← Back

The Hustler

“They called him Fast Eddie. He was a winner. He was a loser. He was a hustler.”

1961 · 2 h 14 min
Directed by Robert Rossen
DramaSportRomance

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

A talented but self-destructive pool player challenges a champion and learns the price of winning.

Sinekatalog’s take

Robert Rossen's black-and-white classic is gripping and bleak, with Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason in superb form.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (90,701 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.