A hit 1973 movie popularized a word used this week in a news confrontation By Ben Zimmer Share Influential con game: From left, Robert Shaw, Robert Redford and Paul Newman in ‘The Sting’ 1973 ...

Stay updated with the latest news on 'The Sting (1973)' at Moviefone. Find exclusive updates, behind-the-scenes stories, and interviews related to this movie. Your source for all the latest ...

Facebook X Reddit Email In the classic 1973 movie ‘The Sting,” Paul Newman and Robert Redford are con men who pull off an elaborate hoax – “the big con.” Donald Trump must have seen this ...

The StingA great con movie cons the audience, too, and screenwriter David S. Ward (who later wrote Major League among other less-acclaimed projects) throws up various smokescreens and ...

Frankly, I didn’t understand “The Sting” when it opened in 1973 and I was 10. What with the movie’s manifold tricks and streetwise double-crossings, I grasped only the basics.