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The Sting

...all it takes is a little confidence.

8.0(3,153)19732h 9m21

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5.5M
Box office
$159.6M
Language
English
Part of The Sting Collection · 2 films
  • bet
  • chicago, illinois
  • repayment
  • horse race
  • con man
  • mafia boss
  • heist
  • caper
  • ragtime
  • off track betting
  • sting operation
  • alley

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG25 Dec 1973
    • TheatricalPGRe-release4 Jun 1977
    • TVABC Network, USA commercial television debut5 Nov 1978
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical(Rated A)26 Dec 1973
    • PhysicalPG20 Mar 1987
    • PhysicalPG21 Sept 2000
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG5 Apr 1974
    • TheatricalPGRe-release18 Feb 1982
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG25 Dec 1973
  • ArgentinaAR

    • TheatricalATP10 Jan 1974
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1830 Aug 1974
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1821 Jan 1974
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical15+DVD8 Mar 2004
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1115 Apr 1974
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1626 Apr 1974
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP19 Apr 1974
    • PhysicalTPDVD16 May 2000
    • TheatricalRe-release26 Dec 2001
    • PhysicalUBlu-Ray12 Jun 2012
    • TheatricalRe-Release7 May 2014
    • Digital / OTTVOD30 Oct 2018
    • PhysicalU4K UHD19 May 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12West Germany18 Apr 1974
    • Theatrical12East Germany6 Aug 1978

Frequently asked questions

The Sting was released on 25 December 1973.

Audience reviews

3
  • J

    John Chard

    9/9/2019

    10/10

    Not only does it sting, it floats like a butterfly as well. Academy Award Winner Best Picture, Academy Award Winner Best Director-George Roy Hill, Academy Award Winner Best Screenplay-David S. Ward, Academy Award Winner Best Editing-William Reynolds, Academy Award Winner Best Song Score-Marvin Hamlisch, Academy Award Winner Best Art Direction/Set Decoration-Bumstead & Payne, Academy Award Winner Best Costume Desig…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    5/27/2023

    8/10

    Say what you like about the undoubted chemistry between Paul Newman ("Henry") and Robert Redford ("Johnny") this film belongs to a superb effort from the understated but hugely entertaining Robert Shaw. He's the hard-nosed gangster "Lonnegan" who gets (anonymously) fleeced by a "Johnny" who quickly decides that discretion is the better part of valour and gets out of Dodge. It's at this stage that the two grifters dec…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    9/4/2023

    10/10

    **It is imperative to rediscover this magnificent film.** There are many films about con artists and confidence games (Ocean’s Eleven and its two or three sequels, for example), but I had never seen one that was so good-natured and in which the main characters were so likable. It's a light, family comedy from the 70s, in which a group of tricksters decides to risk their lives to deceive a powerful and rich mobster…

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