The Hustler

Also Known As: Robert Rossen's The Hustler

Company: Rossen Films / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Budget: $2,000,000

Full Cast: Paul Newman / Jackie Gleason / Piper Laurie / George C. Scott / Myron McCormick / Murray Hamilton / Michael Constantine / Stefan Gierasch / Clifford A. Pellow / Jake LaMotta / Gordon B. Clarke / Alexander Rose / Carolyn Coates / Carl York / Vincent Gardenia / William Adams / Tom Ahearne / Charles Andre / Don Crabtree / Gloria Curtis / Robert Daget / Don De Leo / Charles Dierkop / William Duell / James Dukas / Brendan Fay / Jack Healy / Hoke Howell / Don Koll / Charles McDaniel / Charles Mosconi / Willie Mosconi / Sid Raymond / Art Smith / Blue Washington

Cast and Character: Paul Newman as Eddie Felson / Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats / Piper Laurie as Sarah Packard / George C. Scott as Bert Gordon / Myron McCormick as Charlie Burns / Murray Hamilton as Findley / Michael Constantine as Big John / Stefan Gierasch as Preacher / Clifford A. Pellow as Turk / Jake LaMotta as Bartender / Gordon B. Clarke as Cashier / Alexander Rose as Score Keeper / Carolyn Coates as Waitress / Carl York as Young Hustler / Vincent Gardenia as Bartender

Color: Black and White

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.

Directors: Robert Rossen

Genres: Drama / Sport

Languages: English

Location: Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Plot: "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?

Poster: posters/0054997.jpg

Rating: 8.1

Release Date: 25 September 1961 (USA)

Runtime: 134 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: It delves without compromise into the hungers that lie deep within us all.

Title: The Hustler

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/

Votes: 41,124

Writers: Sidney Carroll / Robert Rossen

Year: 1961

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The Hustler got rated 8.1.

About the movie: "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?

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La strada got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Zampano is a traveling showman who exhibits feats of strength by breaking a chain wrapped around his chest. He performs in village squares and then passes the hat for whatever the normally small crowd is prepared to give. He teaches Gelsomina a drum roll as part of his introduction. He doesn't treat her well and when she tries to run away, he beats her. They eventually join a small traveling circus where they meet Il Matto but a disagreement leads to tragedy. Zampano eventually abandons the girl and it's only many years later that he learns of her fate.

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Rocky got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time.

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Requiem for a Dream got rated 8.4.

About the movie: Drugs. They consume mind, body and soul. Once you're hooked, you're hooked. Four lives. Four addicts. Four failures. Despite their aspirations of greatness, they succumb to their addictions. Watching the addicts spiral out of control, we bear witness to the dirtiest, ugliest portions of the underworld addicts reside in. It is shocking and eye-opening but demands to be seen by both addicts and non-addicts alike.