He tells his aging friend Dr.Edward "Pop" Cardetti (Victor Moore) that he is leaving the show-business stage for a career as a professional gambler, with an appetite for cards and dice:My talent is gambling, Pop." As Jason came close, ""possessed"" Freeburg hid the syringes behind his back, awaiting him: "Come to Freddy.When later, the two hugs parked the limo for a smoke, they heard the infant""s piteous crying in the back seat.]The Issue of the Education of Tenant-Farmer""s Son Marvin Blake:Marvin Blake (Richard Barthelmess), the son of over-worked, poverty-stricken tenant-farmer father Tom Blake (David Landau) and Lilly (Dorothy Peterson), was interested in bettering himself, rather han following in his father""s footsteps as a tenant farmer in the rural town of Jonesville.They introduce Jake to a second client, a woman named "Mrs.Mulwray" (Diane Ladd), who also complains about a suspected infidelity.Jake replies: "No, really?" in a completely unsurprised, deadpan way, stressing he fact that these are the sort of cases he deals with most.