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Auction History Result f230 HUSTLER linen Italian photobusta movie poster '61 Paul w/pool cue Date Sold 2/7/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Italian Photobusta Movie Poster (measures approximately 18" x 27") (Learn More) Robert Rossen's The Hustler, the classic 1961 Robert Rossen (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) pool-hall billiards gambling cheating romantic sports melodrama ("A motion picture that probes the stranger... The pick-up... Why a man hustles for a buck or a place in the sun!"; "It probes the stranger... The pick-up... The savage realities..."; "It probes the stranger... the pick-up... the savage realities of life and love!"; "It delves without compromise into the hungers that lie deep within us all!"; "A searching look into the innermost depths of a woman's heart... And a man's desires!"; based on the novel by Walter Tevis; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; about a pocket billiards pool sports hustler's rise and fall; the best movie about gambling ever made!) starring Paul Newman (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "Fast Eddie... The hustler - a strange past... An animal instinct!", as "Fast Edddie" Felson), Jackie Gleason (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; "Minnesota Fats... Give him the chance... And he'll buy your tomorrows!"; "as 'Minnesota Fats'"), Piper Laurie (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; "Sarah... A bottle... Two glasses and a man's razor always in her room!", as Sarah Packard), George C. Scott (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; "Bert... The angle guy... looking for a sucker!", as Bert Gordon), Myron McCormick (as Charlie Burns), Murray Hamilton (as Findley), Michael Constantine (as Big John), Stephan Gierasch (as Preacher), Clifford A. Pellow (as Turk Baker, the man who breaks Eddie's thumbs), Jake La Motta (in a cameo role as a bartender!), Carl York (as the "Young Hustler", in the thumb breaking scene), Vincent Gardenia (as the bartender in the opening sequence who is swindled), and Willie Mosconi (legendary real life pool champion, as Willie). Note that this movie captures professional gambling better than any other movie I know of (especially the best known poker movies, which have ludicrous scenes depicting straight flushes and the like). It especially gets the feeling of the amount of cheating and "hustling" involved in professional gambling! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this Italian photobusta measures approximately 18" x 27" and is linenbacked. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some very minor defects that were not completely restored, and are somewhat noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). Note that we gave this condition grade to a very few posters that were in pretty good condition prior to linenbacking, but which were not all that well linenbacked, and which could be fairly easily re-backed with only minor additional restoration. The poster was folded down the middle and there were creases and scuffs down that fold. There was a diagonal crease in the top right corner extending into the very corner of the inset image and another crease in the top right corner extending into the edge of the red. There were a few very minor border defects. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great! Learn More about condition grades 
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