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
You wanna make a film - here's how...
A delicious wheeze from start to finish. Certainly a film that leaves you thinking that you'd like to have been in Henry's gang and played a part in separating Lonnegan from his dough. The editing is pin sharp and beautifully cast with a superb musical track to keep you company. The framing, the photography, the pace all dovetail exquisitely and if you feel left outside of the game plan in your first viewing, never fear, the second time of watching, you'll enjoy it just as much but it will mean more. Certainly it's a film you'll want to see a second time. At least. Oscars rightly by the handful and nominations are full deserved to combine for a winning performance by all concerned. Definitely in my top fifty of all time.
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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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