The Sting ...all it takes is a little confidence. Release date: 1973-12-25 Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama Actors: Charles Dierkop, Byron Morrow, Eileen Brennan, Robert Earl Jones, Larry D. Mann, Leonard Barr, Charles Durning, Robert Brubaker, Brad Sullivan, Arch Johnson, Paul Newman, John Quade, Kathleen Freeman, William Benedict, Alexander Lockwood, Ray Walston, Joe Tornatore, Robert Shaw, Kenneth O'Brien, Bruce Kimball, Jack Collins, Arthur Tovey, Sally Kirkland, Dana Elcar, Robert Redford, Ken Sansom, Harold Gould, Ta-Tanisha, Dimitra Arliss, Susan French, Paulene Myers, Avon Long, Guy Way, Pearl Shear, Ed Bakey, Lee Paul, James Sloyan, Jack Kehoe, Jim Michael, Chuck Morrell, John Heffernan, Tom Spratley Budget: $5,500,000Revenue: $159,616,327 Runtime: 2 h. 9 min. Score: 8.0/10 Votes: 2,736 Countries: United States of America Companies: Universal Pictures, The Zanuck/Brown Company, David Brown Productions Available* : Overview: A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.