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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).
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.
Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) boards the 20th Century Limited, poses as drunkard Shaw, and cons crime boss Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) out of $15,000 in a high-stakes poker game... while both of...
The Sting (1973) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
May 29, 2024 · 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.)
Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan. Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled.
Shaw is a high-stakes gambler who first gets hooked during a poker game between New York and Chicago on the 20th Century Limited. Newman and Redford spot him, mark him and begin to manipulate him.
