Newman in another great film

Rating: 8/10 (28 April 2007)

This film by Robert Rossen (All the King's Men ) won a couple of minor Oscars along with a dozen other wins out of a couple of dozen award nominations.
It had a star-studded cast including Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke) as Fast Eddie Felson, Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats, Piper Laurie (Carrie), and George C. Scott (Patton).
A classic story of losing and getting back to the top, with the sometimes high costs associated with that struggle. There are not enough superlatives to describe the acting that this film contains. It is a brilliant study of black and white film-making in an age before special effects.