New York Daily News review of “The Sting” in December 26, 1973 Chicago, where the action takes place, is , as Redford says, “a rigged town.” Con games are a way of life.

Shot in a beautiful backlot recreation of Depression-era Chicago and its suburbs—the images and title illustrations evoke Saturday Evening Post covers—The Sting may be billed as a Newman ...

Released Christmas Day of 1973, “The Sting” was a massive critical and commercial success and hugely successful at the 46th Annual Academy Awards, where it was nominated for 10 Oscars and won ...