Word: hustler
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...Real Hustler...
...queen of spades" suffers rejection because of his unrequited love for a heterosexual white boy. One couple is undergoing an emotional rift: one partner is faithful while the other is promiscuous. There is also an outrageously effeminate guest (Cliff Gorman) who brings a flamboyant birthday gift-a dumb hustler (Robert La Tourneaux) who looks like a slightly tarnished Greek god and costs $20 for the night...
...movie "The Hustler" Paul Newman plays "Fast Eddie" Felson, who travels from town to town winning all the money by "shooting out the lights" when the cash is right...
...will shoot two shows--straight pool at 7:30 and nine ball at 8:30. Sharp, a fast talker, and fancy shooter, he will display the talents that made losers out of Weenie Beanie, Strawberry, and Squirrel. "Chico" gives Harvard and Radcliffe students an opportunity to learn what "The Hustler" was all about...
...time, it looked as if the kid was headed for trouble. He and his pals raised quite a bit of hell, hanging around pool parlors (where Bob became a pretty good hustler), swiping things from the local stores. He straightened out soon enough, and for a while sold newspapers on a street corner. John D. Rockefeller used to come by in his chauffeured car every day to pick up his 20 paper. One rainy afternoon the old millionaire handed Bob a dime. Hope had no change, so he offered to trust Rockefeller for the money. "He wouldn't hear...