Synopsis
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.
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Cast
- Burt ReynoldsLt. Phil Gaines
- Catherine DeneuveNicole Britton
- Ben JohnsonMarty Hollinger
- Paul WinfieldLouis Belgrave
- Eileen BrennanPaula Hollinger
- Eddie AlbertLeo Sellers
- Ernest BorgnineSanturo
- Catherine BachPeggy Summers
- Jack CarterHerbie Dalitz
- James HamptonBus Driver
Recommendations
- 89
Austin Chronicle
Hustle is a great modern love story disguised as a neo-noir police procedural. - 80
Time Out
Remarkable contemporary film noir that cuts the dirt and corruption of Los Angeles with a strain of allusions to (and, in the case of Reynolds' cop, illusions of) European romance. - 75
Chicago Reader
The sinister mise-en-scene is compromised only by a few overripe lines from screenwriter Steve Shagan, and Reynolds reveals himself as an actor of depth and complexity. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
It's a movie about characters, primarily. It cares more about getting inside these people than it does about solving its crime. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Hustle is one of the few examples of true modern film noir. But director and screenwriter cannot resolve their different approaches. The script's humanistic, if depressing, angle gets battered by Aldrich's approach. An interesting mixed bag. - 70
Variety
The film’s drawbacks are simply a lack of some restraint, since otherwise all the elements are present for a sensational, hardhitting human story.
