The Hustler

The Hustler is a 1961 American film which tells the story of pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson and his quest to beat the legendary pool player "Minnesota Fats." An adaptation of a 1959 novel by Walter Tevis, the film starred Jackie Gleason, Paul Newman, and George C. Scott.
A sequel, The Color of Money, was released in 1986.
==References==
* In a Sesame Street insert, Rick Moranis plays "Minnesota Shorts," a pool player attempting to become pool champion of the world, but Grover keeps pestering him with questions. 
==Muppet Mentions==
*In The Color of Money, when Eddie visits Vincent at his work, a children's toy and baby supply store, they have a conversation in front of a store shelf full of Muppet Babyland Express boxes.
==Connections==
*Bill Cobbs played Orvis in The Color of Money
*Paul Newman played "Fast Eddie" Felson
*Martin Scorsese directed The Color of Money
*Forest Whitaker played Amos in The Color of Money
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