The Color of Money (1986)

Written by Walter Tevis, Richard Price

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Production Year: 1986

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Former pool shark "Fast" Eddie Felson (the late Paul Newman) spots Vincent (Tom Cruise), a young guy with great potential going to waste in low-rent pool halls. Eddie takes the young pretender and his glamorous grifter girlfriend on the road, teaching Vince everything he knows about hustling. But as the cons get more complicated, tension between the two men mounts.

Martin Scorsese's re-rack of The Hustler has an older, wiser Paul Newman facing relegation at the hands of Hollywood newcomer Cruise. Ironically, the mature star finally won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance, some 25 years after his nomination for The Hustler.

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Cast

	Paul Newman		Fast Eddie Felson
	Tom Cruise		Vincent
	Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio		Carmen
	Helen Shaver		Janelle
	John Turturro		Julian
	Bill Cobbs		Orvis
	Robert Agins		Earl
	Alvin Anastasia		Kennedy
	Randall Arney		Child World customer
	Elizabeth Bracco		Diane
	Vito D'Ambrosio		Lou
	Ron Dean		Guy in crowd
	Lisa Dodson		Child World customer
	Donald A. Feeney		Referee
	Paul Geier		Two brothers
	Carey Goldenberg		Congratulating spectator
	Joe Guastaferro		Chuck
	Paul Herman		Player in casino bar
	Mark Jarvis		Guy at Janelle's
	Lawrence Linn		Congratulating spectator
	Keith McCready		Grady Seasons
	Jimmy Mataya		Julian's friend in Green Room
	Grady Mathews		Dud