The Sting
1973
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Dec 25, 1973 · The Sting: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning. Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
- George Roy Hill
- 367
- 41 sec
Box office. $257 million. The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters ( Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss ( Robert Shaw ). [2] The film was directed by George Roy Hill, [3] who had previously directed Newman and Redford in the Western Butch Cassidy and ...
- $5.5 million
- Marvin Hamlisch
- December 25, 1973
The Sting reunited actors Newman and Redford with director George Roy Hill four years after that team struck box-office gold with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). ). The score, adapted by Marvin Hamlisch from songs composed by Scott Joplin, ignited a vogue for ragtime music, though the musical form’s heyday predated World W
- Pat Bauer
The Sting. "The Sting" is one of the most stylish movies of the year. That's an especially pleasant surprise because it reunites the co-stars and the director of " Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ," a movie I thought was overrated. The director is George Roy Hill, and the stars are those two good old buddies Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Johnny Hooker, a small time grifter, unknowingly steals from Doyle Lonnegan, a big time crime boss, when he pulls a standard street con. Lonnegan demands satisfaction for the insult. After his partner, Luther, is killed, Hooker flees, and seeks the help of Henry Gondorff, one of Luther's contacts, who is a master of the long con.
Jun 14, 2023. Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss ...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG
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The Sting. Two con men (Robert Redford and Paul Newman) team up to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a mobster (Robert Shaw) in director George Roy Hill's Academy Award winning Best Picture. 7,722 IMDb 8.3 2 h 9 min 1973. X-Ray HDR UHD PG.
