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Auction History Result e350 HUSTLER three-sheet movie poster '61 Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Laurie Date Sold 8/15/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 41" x 81") (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, over the years, I have owned most of the posters created for this classic movie, and to the best of my knowledge, only this three-sheet and also the six-sheet have a good image of Jackie Gleason! This three-sheet was printed in 2 sections. Condition: good. The two pieces of the poster were taped together at one time and there was tape on the back of the bottom of the top section and on the back of the top of the bottom section. The tape is long gone from both sections, but the tape on the back of the bottom of the top section bled through to the front in the area along the very top of the letters of the title and in the middle of Gleason's figure. The poster was folded extra times and there are a greater-than-normal number of creases and foldlines throughout the poster. There are pinholes around the edges of the poster and some creases and smudges throughout the poster. There is an oddity to the printing. There are bits of a light color within the figures of Newman and Laurie and in the face of Gleason. This is surely done intentionally, as you can see the "dots" of the printing, and it is some of the dots that have this unusual lighter color. This must have been done for some purpose, and probably when the poster is viewed from many feet away, it is either not very noticeable, or improves the appearance of the poster, but from close up, this IS noticeable, and I wanted to be sure to point it out to the bidders on this poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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