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The Action Film: The Sting

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Paul Newman , Robert Redford
Superstars Newman and Redford are successfully teamed up once again in this exuberant Oscar-winning story of gangsters and deception set in Chicago during the 30s. To the accompaniment of Scott Joplin 's ragtime music, the pair set out to avenge the murder of a fellow con artist by making racketeer Doyle Lonnegan the victim of the most elaborate and outrageous confidence trick of all time!
Screenplay by DAVID s. WARD Produced by TONY BILL , MICHAEL PHILLIPS AND JULIA PHILLIPS
Directed by GEORGE ROY HILL. Films: page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Newman
Unknown:
Robert Redford
Unknown:
Superstars Newman
Unknown:
Scott Joplin
Unknown:
Doyle Lonnegan
Produced By:
Tony Bill
Produced By:
Michael Phillips
Produced By:
Julia Phillips
Directed By:
George Roy Hill.
Henry Gondorff:
Paul Newman
Johnny Hooker:
Robert Redford
Doyle Lonnegan:
Robert Shaw
Lt William Snyder:
Charles Durning
J J Singleton:
Ray Walston
Billie:
Eileen Brennan
Kid Twist:
Harold Gould
Eddie Niles:
John Hefferman
FBI agent Polk:
Dana Elcar
Erie Kid:
Jack Kehoe
Source: Radio Times

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