The day has finally come: Balls On Film is reviewing a Paul Newman movie. To be fair, this is a Paul Newman movie that many consider to be the man's best. Essentially, The Hustler tells the story of one pool player's need to beat another.

But, then, The Hustler is a lot of things. It's a takedown of capitalism, the control one person can have over another, and how you sometimes have to lose in order to win, but it's mostly just quite a decent film. Whether your favourite is Jackie or Paul, that's something we can all agree on.

Despite this being the oldest movie Balls On Film has covered, the general consensus is that the sport of pool – and the seedy underbelly of this circuit – is captured and shot really well.

But, we're getting ahead of ourselves. Listen to this episode of Balls On Film to find out what The BOF Boys think of The Hustler.

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