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The Hustler reference

posted 20 years ago by knivel77
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Hey folks,

I've only seen the Cincinnati Kid once but I remember a brief exchange between The Kid and some guy shooting pool in which one of them mentioned "Eddie". At the time I thought it was a reference to "Fast Eddie" Felson from The Hustler, and when I checked IMDb it confirms there is a reference to The Hustler in the CK.

I was wondering if anyone knew exactly how the quote goes?

Man I love these movies!

[–] quirt1 20 years ago

The quote is "Ain't my game Eddie."

[–] porsche550 20 years ago

The other part of that reference is that in "The Hustler," Fast Eddie at one point gives up pool to play poker. After winning a small poker game, another character asks him how much he made and then tells Eddie, "Poker's not your game."