His bare butt was whipped by towels that had sprung to life, causing red welts.And then in the enveloping steam in the shower room, Freddy literally ""came out"" of Jesse - he ripped into he coach""s back with his razor-bladed glove, causing four long bloody tears in his naked flesh.Tira: Don""t say givin"".I don""t like that word givin"".She gives him a long kiss.BackgroundThe Hustler(1961) is the realistic adult story of a small-time, ambitious, struggling, self-destructive pool shark, commenting on winning/success and losing, life and love, loyalty, greed, self-respect, selling out and ultimate redemption.The Attorney General ponders turning the idea of a law-and-order sheriff into his own advantage, to panic the citizens so that they will cheaply sell out their land to him...The judge should have put you behind bars.Melanie: What are you, a policeman?Mitch: I merely believe in the law, Miss Daniels...I just thought you might like to know what it""s like to be on the other end of a gag.What do ya think of that?Melanie: I think you""re a louse.Mitch: I am.Although she is exasperated by him, she is also curiously attracted and impulsively decides to run after him - glimpsing his Ford Galaxie license plate number:WJH 003as he drives away." Although he performed well in the war, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and a couple of Purple Hearts, and attained the rank of Sergeant, he "come out the same way" he went in: "Buck Private.