In 'The Hustler' Paul Newman plays "Fast Eddie" Felson, a professional pool hustler who suffers a crises of confidence. Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, who also wrote 'The Queens Gambit' and 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'. Film co-stars include George C. Scott and Jackie Gleason as real world pool legend "Minnesota Fats". Piper Laurie plays the love interest, an aspiring writer, part time college student and something of a lush; this is probably a career best performance for her, a real highlight of the film, which ironically I watched on the actresses 91st birthday. On the whole and while recognizing how well made this is, it didn't do much for me. ***
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