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The Grifters is a 1990 American neo-noir [1] crime thriller film directed by Stephen Frears, produced by Martin Scorsese, and starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Annette Bening. [2] The screenplay was written by Donald E. Westlake, based on Jim Thompson's 1963 novel of the same name.
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- David Giuntoli (Nick Burkhardt) Since 2018, Giuntoli has starred as Eddie Saville in the ABC drama A Million Little Things. In real life, meanwhile, he married Grimm costar Elizabeth “Bitsie” Tulloch in 2017, and the couple welcomed daughter Vivian in 2019.
- Russell Hornsby (Hank Griffin) Following Grimm, Hornsby had starring roles in Seven Seconds, Proven Innocent, and Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (appearing alongside Grimm costar Claire Coffee).
- Elizabeth “Bitsie” Tulloch (Juliette Silverton) After appearing as Lois Lane in two Arrowverse crossover events, Tulloch now stars as the intrepid reporter in The CW’s superhero saga Superman & Lois, now headed into its second season.
- Silas Weir Mitchell (Monroe) Mitchell’s biggest post-Grimm role so far was his starring part in Paradise Lost, opposite Josh Hartnett and Bridget Regan.
The Grifters: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe. A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
- Stephen Frears
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16 hours ago · The Grifters. A dark-hearted neonoir comes to a boil under the bright Los Angeles sun, in British director Stephen Frears’s rousing adaptation of the novel by dime-store bard Jim Thompson, a film that raises pulp to the realm of existential tragedy. A possessive mother (Anjelica Huston), her cynical son (John Cusack), and his scheming ...
Dec 27, 2016 · The Grifters follows Roy Dillon (John Cusack), a small-time con artist who finds himself with a bat to his stomach in the first five minutes of the film.
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Jim Thompson. Novel. Donald E. Westlake. Screenplay. A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
