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THE STING

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Four years after the success of BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, Paul Newman and Robert Redford reunited with director George Roy Hill for THE STING, which ended up garnering a remarkable seven Academy Awards® (including Best Picture). In Depression-era Chicago, after his friend and mentor Luther (Robert Earl Jones) is murdered by a New York gangster, small-time crook Johnny Hooker (Redford) teams up with veteran con man Henry Gondorff (Newman) to exact revenge in the form of a massive (and massively complicated) swindle. DIR George Roy Hill; SCR David S. Ward; PROD Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips. U.S., 1973, color, 129 min. RATED PG

In Memoriam: Robert Redford (1936–2025)

Run Time: 129 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, February 20, 2026

Genre: Crime comedy

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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