Story:
Pool-hall America: a merciless macho world where success demands absolute ruthlessness and coming second means a personal hell of inadequacy and doubt. Fast Eddy is the young hopeful on the way to challenging past master of the green baize Minnesota Fats for his world title.
Source: IMDB
Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason give iconic performances in this dark, morally complex tale of redemption.
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus
The Hustler (1961) is part of the franchise: Paul Newman’s Hustler Duology
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Major accolades received by The Hustler (1961)
- Featured in Roger Ebert’s Great Movies list.
- Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.
- Selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
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