--- title: 'The Hustler (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Rossen' released: '1961-01-01' runtime_minutes: 134 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hustler-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Hustler (1961) 1961 · 134 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis The Hustler is a 1961 American sports drama film, directed by Robert Rossen. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson, who challenges legendary pool player "Minnesota Fats". ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Rossen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rossen) - **Screenplay:** [Robert Rossen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rossen), [Sidney Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-carroll) - **Producer:** [Robert Rossen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-rossen) - **Original Music Composer:** [Kenyon Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenyon-hopkins) - **Director of Photography:** [Eugen Schüfftan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-schufftan) - **Editor:** [Dede Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dede-allen) ## Cast - [Piper Laurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/piper-laurie) - [Jake LaMotta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-lamotta) - [Stefan Gierasch](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-gierasch) - [Murray Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-hamilton) - [Vincent Gardenia](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-gardenia) - [Myron McCormick](https://cinepixo.com/people/myron-mccormick) - [Jackie Gleason](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-gleason) as Minnesota Fats - [George C. Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-c-scott) - [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman) - [Michael Constantine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-constantine) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hustler-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1130084); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.