The Sting

The Sting (1973) is George Roy Hill's crime comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Depression-era Chicago, the 1930s. Two grifters cook up an elaborate con to avenge a friend murdered on a mob boss's orders.

Small-time hustler Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) seeks out aging master con man Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) with a single goal: take ruthless racketeer Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) for everything he's got. The plan runs like clockwork — a fake off-track betting parlor, planted players, doctored telegrams. The audience gets played right alongside the mark, and the final reveal flips everything you thought you understood.

The film swept seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, while Scott Joplin's ragtime, arranged by Marvin Hamlisch, became its signature sound. Reuniting the Butch Cassidy duo, Newman and Redford click effortlessly. Stream The Sting (1973) online on iFILM.