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harlie looks shrewdly
at Goodwin here as the two play cards. Goodwin must decide whether
Charlie is bluffing, just as he must decide, of course, whether
Charlie is bluffing about his role in the quiz show's alleged
deception. Redford spends a lot of time nuancing the relationship
between these two. They seem on one level to respect and even
like each other, but circumstances dictate that they ultimately
have to "square off." Their relationship has social and economic
dimensions, because Goodwin is Jewish, and comes from a lower
economic bracket than Charlie. In an important scene that establishes
many of the issues pertaining to their relationship, the two are
having lunch and happen to run into Charlie's father, the famous
English Professor, Mark Van Doren. Let's listen
to part of that conversation:
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