The Movie HUD?

I recently watched HUD starring Paul Newman, in the movie he kept calling his nephew Lonnie, "FanTan", what does that mean?? is it a name or reference popular at that time..

Anonymous2007-05-09T14:12:44Z

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FanTan is a card game,based around 7's,and sequences

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wardwell2016-10-04T18:54:27Z

Hud Movie

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Kris L2007-05-09T14:28:32Z

Fantan is an old fashioned 'card game' played for money. The 'reference' to the man's nephew 'implies' that he was 'the prize' after a game of cards ... and I guess you can 'take from that what you want' since it was only a movie.

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