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The Sting (1973), PG

To avenge a murder, two con men (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) bilk a mobster (Robert Shaw) with their... (Learn more)

Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw (View All)

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Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting. (Photo: Universal)
About The Sting

Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw

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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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US Release Date

11/30/73

MPAA Rating

Rated PG

Running Time

127 mins.

Locations

  • Chicago, IL

Language

  • English

Awards

  • Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1973 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Adapted or Original Song Score award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1973 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Director award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Director award at the 1973 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Editing award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1975 People's Choice Awards [Festival/Award Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 1973 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.

Distributor

  • Universal Pictures
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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