Hustle (1975)
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67% of critics liked it
(6 reviews) -
46% of users liked it
(1,249 ratings)
Director Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) re-unites with Burt Reynolds for this hard-edged neo-noir. Lieutenant Phil Gaines (Reynolds) is a cynical Los Angeles police detective amorously involved with an icewater-veined Parisian call girl, Nicole Britton (Catherine Deneuve). On the job, he begins… More Director Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) re-unites with Burt Reynolds for this hard-edged neo-noir. Lieutenant Phil Gaines (Reynolds) is a cynical Los Angeles police detective amorously involved with an icewater-veined Parisian call girl, Nicole Britton (Catherine Deneuve). On the job, he begins to investigate the shady death of a teenage girl that appears to lead straight to Leo Sellers (Eddie Albert), an attorney with a frightening number of connections. The problem is, Nicole herself has a direct connection to the case - Leo is one of her clients. Meanwhile, Marty Hollinger (Ben Johnson), the victim's father, decides to undertake a grassroots investigation of his own - little realizing that his seemingly murdered daughter was in up to her neck with prostitution, porno movie acting, and dancing as a stripper, facts which suggest that she may have offed herself. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Aldrich
- Written By
- Steve Shagan
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 1975 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
Robert Aldrich's Hustle is an honest and profoundly sad movie about how the legal system favors those with money, power and connections over those who don't. One of Burt's best and most underrated films.
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Michael Szymanski, Wordmag.com
Big name stars star in this sleazy romp to L.A.'s strip joints and porno houses...
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Thirty years on, however, its integrity and patience look positively masterful.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...plays like nothing more than a vanity project for star Burt Reynolds.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
a film that wasted the talent of French star Deneuve, who never pursued a successful career in Hollywood
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Cast
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Burt Reynolds
as Lt. Phil Gaines
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Catherine Deneuve
as Nicole
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Ben Johnson
as Marty Hollinger
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Paul Winfield
as Sgt. Louis Belgrave
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Eileen Brennan
as Paula Hollinger
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Eddie Albert
as Leo Sellers
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Ernest Borgnine
as Santoro
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Catherine Bach
as Peggy Summers
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Jack Carter
as Herbie Dalitz
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Sharon Kelly
as Gloria Hollinger
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James Hampton
as Bus Driver
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David Spielberg
as Bellamy
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Don 'Red' Barry
as Airport Bartender
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Hal Baylor
as Police Captain
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Don Billett
as Cop in T-Shirt
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Peter Brandon
as Minister
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Victoria Carroll
as Guest
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David Estridge
as Albino
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Med Flory
as Cop beating Albino
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John Furlong
as Waiter
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Alvin Hammer
as Liquor Store clerk
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Chuck Hayward
as Morgue Attendant
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Karl Lukas
as Charley
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George Memmoli
as Foot Fetish Man
- Dick Miller
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Patrice Rohmer
as Linda a Dancer
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John Duke Russo
as Man in Phone Booth
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Queenie Smith
as Customer
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Naomi Stevens
as Woman Hostage
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Dino Washington
as Cop in Elevator
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Fred Willard
as Interrogator
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Dave Willock
as Liquor Store Clerk
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Jason Wingreen
as Jim Lang
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Robert Englund
as Holdup Man
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Steve Shaw
as Cop in Elevator
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Ben Young
as First Detective
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Thad Geer
as 2nd Holdup Man
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Marilyn Moe
as Customer
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Ron Nyman
as Pan Am Clerk
- Colleen Brennan
