The Sting
(1973)
★ 8 IMDb · 3,091 votes
Year: 1973
Runtime: 129 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Пол Ньюман, Роберт Редфорд, Роберт Шоу, Чарльз Дёрнинг, Ray Walston, Айлин Бреннан, Гарольд Гулд, John Heffernan, Дана Элкар, Jack Kehoe
Plot
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.
Johnny Hooke and his accomplice Luther, small time grifters, unknowingly steal from Doyle Lonnegan, a big time crime boss, when they pull a standard street con. Lonnegan demands satisfaction for the insult. After Luther, is murdered by Lonnegan, Hooker flees, and seeks the help of Henry Gondorff, one of Luther's former contacts, who is a master of the big con. Hooker wants to use Gondorff's expertise to take Lonnegan for an enormous sum of money to even the score, since he admits he "doesn't know enough about killing to kill him." They devise a complicated scheme and amass a talented group of other con artists who want their share of the reparations. The stakes are high in this game, and our heroes must not only deal with Lonnegan's murderous tendencies, but also other side players who want a piece of the action. To win, Hooker and Gondorff will need all their skills...and a fair amount of confidence.