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| Limb & Spinal Conditions: Minor Films no photo.
| Title | Hustler, The (1961) | | Alternative/Original Title | | | Disability | Limb | | Country | USA | | Length | 135 | | Genre | Sport | | Rating | 5 | | Director | Robert Rossen
| | Cast | Paul Newman Jackie Gleason Piper Laurie George C. Scott
| | Notes | B/W. A young hustler challenges an old pro. On the road to the match he meets and befriends a prostitute with "a crippled leg". She eventually kills herself. Her disability is seen as a symbol for being a loser. There is also a black worker in the snooker hall who has a misshapen body and walks leaning to the left. From the novel by Walter Tevis
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