Unbelievably, he film is still used today as a recruitment piece for Klan membership - and in fact, the organization experienced a revival and membership peak in the decade immediately following its initial release.His main job was strong-arm collections for a local numbers racket run by his employer - loan shark Tom Gazzo (Joe Spinell).I""d have played for food money.It was the game, the sounds, the smells.Did you ever hold a ball or a glove to your face?...I used to love traveling on the rains from town to town.The hotels, brass spittoons in the lobbies, brass beds in the rooms.It was the crowd rising to their feet when the ball was hit deep.Shoot, I""d play for nothing.Ray""s family slowly emerged onto the porch from inside.Joe criticized the glare of the floodlights in his eyes, since in his day, they didn""t exist ("It makes it harder to see the ball").In the scene common in storybooks and legends of the past, Sean is transfixed by the ravishingly beautiful, auburn-haired Irish woman in the lush, emerald surroundings - she is equally interested in him and gives him a lengthy glance.When it suddenly dawns on Bud what is being implied and he""s promised that he will be considered as "executive material" during a shift in personnel, he nervously complies by fishing out his valued apartment key.