Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
- new york city
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- sports
- gambling
- alcohol
- manager
- pool billiards
- hustler
- money
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Robert Rossen
- Written
- Robert Rossen, Sidney Carroll
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 1,102 ratings
- Studio
- Rossen Films, 20th Century Fox
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1961 · You’re hereThe Hustler
Where it starts.
The Color of Money
1986
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
