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Auction History Result 2y0758 HUSTLER 1sh R1964 Paul Newman, completely different with pool cue & images in balls! Date Sold 9/27/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1964 Re-Release Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (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 when this movie was first released, the studio seemed to want to hide that it was about "pool hustling", and it was sold as being a romance, and there was little to no mention (or images) of pool on any of the first release posters. But when the movie was quickly re-released three years later, it had become a minor classic, and the new ad campaign featured a pool cue with images within billiard balls, and many collectors much prefer the 1964 re-release posters to the original ones. Condition: good to very good. The poster has tiny creases, tears, and bits of paper loss along portions of the center horizontal fold and at the left and right edges of the lower horizontal fold (see our image). Some portions of the folds have very slightly darkened. There is a large piece of brown paper tape on back at lower right which slightly shows through to the front and some is visible at lower right (it was not placed not put there for any restoration purpose). It has a few minor blank border defects. It is otherwise in pretty nice condition and after linenbacking with some restoration the poster will look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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