The Hustler
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Director: Robert Rossen
Producer: Robert Rossen
Writer: Robert Rossen & Sidney Carroll. Based on a novel by Walter Tevis
Music: Kenyon Hopkins
Cinematography: Eugen Schüfftan
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Released: 1961 (USA)
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The Hustler is a 1961 film adaptation of the novel of the same name (1959) by Walter Tevis. It stars Paul Newman as Eddie Felson, Jackie Gleason as Fats, Piper Laurie and George C. Scott as Bert.
The film was adapted by Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen. It was directed by Rossen and, like his earlier movie, Body and Soul (1947), it can be seen as an attack on the soul-destroying power of greed. At another level, it is about winning or losing, or what makes a winner and what makes a loser.
