La stangata

Titolo originale: The Sting
Regia: George Roy Hill |
Anno: 1973
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Crime Dramma
Tag: bet | chicago, illinois | repayment | horse race | con man | mafia boss | heist | caper | ragtime | off track betting | sting operation | alley | 1930s | mischievous | cautionary |
Cast: Paul Newman | Robert Redford | Robert Shaw | Charles Durning | Ray Walston | Eileen Brennan | Harold Gould | John Heffernan | Dana Elcar | Jack Kehoe | Dimitra Arliss | Robert Earl Jones | James Sloyan | Charles Dierkop | Lee Paul | Sally Kirkland | Avon Long | Arch Johnson | Ed Bakey | Brad Sullivan | John Quade | Larry D. Mann | Leonard Barr | Paulene Myers | Joe Tornatore | Jack Collins | Tom Spratley | Kenneth O'Brien | Ken Sansom | Ta-Tanisha | William Benedict | Robert Brubaker | Kathleen Freeman | Susan French | Bruce Kimball | Alexander Lockwood | Chuck Morrell | Byron Morrow | Pearl Shear | Arthur Tovey | Guy Way | Jim Michael |

Johnny Hooker e il suo amico Luther Coleman sono due truffatori di strada. Dopo aver raggirato il corriere del potente gangster Doyle Lonnegan, Luther viene ucciso per ritorsione e Hooker è costretto a fuggire e a nascondersi. Desiderando vendicare Luther, il giovane chiede aiuto ad un vecchio amico del defunto, Henry Gondorff, uno dei più bravi ed esperti truffatori degli Stati Uniti. Insieme organizzano una "stangata" ai danni di Lonnegan, creando una finta agenzia di scommesse in cui il boss crede di poter vincere facilmente delle ingenti somme di denaro, grazie a informazioni riservate.

Errori

When Johnny meets a passed-out Henry for the first time in Henry's apartment, Johnny is wearing a ma [...] D
In most every scene in the diner, ketchup bottles can be seen with "lug" type caps that were not inv [...] D
1950's era aluminum tube storefront windows are visible when Snyder chases Hooker towards the 'L' st [...] D
The two card players who leave the poker game on the train early briefly converse and one asks if th [...] D
In the wire room when Gondorff is shut out from his bet, the odds quoted on the horse were 3-1, but [...] D
When Hooker moves from his booth to join Doyle in an adjacent booth in the café, he leaves his ha [...] D
When Lonnegan raises $10,000 in the poker game, he places his chips next to a stack of white ones. W [...] D
When Salino is killed, the weapon in her hand is a revolver with a silencer. Since the cylinder of a [...] D
A sharp conman and kingpin like Lonnegan should have noticed that the radio announcer at Gondorff's [...] D
During the poker game, the jacket on top of the seat behind Floyd changes between close-ups and long [...] D
The deck of cards Henry uses when showing Johnny his shuffling ability were the 1970s-style Bicycle [...] D
Hooker tells Lonnegan he's from the East Side of New York. Yet he doesn't even have the slightest tr [...] D
When the briefcase containing $100 bills is opened in extreme close-up, the bills have "modern, smal [...] D
At the end of the Snyder-Hooker chase, as Hooker is running down the sidewalk, a red stop sign can b [...] D
There is a billboard for Ezra Brooks brand bourbon. Ezra Brooks was not made and sold until 1957. D
The poker scene takes place aboard the 20th Century Limited, a luxury train that ran between New Yor [...] D
When getting shot, Salino's right hand changes from being at the side in the long shot and reaching [...] D
The color pattern on the curtains in the drugstore front window next to Lonnegan change from the str [...] D
In the brothel, Snyder starts moving twice after he refuses the drink. D
During the scene in the alley where Hooker, Luther and Erie Kid are playing a con on Mottola, Hooker [...] D
In the scene where Salino is killed, as the gloved man runs toward Hooker, someone appears on a roof [...] D
Just before hooker meets Billie, the camera crew is reflected in a passing vehicle. D
When Gondorff calls Lonnegan's $10,000 raise he puts a stack of yellow chips next to Lonnegan's. The [...] D
There's a double yellow line in the street outside the merry-go-round, just after Hooker arrives in [...] D
Most tall office buildings in night scenes are almost entirely illuminated within by fluorescent lig [...] D
During the poker scene, Lonnigan switches the cards into a handkerchief on his lap. When he disposes [...] D
The person that manipulates the cards on the train has noticeably longer nails than Henry. (See Triv [...] D
Even though Clemens calls the poker game as "table stakes" Lonnegan goes to the bank for more money [...] D
Hooker says he will pay Lonnegan back after the race out of his own pocket. When Lonnegan takes the [...] D
The first con involved three protagonists and yet the mafia only goes after Luther and Hooker. D
During "the sting", Twist is supposedly calling Lonnegan like he always has, from the Western Union [...] D
While Snyder is chasing Hooker and he makes the left under the El, there is a modern, red box truck [...] D
The wound makeup on Hooker's cheek varies: sometimes it's two distinct wounds, sometimes only one. D
In the warehouse, Agent Polk leans forward twice to talk to Johnny. D
When Lonnegan receives the first call, the outside shots of the drugstore show radically different s [...] D
The phone on Polk's desk is appropriate for the time, but it rings like a phone from the 1960s or la [...] D
Hooker tells Lonnegan that the address of the Western Union office is 110 South Wabash, but the numb [...] D
After Synder smashes his gun through the phone booth and hits Hooker on the side of the face, Hooker [...] D
In the alley where Hooker, Luther and Erie Kid are playing a con on Mottola, and Hooker is "fighting [...] D
When Gondorff is sobered up, his hair, position and the state of his soaked pants change between sho [...] D
Before handing Motolla the envelope with the money, Granger licks and seals it, but when Hooker goes [...] D
Hooker tells Lonnegan that he's from Five Points, on the east side of New York. Five Points was in f [...] D
When Snyder chases Hooker at the 'El' station, the weather changes from bright sunny to overcast in [...] D
In the bathroom scene Hooker can be seen saying "He didn't tell me you was a fuck-up either". This h [...] D
The stack of 10k had 19 chips when Doyle picked it up and put it back down. The total would have bee [...] D
When Lonnegan goes into the drug store, the "penny scale" to the right of the door shifts to the opp [...] D
In the scene where Salino is killed, it is very noticeable that the bloody "bullet hole" which appea [...] D
When Cole chases Hooker into the dead-end alley and is subsequently killed by Salino, the trigger fo [...] D
In the poker game, no one buys any chips. "This is a gentleman's game, we assume you are all good fo [...] D
When Hooker wakes up in Loretta's apartment, the wound prosthetic on his cheek is peeling off. D
As Mattola rounds the corner from the alley, after Luther and Hooker perform the money switch, the t [...] D
When Billie hands Lt. Snyder the small glass of beer, there is no foam to be seen. But, in the next [...] D
The mud/dirt on Hooker's pants (around the buttocks area) after he jumps off the building to escape [...] D
In the scene where the banker is ordering props for the betting parlor, the prop salesman's sentence [...] D
The scene transition shown when the card games on the train take place shows a Pennsylvania Railroad [...] D
The conductor announces the poker game to be Straight Poker, but what they actually play is Draw Pok [...] D
The 43rd Street 'L' platform shows "A" and "B" stops, not introduced until WWII, and employs the Hel [...] D
Radically changing shadows throughout the scene where Hooker and Coleman fools the courier. D
Regarding the money that Hooker and Luther switch away from Motola. When Hooker goes to open the env [...] D
Kid Twist tells Boudreau that Gondorff is setting up a wire on the North side. Later in the film, Ag [...] D
When Hooker is chased into the ally by Cole he escapes by hiding in a man-hole. However, it would ta [...] D
During the poker game, which is being played on a moving train, the liquid in the glasses on the tab [...] D
When Doyle points out the fellow in the red sweater to Floyd, there are two shadows on the ground be [...] D
The white over green bus seen in many shots in this film set in 1936 is actually a 1959 Isuzu BA 741 [...] D