| Hustle | |
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| Directed by | Robert Aldrich |
| Produced by | Robert Aldrich |
| Written by | Steve Shagan |
| Starring | Burt Reynolds Catherine Deneuve Ben Johnson Paul Winfield Eileen Brennan |
| Music by | Frank De Vol |
| Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
| Editing by | Michael Luciano |
| Studio | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 25, 1975 |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hustle is a 1975 American neo-noir crime film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert and Ernest Borgnine, which was released in 1975.[1]
When the body of a young woman is found on an isolated beach, Lieutenant Phil Gaines and his partner, Sergeant Louis Belgrave, are the weary and bitter LAPD detectives assigned to the homicide investigation. They conclude, with the support of the coroner's report, that the victim, a hooker and known drug user named Gloria Hollinger, committed suicide using pills. The commanding officer, Santuro, then orders that the case is closed for his detectives. They also omit mentioning to the family the existence of large quantities of semen in Gloria's stomach, vagina and rectum. Her father Marty Hollinger, a head-strong veteran of the Korean Conflict, does not accept the official report and attempts to locate the possible criminal involvement with his own investigation. The leads point to the last person to be with Gloria, the dirty and powerful local attorney Leo Sellers, and also a regular costumer of Phil's girlfriend, the French prostitute Nicole Britton.
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