Word: mosconi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...length. Cameraman Gene Shufton has artfully preserved what Actor Gleason calls "the dirty antiseptic look of poolrooms-spots on the floor, toilets stuffed up, but the tables brushed immaculately, like green jewels lying in the mud." The pool-shooting scenes are magnificently staged -the principals were coached by Willie Mosconi, top-ranking pool player in the U.S.-and tellingly edited by Director Robert Rossen (They Came to Cordura). The suspense in the first big game will surely bring sweat to any palm that has ever touched a cuestick. Then, too, Newman is better than usual; Gleason, as the slit-mouthed...
...Sunday Sports Spectacular (CBS, 2:30-4 p.m.). "Jackie Gleason with Putter and Cue" pits the comedian against Golf Star Arnold Palmer and Billiards Champion Willie Mosconi...