He vowed to only demand from the Mountain (and Thorin) the share of treasure-gold that was previously promised o them: "What gold is in that Mountain is cursed.Fats: A hundred dollars.Eddie: Well, you shoot big-time pool, Fats.I mean, that""s what everybody says, ""You shoot big-time pool."" Let""s make it two hundred dollars a game.Fats: Now I know why they call you ""Fast"" Eddie.Eddie, you talk my kind of talk.Before the high-stakes exciting pool game before a large audience, in the seamy, smoky, sleazy, and boozy atmosphere of the pool hall, Fats ritualistically washes his hands in a side-room and sprinkles talcum powder on them.The tough woman in the film, Tess (Joanne Dru), steps in and breaks up their final fight to the death with a gun.but a second scalding occurs on-screen, and two women are shot to death in full view.There are other less violent crudities as well, e.g., an obscene phone call, and a cigarette burning a bar-fly""s hand.] This film lacked Academy Award nominations.Plot SynopsisAll the major characters are economically introduced in a few minutes within the tightly condensed narrative.And then she asks what "armed robbery" is like, instantly intrigued and charmed by his recklessness, but knowing hat he is a liar.