Pool. Specifically, straight pool. The game is also called 14.1 and was the preferred game of professional players until overtaken by the more TV friendly nine ball.
The Hustler was released on 09/25/1961.
The 1961 drama about pool player "Fast Eddie" Felson (Paul Newman) received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor. But it won only in the categories of Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Harry Horner and Gene Callahan) and Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Eugen Schüfftan). Newman won his only competitive Oscar 25 years later for reprising the role of Felson in Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money" (1986).
The Hustler won the Oscar for Cinematography in 1961.
The Hustler won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1961.
The Dick Van Dyke Show - 1961 Hustling the Hustler 2-5 was released on: USA: 24 October 1962
Eddie Murphy was born on April 3, 1961
Assuming that the film "The Hustler" was meant here: this movie was originally released 1961. Robert Rossen was responsible for both direction and production.
Eddie Stubbs was born in 1961.
Eddie Rush was born in 1961.
Eddie Murphy was born on April 3, 1961.
Eddie James was born on August 4, 1961.
Eddie Calvo was born on 1961-08-29.