Lilly Dillon: You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not because I wrote the book! Roy Dillon: What about you? You still handling playback money for the mob? Lilly Dillon: THAT's me.
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You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not...

The Grifters • 1990
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Lilly Dillon:
You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not because I wrote the book!
Roy Dillon:
What about you? You still handling playback money for the mob?
Lilly Dillon:
THAT's me. That's who I am. You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy.
Roy Dillon:
How come?
Lilly Dillon:
You aren't tough enough.
Roy Dillon:
Not as tough as you, huh?
Lilly Dillon:
Get off the grift, Roy.
Roy Dillon:
Why?
Lilly Dillon:
You haven't got the stomach for it.

Transcript:
- I Iike those.
- You do not.
Roy DiIIon, cornbaII cIown pictures,
commission saIesman-- It's aII a front.
Don't teII me you're not working
some angIe 'cause I wrote the book.
You stiII running pIayback money
for the mob?
That's who I am!
-You were never cut out for the rackets.
-How come?
You aren't tough enough.
Not as tough as you, huh?
How'd you get that punch
in the stomach?
I tripped on a chair.
Get off the grift.
Why?
You haven't got
the stomach for it.
Oh, good, CaroI.
Come in.
Dr. MitcheII says you can
get out of here Friday...
but someone shouId Iook in on you,
so I hired CaroI.
- You hired?
- You'II pay me back.
LiIIy, I make my own decisions,
for a Iong time now.
You couIdn't possibIy object to
a pretty young Iady coming to visit you.

Clip duration: 63 seconds
Views: 51
Uploaded: 13 December, 2020
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
Summary: A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.


Actors

Lilly Dillon - Anjelica Huston
Roy Dillon - John Cusack