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.

Frasi

Henry Gondorff: Is Lonnegan after you too? Johnny [...] D
Johnny Hooker: Listen, Gondorff! Am I gonna learn [...] D
Henry Gondorff: What's your problem? Doyle Lonneg [...] D
Joe Erie: Hello Snyder. Whattya doin' up here? Li [...] D
Doyle Lonnegan: [Repeated line] You follow? D
Doyle Lonnegan: Four nines. Henry Gondorff: Four [...] D
Louise Coleman: If I didn't know you better, I'd s [...] D
Henry Gondorff: Tough luck, Lonnehan. But that's w [...] D
Luther: How much did you lose? Johnny Hooker: [wi [...] D
Kid Twist: Dukey, if this thing blows up, the Feds [...] D
[last lines] Henry Gondorff: You not gonna stick [...] D
Henry Gondorff: Glad to meet you, kid. You're a re [...] D
Doyle Lonnegan: Mr. Shaw, we usually require a tie [...] D
[Polk greets Snyder] FBI Agent Polk: Sit down and [...] D
Johnny Hooker: Can you get a mob together? Henry [...] D
[Figuring out which con to pull on Lonnegan] J.J. [...] D
Johnny Hooker: Hey, where's June? Loretta: She qu [...] D
Doyle Lonnegan: I put it all on Lucky Dan; half a [...] D
Kid Twist: Now how do you want to work this? Flat [...] D
Combs: Looks like you're bringing up the rear, Gra [...] D
Johnny Hooker: You're right, Henry. It's not enoug [...] D
Doyle Lonnegan: Your boss is quite a card player, [...] D
Doyle Lonnegan: You see that fella in the red swea [...] D
Doyle Lonnegan: [losing his temper with Henry] The [...] D
Johnny Hooker: Luther! Good God, we're millionaire [...] D
Floyd: Doyle, I KNOW I gave him four THREES. He ha [...] D
Doyle Lonnegan: Not only are you a cheat, you're a [...] D
Henry Gondorff: You have to keep this con even aft [...] D
Billie: Who told you this guy was in here? Lieute [...] D
[Gondorff enters the poker game pretending to be d [...] D
Loretta: I don't even know you. Johnny Hooker: Yo [...] D
Johnny Hooker: I gave him the breakout just like y [...] D
Johnny Hooker: He's not as tough as he thinks. He [...] D