Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Sting (1973)

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Lay Off The Skirts

An elaborate piece in the con game, Twist (Harold Gould) and J-J (Ray Walston) launch the fake paint job, as Hooker (Robert Redford) reels in the mark Lonergan (Robert Shaw), Ken Sanson the clueless Western Union functionary, in The Sting, 1973.

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Real Horse's Ass

Arriving in Chicago, referred by their deceased mutual friend Luther, grifter Hooker (Robert Redford) meets Billie (Eileen Brennan) and his dissolute partner-to-be Gondorff (Paul Newman), early in The Sting, 1973.

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We Usually Require A Tie

Now on the train, con artists Hooker (Robert Redford) and Gondorff (Paul Newman) check out the mark's pinched wallet, then join him (Robert Shaw as "Lonergan") for the crucial card game, in The Sting, 1973.

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We Use The Wire

Billie (Eileen Brennan) brushes back cop Snyder (Charles Durning), as Hooker (Robert Redford), Gondorff (Paul Newman) and the gang (Ray Walston, Harold Gould, Jon Heffernan) plan the con, in The Sting, 1973.

Sting, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We're Millionaires!

The second scene, Depression-era Joliet, IL,introducing Hooker (Robert Redford), Luther (Robert Earl Jones), the "Erie Kid (Jack Kehoe), running a venerable scam on mob courier Mottola (James J. Sloyan), in George Roy Hill's depression-era caper comedy The Sting, 1973.

To Each His Own (1946) -- (Movie Clip) This May Sting A Little

Deep into her flashback taking place in her American hometown more than 20 years earlier, Jody (Olivia De Havilland) barely meets handsome flier Cosgrove (John Lund), with her father (Griff Barnett) and war bond enthusiast Clinton (Arthur Loft), in Mitchell Leisen's To Each His Own, 1946.