The Sting
“...all it takes is a little confidence.”
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
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2 films
Cast
62 people
Paul Newman
Henry Gondorff
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Robert Redford
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Robert Shaw
Doyle Lonnegan
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Charles Durning
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Ray Walston
J.J. Singleton
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Eileen Brennan
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Harold Gould
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John Heffernan
Eddie Niles
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Dana Elcar
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MacGyver
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Jack Kehoe
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Dimitra Arliss
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Robert Earl Jones
Luther Coleman
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George Roy Hill Director · David S. Ward Writer Marvin Hamlisch Composer
Worldwide gross $160M · Budget $5.5M · United States release December 25, 1973
Box office
Budget
$5,500,000
Worldwide gross
$159,616,327
Gross vs. budget
29.0×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
The Zanuck/Brown Company
Production
Bill/Phillips Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · December 25, 1973
Theatrical
United States · December 25, 1973
Theatrical
United States
June 4, 1977 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 5, 1978 · TV · ABC Network, USA commercial television debut
Argentina
January 10, 1974 · Theatrical
Australia
April 5, 1974 · Theatrical
February 18, 1982 · Theatrical · Re-release
Belgium
August 30, 1974 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 21, 1974 · Theatrical
Czechia
March 8, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Denmark
April 15, 1974 · Theatrical
Finland
April 26, 1974 · Theatrical
France
April 19, 1974 · Theatrical
May 16, 2000 · Physical · DVD
December 26, 2001 · Theatrical · Re-release
June 12, 2012 · Physical · Blu-Ray
May 7, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-Release
October 30, 2018 · Digital · VOD
May 19, 2021 · Physical · 4K UHD
Germany
April 18, 1974 · Theatrical · West Germany
August 6, 1978 · Theatrical · East Germany
Greece
April 26, 1974 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 25, 1973 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 19, 1978 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 1, 1974 · Theatrical
Italy
June 20, 1974 · Theatrical
Japan
June 15, 1974 · Theatrical
June 4, 1977 · Theatrical · Re-release
Mexico
April 25, 1974 · Theatrical
September 6, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
August 1, 1974 · Theatrical
January 11, 2003 · TV · RTL 5
November 10, 2005 · Physical · DVD
June 27, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
April 13, 1974 · Theatrical
Poland
March 3, 1975 · Premiere · Warsaw Konfrontacje
February 2, 1976 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 23, 1974 · Theatrical
Russia
December 25, 1973 · Theatrical · Мировая премьера
March 24, 2011 · Physical · DVD
June 14, 2012 · Physical · Blu-ray
Slovakia
January 16, 1997 · TV · Markíza
South Korea
November 4, 1978 · Theatrical
Spain
April 18, 1974 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 25, 1974 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 10, 1983 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 26, 1973 · Theatrical · (Rated A)
March 20, 1987 · Physical
September 21, 2000 · Physical
Uruguay
August 1, 1974 · Theatrical
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