← Back to films

The Sting

Name: The Sting
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1973-12-25
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 8.014

★ 8,0 /10 (3,033 Votes)

1973 EN 129 min

Overview

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

Stream

Rent

Buy

Release date

25/12/1973

Votes

3,033

Popularity

9.7

...all it takes is a little confidence.

Genres

Comedy Crime Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

129 min

Budget

$5,500,000

Revenue

$159,616,327

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

James Sloyan

Mottola

Charles Dierkop

Floyd (Bodyguard)

Lee Paul

Bodyguard

Sally Kirkland

Crystal

No photo

Avon Long

Benny Garfield

Arch Johnson

Combs

No photo

Ed Bakey

Granger

Brad Sullivan

Cole

John Quade

Riley

No photo

Larry D. Mann

Train Conductor

Leonard Barr

Burlesque House Comedian

Paulene Myers

Alva Coleman

No photo

Joe Tornatore

Black Gloved Gunman

Jack Collins

Duke Boudreau

Tom Spratley

Curly Jackson

No photo

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)

No photo

Susan French

Landlady (uncredited)

Bruce Kimball

Lacey the Bouncer (uncredited)

Alexander Lockwood

Landlord (uncredited)

No photo

Chuck Morrell

FBI Agent Chuck (uncredited)

Byron Morrow

Mr. Jameson from Chicago (uncredited)

No photo

Pearl Shear

Lady in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Bank Officer (uncredited)

No photo

Guy Way

Gambling Den Boss (uncredited)

No photo

Jim Michael

Bartender (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Nick Borgani

Tailor (uncredited)

Robert Buckingham

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Peter Eastman

Poker Player (uncredited)

No photo

Richard Elmore

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Bob Folkerson

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Sig Frohlich

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Ralph Gambina

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Clarke Gordon

Mr. Lombard (uncredited)

No photo

Jack Griffin

Cabbie (uncredited)

Bob Harks

Pedestrian (uncredited)

George Holmes

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Sid Kane

Cashier #2 (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Tom McDonough

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Richard Niehaus

Train Passenger (uncredited)

No photo

Jessica Rains

Secretary (uncredited)

No photo

Al Roberts

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Edwin Rochelle

Gambler (uncredited)

No photo

Clark Ross

Man at Bar (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

Loading soundtrack videos…

Not only does it sting, it floats like a butterfly as well. Academy Award Winner Best Picture, Academy Award Winner Best Director-George Roy Hill, Academy Award Winner Best Screenplay-David S. Ward, Academy Award Winner Best Editing-William Reynolds, Academy Award Winner Best Song Score-Marvin Hamlisch, Academy Award Winner Best Art Direction/Set Decoration-Bumstead & Payne, Academy Award Winner Best Costume Design-Edith Head, Nominated for Best Actor (Redford), Best Cinematography, Best Sound. Few films can draw me in and indulge me on repeat viewings like The Sting does, it was barely …

Read full review →

Say what you like about the undoubted chemistry between Paul Newman ("Henry") and Robert Redford ("Johnny") this film belongs to a superb effort from the understated but hugely entertaining Robert Shaw. He's the hard-nosed gangster "Lonnegan" who gets (anonymously) fleeced by a "Johnny" who quickly decides that discretion is the better part of valour and gets out of Dodge. It's at this stage that the two grifters decide that their mark could be good for a great deal more money and so set up an elaborate operation purporting to be an undercover betting (on horses) proposition. Now "Lonnegan" ai…

Read full review →

**It is imperative to rediscover this magnificent film.** There are many films about con artists and confidence games (Ocean’s Eleven and its two or three sequels, for example), but I had never seen one that was so good-natured and in which the main characters were so likable. It's a light, family comedy from the 70s, in which a group of tricksters decides to risk their lives to deceive a powerful and rich mobster in order to avenge a friend, killed by his hitmen. This film was, at the time, a huge financial success in the USA and won notable awards, especially seven Academy Awards: Best Fi…

Read full review →