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Name: The Sting
Director: George Roy Hill
Genre: comedy, crime, drama
Released: 1973
Duration: 2 h 9 min
Rating: 8.2

The Sting has an iRankMovies score of 84.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Sting (1973)

...all it takes is a little confidence.

Release:1973

Runtime:2h 9m

Country:United States

Director:George Roy Hill

Language:English

Genre

ComedyCrimeDrama

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Keywords

BetChicago IllinoisRepaymentHorse RaceCon ManMafia BossheistCaper

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The Sting rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 299K votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic83%

TMDb8/10· 3K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Sting

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.

Cast of The Sting

Paul Newman
as Henry Gondorff
Robert Redford
as Johnny Hooker
Robert Shaw
as Doyle Lonnegan
Charles Durning
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
Ray Walston
as J.J. Singleton
Eileen Brennan
as Billie
Harold Gould
as Kid Twist
John Heffernan
as Eddie Niles
Dana Elcar
as F.B.I. Agent Polk
Jack Kehoe
as Erie Kid
Dimitra Arliss
as Loretta
Robert Earl Jones
as Luther Coleman

The Sting facts

Budget: $5.5M
Box office: $159.6M
Collection: The Sting Collection

Our take on The Sting

George Roy Hill's 1973 caper teams a young grifter with a seasoned master to pull off an elaborate con avenging a friend's murder in Depression-era Chicago. Witty, twisty and impossibly charming, it's the gold standard of the con-artist movie. If its clever scheme and reversals delighted you, seek out heist and con capers built on charm, misdirection and a final trick you never see coming.

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