Word: rossen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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, beady-eyed Minnesota Fats, darts among the shabby little pool sharks like an improbably...
...ROSSEN HOOGENDYK...