why did they break Eddie's thumbs?
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Mark-Dziamski — 14 years ago(March 05, 2012 03:22 AM)
Hustler's take is personal when they get hustled in their own hall. He came off as a straight up player and then had to show off, They just wanted to teach him a lesson, they didn't care about the money they lost it was pride that they lost and had to get back. So they broke his thumbs.
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CineramaMama — 13 years ago(July 26, 2012 10:10 AM)
It was purposely a strange bar in a different side of town so that Eddie could not be under the influence of Burt or Fats. I don't think they were Burt's men. He just pissed them off really bad because of his aggressive attitude. Pure pride and stupidity on Eddie's part.
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brandon_j_snider — 13 years ago(November 19, 2012 11:56 AM)
Bert Gordon paid those goons to break Eddie's thumbs. He admits it at the end. It was a ploy to make Eddie understand he must work for Gordon to survive.
The movie's final line is a threat from Gordon about similar punishment if he ever plays pool again. -
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FilioScotia — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 02:41 PM)
It's simple. Eddie needed money so he had to score some hustling in a cheap pool hall where nobody would know who he was. I've been in enough pool halls to know that nobody appreciates being hustled. Some people even get violent when it happens to them. I've seen that happen.
Bert had nothing to do with it. He knew what happens to hustlers who get caught taking money from amateurs that way, and Eddie was stupid enough to do it and then tell everybody in the house that he had done it.
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sawarrior — 10 years ago(February 10, 2016 03:36 PM)
Burt didn't admit to paying them off at all. All he said was what would happen to Eddie if he didn't pay him the percentage. I don't know where you get that as an admission to having his thumbs broke. SMH
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Culburn — 9 years ago(August 20, 2016 01:56 AM)
The guy who initiates the thumb breaking knows who Eddie is. He was in Ames the night Eddie & Fats first play one another. He is standing against the wall. He has seen first hand the talent that Felson possesses & conceals in order to hustle.