FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
The Sting
Scores
- IMDb8.2/10as of 2026-02-22
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer93%as of 2024-08-02
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.3/10as of 2021-10-10
- Metacritic83/100as of 2025-07-14
What it is
The Sting is a 1973 American caper film. Set in 1936, it involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). The screenplay by David S.
At a glance
- Genres
- Crime / Comedy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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