

The Sting
...all it takes is a little confidence.
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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8.0/10
3,153 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Box office
- $159.6M
- Language
- English
- bet
- chicago, illinois
- repayment
- horse race
- con man
- mafia boss
- heist
- caper
- ragtime
- off track betting
- sting operation
- alley
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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
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The Sting was released on 25 December 1973.
Audience reviews
3- J10/10
John Chard
9/9/2019
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…
- C8/10
CinemaSerf
5/27/2023
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…
- F10/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/4/2023
**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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