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.Fox) to match up and interact seamlessly in the same scene (the "instant pizza" dinner scene), through impressive split-screen photography.The next Saturday, all the homesteaders meet at the Starrett""s place to band together for protection on a shopping trip o Grafton""s Mercantile Store for supplies for the next day’s Fourth of July celebration.Arguments will start.Should he commit suicide or should he not? People will write in, pleading with him - but NO! No sir, John Doe will remain adamant.