The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill and the story was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw.


The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill and the story was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw.


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