Main content
This programme is not currently available on 成人论坛 iPlayer

The Sting

Entertaining Oscar-winning story set in 1930s Illinois, in which two con men set up an elaborate betting scam to fleece a big-time crook.

Entertaining Oscar-winning story set in 1930s Illinois in which two con men set up an elaborate sting to fleece a big-time crook in revenge for the killing of a friend. Their ruse employs a whole line-up of con artists in setting up a bookie's for a betting scam involving serious money and, given their target, a serious risk. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Musical Adaptation with Scott Joplin's `The Entertainer'.

2 hours, 9 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Jul 2007 00:25

Credits

Role Contributor
Henry Gondorff Paul Newman
Johnny Hooker Robert Redford
Doyle Lonnegan Robert Shaw
Lieutenant William Snyder Charles Durning
Kid Twist Harold Gould

Broadcasts