The Hustler(1961)
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
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Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
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A former football hero cannot accept his career is over. He loses himself in alcohol and women.
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A film constructed around footage shot of actual Grand Prix races in Europe.
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A playboy golf pro, kicked off the circuit for alleged cheating, is forced to hustle for a living.
The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war, former "Dinamo". It happened in Kiev on June 22, 1942. Anticipating the possibility of losing, the Germans made a condition — defeat or death. If the Germans won, the Soviet footballers were promised freedom...