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* WhhatAPieceOfJunk: The getaway car Burke arranges for the robbery is a beat-up old Chevy station wagon that won't draw a second glance from the police, but that has a souped-up engine that allows Slater to get it up to over 100 mph. The gas station attendent who gets a glimpse at it is very impressed.

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* WhhatAPieceOfJunk: WhatAPieceOfJunk: The getaway car Burke arranges for the robbery is a beat-up old Chevy station wagon that won't draw a second glance from the police, but that has a souped-up engine that allows Slater to get it up to over 100 mph. The gas station attendent attendant who gets a glimpse at it is very impressed.
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* WhhatAPieceOfJunk: The getaway car Burke arranges for the robbery is a beat-up old Chevy station wagon that won't draw a second glance from the police, but that has a souped-up engine that allows Slater to get it up to over 100 mph. The gas station attendent who gets a glimpse at it is very impressed.
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* HairTriggerTemper: This is Slater's FatalFlaw. All of the troubles in his life have stemmed from his inability to control his temper. He confesses to his girlfriend Lorry that he actually likes getting angry, as the only time things come easy to him is when he is angry.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Slater is a racist thug who dislikes the idea of being partnered on a job with a black man, and takes every opportunity to needle, harass and belittle Ingram.
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* TheGamblingAddict: Johnny Ingram is an impoverished jazz musician who doesn't wish to take part in the holdup, but reluctantly agrees to, since his losses at the racetrack have left him deeply – and dangerously – in debt to a mobster.

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