Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won’t even know he’s been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don’t go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.
Set in Chicago of the 1930s.
Winner of 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.
“The Sting is the most purely enjoyable film in Oscar history – and that, I think, puts it in the most valuable American film-making tradition of all. But best of all, The Sting is a wonderfully moral movie – if that’s not a contradiction in terms for a story of rank deception… there is sensitive narrative drama at the heart of the film.” – The Guardian
Starring Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan.
Rated PG