The Grifters
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 of the same name. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and was declared one of the Top 10 films of 1990 by The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Hard-as-nails Lily Dillon (Huston) works as a swindler for dangerous bookie Bobo (Hingle), probably the only man she fears. Arriving in Los Angeles on "business," Lily looks up her son, Roy (Cusack), a small-time con artist content with paltry sleight-of-hand cheats. Roy's girlfriend, Myra (Bening), looks like an All-American type but is a grifter looking to pull off another big-time con. The convergence of the three hustlers inevitably means trouble for all of them.
They don't make many like this anymore. Outstanding!
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