The Grifters (1990)
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Director:
Stephen Frears
Writer:
Donald E. Westlake
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Anjelica Huston as Lilly Dillon |
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John Cusack as Roy Dillon |
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Annette Bening as Myra Langtry |
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Jan Munroe as Guy in bar |
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Robert Weems as Racetrack Announcer |
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Stephen Tobolowsky as Jeweler |
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Jimmy Noonan as Bartender |
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Richard Holden as Cop |
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Henry Jones as Sims |
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Michael Laskin as Irv |
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Eddie Jones as Mintz |
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Sandy Baron as Doctor |
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Lou Hancock as Nurse |
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Gailard Sartain as Joe |
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Noelle Harling as Nurse Carol Flynn |
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Ivette Soler as Maid |
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Pat Hingle as Bobo Justus |
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Paul Adelstein as Sailor - Young Paul |
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Jeremy Piven as Sailor - Freshman |
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Gregory Sporleder as Sailor - Spooney |
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David Sinaiko as Sailor - Stinky |
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Jeff Perry as Drunk |
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Jon Gries as Drunk's Friend |
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Micole Mercurio as Waitress |
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Charles Napier as Gloucester Hebbing |
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J.T. Walsh as Cole |
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Teresa Gilmore as Receptionist 1 |
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Elizabeth Ann Feeley as Receptionist 2 |
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Billy Ray Sharkey as FBI man |
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Frances Bay as Arizona Motel Clerk |
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Xander Berkeley as Lt. Pierson |
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John Gillespie as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Juliet Landau as Young Lilly (uncredited) |
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Sy Richardson as Cab Driver (uncredited) |
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Martin Scorsese as Opening voice-over (uncredited) |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jim Thompson | Novel |
| Directing | Stephen Frears | Director |
| Writing | Donald E. Westlake | Screenplay |
| Editing | Mick Audsley | Editor |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Derek Holding | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Claire Gaul | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Bill Cancienne | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Leslie McDonald | Art Direction |
| Art | Robert Greenfield | Leadman |
| Crew | Gary Jensen | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Joe Camp III | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Hewett | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Marco Mazzei | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Katherine M. Butler | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Scott Plauche | Art Department Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mark Bridges | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | A. Welch Lambeth | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Llewellyn Wells | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cydney Cornell | Hairstylist |
| Production | Cynthia Quan | Production Accountant |
| Sound | Ian Wright | Boom Operator |
| Art | Paige Augustine | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberly Adams | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lighting | James Babineaux | Best Boy Electric |
| Directing | J. Stephen Buck | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Kathleen M. Courtney | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Beth Bernstein | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Kant Pan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Joseph Timothy Conway | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | John Sutton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Dunford | Foley Editor |
| Art | Douglas Fox | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Feldbauer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Chris Snyder | Construction Foreman |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Directing | Mary Cybulski | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Matthew Morrissey | Third Assistant Camera |
| Art | Frank Viviano | Construction Coordinator |
| Production | Jody Hummer | Assistant Location Manager |
| Lighting | Jack English | Gaffer |
| Art | Nancy Haigh | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Suzanne Hanover | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Bill M. Puluti | Transportation Captain |
| Production | Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Production | Richard Davis Jr. | Location Manager |
| Production | Jory Weitz | Casting Associate |
| Production | Robert A. Harris | Producer |
| Production | Barbara De Fina | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peggy Rajski | Co-Producer |
| Production | Martin Scorsese | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Richard Hornung | Costume Design |
| Art | Dennis Gassner | Production Design |
| Production | Jim Painten | Producer |