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.
Score
Scott Joplin rags never slapped this hard.
Editing
Wipe transitions that defined an era.
Director
George Roy Hill
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
Dana Elcar
F.B.I. Agent Polk
Jack Kehoe
Erie Kid
Dimitra Arliss
Loretta
Robert Earl Jones
Luther Coleman
James Sloyan
Mottola
Charles Dierkop
Floyd (Bodyguard)
Lee Paul
Bodyguard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'wipe' transitions were Hill's nod to old serials—he'd used them in Butch Cassidy too, but here they became iconic.
Marvin Hamlisch's ragtime score sparked a 1970s Joplin revival; suddenly your parents knew 'The Entertainer' from somewhere other than their grandparents.
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