 Rossen filmed The Hustler over six weeks , entirely in New York City . Much of the action was filmed at two now @-@ defunct pool halls , McGirr 's and Ames Billiard Academy . Other shooting locations included a townhouse on East 82nd Street , which served as the Louisville home of Murray Hamilton 's character Findley , and the Manhattan Greyhound bus terminal . The film crew built a dining area that was so realistic that confused passengers sat there and waited to place their orders . Willie Mosconi served as technical advisor on the film and shot a number of the trick shots in place of the actors . All of Gleason 's shots were his own ; they were filmed in wide @-@ angle to emphasize having the actor and the shot in the same frames . Rossen , in pursuit of the style he termed " neo @-@ neo @-@ realistic " , hired actual street thugs , enrolled them in the Screen Actors Guild and used them as extras . Scenes that were included in the shooting script but did not make it into the final film include a scene at Ames pool hall establishing that Eddie is on his way to town ( originally slated to be the first scene of the film ) and a longer scene of Preacher talking to Bert at Johnny 's Bar which establishes Preacher is a junkie . 
 Rossen<a href='been_done' title='1'><mark></mark></a> filmed The Hustler over six weeks , entirely in New York City . Much of the action was filmed at two now @-@ defunct pool halls , McGirr <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>and Ames Billiard Academy . Other shooting locations included a townhouse on East 82nd Street , which served as the Louisville home of Murray Hamilton <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>character Findley , and the Manhattan Greyhound bus terminal . The film crew built a dining area <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>was so realistic that confused passengers sat there and waited to place their orders . Willie Mosconi served as technical advisor on the film and shot a number of the trick shots in place of the actors . All of Gleason <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>shots <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> his own ; they <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> filmed in wide @-@ angle to emphasize having the actor and the shot in the same frames . Rossen , in pursuit of the style he termed " neo @-@ neo @-@ realistic " , hired actual street thugs , enrolled them in the Screen Actors Guild and used them as extras . Scenes <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>were</mark></a> included in the shooting script but did not make it into the final film include a scene at Ames pool hall establishing that Eddie is on his way to town ( originally slated to be the first scene of the film ) and a longer scene of Preacher talking to Bert at Johnny <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>Bar which <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>establishes</mark></a> Preacher is a junkie . 
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