The Sting (Drama/Comedy) ( 1974) © 2002 by Raymond Weschler Major Characters Johnny Hooker ("Kelly")................Robert Redford A charming young con artist (a small-time criminal who tricks people out of their money), who lives in Joliet, which is just outside the gangster-filled city of Chicago. Luther Coleman.........................Robert Earl Jones Hooker’s African-American partner, who decides he is getting too old to continue being a con artist. Henry Gondorff ("Mr. Shaw").............Paul Newman A very intelligent and charming con artist, and a friend of Luther’s, who helps Hooker carry out "the big con" against Doyle Lonnegan. Doyle Lonnegan..........................Robert Shaw A very powerful, humorless and cruel New York City gangster who cheats at everything he does (business, poker, horse racing, etc….) Lieutenant Snyder......................Charles Durning An unpleasant and completely corrupt Joliet police detective who is always trying to take money from Hooker. Billie...................................Eileen Brennan Henry Gondorff’s female partner, who lives with Henry and runs both a children’s merry-go-round and a house of prostitution. Kid Twist...............................Harold Gould A friend and assistant to Gondorff who is in charge of organizing the big con against Lonnegan. FBI Special Agent Polk....................Dana Elcar A federal detective who is in charge of fighting organized crime in the Chicago area. Plot Summary This film is the story of a likeable small-time thief and con artist named Johnny Hooker (A con artist is a clever person who tricks people out of their money. Another word for the same thing is a "grifter," which is widely used in this movie, though it is rarely used today). The action takes place in and around Chicago in 1936, when this second biggest city in the United States was known as the gangster capital of the country. Hooker teams up with a well-known and very intelligent con artist named Henry Gondorff, a friend of Hooker’s partner Luther Coleman, in order to trick the New York gangster Doyle Lonnegan out of $500,000 dollars (which, of course, would be worth many millions today). Although virtually all the major characters are criminals, it is clear that we want Hooker and Gondorff to succeed in their plan, because Lonnegan is such a cruel and unpleasant character, and the other two are such likeable guys. Of course to safely steal half a million dollars from a big time gangster, somebody has to create a complex plan that will fool the victim without him even knowing he’s been fooled. Gondorff is just the right man to create that plan. Gondorff, Hooker and their team of loveable criminals set out to convince Lonnegan that he can make millions of dollars by betting on horse races that have already been r责任编辑:yechenglu
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