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The Hustler
Directed by
Robert Rossen
Not Rated
1961
2h 14m
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An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
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Cast of The Hustler
Paul Newman
Eddie Felson
Jackie Gleason
Minnesota Fats
Piper Laurie
Sarah Packard
George C. Scott
Bert Gordon
Myron McCormick
Charlie Burns
Murray Hamilton
Findley
Michael Constantine
Big John
Stefan Gierasch
Preacher
Clifford A. Pellow
Turk
Jake LaMotta
Bartender
Gordon B. Clarke
Cashier
Alexander Rose
Score Keeper
Carolyn Coates
Waitress
Carl York
Young Hustler
Vincent Gardenia
Bartender
Willie Mosconi
Willie (uncredited)
William Adams
Old Doctor (uncredited)
Tom Ahearne
Bartender (uncredited)
Charles Andre
Waiter at Parisien Restaurant (uncredited)
Don Crabtree
Small Role (uncredited)
Gloria Curtis
Girl with Fur Coat (uncredited)
Robert Daget
Don De Leo
Another Player (uncredited)
Charles Dierkop
Pool Room Hood (uncredited)
William Duell
Billy (Louisville Hustler) (uncredited)
James Dukas
Kibitzer (uncredited)
Brendan Fay
Player (uncredited)
Larry Gaynes
Jack Healy
Hoke Howell
Don Koll
Charles McDaniel
Charles Mosconi
Art Smith
Sid Raymond
Paul Stevens
Blue Washington
Robert Rossen
Director / Writer / Producer
Sidney Carroll
Writer
Walter Tevis
Writer
The Hustler Ratings & Reviews
Mister Arn
March 28, 2025
The Hustler is filmed in black and white, a choice that suits its gritty, somber tone. The opening pool hall scene lays out the stakes—ambition comes at a cost, and failure has weight. It has stellar performances across the board.
The Hollywood Reporter
James Powers
Newman gives a restrained, modulated performance, an unusual one in that character development is sought and achieved with utilization only of voice, gesture, intensity.
Seanax.com
Sean Axmaker
Paul Newman is cocky poolroom hustler "Fast" Eddie Felson, a swaggering pool shark punk who works his trade in dingy bars and seedy poolrooms, in Robert Rossen's atmospheric adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Rosen, the co-author, has directed with a sure, economical hand. Newman is first-rate.
Cinemania
Dan Jardine
A crackling good morality tale
Scene-Stealers.com
Eric Melin
So much more than the ups and downs of one pool player--It's shot in a very realistic way and deals with inner conflict and what it means to be a man.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This is one of Newman's very best films, if not his best, even if it's relentlessly depressing.
Cinema Sight
Wesley Lovell
A raft of excellent performances buoy a fervent tale of weakness and success.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Like a traditional morality play; teens and up.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
An extraordinarily accomplished noir drama about pool, with top notch peformance from Paul Newman as the jaded player and exemplary supporting cast headed by Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason.
TIME Magazine
Newman is better than usual; Gleason, as the slit-mouthed, beady-eyed Minnesota Fats, darts among the shabby little pool sharks like an improbably agile and natty whale; and Gambler Scott looks as though he could sell hot-air heat to the devil.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
Eddie's true modern progeny is There Will Be Blood's Daniel Plainview, drinking bitter milkshakes since 1961.
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
shows timeless struggle and is a classic in cinema
Slant Magazine
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
This is the purest examination of an athlete's internal struggle ever mounted for the screen.
Variety
The Hustler belongs to that school of screen realism that allows impressive performances but defeats the basic goal of pure entertainment.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Under Robert Rossen's strong direction, its ruthless and odorous account of one young hustler's eventual emancipation is positive and alive.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Dingy atmosphere and great performances make this a standout.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Despite the seedy settings (so evocative that they are almost a character in the story), this is almost a traditional morality play about humility and redemption.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The Hustler is one of those films where scenes have such psychic weight that they grow in our memories.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This picture is so much better than Martin Scorsese's belated sequel The Color of Money that they don't even belong in the same category.
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