Who made a better Hustler James Garner or Paul Newman??

[asiasdad]

pool hustler: Paul Newman

overall hustler: James Garner

 

[Wileydog]

Kramer made a good hustler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex_BuaxZ3v0

 

[Nullus]

One of his funniest movies was The Skin Game, also with a much younger Louis Gosset, who plays a slave who Garner keeps selling and then helps escape his new owners.

Agree with this assessment.

 

[Sealegs50]

pool hustler: Paul Newman

overall hustler: James Garner

Good assessment.

Greg <------ long time Rockford-phile

 

[voiceofreason]

The real deal, lol..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y8LyKq7eN4

 

[Donny Lutz]

Gleason?

I have to give the nod to Jackie Gleason as greatest movie Hustler ... Class, All Class.

I've watched "The Hustler" a dozen times, and I've yet to see Gleason's character do any hustling.

Quite unlike "Minnesota" Fats, who was a hustler, and began calling himself "Minnesota Fats" after "The Hustler" came out.

 

[chefjeff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUstMn4bM8

3 minutes of a non-hustle by Garner.

Jeff Livingston

 

[punter]

Garner gets my vote. He was always talking and when he was talking, he was hustling. Newman was smooth, but it didn't come as natural to him as it did Garner, IMO.

 

[Wileydog]

I've watched "The Hustler" a dozen times, and I've yet to see Gleason's character do any hustling.

Quite unlike "Minnesota" Fats, who was a hustler, and began calling himself "Minnesota Fats" after "The Hustler" came out.

When Eddie was way up, and raised the bet to $1,000 a game, Fats hustled him into drinking. After Eddie got drunk, Fats took him for everything.

 

[ceebee]

When Eddie was way up, and raised the bet to $1,000 a game, Fats hustled him into drinking. After Eddie got drunk, Fats took him for everything.

Outstanding observation.

 

[Zphix]

I wouldn't say the match between Fats and Eddie was hustling - it was head hunting.

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[sonny_burnett]

Shooting Gallery might be the worst movie ever. The Latona hottie saved the day. I don't think I understood 2 words the black actor said. Forget his name for obvious reasons.

 

[sonny_burnett]

Garner was probably a low B player. Newman C. Gleason low A. That's in real life.

 

[oldgame]

I thought James Coburn was good in The Baltimore Bullet.

 

[billiardshot]

Garner was probably a low B player. Newman C. Gleason low A. That's in real life.

Maybe Jay Helfert can answer that ,,, Here an old post/thread in 2010

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=212994&page=4

Jay Helfert Quote:

P.S. I forgot about James Garner, who was the best player in Norman, Oklahoma when he was a young man. I used to play with his brother when I went to school there (I did make it to class once in a while).

Here a picture of James Garner and M. Fats

 

[sonny_burnett]

Maybe Jay Helfert can answer that ,,, Here an old post/thread in 2010

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=212994&page=4

Jay Helfert Quote:



Here a picture of James Garner and M. Fats

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Thanks!

That was a great read.