American director Robert Rossen made a film about a theme that was close to his heart.

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2015)

American film "The Hustler" features too many hustlers for whom winning is everything.They are so determined to win all their games that neither night not days matters to them.It is the incessant playing of the ball game which reveal their true selves.However,it is Eddie Felson played by Paul Newman who ends up outsmarting himself due to his excessive passion for pool.As far as this film is concerned, there is a lot to learn and watch for the lovers of the game.One can simply marvel at the manner in which both actors Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason play their pool shots.One would be doing tremendous damage to 'The Hustler' as a serious film by declining to comment on the way it transforms itself from a sports flick into a serious one.It achieves that effect by depicting a different ball game involving human feelings to be found in society especially in a relationship between a man and a woman.A lot of 'Sports' films who have won both critical as well as commercial acclaim have been made in Hollywood but 'The Hustler' would remain the most elegant sports film which portrayed that a player should also give equal importance to life which is found outside the game.