Vincent Gardenia and Jake LaMotta (theRaging Bullboxer) appear in bit cameo roles as bartenders.Plot SynopsisBefore the credits, the film opens with existential anti-hero "Fast" Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) and his elderly manager Charlie Burns (Myron McCormick) entering a local pool hall - the Homestead Bar and Grill, located two or three hours drive from Pittsburgh.Victor: You mean changed as a result of his work?Waldman: Yes, his work, his insane ambition to create life.] Astaire and Rogers also sang another Kern/Fields hit song together:A Fine Romance.This marvelous picture also featured a vigorous solo by Astaire in ""blackface"" (his first and only), "Bojangles of Harlem" (a tribute to great black tap dancer Bill Robinson who was best known for his appearances in Shirley Temple movies).] Bundles of newspapers slide down moving belts into the hands of workers, who load the stacks onto trucks that are soon flagged by an urgent foreman to start their delivery rounds.