The 1973 American caper film The Sting was based on actual con games played out by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff, which were chronicled by David Maurer in his 1940 book The Big Con: The Story of ...
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'The Sting' won best picture, director and five other categories. By Hilton Dresden Associate Awards Editor Robert Redford (right) as Johnny Hooker and Paul Newman as Henry Gondorff in 1974 best ...