Paul Newman
Fast Eddie Felson
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Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson (Paul Newman) decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise) and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an...
- October 8, 1986
- Martin Scorsese
- Barbara De Fina, Irving Axelrad, Irving Axelrod
- Touchstone Pictures
- Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Richard Price (writer), Walter Tevis
- Robbie Robertson
- Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners
- $14.5 M
- Actress in a Supporting Role (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Art Direction, Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium), Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Newman - won)
