The Hustler
1961 - ENGLISH - MOVIE
Drama
Sport
A pool hustler named Fast Eddie Felson challenges the legendary player Minnesota Fats but loses everything, leading to a love affair with an alcoholic woman and eventually a rematch with Fats that ends in a confrontation with a professional gambler. The Hustler is a 1961 American English-language Drama Sport film starring Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Myron Mccormick, Murray Hamilton and Blue Washington. The movie is inspired from The Hustler by Walter Tevis. Rossen Enterprises was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Robert Rossen. The movie is directed by Robert Rossen. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Hustler was released on 25th September 1961 and takes a screen time of 134 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Hustler was made on a budget of $21 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $97 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen. Cinematography was done by Eugen Sch fftan and editing by Dede Allen. The music was composed by Kenyon Hopkins. At the 1962 Oscar Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White.
heavyweight
impressive
wonderful
eventual
compelling