Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
- Won 7 Oscars
- 18 wins & 6 nominations total
Robert Earl Jones
- Luther Coleman
- (as Robertearl Jones)
James Sloyan
- Mottola
- (as James J. Sloyan)
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- TriviaGeorge Roy Hill used some 1930s stylistic techniques. The film starts with a 1930s-era Universal logo, and used editing wipes to transition between scenes and iris shots.
- GoofsIn the bathroom, Hooker can be seen saying, "He didn't tell me you was a fuck-up either." This has been looped to replace it with the less profane "He didn't tell me you was a screw-up either." (The grammar error is scripted.)
- Quotes
Johnny Hooker: Can you get a mob together?
Henry Gondorff: After what happened to Luther, I don't think I can get more than two, three hundred guys.
- Crazy creditsThe opening animated logo for Universal Pictures is in 1930s style, matching the movie's setting, instead of the 1970s version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974)
Featured review
The Smart Swindle...
Doyle Lonnegan (brilliantly played by Robert Shaw) is a mean and vengeful villain, his retribution leads to you, losing a friend (he's after you to), you find your way to Henry Gondorff (coolly performed by Paul Newman), a sting is conjured around a horse (or horses), then you gather several cons, play let's pretend. The irritation is lieutenant William Snyder (played by the excellent Charles Durning), he's on your tail, and it's not long, before he'll find you, but there are ways to cause distractions, to pervert his satisfactions, as Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford nails it to perfection) you deliver quite a blinder.
Perpetual perfection that continues to deliver to this day.
Perpetual perfection that continues to deliver to this day.
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- Жаока
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- Budget
- $5,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $156,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $156,000,000
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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