The Sting "making of" featurette, "The Art of the Sting", included interviews with cast and crew. The film was released on Blu-ray in 2012, as part of Universal's 100th anniversary releases. The Sting The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw). The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in the western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Created by screenwriter David S. Ward, the story was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated
Ted Cassidy "Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series" [1978]), Cassidy can be heard providing temporary voice tracks of the Cylon Imperious Leader, before actor Patrick Macnee was contracted to voice the character. Other film work included his appearances in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "Mackenna's Gold" (1969), "The Limit" (1972), "Charcoal Black" (1972), "The Slams" (1973), "Thunder County" (1974), "Poor Pretty Eddie" (1975), "Harry and Walter Go to New York" (1976), "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" (1977) and "Goin' Coconuts" (1978). He also co-wrote the screenplay of 1973's "The Harrad Experiment", in which he made a brief appearance. In