Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) is a small time con-man working the backstreets of 1930s Chicago. When his partner is killed by mob boss Doyle Lonnegan, he teams up with down-and-out career criminal Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman), to dupe Lonnegan out of more than half a million dollars. The definitive ‘caper’ movie, “The Sting” features legendary ragtime piano by Scott Joplin and a superb supporting cast including Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan and Robert Shaw.
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314473
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Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture trailers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Caper drama
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Swindlers and swindling
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Gambling
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Gambling
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