The Sting. 1973.
Two grifters try and pull off the ultimate con and stay ahead of those they have wronged and the police.
Robert Redford and Robert Earl Jones are the small Chicago street hustlers who know how to play the con game with run into some problems with Robert Shaw. While dodging the law Redford turns to a big con man Paul Newman who is also dodging the law for a big time win and score.
Films set in the Chicago 30s you would think of a film-noir, this one speaks for itself, the acting is heavily styled with everyone creating their own method on how to make the character work. The set pieces are amazing as is the costumes that make it look authentic and some little bit of comedy thrown in. Despite the small comedy there is a serious undertone of police corruption, murder and revenge that somehow been spliced together makes the film more watchable and how the plan of the ultimate score will pan out. Another classic film that I have never seen will be re-watched again.
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