Opening Weekend: $6,357,877 (USA) (19 October 1986)
Gross: $13,742,233 (USA) (26 October 1986)
Cast
Actor
Character
Paul Newman
Fast Eddie Felson
Tom Cruise
Vincent Lauria
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Carmen
Helen Shaver
Janelle
John Turturro
Julian
Bill Cobbs
Orvis
Robert Agins
Earl at Chalkie's
Alvin Anastasia
Kennedy
Randall Arney
Child World Customer #1
Elizabeth Bracco
Diane at Bar
Vito D'Ambrosio
Lou at Child World
Ron Dean
Guy in Crowd
Lisa Dodson
Child World Customer #2
Donald A. Feeney
Referee #1
Paul Geier
Two Brothers / Stranger Player
Carey Goldenberg
Congratulating Spectator
Joe Guastaferro
Chuck the Bartender
Paul Herman
Player in Casino Bar
Mark Jarvis
Guy at Janelle's
Lawrence Linn
Congratulating Spectator
Keith McCready
Grady Seasons
Jimmy Mataya
Julian's Friend in Green Room
Grady Mathews
Dud
Carol Messing
Casino Bar Band Singer / Julian's Flirt
Steve Mizerak
Duke, Eddie's First Opponent
Rick Mohr
Congraulating Spectator
Lloyd Moss
Narrator, Resorts International
Michael Nash
Moselle's Opponent
Mario Nieves
Latin Guy #3
Miguel Nino
Latin Guy #1 (as Miguel A. Nino)
Andy Nolfo
Referee #2
Ernest Perry Jr.
Eye Doctor
Jerry Piller
Tom
Iggy Pop
Skinny Player on Road
Richard Price
Guy Who Calls Dud
Juan Ramírez
Latin Guy #2
Alex Ross
Bartender Who Bets
Peter Saxe
Casino Bar Band Member
Charles Scorsese
High Roller #1
Rodrick Selby
Congratulating Spectator
Christina Sigel
Waitress
Harold L. Simonsen
Chief Justice Tournament
Fred Squillo
High Roller #2
Brian Sunina
Casino Bar Band Member
Wanda Christine
Casino Clerk (as Wandachristine)
Forest Whitaker
Amos
Jim Widlowski
Casino Bar Band Member
Bruce A. Young
Moselle
Jim Hendricks
Commander USA (archive footage)
Kevin Bassett
Pool tournement extra (uncredited)
Stephen Burrows
Pool Freak (uncredited)
Robert Minkoff
Bit (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
Opening Voiceover (voice) (uncredited)
Howard Vickery
Vincent's Opponent with Beard and Glasses (uncredited)
Lenny Wilson
Extra (uncredited)
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Trivia
At the time that this movie was in release, the creators of an up-and-coming software company were looking for a name for their revolutionary new video game. They got it from the scene in which Tom Cruise walks into the pool hall and is asked what's in the case that he's carrying. His answer: Doom.
Martin Scorsese:
In the Atlantic City casino, the man walking a dog on a leash. The dog is Scorsese's dog Zoe. Zoe is credited in the closing credits as "Dog Walkby."
When Paul Newman won the Best Actor Oscar for this picture, he and wife Joanne Woodward became the first married couple to win his and hers Oscars since Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Newman's win also came after he had already received an Honorary Oscar Statuette the previous year. The win was widely considered based on sentimentality and guilt that one of Hollywood's leading male actors had never won.
When Eddie is playing Amos (and still winning), he plays a kick shot combination with the 6 and the 9. The 3 ball is clearly still on the table, making Eddie's shot illegal for 9 ball.