The Grifters (1990)
Overview
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $13,446,769.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 12.993 |
Directed By
Stephen Frears
Crew
Stephen Frears
Jim Thompson
Donald E. Westlake
Elmer Bernstein
Mick Audsley
Oliver Stapleton
Juliet Taylor
Victoria Thomas
Llewellyn Wells
J. Stephen Buck
Joe Camp III
Leslie McDonald
Nancy Haigh
Richard Davis Jr.
Mary Cybulski
John Sutton
Ian Wright
Julie Hewett
Cydney Cornell
Kathleen M. Courtney
Beth Bernstein
Cynthia Quan
Marco Mazzei
Katherine M. Butler
Matthew Morrissey
Suzanne Hanover
Kant Pan
Peter Maxwell
Derek Holding
Rick Dunford
Douglas Fox
Bill Cancienne
Joseph Timothy Conway
Jody Hummer
Scott Plauche
Paige Augustine
Claire Gaul
Robert Greenfield
Mark Bridges
Kimberly Adams
Elizabeth Feldbauer
Jack English
James Babineaux
Gary Jensen
Frank Viviano
Chris Snyder
A. Welch Lambeth
Bill M. Puluti
Jory Weitz
Barbara De Fina
Martin Scorsese
Jim Painter
Robert A. Harris
Peggy Rajski
Dennis Gassner
Richard Hornung
TOP CAST
Anjelica Huston
Lilly Dillon
John Cusack
Roy Dillon
Annette Bening
Myra Langtry
Jan Munroe
Guy in bar
Robert Weems
Racetrack Announcer
Stephen Tobolowsky
Jeweler
Jimmy Noonan
Bartender
Richard Holden
Cop
Henry Jones
Sims
Michael Laskin
Irv
Eddie Jones
Mintz
Sandy Baron
Doctor
Lou Hancock
Nurse
Gailard Sartain
Joe
Noelle Harling
Nurse Carol Flynn
Ivette Soler
Maid
Pat Hingle
Bobo Justus
Paul Adelstein
Sailor - Young Paul
Jeremy Piven
Sailor - Freshman
Gregory Sporleder
Sailor - Spooney
David Sinaiko
Sailor - Stinky
Jeff Perry
Drunk
Jon Gries
Drunk's Friend
Micole Mercurio
Waitress
Charles Napier
Gloucester Hebbing
J. T. Walsh
Cole
Teresa Gilmore
Receptionist 1
Elizabeth Ann Feeley
Receptionist 2
Billy Ray Sharkey
FBI man
Frances Bay
Arizona Motel Clerk
Xander Berkeley
Lt. Pierson
John Gillespie
Bartender (uncredited)
Juliet Landau
Young Lilly (uncredited)
Sy Richardson
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
Opening voice-over (uncredited)
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