You know, I have a lot of cocky freshmen at MIT, so I tell them, "Oh, your bodies are really getting stronger and stronger, but in your late twenties and mid-thirties, cells, they die."

Towards the end of the fight, he slammed me up against the wall, so while we were tussled up, he said to me, "You good?" as if he got the best of me, but in my mind, I know I got the best of him, so I replied very cocky, "Oh, I'm good, you good?"

I mean, confidence is kind of like being cocky, but in a good way.

Basically, a down-on-his-luck bartender, Randy (Matt Dillon), his cocky cousin Carl Harding (Paul Reiser) and murder investigation Detective Dehling (John Goodman) all have something in common, they have seen the girl of their dreams (whether married or not), and they would do anything to please and be with her, even die.

One minute Dick is seen as a cocky office pro, obsessed with possessions, the next minute he's a bumbling mess who can barely string two words together, and ultimately he becomes a petty thief who is able, quite happily, to put a gun to another man's head.

Moreover, there are sturdy supporting contributions by Jean Harlow as sassy dame Gwen Allen, Donald Cook as Tom's disapproving straight-arrow brother Mike, Joan Blondell as Matt's sweet girlfriend Mamie, Mae Clarke as nagging moll Kitty, Beryl Mercer as Tom's loving mother, Leslie Fenton as cocky, flashy gangster "Nails" Nathan, and Murray Kinnell as Tom's untrustworthy mentor Putty Nose.

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