The Color of Money poster
Director Martin Scorsese
Screenplay Richard Price

The Color of Money

Drama1986

Tagline: The Hustler isn't what he used to be. But he has the next best thing. A kid who is.

Release Date: 1986-10-17

Duration: 119 minutes

Synopsis

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.

Casting

  • Tom Cruise
    Vincent Lauria
  • Bill Cobbs
    Orvis
  • Martin Scorsese
    Narrator (voice)
  • John Turturro
    Julian
  • Paul Newman
    Eddie Felson
  • Forest Whitaker
    Amos
  • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
    Carmen
  • Helen Shaver
    Janelle
  • Juan Ramírez
    Second Latin Guy
  • Vito D'Ambrosio
    Lou in Child World