Award Winning Movie of the Month: The Hustler

Paul Newman chalked up a Best Actor nomination as cocky young pool shark "Fast" Eddie Felson, who comes up against the cruelty of life as he negotiates the billiards underworld with the help of a wily mentor and a troubled girlfriend. This gritty Best Picture nominee earned two Oscar wins among its nine nominations. Newman reprised his role in Martin Scorsese's 1986 sequel "The Color of Money."

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