Boardwalk Empire
On the Waterfront
Tied
The Hustler
Poolhall Junkies
Color of Money
Game of Pool (Twilight Zone)
Le Cercle Rouge
Agatha
The Incident
Little Drummer Girl
The Driver (1978)
House of Games
Rumblefish
Turn the River
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Interesting selection. Two pool table scenes not referenced here that stand out in my mind are in Hard Times, the classic with Bronson and James Coburn, where Bronson as Cheney is playing pool alone and Chick Gandhi (Michael McGuire), the local big shot, walks in and tries to convince him to fight his new found hitter from Chicago, Nick Dimitri. Bronson is reluctant and Dimitri suggests starting something "right here." Bronson, cuts to the heart of the matter: "you ain't gonna do it for free." The second scene in the same film is where Bronson gets revenge on a local fight promoter who ripped him off. Beats the guy (Edward Walsh) with a pistol. The pool game in the background offers a nice setting. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJ7D20jku70
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