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The Grifters
Why this pick
Its stylish world of professional hustlers, competing deceptions, and sharp character games offers a darker but equally absorbing counterpart to The Sting’s elaborate criminal choreography.
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MOVIE1973 2h 7m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Nine Queens
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1936, at the height of the Great Depression, two drifters learn that a mobster has killed one of their friends, and in order to seek vengeance they concoct a hilariously intricate scheme for revenge.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Paul Newman
Henry Gondorff
Robert Redford
Johnny Hooker
Robert Shaw
Doyle Lonnegan
Charles Durning
Lt. Wm. Snyder
Ray Walston
J.J. Singleton
Eileen Brennan
Billie
Harold Gould
Kid Twist
John Heffernan
Eddie Niles