Directed by George Roy Hill. Written by David S. Ward.

Johnny Hooker

• [to Henry] Luther said I could learn from you. I already know how to drink.

Henry Gondorff

• Glad to meet you, kid- you're a real horse's ass.

• No sense being a grifter if its the same as bein' a citizen.

FBI Agent Polk

• [to Snyder] Sit down and shut up, will ya? Try not to live up to all my expectations.

Dialogue

Hooker: I gave him the breakout, just like you said.

Henry: And?

Hooker: It's good. He threatened to kill me.

Henry: Hell, kid, they don't do that, you know you're not getting to 'em.

Kid Twist: Now how do you want to work this? Flat rate or percentage?

Benny Garfield: Who's the mark?

Kid: Doyle Lonnegan.

Benny: [long pause] Flat rate.

Billie: Who told you this guy was in here?

Lieutenant William Snyder: Nobody, I just know what kind of woman he likes. Going to check all the joy houses till I find him.

Billie: Oh, well maybe I could help you, if you tell me his name.

Lt. Snyder: I doubt it. Which way are the rooms?

Billie: Right through there. But I wouldn't go in there if I were you.

Lt. Snyder: What you are going to do, call the cops?

Billie: I don't have to. You'd be busting in on the Chief of Police just up the hall.

Hooker: I, ah...thought you might wanna come out for a while. Maybe have a drink or somethin'.

Loretta: You move right along, don't ya.

Hooker: I don't mean nothin' by it. I just don't know many regular girls, that's all.

Loretta: And you expect me to come out, just like that.

Hooker: If I expected somethin', I wouldn't be still standin' out here in the hall.

Loretta: I don't even know you.

Hooker: You know me. I'm just like you. It's two in the morning and I don't know nobody.

Doyle: I put it all on Lucky Dan- half a million dollars to win.

Kid: To win? I said place! "Place it on Lucky D-" That horse is gonna run second!

Doyle: [runs horrified to the betting booth] There's been a mistake! I want my money back!

Henry: You beat him, kid.

Hooker: You were right, Henry. It's not enough... But it's close.

Henry: You're not gonna stick around for your share?

Hooker: Nah, I'd only blow it.

Cast

• Robert Redford — Johnny Hooker
• Paul Newman — Henry Gondorff
• Robert Shaw — Doyle Lonnegan
• Charles Durning — Lieutenant William Snyder
• Ray Walston — J.J. Singleton
• Eileen Brennan — Billie
• Harold Gould — Kid Twist
• John Heffernan — Eddie Niles
• Dana Elcar — FBI Agent Polk
• Jack Kehoe — Erie Kid
• Dimitra Arliss — Loretta
• Robert Earl Jones — Luther Coleman
• Charles Dierkop — Floyd