The Sting
1973
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Dec 25, 1973 · Comedy Crime Drama. Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. Director. George Roy Hill. Writer. David S. Ward. Stars. Paul Newman. Robert Redford. Robert Shaw. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $3.59. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 267K users. 385 User reviews. 151 Critic reviews.
- George Roy Hill
- 367
- 41 sec
Contents. The Sting. For other uses, see The Sting (disambiguation). 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 ...
- $5.5 million
- Marvin Hamlisch
- December 25, 1973
The Sting, American caper movie, released in 1973, that was one of the most popular films of the 1970s and the second on-screen pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It won seven Academy Awards, including that for best picture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
- Pat Bauer
Roger Ebert December 27, 1973. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "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.
J.J. Singleton. Watchlist. 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...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG
Summaries. Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. 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.
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. 7,727 IMDb 8.3 2 h 9 min 1973. X-Ray HDR UHD PG.
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