Piper Laurie gave the Best performance..

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scorsese-1 — 11 years ago(September 02, 2014 03:33 AM)

You are clueless. Without Sarah there is no movie.

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lizcarlo87 — 14 years ago(December 27, 2011 01:52 PM)

She gave incredible performance.

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kag2-1 — 13 years ago(October 08, 2012 04:31 PM)

All five actors with the main roles (Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, even Myron McCormick) did an excellent job. Several were nominated for Oscars, but none got the award. Perhaps a jazz-scored movie about pool hustling in smoky, dingy pool halls plus alcohol abuse was too risque a subject in the early 1960's.
IMO this movie should have won Best Picture and Newman, Scott, and perhaps Laurie should have gotten Oscars as well.

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arman0612 — 12 years ago(July 22, 2013 09:29 AM)

I completely agree, she did a perfect job with this dark, sad character and she was incredibly convincing. A truly amazing performance.

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bluekarma06 — 12 years ago(July 22, 2013 09:46 AM)

She should of won an Oscar IMO. She was the most interesting character in the movie by far. Paul Newman was good but not great. Piper played her part brilliantly to the point you believed she WAS that person! Epic.

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malpaso99 — 12 years ago(August 26, 2013 07:53 PM)

Agreed. Just amazing.

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csu16387 — 11 years ago(August 03, 2014 01:02 PM)

The more I see this film the more I agree with you. Piper should have became a mega star after The Hustler.
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DracTarashV — 11 years ago(August 20, 2014 12:36 AM)

She certainly gave a stand out performance in the film. But, I do admire Newman's (maybe even Gleason's) performance as much as hers.
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tony-r-vario — 10 years ago(May 18, 2015 02:51 PM)

Amen. She's a terrific actress.

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mgsullivan-50452 — 9 years ago(July 22, 2016 10:28 PM)

she was def a great part of the success of the movie, and she and her acting and beauty was an amazing part of it.