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©2002
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1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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CinemaScope (letterbox format)
Itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high
Based on the novel by Walter S. Tevis
Bonus features include: commentary by Paul Newman ; original documentary "The Hustler: the Inside story" and picture-in-picture commentary on how to make the trick shots
Director of photography, Eugene Shuftan ; film editor, Dede Allen ; music by Kenyon Hopkins
Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Murray Hamilton, Myron McCormick, Michael Constantine, Carl York, Jake LaMotta
Videodisc release of the 1961 motion picture
MPAA Rating: Not rated
DVD ; Dolby digital
English and French sountracks with optional English or Spanish subtitles ; Closed captioned
Academy Awards, 1961: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Black-and-White ; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White