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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 · Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con on a crime boss in 1930s America. The Sting won 7 Oscars and features Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw in the cast.
Apr 24, 2021 · 28K. 5.8M views 3 years ago. 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...
Rent The Sting on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill prove that charm,...
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.)
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.
A classic con movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two hustlers who fleece a rich gambler in 1930s Chicago. Roger Ebert praises the movie's style, humor, and plot complexity in his review.
