---
title: 'The Sting (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Roy Hill'
released: '1973-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sting-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070735/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sting (1973)

1973 · PG · 129 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Sting is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936, it involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). The screenplay by David S. Ward was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his 1940 book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Roy Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-roy-hill)
- **Screenplay:** [David S. Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-s-ward)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marvin Hamlisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-hamlisch)
- **Producer:** [Tony Bill](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-bill), [Julia Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-phillips), [Michael Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-phillips)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert L. Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-surtees)
- **Editor:** [William H. Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-reynolds)

## Cast

- [Kathleen Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-freeman)
- [Robert Redford](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-redford)
- [Charles Dierkop](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dierkop)
- [Jack Kehoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kehoe)
- [Robert Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaw)
- [Jack Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-collins)
- [Dimitra Arliss](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitra-arliss)
- [Charles Durning](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-durning)
- [John Quade](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-quade)
- [Ray Walston](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-walston)
- [Eileen Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-brennan)
- [Arch Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arch-johnson)
- [Paulene Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulene-myers)
- [Larry D. Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-d-mann)
- [Brad Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-sullivan)

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