The Color of Green (Pool Halls & Billiards in films & TV)
"You know, I got a hunch, fat man. I got a hunch it's me from here on in. One ball, corner pocket. I mean, that ever happen to you? You know, all of a sudden you feel like you can't miss? 'Cause I dreamed about this game, fat man. I dreamed about this game every night on the road. Five ball. You know, this is my table, man. I own it."
Paul Newman as "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler (1961).
Paul Newman as "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler (1961).
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- DirectorRobert RossenStarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
- DirectorMars CallahanStarsMars CallahanChazz PalminteriMichael RosenbaumA talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years must return to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy--the very man who held him back from greatness.
- DirectorRobert Ellis MillerStarsJames CoburnOmar SharifRonee BlakleyA tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.
- DirectorGeorgiy ShengeliyaStarsSergey NikonenkoJuozas BudraitisAleksey GuskovThe current "aces" of billiards from different cities of Russia decided together to make a gift to their teachers, living out their days in almshouses. They decided to raise money and settle their former billiard mentors in a decent estate - a mansion with a plot, with decent service and food. Smolensk, St. Petersburg and Moscow billiard authorities have made their contribution to the "common fund". It was the turn to one of the regional authorities Savitsky. Initially, he did not want to participate in the common cause, but when he was shamed, he gave 20,000 "greens", but after the collectors sent killers. They decided that they had done their job, and the whole amount collected fell into Savitsky's hands. But the couriers were able to survive the attack and told everything. And then a cunning plan was developed .
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsJohnny CashDarren McGavinGreg WebbWilliam "The Baron" Addington is a former pool pro whose lifetime of boozing has cost him his career and family. Determined to straighten out his life, he gave up drinking and now plays pool only for charity. Eventually, The Baron encounters Billy Joe "The Cajun Kid" Stanley - a brash young pool hustler with immense potential. Managed by Jack Streamer, The Kid travels from hall to hall, swindling opponents. After a series of chance revelations, The Baron discovers that The Kid is his son - a product of his long-ago relationship with Dee-Dee Stanley. But instead of revealing the true nature of their relationship, The Baron befriends the boy and acts as a positive role model for him by entering legitimate, high stakes pool tournaments. As father and son grow closer, Streamer starts to fear that he's losing his grip on The Kid and sets out to destroy The Baron by framing him for dirty pool in the biggest competition of his career.
- DirectorHamish RothwellStarsRobbie MagasivaPaolo RotondoScott WillsThree young men unwittingly become involved in an underground pool tournament.
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsVing RhamesRoselyn SanchezDaniel NewmanA street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
- 1989–199348mTV-PG7.6 (510)TV EpisodeDirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellShari HeadleySam leaps into an old pool playing acquaintance of Al's and must win a pool game so that his granddaughter doesn't lose her bar.
- DirectorJerry CiccorittiStarsWendy GazelleMark SoperMichael A. MirandaA film crew making a low budget vampire film is unaware that the leading man is a real vampire and has his sights set on the leading lady.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsWhoopi GoldbergDennis FranzTasha ScottA detached black mother loses her job and also the ability to pay back her credit. She recalls her billiard skills and begins to play for money. Will she be cool enough to be a pro in such a game? Things get worse when she falls in love with an opponent.
- DirectorAnthony PalmaStarsJennifer BarrettaJennifer ButlerKurt HanoverA young woman aspires to become a 9-ball professional and champion but her hustling uncle has other plans for her skills.
- DirectorRalph ClementeStarsBrett RiceJane Park SmithDennis NealHeartbreak follows the life of a one-time, award-winning professional billiard champion. Down on his luck, he encounters a young Korean woman seeking to become the billiard world champion to save her son's life.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiTatsuo UmemiyaTsunehiko WataseNami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.
- DirectorPaul GormanStarsDrew GerbikNathan GormanChexy GraceAfter giving up her life as a professional pool player, Elizabeth meets a young pool player who wins her over and back to national competition.
- DirectorVincent RoccaStarsNicole RayburnDrew WicksNikki StanzioneJen and Tara arrange a threesome to win Jen's ex-boyfriend back, and yet he wants to be just friends. Through the antics of offbeat characters at the billiards where they all work, he realizes Jen is his dream girl, but is it too late?
- DirectorWalter HillStarsRyan O'NealBruce DernIsabelle AdjaniA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
- DirectorTroy Curvey Jr.Miguel A. Núñez Jr.StarsIva La'ShawnTawny DahlChris BlountTwo girls at a Historically Black College are strapped for cash to pay their senior year's tuition. In a pinch, they take their pool-hustling skills to Las Vegas to earn the money. But, winning at pool and love has it challenges.
- DirectorKitty KinoStarsMarie ColbinRenée FeldenGerhard RühmkorfA woman breaks into one of the last domains of men's world: she learns competitive billiards.
- DirectorArthur HurleyStarsRobert L. RipleyFrancis A. BurdetteCarl VaughanAt the request of a television experimenter who needed items to broadcast, Robert L. Ripley states unsubstantiated oddities including that a Spanish lady had her husband's portrait tattooed on her tongue as penance for nagging him to death. He also shows a house and the blind man who built it by himself in Wayne, New Jersey. The longest word in the world (184 letters, from a work by Aristophanes), is written on a blackboard and pronounced and translated by a professor. There are animated sequences of a rifle fish, which shoots at flying insects for food, and how a strange home run was hit in 1890, when the ball bounced off the outfielder's head and over the fence. Ripley demonstrates his skill as an artist by drawing several items, such as a Chinese man who had fingernails 22.75 inches long. Finally, in the most amazing sequence, Ripley introduces Carl Vaughan, who demonstrates how he picks up 12 pocket billiard balls with one hand and without touching the table or the balls with any other part of his body. There are scenes intercut throughout showing a family watching the show on television.
- DirectorAloizs BrencsStarsJuris ZagarsIlsa DauvarteAlgis MatulionisEcological criminal intrigue during the international billiard tournament in Riga.
- DirectorMridul ToolsidasStarsSanjay DuttRajeev KapoorVarun BuddhadevWatching his father lose the 1994 Club Snooker Championship, 13-year-old Midi takes on the impossible journey to bring his father's name on the Winner's Board.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsBurt ReynoldsDyan CannonJohn P. RyanMillions in diamonds are stolen from a safe in NYC and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds or killer.
- DirectorMartin L. KelleyStarsDerek SeilingMuretta MossAlex CollinsA man running an underground illegal 9-ball tournament out of his home on the outskirts of a southern city fears that someone is out to steal the prize money...he's right.
- DirectorEdwin MiddletonStarsW.C. FieldsMarian WestLarry WestfordTwo romantic rivals play a game of pool for the hand of their lady love.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsWillie MosconiPete SmithTells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.
- DirectorChris EigemanStarsFamke JanssenJaymie DornanRip TornA pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsThomas JaneKeanu ReevesAdrien BrodyIn 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad, commitment-seeking girlfriend.
- DirectorDanny LeeLik-Chi LeeStarsStephen ChowTeresa MoKa-Yan LeungStephen Chow leaves for the big city to try and save his home by winning the huge snooker tournament.
- CreatorJames BurrowsGlen CharlesLes CharlesStarsTed DansonRhea PerlmanJohn RatzenbergerThe regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
- CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
- DirectorLiam GalvinStarsSteve DavisKen DohertyLen GanleyA year in the life of Snooker's greatest legend - It's Jimmy White as you've never seen him before! A controversial hard hitting look at the People's Champion! Featuring The Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood & Snooker Greats: Steve Davis, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Hurricane Higgins, Ken Doherty, John Higgins, John Virgo, Cliff Thorburn, Dennis Taylor & many more! Contains Extreme Bad Language !
- DirectorMike GravelineStarsDexter GregoireSuzanne SerwatukDieter KarlSam Evans, a thirty-something coffee shop owner, is shocked to discover that his long lost father Robert wants to rekindle a relationship with him after abandoning him and his mother thirty-one years previous.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsRobert MitchumPeter BoyleRichard JordanAfter his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
- Pocket billiards simulation featuring a straight pool game and a two-player mode as well as a variety of trick shot challenges.
- DirectorEnrico ColettiStarsFranco NeroRuth GabrielImanol Arias
- DirectorAlan BridgesStarsJames MasonEdward FoxDorothy TutinWhile Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
- DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsTom CruiseJennifer ConnellyMiles TellerAfter thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.
- CreatorWilliam BlinnRita LakinStarsGeorg Stanford BrownSam MelvilleGerald S. O'LoughlinThe trials and adventures of three young police officers.Episode: Easy Money (1973) - Danko, Gillis, and Webster's assignment is to uncover an extortion ring. Their focus zeros in on JJ who looks to operate out of his pool hall with muscle Crater and Dude. It also involves Cal, brother of a nurse Susan they know.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsCharles BronsonJames CoburnJill IrelandThe saga of a drifter who turns to illicit bare-knuckle boxing in Depression-era New Orleans.
- DirectorPeng TienStarsPeng TienKuan-Hsiung WangChun-Hsiung Ko"Champ" Wang, Peng "Roc" Tien and Kor Chun Hung star in this action-packed martial arts revenge film. A fighter is brutally beaten and left for dead, but somehow manages to survive. Time heals, however, even if it doesn't wipe away the harsh memories, and later, strong and determined, the man rises from the proverbial ashes to seek those who've wronged him and exact his own brand of justice.
- DirectorBrian PetersenStarsEric ArtellJames AveryMaura Claire BarclayBumbling, twenty-something slackers use their self-proclaimed "genius" to save a small town from the evil clutches of Lord Billiards, a land-grabbing pool celebrity.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellStarsRobert BlakeTom EwellEdward GroverThe cases of maverick undercover New York City detective Tony Baretta (Robert Blake).
- DirectorByron CepekStarsByron CepekSarah DavisVanessa Davis
- DirectorHarry FosterStarsBill SternWillie HoppeThe story of Willie Hoppe, world-champion billiard player for more than fifty years, even into his seventies. Commentator Bill Stern describes Hoppe's abilities as the camera catches the match played at the New York Athletic Club, which Hoppe easily wins while playing against a much-younger opponent. The reel concludes with Hoppe demonstrating some of the tricks he can perform with a pool cue and a ball.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsAnthony FranciosaMichael SarrazinJudi WestA seasoned cowboy takes a young tender-foot under his wing. They become embroiled in a range war, and end up on opposite sides.
- DirectorLuis LlosaStarsDavid CarradinePeter NelsonSherilyn FennHelen and Bone live in a repressive futuristic dystopian society they badly want to escape from. Mysterious Jason hires them to steal a disc for him. It's practically a suicide mission, but he claims he can smuggle them out, in return.
- DirectorOssie DavisStarsGodfrey CambridgeRaymond St. JacquesCalvin LockhartTwo Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser.
- DirectorNorman JewisonSam PeckinpahStarsSteve McQueenAnn-MargretEdward G. RobinsonAn up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
- DirectorAl AshtonRobert YoungStarsLenny HenryIan McShaneLesley NightingaleIan Deegan and Charlie Collins team up to appear on a popular snooker quiz TV show. But they have a major falling out when they can't agree how to split their winnings.
- DirectorRob NilssonStarsEdwin JohnsonKelvin Han YeeJohnnie ReeseAfter learning his stepfather has throat cancer, a lazy pool hustler (Kelvin Han Yee) takes on a high-stakes contender (Don Bajema).
- CreatorRon LeavittMichael G. MoyeStarsEd O'NeillChristina ApplegateKatey SagalAl is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.Episode: Cheese, Cues, and Blood (1991) - Kelly earns a quick $1,000 at hustling pool to buy a gown for the local Miss Cheese competition, and a suspicious Al is out for blood, mistakenly thinking that Kelly is into prostitution.
- DirectorTonino ValeriiStarsTerence HillHenry FondaJean MartinA young, easy-going gunman worships and competes with a famed gunfighter, insisting that he must face down a gang of 150 outlaws before he can retire.
- DirectorMichael ElkinStarsSam GittinsDavid YipLuke MablyA gifted inner-city kid, wasting his talents on crime, gets in over his head until a chance encounter with a stranger presents him with an opportunity to turn his life around. But is it too late?
- DirectorCarlo BarsottiStarsPaolo MigoneGianluca FavillaGiacomo PorettiIt's the 1950s and Giuseppe gets a letter from his friend Franco who is working in Sweden. He writes that Sweden is a wonderful country with high salaries, free health care and most important, the girls are beautiful. In short, it is a paradise and Giuseppe travels to Sweden to work. But, as he soon finds out, Franco was not completely frank with him. The taxes are high, the coffee is like dish-water, no wine at the restaurant and worst of all - no billiards!
- DirectorStuart BurgeStarsLiam CunninghamAidan GillenDervla Kirwan"A Handful of Stars" is one of the three plays in Billy Roche's Wexford Trilogy. In 1993, the BBC filmed the stageplay with the cast from the 1993 Bush Theatre (London) production. A Handful of Stars takes place in a pool hall where a miniature pay-as-you-go table awaits the town youths while beyond these double doors into another room is the Members Only part of the hall where the large snooker table and poker table await the men of the town.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneStarsJames DunnDorothy WilsonLouise FazendaPoolroom ace Eddie marries his girlfriend Sally but can't find work so he sends her back to her family. Things improve after he catches some crooks.
- DirectorYann KungStarsShang-Yi WenPeijia HuangShih-Sian WangA normal summer morning in "Outstanding Pool House," Shine is getting ready for school. Shine is a beautiful and chic girl, but there is a bit of melancholy in her face. Six months ago, her parents died in a terrible car accident and left her nothing beside this pool house. Now, Shine even needs to face the fact that she will be sent to a foster home if there is no one from the family that can come and take care of her. Feng, Shine's uncle, an ex-expert in billiards knows this and decides to come home and takes care of his niece. However, Shine does not appreciate this since, first of all, she is not familiar with his uncle at all. Secondly, after losing everything for gambling, Feng drinks and smokes all day, and those are what Shine hates the most. All in all, how can these two people find the way to reconnect with each other through billiards, and how can they see the love that runs in their veins for making them the family?
- DirectorChunze DongStarsHeng FuTao JiangDongni Qian
- DirectorVictor BevineStarsKenny JohnsonRich GrossoAllen SchneiderGuided by his conscience, Nicky is driven to relive what began as a casual night with the boys and ends with an event so tragic he has never been able to put it all behind him.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJack KlugmanJonathan WintersDee SharonA frustrated pool champion has beaten everyone. Everyone except one man - the legendary Fats Brown. Brown is dead and the champ can only curse his name. But guess who just walked in.
- DirectorHugo CarvanaStarsHugo CarvanaOdete LaraPaulo César PeréioHaving come out recently from jail, a tramp decides to cheat a false millionaire, who only appears to be rich.
- DirectorFrancesco NutiStarsFrancesco NutiSabrina FerilliNovello NovelliFrancesco Di Narnali is a world champion billiards Italian and American, with a particular talent for spectacular performances, in particular to be able to pit fifteen balls to the pool with a broom instead of a stick; hence the nickname "Mr. Quindicipalle". One day, Francesco went to the cemetery by his father and, attempting to steal the flowers to the graves he meets a woman named Sissi, who turns out to be a prostitute. Francis, having told relatives that he knew a certain Margaret, for one million and five hundred thousand lire, invites her to lunch at her home, calling her by the name of Margaret. Sissi alias Margaret then tries to get rid of Francis, but it so happens that they meet again just to one of the performances of Francis, and they begin dating. He, more and more in love, even dedicates a new blow to the specialty five pins: un'ottavina nine banks, which he calls "Ottavina Princess Sissi". Francis continues to practice at the pool to take part in a major tournament, but gradually begins to suspect something about the real work of Sissi. She, meanwhile, now in love with Francis, he decided to stop being a prostitute. The day of the tournament Francis wins most of the meetings; Sissi decides to confess everything, but unable to see him because he was practicing for the final. But Francis shortly after the beginning of the final, after choosing to start with the specialty of American billiards, decided to leave the game before it even starts, congratulating his opponent. Full of anger goes away in his billiards room to romp on billiards. When Francis finally calmed down, approaching the spirit of his father Renzo with a broom in his hand, the lights of a pool with the balls already in place. Renzo Francesco wants to put to the test: will post all fifteen balls with the broom and blindfolded. You understand then to be truly a champion born and Sissi to forgive his past.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonBourvilGian Maria VolontèAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
- DirectorAlan ClarkeStarsPhil DanielsAlun ArmstrongBruce PayneCocky, flatulent, cockney snooker player Billy Kid accepts the challenge of a grudge match from Maxwell Randall ( the Green Baize Vampire ) , six times world champion. The loser will never play professional snooker again. Oh, the humanity..
- DirectorDavid MametStarsLindsay CrouseJoe MantegnaMike NussbaumA psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyLaurel and Hardy's bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats, little Ollie and little Stanley.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsJames WoodsGabrielle LazureAlan ArkinThe story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life.
- DirectorFrancesco NutiStarsFrancesco NutiGiuliana de SioDaniel OlbrychskiThis movie is the sequel of _Io, Chiara e lo Scuro (1982)_. Francesco forgot billiards because now he lives with Chiara: "Billiards is jealous, he explains, if you love a woman, you can pass your time on the green table". She is a musician and she would like to become famous. Francesco is different: he found in her the reason of his life. But when she accepts a job far from home, Francesco comes back to billiards: he will meet again Chiara in Casablanca, Morocco, during a World Championship and in the magic of a mysterious bar called Ricks...
- DirectorMaurizio PonziStarsFrancesco NutiGiuliana de SioMarcello LottiFrancesco, nicknamed 'Toscano', is a very good pool player but he never wins when he plays for money. He meets Chiara, a saxophone player, on a late night bus by swapping his case containing the cue with her one, containing the sax. The two fall in love, but in the meantime Francesco loses a big amount of money playing versus 'Scuro', the long-time Italian champion. His only chance to pay the debt is to win the Italian Championships.
- StarsMinnesota FatsTed TraversMickey RooneyA game show where celebrities played pool billiards against Rudolf Wanderone, Jr., better known as Minnesota Fats. Each celebrity's favorite charity received $500 plus another $500 for winning a best-of-three match against Fats.
- CreatorCollier YoungStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayDon MitchellWheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.Episode: Side Pocket (1968) - Ironside writes a letter of recommendation for a pool hustler who plans to attend college. When the young man changes his mind and agrees to a high-stakes game against a legendary billiards champion, the chief wants to know why.
- CreatorBruce GellerStarsPeter GravesBarbara BainGreg MorrisAn elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.Episode: Break! (1972) - Phelps poses as a pool shark to break up a gambling ring led by Krebbs and Allen, and recover microfilm left behind by a dead agent.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsYehuda BarkanYosef ShiloachZe'ev RevachThe story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on Snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced to renew contact with his brother, because he is in trouble with a gangster who won the bet on a snooker game, and the only way to pay is by selling the family estate which is co-owned by Gavriel and his brother Azriel.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenGeorge SilanoStarsJackie MasonJosip ElicReid CruickshanksA police informant steals police funds earmarked for a sting operation and the case detective goes after him to retrieve the money.
- DirectorIan PatersonStarsJohn AltmanMichelle KernohanJoe RainbowThe World Title is the ultimate prize for Bobby Stevens. Getting to the final was his big chance but for some reason he froze against Ray Carter and the match was almost a whitewash as Bobby could not pot another ball! A few years later he's performing trick-shots wearing a mask in small clubs and trying to move on but whatever stopped him potting in the final before has resurfaced. Through his struggles, he meets a young girl and her mother who help him tread the right path. Does this lead to victory in the Jimmy White Invitational Tournament? Will he also find love along the way?
- DirectorGerard ZalewskiStarsJerzy BonczakJan FryczBozena Adamek
- CreatorAlan SpencerStarsDavid RascheAnne-Marie MartinHarrison PageThe adventures of a deranged and dumb police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.Episode: The Color of Hammer (1987)
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
- DirectorLarry FergusonStarsCharlie SheenLinda FiorentinoMichael MadsenAn undercover cop joins a murderous, arms-dealing biker gang to try to put them behind bars.
- DirectorThomas DeMartiniStarsMinnesota FatsJerry ComoRae PhillipsThe life of Lou, a pool hustler, disintegrates through his association with the beautiful and sophisticated Sylvia, who refuses to understand or accept his way of life.
- DirectorAlberto IsaacStarsJulián PastorRocío SagaónGraciela EnríquezDámaso lives in a small town with his wife Ana, who is expecting a child.
- CreatorEdward HumeStarsKarl MaldenMichael DouglasReuben CollinsA veteran cop with more than twenty years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco, California.
- DirectorRandy BradshawStarsEsai MoralesMaury ChaykinPaul CoeurPool hustler Jesse Cardiff plays against all-time champion "Fats" Brown. The stakes? Only Jesse's life...
- DirectorPablo SantiagoStarsFernando Poe Jr.Marianne de la RivaJaime FabregasThe billiard ball is round.... like the life of Carding (FPJ) who revolves around the billiard table to earn a living and survive together with his small family. Being a real master of the said game, he has been used by rich gamblers to enjoy their vices and laid down their big bets. The ball rolls and so is his life when he was falsely accused of playing the game backward. His return was a treat as he tried to use his palm as the billiard table and his enemies, the balls.
- DirectorLes RoseStarsRichard GabourieChris LangevinLynne CavanaghBusher is a card and pool shark who is on the run from some of the many people he has cheated. An orphaned 12-year-old boy wants to join him in his journeys, and together they scam their way across the underbelly of Canada.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHorst TappertKarin HübnerHubert von MeyerinckA pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
- DirectorLes BlairStarsBob GeldofMel SmithAlison SteadmanA down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaTom is in a pool hall after hours; as he soon discovers, Jerry is sleeping in the corner pocket. Tom chases Jerry around the table and the rest of the pool hall.
- DirectorJay TaylorStarsJohnny AlonsoGabriel F. BellottiRick JermainJack Pappas has worked hard to separate himself from his troublesome past. Content to hustle pool for a living, Jack tries to get by without making any waves. It appears he just about has it all figured out, until Sara, an ex flame of his comes back into his life unexpectedly looking for help. Suddenly, Jack finds himself drawn back into a past he'd tried to escape...and hoped to forget. But everything is not as it seems as Old Hollywood meets the modern era in this feature-length piece of contemporary nor.