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
Katharine Ross Gaetano "Tom" Lisi from 1975 to 1979; they met when he was a chauffeur and technician on the set of "The Stepford Wives". Ross is now married to actor Sam Elliott, whom she originally met on the set of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969). The couple met again when they co-starred in "The Legacy" (1978). They soon became a couple and married in May 1984, four months before the birth of their only child, daughter Cleo Rose Elliott. Katharine Ross Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940) is an American film and stage actress. She had starring roles