Hustle (1975)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Writers:

Steve Shagan (novel)
Steve Shagan (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 December 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

She's the call girl. He's the cop. They both take their jobs seriously.

Plot:

Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach...

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Suicide | Hand Grip Exercizer | Face Slap | Wiretapping

Cast

Burt Reynolds	...	Lieutenant Phil Gaines
Catherine Deneuve	...	Nicole Britton
Ben Johnson	...	Marty Hollinger
Paul Winfield	...	Sergeant Louis Belgrave
Eileen Brennan	...	Paula Hollinger
Eddie Albert	...	Leo Sellers
Ernest Borgnine	...	Santuro
Jack Carter	...	Herbie Dalitz
Colleen Brennan	...	Gloria Hollinger (as Sharon Kelly)
James Hampton	...	Bus Driver
David Spielberg	...	Bellamy
Catherine Bach	...	Peggy Summers
Chuck Hayward	...	Morgue Attendant
David Estridge	...	Albino
Peter Brandon	...	Minister

Also Known As:

All the Other Angels (USA) (working title)
City of the Angels (USA) (working title)
Home Free (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:18 | West Germany:18 (f) | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Norway:16 (1976) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1989) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The movie was produced by Robert Aldrich and Burt Reynolds, hence the "RoBurt" credit in the "company credits" link.

Movie Connections:

References "Mission: Impossible" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Begin The Beguine

Wrong Movie, but Hustle still hustles way cool...

Hustle is a terrific film with a a really nice performance by the always under used (the late great) Paul Winfield, he and Burt Reynolds work well together and Eddie Albert is scary as the low life "leo sellers". the stunt the one reviewer is talking about re: albino actor falling from high rise while blasting his pistol into camera is the late great, Dar Robinson from Reynolds' other film, "stick" in the early eighties. i'm glad this is on DVD now and finally a Reinold's' film that is letter boxed. i hope they can re-do the other films IE: "white lightning", "gator" and "shamus" in letterbox form especially "gator" cause it was shot in Todd A-O scope.