The Hustler

The Hustler79%

Movie 1961-09-25 2h 14m Drama Romance Academy Awards 2 BAFTA Awards 1 National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1 Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television 1
★ 7.7 / 10 · 1,113 votes
Ratings
Combined
79.0 %
9 sources
IMDb
7.9 /10
90,352 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94 %
48 votes
Metacritic
90 %
18 votes
Letterboxd
4.1 /5
67,340 votes
Trakt
76 %
1,387 votes
RT Audience
92 %
1,351 votes
TMDB
76 %
1,113 votes
Metacritic Users
8.0 /10
45 votes
Roger Ebert
4.0 /10

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.

Status
Released
Released
1961-09-25
Runtime
2h 14m
Box office
$7,600,000
Studios
Rossen Films , 20th Century Fox
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Links
IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 7 nominated

Golden Globe Awards 3 nominated

  • 1961 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated
  • 1961 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated
  • 1961 New Star of the Year – Actor Nominated

BAFTA Awards 1 won

Directors Guild of America 1 nominated

  • 1961 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1 won

  • — National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Won

Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television 1 won

  • 2023 Most Popular Personality on Australian Television Won Sonia Kruger

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
Robert Rossen
Cast
Paul Newman Paul Newman Eddie Felson Jackie Gleason Jackie Gleason Minnesota Fats Piper Laurie Piper Laurie Sarah Packard George C. Scott George C. Scott Bert Gordon Myron McCormick Myron McCormick Charlie Burns Murray Hamilton Murray Hamilton Findley Michael Constantine Michael Constantine Big John Stefan Gierasch Stefan Gierasch Preacher Clifford A. Pellow Clifford A. Pellow Turk Jake LaMotta Jake LaMotta Bartender Gordon B. Clarke Gordon B. Clarke Cashier Alexander Rose Alexander Rose Score Keeper
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