom
01:03:11In the rain
01:03:11Wind 21017
01:03:29Alcimeter 2997
01:03:3112 plus 1 point right
01:03:33A11
01:03:34Attacks runway 22
01:03:37Holder 29 right
01:03:38Copy
01:03:39Well, Sylvia said you might take casino chips.
01:03:44Be delighted. Better than money in Atlantic City these days.
01:03:47I see you've done very well, too.
01:03:48Well, not too bad. I think I have enough to pay for that.
01:03:50Got lucky, huh?
01:03:51Yeah.
01:03:52You see, I have to tell you, now, my wife is looking for something like that.
01:03:55She says she wants to start a collection of these things.
01:03:57That would be fine with me.
01:03:59Well, you remember we looked at the one back there.
01:04:00We looked at the Mockingbird.
01:04:02Yes, this afternoon.
01:04:04Now, which one would you suggest?
01:04:05I think this one.
01:04:05Jim wanted to get a present for his wife.
01:04:07Because it's a little bit earlier.
01:04:08Yeah, it's a nice present.
01:04:10Look, Sylvia, I want to talk to you. Can we take a little walk?
01:04:13Tony, it couldn't be that important.
01:04:14We'll get together tomorrow.
01:04:17It's very important, Sylvia.
01:04:19I really can't break away right now.
01:04:21We're going to take a little walk, Sylvia.
01:04:23Stop it. Let's go.
01:04:24Keep out of this. It's none of your business.
01:04:26It's either matter.
01:04:34In there.
01:04:35Come on.
01:04:46Come on.
01:04:46Come on.
01:04:49We'll have to.
01:05:04workouts.
01:05:05Oh, wow.
01:05:06That's a gold.
01:05:08Man.
01:05:09Oh, man.
01:05:09$400.
01:05:10Oh, man.
01:05:12Good ha откры it.
01:05:13OK.
01:05:14David, eyes.
01:05:14Okay.
01:05:15What? I can't hear you.
01:05:25You sure this is the place?
01:05:28Wouldn't it be safer to stay here where there's lots of people?
01:05:46Listen, what the hell is going on? Why is he chasing us?
01:05:49He's trying to kill us.
01:05:50Kill us? Why?
01:05:51Later.
01:06:15We're busted.
01:06:45Where did they go?
01:06:50I don't know.
01:07:01Hey, you. Where did they go?
01:07:03I just won $500.
01:07:05Never mind that. Now where did they go?
01:07:07Who?
01:07:08Did you see somebody come in here just now?
01:07:10No.
01:07:10A guy abroad?
01:07:11No.
01:07:15I don't know.
01:07:45You got to get out of here.
01:07:53It's just a trampoline, you'll sweep it off.
01:07:55Don't try to hold me in your own.
01:07:59Try to keep you on.
01:08:03Don't try to hold me in your own.
01:08:07Don't try to hold me in your own.
01:08:10God wrong.
01:08:21But why don't you believe me?
01:08:22You got to hold me in your own.
01:08:28Hold me in your own.
01:08:30I don't know.
01:08:30I don't care.
01:10:01I know him.
01:10:02Yeah, well, Joe doesn't.
01:10:03He wants to play poker with him.
01:10:04He says poker tells all.
01:10:06What are you looking for?
01:10:08What happened to Tony?
01:10:09They took him out.
01:10:10Who?
01:10:11Joe, Fred.
01:10:12Let's get out of here.
01:10:18Don't try to hold me in your arms.
01:10:23Don't try to keep...
01:10:24Good morning.
01:10:48Yes, it's a good morning.
01:10:50Good morning to be alive.
01:10:53You know, I saved your life, probably.
01:10:55Does that do anything for our future?
01:10:59Well, it certainly is a plus.
01:11:03What's going to happen to Tony now?
01:11:06He'll be buried.
01:11:08When someone goes to sleep permanently, we bury him.
01:11:12Permanently?
01:11:13Sylvia, darling, the guy was trying to kill you.
01:11:15He's a madman.
01:11:17If someone gets that far out of control, there's no sense in gambling.
01:11:21No sense in gambling.
01:11:24Joe, it's been your whole life.
01:11:27And I agree.
01:11:29There's no sense in it.
01:11:33On the other hand, I guess I'm not really ungrateful.
01:11:36God, I was scared.
01:11:39Right now, I'm hungry.
01:11:44Level with me about this guy, Parrish.
01:11:46Well, he doesn't have a system.
01:11:51He's honest.
01:11:53I know his luck has been incredible, but it's not quite as solid as Tony and Fred thought.
01:12:02Joey does lose sometimes.
01:12:07Are ash browns fattening?
01:12:09Not as bad as French browns.
01:12:10Atlantic City
01:12:15I'm tired of roaming.
01:12:17It's great to be home in Atlantic City.
01:12:22I've seen them all.
01:12:23I've been gone, but no place turns me on.
01:12:26Like Atlantic City.
01:12:30Hey, Mr. Ford Walk.
01:12:32How's my friend the sea?
01:12:34You haven't changed.
01:12:36You're looking good to me.
01:12:37It's grandier, grand on the sandier sand in Atlantic City.
01:12:47Show me a sunnier sun and a funnier fun in Atlantic City.
01:12:53Yeah, I know.
01:12:55Jim said he'd play, and of course I will.
01:12:58Joe's invited a pro from the casino to round out the game.
01:13:01Yeah.
01:13:01Well, look, Jim just really wants to go home now.
01:13:05I mean, he's really scared.
01:13:07I mean, for God's sake, he's been yelled at, chased, shot, tranquilized.
01:13:12He'd do anything to get Joe off his back.
01:13:14He'd just lose in this poker game.
01:13:16Yeah, that's what I told him.
01:13:17I mean, if his luck holds and he wins at first, then he should somehow manage to lose.
01:13:23Some, but not everything.
01:13:24I don't think Jim...
01:13:25Yeah, it's very hard to control a poker game.
01:13:27That's right.
01:13:29Huh, Jim?
01:13:29The sun and the funnier fun in Atlantic City.
01:13:38And when the day is through and the nighttime rolls around, the action is fantastic.
01:13:48You know why Atlantic City's my favorite town.
01:13:57Atlantic City.
01:13:58Atlantic City.
01:13:58Atlantic City.
01:14:00I've got Carmine all set up in the storeroom next door with his equipment.
01:14:04Hey, I guess the boss knows what he's doing, but...
01:14:06He knows what he's doing.
01:14:07Look, if we can simply play poker with this guy, we're going to learn a lot about him.
01:14:11If Joe has some ideas to when he's telling the truth and when he's lying, well, that'll provide a lot of insights into the guy.
01:14:16I don't understand how Carmine is going to let the boss know what's going on.
01:14:20Look, this microphone transmits Jim's voice to Carmine in the storeroom next door.
01:14:24Carmine reads the stress analyzer and he'll be able to signal Joe if he's lying or not.
01:14:30With this watch.
01:14:31Right, Carmine flips the switch on his transmitter.
01:14:34This little red light goes on on Joe's watch.
01:14:36This says Jim is lying.
01:14:38It's a little like James Bond, isn't it?
01:14:40Carmine does things Bond never thought of.
01:14:43Let's tape this underneath the table.
01:14:44We'll put the microphone near the edge.
01:14:45Make sure he sits in this seat.
01:14:54Testing, one, two, three, four.
01:14:56Carmine, if you can hear me all right, turn on the watch.
01:15:00Okay, we'll make sure he sits here.
01:15:02Right.
01:15:03I hope he understands about last night.
01:15:06Sylvia explained to him.
01:15:07He knows it was an accident.
01:15:11Okay, put this on.
01:15:14When this red light goes on, that means Carmine is telling you that Jim is lying.
01:15:20Put this inside your shirt.
01:15:21Right.
01:15:44Who are you guys voting for?
01:16:06President.
01:16:07Yeah.
01:16:09Do guys include women?
01:16:11It does now.
01:16:12Who are you guys voting for?
01:16:15What is this, poker or politics?
01:16:17They're pretty much the same thing.
01:16:19You know, a lot of our presidents are pretty good poker players.
01:16:21Yeah?
01:16:21Which one?
01:16:22Yeah, George Washington.
01:16:24He always told the truth, too, didn't he?
01:16:27Maybe that's why he lost all the time.
01:16:29Lost at poker?
01:16:30Yeah.
01:16:31Kept a record of it in his journals.
01:16:32Yeah, a group of Cleveland, Truman, and Nixon.
01:16:38You know, they say he won his first campaign money for his campaign for Carpenter playing poker.
01:16:44Probably helped his farm policy.
01:16:45By me.
01:16:46And, uh, up five.
01:16:53Five.
01:16:57Off.
01:17:06Threes.
01:17:07Uh, four of them.
01:17:09I'd say this was a game of skill.
01:17:13Luck does enter into it, doesn't it?
01:17:15I should have learned.
01:17:18Deal.
01:17:25Anti.
01:17:26And it's seven-card stud.
01:17:50Well, I'll see if I can drive you all out.
01:17:53Five.
01:17:55I call.
01:17:56Well, I, uh, I better fold.
01:18:12He folds on four aces.
01:18:15Four aces.
01:18:16My four aces.
01:18:18After all I've done for him, this is the thanks I get.
01:18:21Well, if he's going to get religion, I'm getting the hell out of here.
01:18:25So long, Jim.
01:18:26You're on your own.
01:18:35You weren't bluffing.
01:18:37Sorry.
01:18:38I'm, uh, I'm not very good at bluffing.
01:18:41Now, wait a minute.
01:18:42I fold it.
01:18:42I don't have to show you the cards.
01:18:45He's right, Joe.
01:18:46That's the game.
01:18:46I think he's lying.
01:19:03I think he's lying.
01:19:03Nothing wrong with lying in a poker game when it's about the game.
01:19:09I said it was like international politics.
01:19:11You can lie, but you can't cheat.
01:19:13I don't get it.
01:19:17I mean, I, I just gave up.
01:19:18You don't want me to win.
01:19:19You don't want me to lose.
01:19:21Poker's a game of deception.
01:19:23Bill's right.
01:19:24It is like international politics.
01:19:26Yes, you can lie.
01:19:28And the cards do speak for themselves.
01:19:30But what you're doing has nothing to do with winning or losing in this game.
01:19:33You're trying to deceive me, goddammit.
01:19:36Now, who are you, Parrish?
01:19:37Where are you from?
01:19:39Listen, for God's sake, I...
01:19:40Shut up!
01:19:42Now, listen.
01:19:44This is no ordinary poker game.
01:19:47And you'd better, by God, play it straight.
01:19:51I've still got the tape of your breakfast with Sherry,
01:19:53and I'll sure as hell send it to your wife if you don't play it straight.
01:19:57If you've got some damn incredible luck going, fine.
01:20:00If you lose, fine.
01:20:01But be honest about it.
01:20:02Joe's just established a house rule for this game.
01:20:05No one's allowed to lose on purpose.
01:20:07I want a fresh deck of cards.
01:20:35Well, I guess, uh...
01:20:38I guess I've...
01:20:39I've had it.
01:20:44But something's happened.
01:20:45I...
01:20:45I don't even expect to win anymore.
01:20:48You're just about broke, Parrish.
01:21:07I'll call.
01:21:09Three jacks.
01:21:13All black.
01:21:14I think Joe's lucky streak's about over.
01:21:20Yeah, I guess so.
01:21:23I'm sorry, Jim.
01:21:25Yeah, I don't know how I feel.
01:21:28Maybe Carol was right.
01:21:29The whole thing's been kind of a nightmare.
01:21:34Here.
01:21:35Keep your last $5,000.
01:21:37Go home and run your grocery store.
01:21:39And then something happened.
01:22:00I don't know what, but...
01:22:02Anyway, I wasn't lucky anymore.
01:22:05Dad, why are some people lucky?
01:22:07I really don't know, Katie.
01:22:11That's one of the reasons I brought this toy slot machine back with me.
01:22:13I thought, every time I get the urge to gamble, I'm going to put a dime in that machine.
01:22:18But I really don't know the answer to that question.
01:22:20You know, I went so far...
01:22:21Well, to tell you the truth, Mrs. Murphy, I think you were right.
01:22:26It, uh...
01:22:27Twis the devil made me do it.
01:22:29Was human nature made to do it?
01:22:30We're all gamblers at heart, and you won, too.
01:22:33Well, I'm not complaining.
01:22:34You know, I've got a lot to be thankful for, but...
01:22:36Las Vegas?
01:22:37No.
01:22:38Never again.
01:22:38Ah, you sound like Mr. Murphy used to, God rest his soul.
01:22:42Never again, he'd say, and that was that.
01:22:44Till the first horse race of the next day.
01:22:48And I see you gambling on this toy machine every time I come in the store.
01:22:52Ah, but that's my security blanket.
01:22:54Every time I have the slightest urge to gamble, I put a dime in that machine.
01:22:58I've got to tell you, I am way, way behind.
01:23:01Mr. Murphy, when he won, he used to give me a little extra house money, so I'd put it away and...
01:23:06Well, good for you.
01:23:09The next time you go, I've got a little nest egg and we can split.
01:23:13Now, you let me know.
01:23:14It'll never happen, Mrs. Murphy.
01:23:16Ha, ha, ha.
01:23:17You let me know.
01:23:19Take it from me, take it from me, you hit the jackpot.
01:23:29When you're batting night, cause they think you can't hit too long.
01:23:35When the craft game world is singing a snake eye song.
01:23:42If you've got one friend, who'll be there with you, right or wrong.
01:23:49Take it from me, take it from me, you hit the jackpot.
01:23:55When your arm is shot, you've been pulling those lemons all night.
01:24:02You can barely see, in the glare of the neon light.
01:24:08Watch the sun come up, if you thrill to that heavenly sight.
01:24:16Take it from me, take it from me, you hit the jackpot.
01:24:22You can be well healed, next day you are kinda strapped.
01:24:29Living high on the heart, or timbre, rarely tapped.
01:24:35When you hear the cry of your new boy, baby, who's just been slapped.
01:24:43Take it from me, take it from me, you hit the jackpot.
01:24:47When you're on the path, you'll be on the path.
01:25:17Bitch, cause they think you are second string.
01:25:22When you join a choir, and they tell you pretend to sing.
01:25:29If you still enjoy, every moment of every spring.
01:25:36Take it from me, take it from me, you hit the jackpot.
01:25:41What we're sayin' is, that's the MSN, that's no jive.
01:25:49We forget to live, we're too busy just tryin' to survive.
01:25:56Hey, take a deep, deep breath, and be happy that you're alive.
01:26:03Take it from me, take it from me, take it from me, take it from me, take it from me.
01:26:12You hit the jackpot, jackpot, yeah!
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