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
Tom Berenger in "Rush It" (1976), an independent film. In 1977, he had a small role as the killer of the lead character (played by Diane Keaton) in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" based on the murder of schoolteacher Roseann Quinn. In 1978, he had a starring role in "In Praise of Older Women" for Avco-Embassy Pictures. In 1979, he played Butch Cassidy in "Butch and Sundance: The Early Days", a role he got in part because of his resemblance to Paul Newman, who played the character in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969). Berenger starred in several significant films in the