The Grifters Image
Metascore

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critics

User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

Summary: Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job and resultant beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. This causes her own job to go wrong as well. Each of them faces the down side of the grift.
Runtime: 110 min
Production: Cineplex-Odeon Films
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Language: English
Home Release Date: Jun 30, 1998
Director Credit
Stephen Frears Director
Writer Credit
Donald E. Westlake Screenplay
Jim Thompson Novel
Principal Cast Credit
Anjelica Huston Lilly Dillon
Annette Bening Myra Langtry
John Cusack Roy Dillon
Cast Credit
Eddie Jones Mintz
Gailard Sartain Joe
Henry Jones Simms
Jan Munroe Guy At Bar
Jimmy Noonan Bartender
Lou Hancock Nurse
Michael Laskin Irv
Noelle Harling Nurse Carol Flynn
Richard Holden Cop
Robert Weems Racetrack Announcer
Sandy Baron Doctor
Stephen Tobolowsky Jeweler
Producer Credit
Barbara De Fina Executive Producer
Jim Painter Producer
Martin Scorsese Producer
Peggy Rajski Co-Producer
Robert A. Harris Producer
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