It sounds like he made the wrong deal. Not only were they going to give him the money, but a free hammer as well. That saves a trip to Home Depot or Lowes.
So does that mean physically throw him out onto the alley and nothing else OR knock him unconscious then thrown him into the alley where a car may run him over (by a driver who cares not what's on the road)? And were the guys who throw him out expected to call the police after they witness a car running the guy down? Or ..... I think the instructions need to be more specific, especially since the mob IQs are rather low to begin with.
I don't think the cops cared very much. They knew the mob ran the casinos, they were probably just happy when they didn't have a murder or "missing person" to investigate.
Smart to do what they did instead of saying "Hey, you cheated" or similar to what I've mentioned by making it a medical incident than a security one. I'm sure the press would be scratching heads as to what happened.
@theprogram863 The uniformed cops are moonlighting for them for a hell of a lot more than their regular cop pay, so that's not going to be a problem. But I agree with you, keep them confused in case somebody decides to take it farther up the police chain or it gets to court or something like that.
What’s hilarious and terrifying is when Ace tells the operator, “I need Mr. Happy. Loud.”, and out comes the distraction with the singing Hostesses and birthday cake. I just picture the dealer whose “birthday” it is being like, “Today’s not my birthday - oh, some dumbass is trying to rob the casino again. Oh boy.”
Yep Facts of Life that's always their Downfall.. Always FUCKING Wanting more and Can't just be Comfortable or Content with THE Life God has Given them. All snakes and Leaches....
@@Frankie-O No it won't, not properly at least. The bones in your hand, if fractured like that will never again return to the way they were. He's going to be crippled the rest of his life but hey, at least he got out alive.
That's how I run my photocopier sales team. Once caught 2 subordinates skimming A4 80g paper - forced one of them to inhale toner till his lungs clogged up and got the other and jammed his whole arm into the red hot machine, set it to "collate" and "staple" and then fed in a 100 sheet document into the scanner - Jesus, that guy begged for mercy - photocopy justice LOL!!!
I don't advocate cheating in a casino, but what I can't stand is the way they hound you even when you win fair and square. It's almost like they're upset when people win.
Yeah its bs. "Machine malfunction voids all pays and plays" The machine was working perfectly fine when it was taking my money. The moment i should get a payout of $1200 or more it conveniently malfunctions.
Dick Warlock is a stuntman, the guy with the cattle prod, and he’s terrific as a stone-faced pit boss. He was Michael Myers in the 1981 film “Halloween II.” Best part is, I met him years back, and he was as nice as can be. Down to earth. Really cool.
@@kewltricks Option # 1: "money + hammer" Option # 2: "walking out" (supposedly unharmed). Ergo, since the first guy already got the hammer, he should be entitled to the money! Of course Ace would not allow such a possibility, I'm just saying...
years back I was in Vegas. I didn't even know how to play blackjack at the time. I kept splitting 10's, and every time I won 4 hands. Next thing I know, there's three guys in suits standing behind me. Seemed like a good time to be leaving.
They wouldn’t do anything to you but they would’ve tell you you’re done playing and ask to leave. If they do that. You have every right to keep that money that you won, if they tell you otherwise then you can threaten to sue for that
I stayed at the stardust hotel in 1994 when I was little it was no joke people were getting thrown out and being beaten up for trying to cheat the casino and in 2002 I stayed at the Riviera hotel too 😃
I never got to step foot in the stardust but did see a guy get kicked down several flights of stairs at the Riviera. Glad they brought the Sahara back but places like Dunes Desert Inn Sands just distant memories for some. I just hope nothing happens to the Flamingo. You cheated in any casino back then you were lucky to have your hand broken. You were going 8 miles out 6 feet under
@@alonenjersey it is the term used when someone is trespassed from a casino today however back then it meant you were going for a ride 8 miles out into the desert and being put 6 feet under ground. Hence the holes dug
Stone cold ass security. Dude didn't even flinch. Woulda thought he was a goddamn executioner instead of some security guard. That guy is just all savage. 100 fuckin percent. Not a shred of decency left.
4:16 I can’t help but think the line “send over a bottle of champagne on ice” is code between Don and the cashier that “this guy is a cheat and we’re 86’ing his ass”
Stallone tells a story about filming Rocky IV where he asked Dolph Lundgren to punch him for real in one shot. Straight to hospital, and the doctors didn't believe it was a punch and thought he got hit by a car!
The cheating card player wearing glasses and receiving the winning signals is played by Joseph P. Reidy, who happens to be one of the best assistant directors in the movie business. In addition to acting this part and serving as assistant director for "Casino," Reidy was also assistant director for "Tootsie, "Born on the Fourth of July," "Goodfellas," "JFK," "Gangs of New York," "The Aviator," "The Departed," "Black Swan," "Quiz Show," "A Bronx Tale," and "Cape Fear," to name some of the best known films he's worked on.
@@russg1801 Pretty much! **Stuck like a bug on flypaper.** He's gonna die of old age, still waiting on his big break (hah!). Folks in Show Biz are **COLD-HEARTED**, folks. It's just like in that 2013 film about backup singers ("Twenty Feet from Stardom"): www.imdb.com/title/tt2396566/
Russ G The AD is the guy who makes the trains run on time for a movie--so to speak. He's the one who is actually in charge of everything and everyone on set whereas the Director is the one who lays out the creative vision and big picture stuff. The first AD is an enormous role (second AD less so).
J P Reidy is a legend in the business, he seems to have a rapport with Robert and Martin. Like Matthew said AD is basically the one that does all the work in a film, if you notice most of those films were Scorsese which means he basically needed Reidy to make his films the way they were, without Reidy there is no Scorsese
And send over a nice.......bottle of champagne on ice.....real special.... Love the way he delivered that line - “I’m a nice guy...and you are F***ED!”
Roger Ebert put it best by describing Rickles' character's job as "standing by his boss and looking very sad at what is about to happen to the guy his boss is talking to."
Here’s how they made the hammer bit look so real. There’s a hole in the table where the gambler stick his arm into. The security guy is holding a fake arm so that from the camera’s angle, it looks real. Then the other guy can go to town on the fake arm with the hammer without having to make it look fake. I know your tricks too, Mr. Rothstein.
OK, I re-watched the scene and noticed the give-away: as the guy is thrashing around, the fake arm remains absolutely motionless. Good movie-making technique as the security guy's arm hides the transition between the real arm and the fake one. Yes, we know it's a movie so we don't expect an actor to be maimed. We know on some level that it's being simulated but it can't be obvious as it would detract from the story. The director wants the audience to cringe, not laugh at something that's badly faked.
Sometimes I have a hard time believing this was shot in 1995. The aesthetic, the clothing, the hairstyles, the mannerisms, the distorted tinge of the picture quality. It all just oozes 1970s. They never make them like this anymore
I know!! It even goes right down to the film stock they use to give it that 70’s look! I’d recommend watching Boogie Nights if you haven’t, it’s another 70’s period piece that utilised a lot of Scorsese’s techniques to make a fantastic sophomore film from Paul Thomas Anderson!
I love the role they gave to MR. DON RICKLES. That side stare he gives to DeNiro at 0:24 makes him look badass. What a great movie, and it was great to see Mr. Rickles in an almost tough guy role.
@@pokerface4 and to think he voiced Mr. Potato Head in the same year. Kind of amazing that he got to be in a Pixar Film and a Scorsese film in the same year. Incredible range!
It's the music that makes the magic. Rod Stewart's singing that Superstition song is terrific. It's like when Scorsese used the song Layla in Goodfellows to set the mood. Pure genius.
0:26 "If he wasn't so greedy, he'd be tougher to spot." I never understood why, even in fiction, gambling cheaters don't ever intentionally lose a hand here or there.
Given they were doing this for years without being caught, they got careless and didn't see the point in losing some money even for appearance's sake if the casino is not gonna find out.
He was playing Black Jack right? So he loses a hand every now and than dispite knowing what the dealer has. There is still luck involved. Also Black Jack is near a 50:50 Game, hence, a massive winning streak can happen and wouldn't really cause attention. He should better play being drunk and making doubles and splits that strategy wise wouldn't makes sense. So it looks more like a moron on a streak.
@@silverfox9267 But you don't want to look like you're intentionally blowing hands like splitting 10s. Best to make some risky moves like doubling 12s.
I know and he was getting an excellent deal. Broken hand, 110k. Heals in a month but your set financially for a year. It's a no brainer. Even better, your in Vegas so I'm sure you can easily find some heroin to kill the pain.
@@yawgmoth5662 Getting the small bones in your hand smashed with a hammer is not healed in a month. Your hand will never be 100% again, especially back when the film came out before a lot of more modern treatments.
“Oooh, look what I made them do, man! Oooh, look what I made them do. Oooh. Look what I made them do. They don’t trust nobody and I don’t trust them-“ -Taylor Swift (XD)
@chrislyon5073 nope. Voted for Obama and biden. Nice try though. trying to cast aspersions upon others makes you looks weak and defensive. What I states is factual. He plays a great tough guy on tv.... but in real life he is self conscious of his looks and wears platform shoes because of it. He also is blowhard
@chrislyon5073 not even close. Voted for Obama and Hillary. Nice job casting aspersions upon others though. De niro is an amazing actor. I love everything he is in.... but facts are facts... he wears lifts in his shoes because in real life, he is a short hateful man.
I love the blocking of the scene at 1:45 where the guards appear around the bearded guy. The push-in, the guards almost gliding into place and the almost spotlight on the cheater - I mean, wow. If you ever wonder why Scorsese is one of the masters - this is a classic reason why.
Yeh, that scene is so well-blocked, and lit! The guards all glide into their marks, each of them under overhead lights. And a light on the cheater gets progressively hotter, so that he's highlighted in mid-frame. If you're not looking for them, the guards seem to appear out of nowhere, but all they're doing is stepping into their respective spotlights. Amazing construction!
@@gennettor8915 yup. And while I don't think there's a single person that would disagree with Scorsese's place in the directing pantheon, Stone is certainly a bit more... divisive...
"They never know what hit them. And if and when they do find out that they just got zapped by a cattle prod they wish they really did have a heart attack. " Lmao
He knew that the guy with the glasses was just like him (the “brains” of the operation) the guy who got the hammer was the “muscle”- so all he had to do was, take the muscle out the equation, and scare the glasses guy. You can clearly tell that violence is not the guys forte.
The cheating man in the blue suit and glasses was a REAL PERSON! That is Ken Uston, a New Yorker who graduated from Harvard University, and was able to master Blackjack games so well that he was banned from casinos all around the ENTIRE WORLD ! Uston even invented digital sunglasses designed to help him with cheating. His true pinnacle of fame was in 1980 when he released his book "Mastering Pac-Man", a book which showed you how to easily win at the arcade game and how to beat it, even showing you the hiding place from the ghosts. So many people read it, including me. Uston died in Paris, France in 1987. Martin Scorsese picked a great example for this cheater!
The man who played him was production assistant to Scorsese films. Does a good job acting like a shit scared cheater despite not really being his day job.
Sincere and accurate comment. He was such a great bloke! It’s a shame I haven’t seen many of his films or stand-up but from what I’ve seen he’s an American legend.
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KO Bossy - Yeah, Don was Old School. Like Rodney Dangerfield, Henny Youngman, George Burns, and the best of the best.... Jackie Gleason.
The one thing I'll never understand is, how at that range the buddy that's signalling has not spotted Robert De Niro looking at him with that obvious glaring 'you've been busted' look while checking out the dealer's hand. Then they told me its a movie.
I'm in construction. My hand has been hit by many a hammer. Take one to the knuckle and come back and tell me it's worth 100 grand. Hospital bill is at least half that, you'll have one fully functioning hand the rest of your life (in this case, not your dominant one). Aching pain every time it gets cold and your pins and screws get cold. Nope. Here to verify - 100 grand is NOT worth a hammer to the hand.
Don Rickles was amazing as a straight man! Who would have thought someone soooo funny as a comedian could be so intimidating in a serious movie role! Outstanding
A few years ago I worked security at the Atlantis casino in Reno. I was pretty disappointed to find out that I wasn't allowed to break cheaters' hands. I saw this movie when I was just a kid and I always assumed it was standard practice throughout the industry.
The sheer quality of this film is incredible...Look at how the security assemble from 1:45 and the use of lighting..fucking brilliant..This was Scorsese at his peak.
De Niro is so good in this scene. So much authority in the way he carries himself and he doesn't actually do or say that much. (I guess that's why it takes a wild card like Sharon Stone to properly test him.)
I love the way they brighten the light on the guy so we focus on him and then all the sudden it looks like the security appeared out of nowhere stalking him lol
Top notch film making. Those little subtle details like 1:40 when he checks his tie in the mirror after hanging up the phone. Way better than the CGI filled superhero filmfests today.
@@chaseturknett we still make grounded movies with strong narratives, but they're overshadowed by flashy action packed blockbusters. thats how its always been. terminator, star wars, robocop, those god awful horror franchises with way too many sequels, etc.
@@chaseturknett and with "color grading" and you'd think humanity underwent some kind of color-pocalypse. I love watching pre-2000 movies because the colors you see on the screen are what the camera (and human eye) actually saw, not some ugly digitally-added garbage that looks like an early instagram filter. why modern directors allow this to be applied to their work is beyond me.
