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The Great Stars: The Hustler

BBC One
on BBC One London

The Great Stars of yesterday and today in a new season of their memorable films.
Tonight: The Hustler
[Starring] Paul Newman
with Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott

A pool-room confidence trickster is brought by his manager, Bert Gordon, to Louisville to tackle a playboy millionaire, and later to New York to take on the champ.

Contributors

Screenplay/Produced and directed by:
Robert Rossen
Screenplay:
Sidney Carroll
Based on the novel by:
Walter Teyn
Eddie Felson:
Paul Newman
Minnesota Fats:
Jackie Gleason
Sarah Packard:
Piper Laurie
Bert Gordon:
George C. Scott
Charlie Burns:
Myron McCormick
Findlay:
Murray Hamilton
Big John:
Michael Constantine
Preacher:
Stefan Gierasch
Source: Radio Times

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