There are hundreds of so-called ‘classic’ movies, and chances are that you haven’t seen many of them.Well, it’s time to try and change all that starting with The Sting.
Directed by George Roy Hill and starring the dynamic duo of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, The Sting is one of the best con movies ever made, as well as being one of those rare films that gets better with time.
In the film, Redford plays Johnny Hooker, a low-rate grifter who stumbles on a big score when he steals a wad of money from a mob bagman. The mob boss, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) kills Hooker’s partner and tries to kill Hooker, too, but he gets away and heads to Chicago to set up his elaborate revenge plan.
Even if the Oscar-winning script, written by David S. Ward, weren’t so damn much fun, The Sting would be worth renting just to see Newman and Redford in action. Made just four years after they starred in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Newman and Redford look like they are having the time of their lives in the movie. There’s no upstaging or petty crap going on between them; it’s just two actors at the top of their game doing what they do best.
And it’s a joy to behold.
Starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
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