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The Sting
...all it takes is a little confidence.
( Comedy / Crime / Drama )


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US Runtime: 129 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 25, 1973   [USA]
 
Director: George Roy Hill   [Director]
 
Writer: David S. Ward   [Writer]
 
Producers: Tony Bill   [Producer]
David Brown   [Executive Producer]
Robert Crawford Jr.   [Associate Producer]
Julia Phillips   [Producer]
Michael Phillips   [Producer]
Richard D. Zanuck   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Robert Surtees   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: William Reynolds   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Marvin Hamlisch   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Edith Head   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by William Batliner   [Casting]
Robert J. LaSanka   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: David Brown Productions   (US)
The Zanuck/Brown Company   (US)
Universal Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.

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
Ed Bakey
Granger
Brad Sullivan
Cole
John Quade
Riley
Larry D. Mann
Train Conductor
Leonard Barr
Burlesque House Comedian
Paulene Myers
Alva Coleman
Joe Tornatore
Black Gloved Gunman
Jack Collins
Duke Boudreau
Tom Spratley
Curly Jackson
Kenneth O'Brien
Greer
Ken Sansom
Western Union Executive
Ta-Tanisha
Louise Coleman
William Benedict
Roulette Dealer
 

Uncredited Cast:


Robert Brubaker
Bill Clayton from Pittsburgh (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
Susan French
Landlady (uncredited)
Bruce Kimball
Lacey the Bouncer (uncredited)
Alexander Lockwood
Landlord (uncredited)
Chuck Morrell
FBI Agent Chuck (uncredited)
 
Byron Morrow
Mr. Jameson from Chicago (uncredited)
Pearl Shear
Lady in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Bank Officer (uncredited)
Guy Way
Gambling Den Boss (uncredited)
Jim Michael
Bartender (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Steven Burnett
Stunts
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
 
John Moio
Stunts
Dean Smith
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:



Special Visual Effects Crew:


Bob Warner
Special Effects
 
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Jaroslav Gebr
Title Illustration
 
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
Julius Rosenkrantz
Property Master
 
 

Directing Crew:


Charles Dismukes
Second Assistant Director
 
Ray Gosnell Jr.
First Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


John Scarne
Technical Advisor
 
Charles W. Short
Camera Operator
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Bernie Pollack
Set Costumer
Peter V. Saldutti
Set Costumer
 
Andrea E. Weaver
Set Costumer
 

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