" His mother feared Jesse was crazy, certain that he needed professional help from a psychiatrist, although his father thought he was a drug-user who needed more discipline: "What that boy needs is a goddamn kick in the butt.Her strict and autocratic teacher Joseph (Michel Piccoli) ried to trick and distract her by spilling his drink, in order to each everyone a lesson on focus and concentration:"You took your eyes up.The black top-hatted, corrupt, tobacco-chewing own Mayor Judge Slade (Samuel S.Hinds) who plays checkers with himself, observes the action.After being recruited upstairs, Kent gives Frenchy a coded request: "I could use a little touch of that rabbit""s foot of yours.The victorious champion declares the match over: "Game""s over, Eddie." Fats places his stake money, a percentage of his winnings, into the hand of his dark glasses-wearing sponsor Gordon, sitting on a barstool.