Just prior to the final "sting" sequence, Hooker inserts two lozenges into his mouth. Later, when he is shot by Gondorff, blood trickles out of his mouth. This comes from the lozenges. They are known as "cackle bladders", because the red substance in the lozenges simulating blood is actual chicken blood. Con men used cackle bladders in the "blow off", when they wanted to get rid of the mark and make him too scared to think straight. Their use in this film is an authentic touch of how con men operated.

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