The thing that impresses me most about The Sting is the deep bench of acting talent the film has. Not just the stars, or even the supporting cast (Eileen Brennan, Ray Walston, Harold Gould, etc.) Even the bit parts are filled by actors who would go on to do a lot of great work - James Sloyan (best remembered by us Trek geeks as Admiral Jirok), Clint Eastwood favorite John Quade, etc. It's this depth of talent that takes a fairly lightweight script and turns it into a real gem of a film. Love this one from the first scene to the last. 8.25/10.
Weak spot being a rather wrinkly, pushing 40, Robert Redford as the kid...
Great movie...watch it every time it’s on TV. I still have the movie soundtrack album (vinyl).
One of the great movies of all time. If “The Sting” isn’t in your TOP 10 then you should quickly check your pulse - you may not have one.
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It really is an informative book. reading it will enlighten souls as to how to spot the con.
A truly great movie. I think my favorite scene, though, is when Paul Newman is warming up for the big card game. It’s just two hands (belonging to John Scarne, the great card manipulator) and a deck of cards in close-up, and the hands shuffle and cut the cards repeatedly while turning up the ace of spades every time.
Wonderful movie, the best part of which to me was its provision for those who figured it out and then talked them out of it, before springing it on us in the end.