“It’s the rare film that pleases everybody,” writes Leonard Maltin in the liner notes of the new reissue of The Sting…
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Cast
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)Avon Long (Benny Garfield)Arch Johnson (Combs)
Director
George Roy Hill
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Synopsis
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
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