The Hustler Comments

  • Rosalee 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    born loser! so do...

  • Tania 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    The greatest sacrifice is to waste time for you, the greatest patience is to wait indefinitely, you can leave, I just hope that when you come back, I'm still...

  • Nils 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    A little confused, but worth it with Paul Newman! !...

  • Jeremy 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    I like the relationship between the hero and heroine and the light atmosphere of the era, but these high-quality elements have little to do with the central theme, the story arrangement is dull and sloppy, and finally the fate of the hero is difficult to form an impact on the...

  • Kelvin 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    The same as the spiritual icon who reflects the zeitgeist as the protagonist, if the situation on the wharf is political and religious, and the rebellion without cause is ethical, then the prodigal son is philosophical, and it is related to the reversal and revaluation of the value order: despicable and incompetent. The slave of man is above and parasitic on the creative master, who would rather fall than be mediocre; the greatness of the human spirit lies in the grand adventure, the pursuit of...

  • Hilton 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    PAUL NEWMAN's smile! Fat people are innocent. . ....

  • Reese 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Paul Newman was in the pool, everyone was in the pool, she...

  • Bridgette 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    God, Paul Newman is 80 streets more handsome than Tom...

  • Christopher 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    In this film, although women are no longer the hero's reward, they are still subordinate to meaning. Even more attractive is Paul Newman's acting. At first glance, it didn't feel like it, but after looking at it, I found that it had been...

  • Gussie 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Paul Newman is handsome, George Scott is wicked, the struggle of depravity and enlightenment. The scene scheduling in the narrow pool room and the camera movement around the pool table make for a unique sports...

Extended Reading

The Hustler quotes

  • [Fast Eddie is bothered because Bert called him a born loser]

    Fast Eddie: Cause, ya see, twice, Sarah... once at Ames with Minnesota Fats and then again at Arthur's, in that cheap, crummy pool room, now why'd I do it, Sarah? Why'd I do it? I coulda beat that guy, coulda beat 'im cold, he never woulda known. But I just hadda show 'im. Just hadda show those creeps and those punks what the game is like when it's great, when it's REALLY great. You know, like anything can be great, anything can be great. I don't care, BRICKLAYING can be great, if a guy knows. If he knows what he's doing and why and if he can make it come off. When I'm goin', I mean, when I'm REALLY goin' I feel like a... like a jockey must feel. He's sittin' on his horse, he's got all that speed and that power underneath him... he's comin' into the stretch, the pressure's on 'im, and he KNOWS... just feels... when to let it go and how much. Cause he's got everything workin' for 'im: timing, touch. It's a great feeling, boy, it's a real great feeling when you're right and you KNOW you're right. It's like all of a sudden I got oil in my arm. The pool cue's part of me. You know, it's uh - pool cue, it's got nerves in it. It's a piece of wood, it's got nerves in it. Feel the roll of those balls, you don't have to look, you just KNOW. You make shots that nobody's ever made before. I can play that game the way... NOBODY'S ever played it before.

    Sarah Packard: You're not a loser, Eddie, you're a winner. Some men never get to feel that way about anything.

  • Fast Eddie: You can't see it, can you, Charlie? I mean, you've never been able to see it. I came after him. And I'm gonna get him. I'm goin' with him all the way. The pool game is not over until Minnesota Fats says it's over. Is it over, Fats?

The Hustler

Director: Robert Rossen

Language: English Release date: September 25, 1961