The Pool Hustlers (1983)
Francesco, nicknamed 'Toscano', is a very good pool player but he never wins when he plays for money. He meets Chiara, a saxophone player, on a late night bus by swapping his case containing the cue with her one, containing the sax. The two fall in love, but in the meantime Francesco loses a big amount of money playing versus 'Scuro', the long-time Italian champion. His only chance to pay the debt is to win the Italian Championships.
- Released
- 1983-03-11
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Maurizio Ponzi, Francesco Nuti, Maurizio Ponzi, Franco Ferrini
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 62 votes
Cast
- Francesco Nuti as Francesco Piccioli detto "Il Toscano"
- Giuliana De Sio as Chiara
- Marcello Lotti as Lo scuro
- Antonio Petrocelli as Mancino
- Novello Novelli as Merlo
- Renato Cecchetto as Giovanni
- Claudio Spadaro as pazzo alla fermata dell'autobus
- Ricky Tognazzi as Un pescatore (Uncredited)
- Claudio Casale
- Carlo Neri
- Stefano Cuneo
- Pierangelo Pozzato
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