Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford,
Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Harold Gild, Eileen Brennan
Rating: 9 out of 10, I couldn’t believe
this wasn’t part of my film library and added it immediately upon realizing this
shortcoming. The DVD is not a good quality but you can't dim the talent on the screen. Newman and Redford made two of the unlikeliest but likable buddies
in movie history. Newman was all nuance while Redford was so much more than a
pretty face. This is the mother of all con movies with Newman as the grizzled
pro and Redford as the up and coming grafter. They decide to exact some revenge
on Robert Shaw playing a truly evil Irish gangster who killed one of their
friends. So many twists and turns with a fantastic ragtime score and authentic
feel for depression era Chicago. One of the best films ever.
MVP: Newman, as Henry Gondorf, the ultimate
in con artists
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