The Sting got a Turkish passport and lost its filter.
Acting
Cüneyt Arkın's swagger carries scenes the script forgot to write.
Production
Istanbul locations doing heavy lifting for the budget.
Director
Melih Gülgen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yeşilçam studios remade dozens of Hollywood hits with local flavor—this one's practically a genre unto itself.
Erol Taş, playing Uskumru, was Turkey's most typecast villain; audiences probably guessed his arc in minute three.
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