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  • Johnny runs into a shop to use the phone, but finds a woman is already in the booth. So he forces the door and drags her out, then uses the phone himself. Then as he leaves, the woman hits him over the head with her handbag. Johnny escapes, so she hits his friend too. He takes shelter in the phone booth while she yells, "I want my nickel for that telephone!"
  • Johnny finds Henry asleep and hungover. So he drags him into the shower and turns it on.
  • The poker game, in which Gondorff is trying to become utterly despised.
    Gondorff: Sorry I'm late, I was taking a crap.
  • Followed up by the scene after Gondorff has successfully out-cheated Lonnegan. Lonnegan's henchman is loudly protesting "Shaw's" cheat and Lonnegan's exasperated reply is solid gold.
    Lonnegan: WHAT was I supposed to do?! Call him for cheatin' better than me in front a the othahs!
  • Johnny notices one of Lonnegan’s hitmen waiting for him outside the bar, so he asks the waitress to assist him in making it look like he escaped out the back through a window. The plan works, allowing Johnny to escape for real out the front… only to run into the hitman, who had hesitated to try and decide which way to go after coming out of the back alley.

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