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The Hustler (1961) 8.1
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match. Director:Robert Rossen |
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"Fast" Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary "Minnesota Fats" to a high-stakes match, but he loses in a heartbreaking marathon. Now broke and without his long-time manager, Felson faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game. It isn't until he hits rock bottom that he agrees to join up with ruthless and cutthroat manager Bert Gordon. Gordon agrees to take him on the road to learn the ropes. But Felson soon realizes that making it to the top could cost him his soul, and perhaps his girlfriend. Will he decide that this is too steep a price to pay in time to save himself? Written by <jgp3553@yahoo.com>
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A searching look into the innermost depths of a woman's heart . . . and a man's desires! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 September 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
L'arnaqueur See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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Boxer Jake LaMotta appears as as one of the many bartenders in the film. His one line is "Check," and he says it three times. See more »Goofs
During Findley's party, all of the musicians fingers are out of sync with the rhythms of the music. Most noticeable is the clarinetist. See more »Quotes
Fast Eddie: You know, I got a hunch, fat man. I got a hunch it's me from here on in. One ball, corner pocket. I mean, that ever happen to you? You know, all of a sudden you feel like you can't miss? 'Cause I dreamed about this game, fat man. I dreamed about this game every night on the road. Five ball. You know, this is my table, man. I own it.See more »
This is, without a doubt, the closest anything out of Hollywood ever came to touching the soul of a pool player. Paul Newman plays "Fast Eddie" Felson, a young player from California who travels east to take on the ultimate challenge: to beat "Minnesota Fats," played by the late Jackie Gleason.
Willie Mosconi, probably the greatest pool player who ever walked the Earth, was technical adviser and choreographed many of the game sequences. On technical merit alone, this film is a pool player's classic. Beyond that, however, the way "Fast Eddie" takes to his skills and relationships pushes this film out as a classic for the general audience. In one scene, he is describing what it is like to be really good at something. It is one of the best speeches about excellence I have ever heard. This is one of my top three films. On a scale of ten, I give it an eleven.