The Sting.The Sting (Universal, 1973). Technically, George Roy Hill's comedy about con men Newman and Redford isn't a heist film, since no robbery or burglary takes place. But the depression-era tale about a gang of grifters who avenge a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. the mob's murder of one of their own by orchestrating a sting on one of Chicago's biggest thieves has all the pleasures of the best caper caper, common name for members of the Capparidaceae, a family of tropical plants found chiefly in the Old World and closely related to the family Cruciferae (mustard family). movies. As middle-aged Newman tutors apprentice Redford in the art of the big con, a village full of artful dodgers Artful Dodger nickname for the sly pickpocket, John Dawkins. [Br. Lit.: Oliver Twist] See : Cunning Artful Dodger tricky thief; pupil of Fagin. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Oliver Twist] See : Thievery are assembled to play the various roles in the game that will have gangster Robert Shaw Robert Shaw may refer to:
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