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Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan,
Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Harold Gould, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, Dimitra
Arliss, Robert Earl Jones, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Sally Kirkland, Avon
Long, Arch Johnson, Ed Bakey, Brad Sullivan, John Quade, Larry D. Mann, Joe
Tornatore; Directed by: George Roy Hill
Synopsis:
Four years after setting box offices ablaze in Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill
re-teamed with similar success for The Sting. Redford plays Depression-era
confidence trickster Johnny Hooker, whose friend and mentor Luther Coleman
(Robert Earl Jones) is murdered by racketeer/gambler Doyle Lonnegan (Robert
Shaw). Hoping to avenge Luther's death, Johnny begins planning a "sting" -- an
elaborate scam -- to destroy Lonnegan. He enlists the aid of "the greatest con
artist of them all," Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman), who pulls himself out of a
drunken stupor and rises to the occasion. Hooker and Gondorff gather together an
impressive array of con men, all of whom despise Lonnegan and wish to settle
accounts on behalf of Luther. The twists and surprises that follow are too
complex to relate in detail -- suffice to say that you can't cheat an honest
man, and that you shouldn't accept everything at face value. The Sting became
one of the biggest hits of the early '70s; grossing 68.5 million dollars during
its first run, the film also picked up seven Academy Awards, including Best
Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Adapted Score for Marvin
Hamlisch's unforgettable setting of Scott Joplin's ragtime music.