2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

jscastro Surely, it's the movie with higher number of pool stars I've ever seen, but Shariff and Boxleitner, seems like rookies playing pool, stance, position, aiming are simply pathetic. Coburn a little bit better. It's ridiculous the way they win people that are legends of this sport like Lou Butera, Steve Mizerak, Jim Rempe and others, I don't know how they were involved on this movie. It surprise me, because Mosconni appears as himself in the movie, as sportscaster, and he was the technical adviser on The Hustler, that it's the best pool movie made ever, but Paul Newman (learning from Willie) and the marvelous Jackie Gleason, who was a very serious pool player, were unforgettable. However, there's one fabulous Coburn's break, calling first ball on corner pocket playing straight pool, that is perfect!!. Sorry about my English if I made many mistakes, I'm not bilingual.Regards

DARTHKOOL This is required viewing for any James Coburn fan.Easily one of his best performances and perhaps one of the best "buddy" films I've ever seen. James Coburn (as Nick Casey aka The Baltimore Bullet) and Bruce Boxleitner (as Billy Joe) are excellent as a professional pool hustler and his up coming protogee'. The two have great chemistry on screen that is hard to duplicate. Omar Sharif plays "The Deacon", the ultimate pool hustler and gambler that had been serving jail time, but is now out on "Good Behavior". The movie follows Coburn and Boxleitner cross-country trying to hustle up enough money to play The Deacon who only plays for a 5-figure minimum. And a player that had his way with Coburn the last time they shot pool. Sending the Baltimore Bullet home in "nothing but his jock strap". This movie is a laugh a minute, chock full of one-liners, that will have you watching it over and over again!

lorenzo212 Baltimore Bullet is the best movie about pool hustlers ever produced. James Coburn is fantastic in a role that should have been nominated for an Oscar. But the absolute best in the film is the script. Great lines, always moving plot, all connected in a clever, funny and intriguing manner. Totally new stuff. (see how much directors and writers seemed to have learned from this one.) Other pool hustler movies were star showcases that gave a weak story at best, Baltimore Bullet racks em up. Anyone who watches this will enjoy the heck out of it, and watch it again, and again - I guarantee it! I just saw this for the first time and had not known it existed. At the screening, the host told us how Dolly Parton had been available for the film but the director disapproved. This should be screened at every Coburn retrospective, and also shown on AMC or TCM network. A great surprise find!

bdabagia This is James Coburn at his finest, years before anyone realized what a terrific actor he can be. He also has a classic line: "I taught him everything he knows, but I didn't teach him everything I know." It's "The Hustler" without any Oscars.