Later that night, Rick tells Elizabeth that Paul is gone, that he has all their money, and that he and Paul had sex. One night Paul takes Rick out on the town, and seduces him in order to get the money. The trio become good friends, with Paul spinning a tale of being estranged from his racist father the girlfriend tells Rick not to lend Paul any money. The naive young couple are new to the big city having just moved to New York from Utah and, based on Paul's con, invite him to live with them until he gets everything sorted out with his wealthy father-who Paul tells them is Flan Kittredge. Soon after, Paul starts up another con against a sensitive young man named Rick and his live-in girlfriend, Elizabeth. Eventually Paul uses their home for an encounter with a hustler, but is caught red-handed. Paul continues to charm them with his story, though, in reality, it is all a lie: Paul is not a Harvard student but obtained details on the Kittredges from another male student he had seduced. Paul claims he is in New York to meet his father, Sidney Poitier, who is directing a film version of the Broadway musical Cats. The Kittredges are trying to get the money to buy a painting by Paul Cézanne and now have this wounded stranger in their home. Paul has a minor stab wound from an attempted mugging, and says he's a friend of their children at Harvard University.
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A young black man named Paul shows up at the home of art dealer Flan Kittredge and his wife Louisa, known simply as "Ouisa", who live overlooking Central Park in New York City.