The Sting (1973)

Released: 1973-12-25 Duration: 2hr 9min

Genres: Comedy Crime Drama

Rating 8.0

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...all it takes is a little confidence.

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Zanuck/Brown Company

David Brown Productions

Additional Info

Budget	$5,500,000.00
Revenue	$159,616,327.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	19.733

Directed By

George Roy Hill

Crew

Producer
Julia Phillips

Costume Design
Edith Head

Producer
Tony Bill

Producer
Michael Phillips

Director
George Roy Hill

Director of Photography
Robert Surtees

Editor
William Reynolds

Script Supervisor
Charlsie Bryant

Production Manager
Ernest B. Wehmeyer

Music
Billy Byers

Visual Effects
Albert Whitlock

Makeup Artist
Mark Reedall

Executive Producer
David Brown

Casting
William Batliner

Executive Producer
Richard D. Zanuck

Casting
Robert J. LaSanka

Sound
Dennis C. Salcedo

Stunts
Steven Burnett

Makeup Artist
Jim Gillespie

Sound
Ronald Pierce

Stunts
John Moio

Art Direction
Henry Bumstead

Set Decoration
James W. Payne

Hairstylist
Connie Nichols

Makeup Artist
Rick Sharp

Makeup Artist
Gary Liddiard

Special Effects
Bob Warner

Set Costumer
Peter V. Saldutti

Set Costumer
Andrea E. Weaver

Unit Publicist
Eileen Peterson

Set Costumer
Bernie Pollack

Camera Operator
Charles W. Short

Stunts
Dean Smith

Stunts
Mickey Gilbert

Music
Marvin Hamlisch

Original Music Composer
Marvin Hamlisch

First Assistant Director
Ray Gosnell Jr.

Technical Advisor
John Scarne

Sound
Robert Bertrand

Associate Producer
Robert Crawford Jr.

Second Assistant Director
Charles Dismukes

Music Arranger
Marvin Hamlisch

Writer
David S. Ward

Title Illustration
Jaroslav Gebr

Music
Scott Joplin

Property Master
Julius Rosenkrantz

TOP CAST

Robert Brubaker

Bill Clayton from Pittsburgh (uncredited)

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