Director: George Roy Hill
Writer(s): David S. Ward
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, John Heffernan, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, Dimitra Arliss, Robert Earl Jones, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Lee Paul, Sally Kirkland, Avon Long, Arch Johnson, Ed Bakey, Brad Sullivan, John Quade, Larry D. Mann, Leonard Barr, Paulene Myers, Joe Tornatore, Jack Collins, Tom Spratley, Kenneth O’Brien, Ken Sansom, Ta-Tanisha, William ‘Billy’ Benedict, Jack Berle, Patricia Bratcher, Robert Brubaker, Robert Buckingham, Peter Paul Eastman, Kathleen Freeman, Susan French, Sig Frohlich, Ralph Gambina, Clarke Gordon, Jack Griffin, Bob Harks, George Holmes, Sid Kane, Bruce Kimball, Mike Lally, Alexander Lockwood, Jim Michael, Chuck Morrell, Byron Morrow, Jessica Rains, Edwin Rochelle, Pearl Shear, Arthur Tovey, Guy Way
Synopsis: Johnny Hooker, a small time grifter, unknowingly steals from Doyle Lonnegan, a big time crime boss, when he pulls a standard street con. Lonnegan demands satisfaction for the insult. After his partner, Luther, is killed, Hooker flees, and seeks the help of Henry Gondorff, one of Luther’s contacts, who is a master of the long con. Hooker wants to use Gondorff’s expertise to take Lonnegan for an enormous sum of money to even the score, since he admits he “doesn’t know enough about killing to kill him.” They devise a complicated scheme and amass a talented group of other con artists who want their share of the reparations. The stakes are high in this game, and our heroes must not only deal with Lonnegan’s murderous tendencies, but also other side players who want a piece of the action. To win, Hooker and Gondorff will need all their skills…and a fair amount of confidence.
Release Date: December 25, 1973 (USA) | Length: 129 min | Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama | Certificate: PG