Word: gleason
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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METROPOLITAN: The Hustler is Paul Newman, and his target is a ponderous pool king named Minnesota Fats. Thumbs are broken and courage tried, but in the end Newman gets his man. Jackie Gleason turns in a surprise performance as the cue, ace, and Newman, who can act drunk better than anyone else in Hollywood, is perfect as a man who lives only from one minute to the next...
...Hustler. Director Robert Rossen racks up an impressive total score in this tale of a young pool paladin (Paul Newman) who learns on the Field of the Cloth of Green that character, meaning Old Champ Jackie Gleason, is more important than talent...
...Hustler. A young pool shark (Paul Newman) takes on the old champion (Jackie Gleason) in a sort of chivalric joust on the Cloth of Green. In the hands of Director Robert Rossen, the uncouth theme rings as true as a struck spittoon...
...Hustler. A young pool shark (Paul Newman) takes on the old champion (Jackie Gleason) in a sort of chivalric joust on the Cloth of Green. In the hands of Director Robert Rossen, the uncouth theme rings as true as a struck spittoon...
...Hustler. A young poolshark (Paul Newman) takes on the old champion (Jackie Gleason) in a sort of chivalric joust of the cues on the Cloth of Green. Director Robert Rossen makes an uncouth theme breathe with a smoky poetry and sometimes ring true as a struck spittoon...