The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Pool Hustler (1967)
Making her first visit to the local pool hall upon its redecoration, Lucy (Lucille Ball) enters a tournament in hopes of winning the $100 prize. Her main competition is formidable indeed: A heavily rouged and perfumed female pool hustler named Laura Winthrop. Only the audience knows that "she" is a "he"--Laura is actually a man named Ace (played by comedian Dick Shawn), who has entered the tournament because he needs the money even more than Lucy. At the time this episode originally aired, Lucille Ball's husband Gary Morton described the script as a heady combination of The Hustler and Some Like It Hot. Well, sort of... ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dick Shawn, Stanley Adams, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jack Donohue
Synopsis of The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Pool Hustler
Making her first visit to the local pool hall upon its redecoration, Lucy (Lucille Ball) enters a tournament in hopes of winning the $100 prize. Her main competition is formidable indeed: A heavily rouged and perfumed female pool hustler named Laura Winthrop. Only the audience knows that "she" is a "he"--Laura is actually a man named Ace (played by comedian Dick Shawn), who has entered the tournament because he needs the money even more than Lucy. At the time this episode originally aired, Lucille Ball's husband Gary Morton described the script as a heady combination of The Hustler and Some Like It Hot. Well, sort of... ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Pool Hustler
- Dick Shawn - Ace Winthrop
- Herbie Faye - Danny
- Joan Swift - Joan
- Stanley Adams - Harry
- Remo Pisani - Andy
- Vanda Barra - Vanda Wilson
- Director(s):
- Jack Donohue
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