The Hustler

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Hustler, 1961.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Hustler, 1961.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Hustler, 1961.

Well into their marathon first match, now observed by gambler/promoter Gordon (George C. Scott), who was summoned to the table by Fats (Jackie Gleason), Eddie (Paul Newman), though well ahead, refuses when partner Charlie (Myron McCormick) advises him to quit, in Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, 1961.

Shooting in the Ames Billiard Academy on Times Square, Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason) has made a grand entrance and Eddie (Paul Newman, title character), with partner Charlie (Myron McCormick), confirms that he’s looking for a game, their first meeting, in Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, 1961.

After a night at the bus station, defeated pool shark Eddie (Paul Newman) is not shocked to find Sarah (Piper Laurie), who claimed to be leaving town when he tried picking her up, at a nearby bar (tended by fighter Jake Raging Bull LaMotta), in Robert Rossen's The Hustler, 1961.

Co-writer and director Robert Rossen’s preamble, title character Eddie (Paul Newman) and partner Charlie (Myron McCormick) lay down a con, which will work, in Vincent Gardenia’s barroom, before the credits, in The Hustler, 1960, with Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott and Piper Laurie.

A pool shark (Paul Newman) falls into the clutches of a crooked gambler (George C. Scott).