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The Hustler

Synopsis:

As The Hustler's "Fast" Eddie Felson, Paul Newman created a classic antihero, charismatic but fundamentally flawed, and nobody's role model. A pool player from Oakland, CA, as good as anyone who ever picked up a cue, Eddie has an Achilles' heel: arrogance. It's not enough for him to win: he must force his opponent to acknowledge his superiority. The movie follows Eddie from his match against billiards champ Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason) as he falls in love with Sarah (Piper Laurie), an alcoholic would-be writer and sometime prostitute, and falls under the spell of Bert Gordon (George C. Scott), a successful gambler who offers to take Eddie under his wing and teach him how to play in the big time.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Robert Rossen
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • Year: 1961
  • Run Time: 134 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: B&W

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