The Sting
1973 caper film directed by George Roy Hill · Released 1973
The Sting is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936, it involves 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 directed Newman and Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). The screenplay by David S. Ward was 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.
Cast ages at release (1973)
- Paul Newman, as Henry Gondorff: 47–48
- Robert Redford, as Johnny Hooker: 36–37
- Robert Shaw, as Doyle Lonnegan: 45–46
- Charles Durning, as Lt. William Snyder: 49–50
- Ray Walston, as J. J. Singleton: 58–59
- Eileen Brennan, as Billie: 40–41
- Harold Gould, as Kid Twist: 49–50
- Dana Elcar, as FBI Agent Polk: 45–46
- Sally Kirkland, as Crystal: 31–32
- Jack Kehoe, as Erie Kid: 38–39
- Robert Earl Jones, as Luther Coleman: 62–63
- Dimitra Arliss, as Loretta: 40–41
- John Quade, as Riley: 34–35
- Larry D. Mann, as Clemens: 50–51
- Paulene Myers, as Alva Coleman: 59–60
- Jack Collins, as Duke Boudreau: 49–50
- Charles Dierkop, as Floyd: 36–37
- Arch Johnson, as Combs: 50–51
- Brad Sullivan, as Cole: 41–42
- Avon Long, as Benny Garfield: 62–63
- William Benedict, as Jimmy: 55–56