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The Grifters |
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First Saw:In Theatre |
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Rating: R
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Year:
1991
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Category: Drama
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Director:
Stephen Fears
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Time:
119 min.
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Writer:
Donald E. Westlake & Jim Thompson
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| Mine: |
Chilling, wonderful movie. John Cusak proves once again how good he is. First time I saw Bening and great performance. Not light stuff, but really good. Love the con artist movies. Scene with the bag of oranges is particularlly harsh.
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| Leonard Maltin/Plot synopsis: |
Icy cold adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel about con artists, with steely ``working-woman'' Huston coming back into the life of her grown son after many years of estrangement... and finding that he's taken up with a woman much like herself. Bleak and fascinating, with three first-rate performances. Screenplay by Donald E. Westlake. Coproduced and narrated by Martin Scorsese.
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