The Sting (1973)
The Sting (1973)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Newman
Henry Gondorff
Robert Redford
Johnny Hooker
Robert Shaw
Doyle Lonnegan
Charles Durning
Lt. Wm. Snyder
Ray Walston
J.J. Singleton
Eileen Brennan
Billie
Harold Gould
Kid Twist
John Heffernan
Eddie Niles
Dana Elcar
F.B.I. Agent Polk
Jack Kehoe
Erie Kid
Dimitra Arliss
Loretta
Robert Earl Jones
Luther Coleman
David S. Ward
Writer
James Sloyan
Mottola
Charles Dierkop
Floyd (Bodyguard)
Lee Paul
Bodyguard
Sally Kirkland
Crystal
Avon Long
Benny Garfield
Arch Johnson
Combs
Ed Bakey
Granger
Brad Sullivan
Cole
John Quade
Riley
Larry D. Mann
Train Conductor
Leonard Barr
Burlesque House Comedian
Paulene Myers
Alva Coleman
Joe Tornatore
Black Gloved Gunman
Jack Collins
Duke Boudreau
Tom Spratley
Curly Jackson
Kenneth O'Brien
Greer
Ken Sansom
Western Union Executive
Ta-Tanisha
Louise Coleman
William Benedict
Roulette Dealer
Robert Brubaker
Bill Clayton from Pittsburgh (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
Susan French
Landlady (uncredited)
Bruce Kimball
Lacey the Bouncer (uncredited)
Alexander Lockwood
Landlord (uncredited)
Chuck Morrell
FBI Agent Chuck (uncredited)
Byron Morrow
Mr. Jameson from Chicago (uncredited)
Pearl Shear
Lady in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Bank Officer (uncredited)
Guy Way
Gambling Den Boss (uncredited)
Jim Michael
Bartender (uncredited)
William Reynolds
Editor
George Roy Hill
Director
Michael Phillips
Producer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Tony Bill
Producer
Julia Phillips
Producer
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Ernest B. Wehmeyer
Production Manager
Richard D. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Gary Liddiard
Makeup Artist
Steven Burnett
Stunts
Eileen Peterson
Unit Publicist
Rick Sharp
Makeup Artist
Ronald Pierce
Sound
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
Billy Byers
Music
William Batliner
Casting
Connie Nichols
Hairstylist
Dennis C. Salcedo
Sound
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Andrea E. Weaver
Set Costumer
Dean Smith
Stunts
Bernie Pollack
Set Costumer
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Charles W. Short
Camera Operator
David Brown
Executive Producer
Jim Gillespie
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1973
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Content RatingPG
Budget$5,500,000
Box Office$159,616,327
Filming LocationsSanta Monica · Chicago · LaSalle Street Station, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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). The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had previously directed Newman and Redford in the Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), and written by screenwriter David S. Ward, inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his 1940 book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man.
The film plays out in distinct sections with old-fashioned title cards drawn by artist Jaroslav "Jerry" Gebr in a style reminiscent of the Saturday Evening Post. It is noted for its use of ragtime, particularly the melody "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, which was adapted (along with other Joplin pieces) for the film by Marvin Hamlisch (and a top-ten chart single for Hamlisch when released as a single from the film's soundtrack). The film's success created a resurgence of interest in Joplin's work.Released on Christmas of 1973, The Sting was a massive critical and commercial success and hugely successful at the 46th Academy Awards, nominated for ten Oscars and winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Original Screenplay; Redford was also nominated for Best Actor. The film rekindled Newman's career after a series of big-screen flops. Regarded as having one of the best screenplays ever written, The Sting was selected in 2005 for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It was followed by a sequel, The Sting II, in 1983.