Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
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Paul Newman
Eddie Felson
Tom Cruise
Vincent Lauria
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Carmen
Helen Shaver
Janelle
John Turturro
Julian
Bill Cobbs
Orvis
Forest Whitaker
Amos
Keith McCready
Grady Seasons
Elizabeth Bracco
Diane at Bar
Vito D'Ambrosio
Lou in Child World
Director
Martin Scorsese
Screenplay
Richard Price
Tagline
"The Hustler isn't what he used to be. But he has the next best thing. A kid who is."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$13,800,000
Revenue
$52,293,982
Production
Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II
CinemaSerf
June 9, 2022
Following on from the enjoyable "Hustler" (1961), Paul Newman's "Eddie" takes the cocky but green pool player "Vincent" (Tom Cruise") under his wing so he can teach him how to win and to win big. Initially hostile to the idea, "Vincent" realises his opportunity and pretty quickly the pair are on a tour of the country's pool halls trying to raise enough money to stake their entry in a tournament of...
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