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The Hustler (1961): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

The Hustler is a 1961 drama, romance film directed by Robert Rossen. It scores 7.9 on IMDb, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 90 on Metacritic, 7.7 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 79 while Metacritic critics give it 90, a gap of 11 points in favor of critics. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 4 of 72 films from 1961 in our catalog and number 49 of 1,511 romance films.

Billed cast: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton.

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