The Sting 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 by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his book "The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man". The title phrase refers to the
Donnelly Rhodes (2004–09), Rhodes played Chief Medical Officer Sherman Cottle who smoked cigarettes in most scenes. Most recently Rhodes played Mr. Decker, Rufus Decker's father, in the two seasons of "The Romeo Section" on CBC in 2015-2016. His film appearances were fewer but included roles in "Gunfight in Abilene" (1967), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "Change of Mind" (1969), "The Neptune Factor" (1973), "Goldenrod" (1976), "Oh! Heavenly Dog" (1980), "Urban Safari" (1996), and "" (2010). In February 2009, the Union of British Columbia Performers honoured Rhodes with the Sam Payne Award for Lifetime Achievement. Rhodes provided the voice of the