This is one of the only instances I can cite in which a character’s vulnerability or vice becomes his most endearing quality. Late in the film, a tally of losses mounting against him, Eddie Felson falls to his knees and begs his bookie to lend him more money—it’s a man at his most desperate. And we want him to get the money – to further fund his vice – because we want to see him win.
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: TCM
20 Jun 2007 4:24 PM | Comments (1)
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