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type
Movie
language
English
duration
110 min
genre
crime
theme
neo-noir
director
Stephen Frears
Score
6 / 10

The Grifters is a 1990 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Stephen Frears, produced by Martin Scorsese, and starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Annette Bening. The screenplay was written by Donald E. Westlake, based on Jim Thompson's 1963 novel. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and was named one of the Top 10 films of 1990 by the National Board of Review.

Plot

Lilly Dillon is a veteran con artist. She works for Bobo Justus, a mob bookmaker, making large cash bets at race tracks to lower the odds of longshots. On her way to La Jolla for a race, Lilly stops in Los Angeles to visit her son, Roy, a small-time hustler she has not seen in eight years. She finds him in pain and bleeding internally after one of his marks caught him pulling a petty scam. When medical assistance arrives, Lilly threatens to have the doctor killed by Bobo if her son dies.

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    award National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
    contentLocation Los Angeles
    director Stephen Frears
    editor Mick Audsley
    events gambling
    genre crime drama thriller
    keywords american mafia bleed bookmaker claim con artist con man gunshot wound kill la jolla long con mob motel room race track scam steal
    musicBy Elmer Bernstein
    nomination Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
    producer Jim Painten Martin Scorsese Robert A. Harris
    productionCompany Cineplex Odeon Films
    publisher Miramax Films
    recordedAt Arizona California San Diego
    theme heist independent neo-noir