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Redford’s performance outside one speaker’s top ten

One participant says the Oscar-nominated performance would not make his top ten Redford performances.

Bill Simmons: Another argues that pranks were cooler in the 1970s and that modern anti-prank sentiment is excessive.

Revenge is for suckers

Chris Ryan: Revenge is for suckers is selected as a lesson.

The film

The Sting (1973)

Directed by George Roy Hill · Crime

129 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Paul Newman Henry Gondorff
Robert Redford Johnny Hooker
Robert Shaw Doyle Lonnegan
Charles Durning Lt. William Snyder
Ray Walston J. J. Singleton
Harold Gould Kid Twist
John Heffernan Eddie Niles
Dana Elcar FBI Agent Polk
Jack Kehoe Erie Kid
Dimitra Arliss Loretta
Robert Earl Jones Luther Coleman
James J. Sloyan Mottola
Lee Paul Lonnegan's second bodyguard
Sally Kirkland Crystal
Avon Long Benny Garfield
Arch Johnson Combs
Ed Bakey Granger
John Quade Riley
Larry D. Mann Clemens
Leonard Barr Leonard
Paulene Myers Alva Coleman
Joe Tornatore Black Gloved Gunman
Jack Collins Duke Boudreau
Tom Spratley Curly Jackson
Ken Sansom Western Union Executive
Ta-Tanisha Louise

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