The Sting

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.

The Sting is a 1973 comedy crime film directed by George Roy Hill. The film is filed under cautionary, mischievous, con man, and bet.

Paul Newman takes the lead as Henry Gondorff, Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker, Robert Shaw as Doyle Lonnegan, and Charles Durning as Lt. Wm. Snyder. It runs 129 minutes and was released in December 1973.

The screenplay is by David S. Ward. It comes from Bill/Phillips Productions, David Brown Productions, and The Zanuck/Brown Company. It is part of The Sting Collection. In the United States it streams on YouTube TV.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dry Rot, and Now You See Me make useful companions to The Sting. TMDB voters put it at 8.0 out of 10 across 3,165 votes and it carries a PG rating.