Hustle

Hustle (1975)

She's the call girl. He's the cop. They both take their jobs seriously.

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.

Date of release
1975-12-25
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (74)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Director
Robert Aldrich

Casting

Interesting facts

Hustle is a 1975 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Robert Aldrich. It stars Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve, with supporting roles played by Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert and Ernest Borgnine. The film is about a police lieutenant (Reynolds) and his high-priced escort girlfriend (Deneuve) who are drawn into the investigation of a young woman's apparent suicide. The screenplay by Steve Shagan is based on his novel City of Angels, which was published the same year as the film's release.

Production

Burt Reynolds brought the script for Robert Aldrich while filming The Longest Yard (1974). Aldrich said he would do the film if he could cast Catherine Deneuve for the female lead, even though the part of Nicole Britton had not been written for her. Aldrich said: "I didn't think it worked that way. I think our middleclass mores just don't make it credible that a policeman have a love relationship with a prostitute.

Aldrich and Reynolds formed their own company to make the film, called Roburt. The original title was City of Angels, which was the title of the Steve Shagan novel the film is based on. The title was then changed to Home Free. Aldrich commented that he did not think Reynolds was as good in the film as he was in The Longest Yard.

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