The Sting
PG · 1973 ‧ Comedy/Crime ‧ 2h 9m
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 ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff...
Release date: December 25, 1973 (USA)
Director: George Roy Hill
Music composed by: Marvin Hamlisch
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Box office: $257 million
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Johnny Hooker, a small time grifter, unknowingly steals from Doyle Lonnegan, a big time crime boss, when he pulls a standard street con.
The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw).
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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 ...