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The Hustler
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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. However, when Sarah joins Eddie and Bert on a trip to Louisville for a high-stakes match with a dandy named Findlay (Murray Hamilton), the consequences prove tragic. Along with a classic performance by Newman, The Hustler also features turns by Scott, Laurie, and Gleason, in a rare dramatic role. Cameos from pool champ Willie Mosconi and boxer Jake LaMotta add to the atmosphere of Harry Horner's grubby production design and Eugen Schüfftan's camerawork. Director Robert Rossen, who had been working in films since 1937, was to direct only one more film, Lilith (1964), before his death in 1966. In 1986, Newman returned to the role of 'Fast' Eddie in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money, for which he finally earned an Academy Award as Best Actor.
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. However, when Sarah joins Eddie and Bert on a trip to Louisville for a high-stakes match with a dandy named Findlay (Murray Hamilton), the consequences prove tragic. Along with a classic performance by Newman, The Hustler also features turns by Scott, Laurie, and Gleason, in a rare dramatic role. Cameos from pool champ Willie Mosconi and boxer Jake LaMotta add to the atmosphere of Harry Horner's grubby production design and Eugen Schüfftan's camerawork. Director Robert Rossen, who had been working in films since 1937, was to direct only one more film, Lilith (1964), before his death in 1966. In 1986, Newman returned to the role of 'Fast' Eddie in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money, for which he finally earned an Academy Award as Best Actor.
Actors:
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,
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Paul Newman
26 January 1925, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Jackie Gleason
26 February 1916, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Piper Laurie
22 January 1932, Detroit, Michigan, USA
George C. Scott
18 October 1927, Wise, Virginia, USA
Myron McCormick
February 8, 1908 in Albany, Indiana, USA (some sources say 1907)
Murray Hamilton
24 March 1923, Washington, North Carolina, USA
Michael Constantine
22 May 1927, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Stefan Gierasch
5 February 1926, New York City, New York, USA
Clifford A. Pellow
13 November 1928, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Jake LaMotta
10 July 1921, The Bronx, New York, USA
Gordon B. Clarke
May 2, 1906 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Director:
Robert Rossen
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#George C. Scott #Jackie Gleason #L'arnaqueur (1961) #Paul Newman #Piper Laurie #Robert Rossen #The Hustler
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