actually... the game they played in that movie was Straight Pool. in the follow up film, The Color of Money, they play 9 ball. Also in that moviekinard wrote:The 'best players' mastered white ball control on these pocketless tables. Move onto the 9 ball table and you have the likes of Jackie Gleason, showing his skills in the 1961 film, The Hustler. All the shots he played in the film were his own
Tom Cruise sported the awesome t-shirt "VINCE". they changed it to 9 Ball because Tom Cruise can't play "straight" anything.
allegedly.