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I know I'm old when Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Robert Shaw are people that the viewers have never heard of.
When people refuse to watch any movie made before 2000 it can be no surprise they know none of the greats in film. They are missing out big-time.
That feeling comes over me about three times a week.
What about me ?
Imagine : I know the pre-code stars such as George Arliss, Warner Baxter, Norma Shearer … I am a very old thing ! 😁
Greetings from France 🇫🇷
@@jillfromatlanta427 Make that any movie before 1960 too, in black and white. Some act as if they'll get VD if they watch a black and white movie, or bank on the screen thinking something's wrong with it lol..
Born in 1951 and several years ago a 20 something acquaintance ask me how come I know so much about movies and actors from before I was born. I told her that in my youth the local TV stations showed a lot of old movies, so I grew up with them.
Fun fact, Luther is played by James Earl Jones' father.
Just came here to say the same thing. When I saw this in the theaters I had no idea. After I found out the family resemblance and vocal characteristics are really easy to make out. JEJ looks and sounds a lot like his dad (R.I.P. Robert Earl Jones).
I didn't know that.
I'll be damned. It's obvious now.
***** Thanks! Did NOT Know That!
That's why I had this false memory of JEJ being in this.
Winner of 7 Oscars including Best Picture!
One of the funniest heist movies ever made!
Until Ocean's Eleven ❤😂❤😂
@@annmariemills1554 Original Oceans 11 was in 1960, I don’t believe either version won any Oscars so I’d have to disagree with you there! Love the Ocean movies but The Sting is my favourite! I was born in ‘76 and have great memories of watching this and the original Ocean in my grans lap as a little one 😊
@@dianedavid3052 I meant it was a pretty funny heist movie. I didn't care too much for the original though😀Honestly you could say the best looking crew heist movie🤣
@@shainewhite2781 Right. I suggest you to watch Charleston with Bud Spencer, Herbert Lom and James Coco 😁
Not knowing who Robert Redford and Paul Newman is, is crazy to me !
Yes. That was unbelievable. Robert Redford at least. But, anyway, great reaction choice.
Yeah if you’re around 50 (my age) you know who they are because you grew up seeing them on TV and the movies but these are young people, different generation BUT I do appreciate that they’re still willing to react to classic movies like this so them not knowing who they are is quite alright.
Guess you guys never bought spaghetti sauce or salad dressing?
She didn't even know that was a phone. 😂
@@Fast_Eddy_Magicwhy should she?
One thing I love about a movie is when it’s smart. And this movie is GENIUS! ❤ and if you want another great Newman/Redford collab, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!
BC &SK definitely should be on y'all's menu.
This old man cried inside a little when you said you'd never heard of anyone in this movie - Redford & Newman were massive stars for decades. Shaw was brilliant here & in Jaws too.
Is it just me, or is Asia getting hotter?
@@billcovington1380 I know what you mean! I don’t think they (Asia & BJ) ever mentioned Redford or Newman in the video. I think this and “The Hot Rock” were the first Redford movies I saw. That’s when I finally knew what the fuss was all about. They definitely need to watch “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”.
Robert Shaw complained that all the attention were over Newman and Redford
@@billcovington1380
Those were the years in which only 6 could command a million dollar fee...
Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Robert Redford
Same director as this movie.
Paul Newman and Robert Redford!! Legends!!
Tons of great movies they’ve put out!!
Robert Redford and Paul Newman were the Brad Pitt and George Clooney of that era. Robert Shaw, the villain in The Sting played Quint, the crazy shark captain in Jaws.
Perfect actor analogy to the 2000's era. Well done!
only these two could act!
Was cool seeing Redford use Shaw's name for another character while acting to Shaw himself.
An earlier role of Robert Shaw was the assassin in _From Russia With Love._
In modern movies, Robert Redford played the main villain in *Captain America: Winter Soldier* , the leader of the World Security Council who was also the secret head of H.Y.D.R.A.
And if you look carefully in the scene where he's in his home, there is a bottle of Paul Newman's Own salad dressing in the refrigerator. 😁
Doyle is the guy who played Quint in JAWS.
Robert Shaw. A Brilliant Actor..
@@Isleofskye Before Principal Photography on The Sting started, Robert Shaw (Lonegan) sprained his ankle. He felt so bad about it that he met with Producer David Ward & Director George Roy Hill, apologizing for his slip up and told them he'd understand if they had to replace him with a different Actor. Both Ward and Hill laughed, told Shaw not to worry and wrote the limp in as one of Lonegan's character traits.
The director told Robert Shaw "I don't care if you have a sprained ankle you're still doing the role ya folla?"
no shi...t
@@cleekmaker00 Thanks. I did not know that,my friend:)
I was a teeanger when this came out. Robert Redford and Paul Newman were the two BIGGEST names in the movies at the time. This movie rekindled the popularity of Scott Joplin's music, and anyone who could play the piano was determined to learn The Entertainer.
The theme song, The Entertainer, was written in 1902 by Scott Joplin, whose father was a former slave in NC. Joplin was known as the “King of Ragtime.” Ragtime made a comeback in the 1970’s because of this movie and the song went all the way to number 3 on the Billboard charts, 72 years after it was written. My mom used to play it on the piano all the time so it brings back great memories for me.
Underrated comment for sure. I've always loved this song, didn't know it's origins
Everybody used to play that song in the 70s. It seemed like mandatory for anyone taking piano lessons.
Scott Joplin also wrote an opera, "Treemonisha"! Think opera singers mixed with Ragtime vibe! A masterpiece.
Yes, there's no underestimating the influence of this pic on the revival of Scott Joplin's music & the interest in his life & career.
"is he talking to the thing on the stick?" lordy I haven't laughed so hard in a loooong time. Thank you!
The reason why Gondorff and Hooker had to "die" at the end is so that Lonnegan would not chase them / have them killed. He thought they were already dead.
Yep. The same motivation as Hans Gruber blowing up the roof with the hostages so the FBI thinks they died with them in DIE HARD.
And the city cop, too. He had to believe they were dead-bodies in care of The Feds that he'd never hear about.
Guys, in some states you are now LEGALY REQUIRED to do Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. lol
Took the words right out of my mouth
Positutely!
Absolutely GREAT movie! Gotta watch it.
Edith Head won her eighth and final Oscar in costume design for The Sting. That's a lot of Oscars.
Lonergan's $500,000 bet to win in 1936 is equivalent to $11.1 million in today's money. The Sting won the Oscar for Best Picture in the Academy Awards. The Sting & The Exorcist were 1973's most highly nominated motion picture that year. Good job & thank you, Asia & BJ! 👍
The name's Lonnegan. Doyle Lonnegan. You follow?
@@schroedingers_kotze LOL! At first, I was originally going to call him Linaman. 😅
My parents took me to the drive-in to see this movie half a century ago, the twist still stands
This was the first “grown-up movie” I saw in the theater, when I was seven. My family and I went to the aging movie palace downtown in my hometown of Joliet, Illinois. When the film began and that date/time card popped up saying it opened in Joliet, well, I had never heard an audience just erupt like that! The film left me with a lifelong love of ragtime, heist/grift stories, and Robert Redford.
One of those classics where one clicks "Like" on principle alone.
And I'm Liking this comment!
Some fun facts:
- The Sting won Best Picture at the Oscars. However, it was also the first Best Picture winner for which a woman was listed as a producer. Julia Phillips is the first woman to win the Best Picture Oscar. She was later nominated for Best Picture again for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg.
- Marvin Hamlisch, who scored the film, won three Oscars the night he won Best Adapted Score. He also won Best Original Score and Best Song for The Way We Were, which starred Robert Redford. When he went onstage to get the third Oscar that night, he said to the audience, "I think we can talk as friends..."
- This was the second film where Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and director George Roy Hill worked together...the first was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which also gained George Roy Hill a Best Director Oscar nomination. He won the award for The Sting. The Sting and Butch Cassidy also share in common that both films won Best Screenplay. David Ward for The Sting, and William Goldman (The Princess Bride) for Butch Cassidy.
- Most of the film's score was based on ragtime music composed by Scott Joplin, which is why the movie won an Oscar for Best Adapted Score. The main theme that plays is Joplin's "The Entertainer."
One of my older friends recommended this film to me. We were dealers in the casino. After I watched it we would always give the nose flick signal to each other when we passed one another. Good times.
Still one of the most fun movies to re-watch-- even when you know how it all plays, you sit there and smile to watch how well it's played. Damned near perfect casting, too.
Now that you’ve seen these guys - you gotta watch ‘Cool Hand Luke’ for prime Newman. And for Redford I’d take ‘3 days of the condor’ , even over his more obvious big hits.
"Sneakers" is another good one with Robert Redford!
@@ShawnRavenfire Yes! I love ”Sneakers”!
Cool Hand Luke and The Color of Money for great Paul Newman movies. Tom Cruise is also in The Color of Money
@@DianeTaylor-m9cyou forgot "The Hustler"...color of money was the sequel
@@ShawnRavenfire
Also The Electric Horseman...
I was told this is deemed a perfect screenplay.
A lot of people would vote for Chinatown on that one.
The greatest “CON” movie ever made!
The story goes Doyle after getting scammed out of 500,000 left Chicago and went to Amity Island to become a shark hunter. Robert Shaw actually injured himself I forget how but that limp was because he was hurt. They didn't stop production because he believed the limp would just add to his character. This movie by far one of the best of the 70's and really defined Shaw's, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford's careers. It's a shame Robert Shaw passed away of a heart attack not long after Jaws. A truly wonderful actor
The music is called ragtime. The song is The Entertainer, written by Scott Joplin. He was the King of Ragtime and an African-American composer. You should check him out on your other channel.
Yes but two things to note. 1) The movie is set in the middle of the Great Depression, the 1930's, while ragtime ("raggedtime"), both that of Joplin and in general, came into vogue c. 1900. Even so, the music just so perfectly fit this music. 2) This movie made Joplin instantly popular again.
The entire soundtrack is Scott Joplin rags. I love everything about this film
The movie came out in 1973. Several people noted at that time that The Sting, set 36 years before its release, was about as ancient to viewers in the '70s as Scott Joplin's music was to the characters in the movie. Still, it created a renaissance of interest in Joplin's music, especially "The Entertainer." Asia called it the ice-cream-truck song, because many companies adopted it because it sounded familiar (because of The Sting) and, ironically, sounded more "modern" than the various tunes used up to that point.
"Maple Leaf Rag" is another great, well-known Joplin ragtime piece.
@@alyxgriffen5073 It's my favorite Scott Joplin piece.
I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. It was packed, this was a big hit. At the end of the movie everyone stood up and clapped
It’s called Past Posting. One case involved the track announcer who delayed his broadcast 2 minutes while his partners used his info to bet a sure thing. True story of the times.
This is what Quentin Tarantino said about the director of the Sting, George Roy Hill : "What gives Hill’s themes real validity is it’s usually not a theme of story, but a theme of protagonists - He’s one of the greatest storytellers in the history of cinema, right up there with Howard Hawks,” Tarantino proclaims. “But it’s about the protagonist, who he chooses as his lead, who he chooses as his protagonists who are leading the story that dictates the stories that he tells. Hill's protagonists are always either dreamers or liars or conmen.”
Nice reaction! The guy who played the gangster behind Paul Newman in the card game was an acquaintance of mine. Though he played a lot of villains, Charles Dierkop was a very kind man. He just recently passed away and the world is a little poorer for his leaving this place.
I FREAKING LOVE THIS MOVIE! It came out WAY before I was born. My dad turned me on to it when I was younger, like 12 years oldish.
Thank your dad-I have done the same with my kids who are in their 20’s
And early 30’s..they grew up with Monty Python, Young Frankenstein and other older movies. Same with music! My father did the same with me and I knew how important that was, knowing different generations and their experiences.
BUTCH CASSIDY and the SUNDANCE KID
is another “great one” starring these two!!
Adventure cowboys outlaws !!!
Classic!!!
You’ll love this one too!!
The next time you're in the grocery store, go down the pasta sauce isle and look for "Newman's Own".
100% charitable organization. A true nonprofit company RIP Paul and Joanne
@@brettmuir5679Joanne is still alive just retired.
When my wife made spaghetti she'd never use anything else.
Joanne isn't retired, she unfortunately suffers from Alzheimer's so can no longer act. @@ellen6638
I Never thought at 51 I Was Old But Not Knowing Who Paul Newman Robert Redford and Robert Shaw ( Quint) From Jaws is just made me feel old especially the Sting Came out the Year I was Born 1973
This was the first movie that my girlfriend and I went to (1973). That girlfriend and I have now been married 48 years. I loved the movie then, and I loved watching you watch it. One of the best movies ever, and you see so few reactors watch it.
Part of The Sting's cultural impact in the 1970's was due to its production coinciding with research rediscovering Scott Joplin's now familiar "ragtime" piano pieces. Even though the story takes place during the 1930's U.S. depression, and ragtime was from an entirely different era around the turn of the century, the filmmakers became aware of it and found it somehow perfectly fit their period piece. Then the popularity of the film and the music resulted in generations of young piano students becoming fans, students, and proponents of Joplin's almost-lost work. such is the way with the vast majority of cultural works; it becomes familiar and loses novelty, then it’s avoided, then forgotten, until someone maybe someday somehow rediscovers it, finds value in it, and reintroduces it.
******That CAROUSEL in Still in Operation in SANTA MONICA, CA!
There's nothing like a classic movie!! Just the way they came together is a masterpiece 🩶🩷
You’ve seen Paul Newman…..in the grocery store- Newmans Own salad dressing. That’s his too! Love the Sting!! ❤
"The way he's running he looks like he plays for the Yankees." Close, he played for the New York Knights and he was a "Natural."
Redford did play in the minor leagues for a little.
@@jackmessick2869 No, he only played in High School. Don Drysdale was a teammate.
I lived in Hollywood, California when this came out and I was in Jr. High School and I won second place in an art contest. My tickets to see this movie was my prize for it. Movies like this were so great to see on the big screen
1:53 This is my favorite Universal logo i.e. planet with stars. I've seen this logo thousands of times, especially from the Universal classic monster movies.
Paul Newman was the voice of Doc Hudson in the movie Cars
Had a crush on Redford growing up. This is my favorite film of his. Satisfying ending. I got my dad a tin figurine with a piano that played this song kinda like a music box. Low and behold he taught himself to play it on the piano. He played by ear. I was so proud of him for that and so happy we had a bond with this music.
Luther is Robert Earl Jones. James Earl Jones' Dad. And my cousin Fred Pinkard is the other Gentleman in the scene at the table with him.
Thanks!
So glad you loved this great classic! For a great Paul Newman movie I suggest "Cool Hand Luke". Robert Redford and Barbara Straisand in "The Way We Were". Both Newman and Redford in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". 👍👍👍
Scott Joplin, the late 19th century composer whose works were adapted into this film's score, was already being revisited by many musicians in the '70s. But when THE STING became a hit, and Marvin Hamlisch's version of "The Entertainer" became a Top 40 hit, the studio who made this, Universal, partnered with Motown to make a biopic about Joplin, with Billy Dee Williams portraying him. They were initially going to run it as a TV movie on NBC, but they decided to release it in theatres first instead. The reviews were mixed, but it has a great cast: Clifton Davis from "AMEN," Margaret Avery from the original THE COLOR PURPLE, and the great pianist Eubie Blake.
We had a rotary phone until the late 80s. We had a touch tone one as well, but my dad said until it doesn't work anymore, I'm using it.
This movie is wild the first time; but the great thing is you can watch it zillions of times, now, as part of the team, and get a thrill out of all the little puzzle pieces.
Okay, I know that you guys are young - but the fact that you never even heard of two acting legends, Paul Newman and Robert Redford, stuns me speechless! You guys have to see more "old" movies - these two great actors (and heartthrobs) owned Hollywood from the "60s on. And you saw "Jaws" a couple of years ago - Robert Shaw, who played, "Quint", the shark hunter, plays the crime boss that they're trying to "Sting".
"You are lying" yeah that's the whole movie 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
This is my favorite movie of all time! I can't believe anybody would react to it, thank you so much!
I remember Mom dropping me off at the theater because I wanted to watch this movie when it came out. Really had no idea what I was fixing to watch or how twisty and intricate it was going to be. 👍🏻👍🏻
Marvin Hamlish won an Oscar for adapting Scott Joplin's ragtime music. He won another two that evening. Three in one night!
Love how you are getting into the older movies. There are so many good ones. It may take awhile but there are some older ones that are amazing. The Thin Man series. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), and then you get the Westerns with John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. HOLY HELL here we go.
One of my fav movies of all time. So underrated its ridiculous. And the cast? Three former Oscar winners, In Redford, Newman, and Shaw. A 3 time nominee in Durning, and a one time nominee in Brennan. TV and movie renowned character actors in Elcar and Gould. You almost have to got to one of the epic war moves, like Bridge too Far, or The Longest Day to find a cast like this.
This is one of the all time greats. When George Roy Hill directed "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ( another one you guys should cover) Paul Newman was the only actor willing to work with Redford because of how handsome he was and most actors didnt want to be outshined. Five years later the three of them made this film together which won Best Picture.
You just got stung!
The ending is perfect, everyone falls into the same trap unable to see the whole picture! The beauty of the perfect con. 😂😂
I was 8 years old when I saw this in 1973 when this little upstart company on Long Island New York. Called cablevision first arrived on the scene. And we're showing first run movies within 6 months to a year after they came out. It was the first cable network that we had here in our area. Or at least one of the first and that's going back over 50 years ago. And at that time I remember. The salesman's and that was two of them came to the home. And it was something like $11 a month for the basic package and I think 18 for the deluxe package for the cable. And it tops it gave you I don't know 5 to 10 more channels if that. That's how basic it was back then.
Ray Walston was in the 1960s TV show "My Favorite Martian".
Paul Newman in the "Hustler" then the sequel he made with Tom Cruise 25 years later called the "Color of Money".
Definitely a classic. Please watch The Long Hot Summer 1958: Paul Newman. He married the co-star after filming it and she's still alive today.
Saw this in the theater five times. Never saw anything else more than twice. My favorite movie of all time.
So glad you reacted to this and enjoyed it.
This movie won every Oscar in every category including musical score that year!! The writing & acting is unmatched, unlike today, they're unable to create new ideas & most new actors have no versatility!
I also love the chapter title cards setting up what we're about to see. They're designed to look like Norman Rockwell artwork made for the Saturday Evening Post! Old timey!
Great era for leading actors. A couple of movies to check out around the same era with another leading actor is The Great Escape and Papillon. Led by Steve McQueen, with Dustin Hoffmann with him in Papillon. The Great Escape has an ensemble cast and is a true story from World War II. Both great films.
Another great movie to watch is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 😊❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧
This movie was set in the 1930's. To put the money thing in perspective $14,000 in 1933 would be equal to $350,000 in todays money and $5 would equal around $120.
The building with the merry-go-round is actually on the Santa Monica Pier in California. A matte artist put in the city skyline for the shot.
I was 7 when this movie came out. I think I first saw it on HBO when I was about 9. For a comedic tone, this is the best gangster comedy ever made. Redford and Newman were a perfect pair. Have you watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid yet? It's even better.
I read the novel too. It gives some details. It's not just that Lonergan was rich, it's that he paid to have Luther killed. That is why The Sting is such a sour note for Lonergan. They got their vengeance, and left with all the damned money.
Yes!! I'm so glad you two watched this classic! Easily one of my favorite movies of all time: fantastic acting, top-notch screenplay, and that wonderful Scott Joplin music! As others have said, I strongly recommend "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Keep up the awesome reactions you two!! 😊
A fun movie with 2 of the best. ❤❤❤❤❤
Haven't seen this for 40 years, great to see a new generation enjoying a great movie. Bravo
Asia & BJ, when I was in HS in Chicago, I saw the filming of The Sting during the scene where the Robert Redford character runs out of the tavern and goes up to the Elevated Train! That scene was shot on 43 and Calumet here in Chicago!
LOL@ Asia and the old school telephone. "Is he talking into the stick?". The first phones were called candlestick phones. The mouthpiece was on top of the "stick" and the receiver, where you hear the people, was at the end of the cord in the bell looking gadget. Candlestick phones were used up until the late 1960's in some places in America but that was mostly in the rural communities and regions.
George Roy Hill might be one of the most underrated directors of all time. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid and Cool Hand Luke are great but I'd suggest putting them on hold and coming back to them & instead watch George Roy Hill direct Newman in Slapshot. One of the great comedies of all time.
Slapshot is one of the greatest movies ever! Eddie Shore-old time hockey!
It's also great to see Robert Jones. He's the black man in the alley early in the movie that pulled the switcheroo with Redford. I can see Asia through her fingers or behind her blanket if she knew he is the man who becomes James Earl Jones' father.
The Force is strong with him. And BJ said that Redford runs fast, he should play for the Yankees. He has a very famously baseball movie called THE NATURAL. It's one of his very best.
I used to watch this with my Dad twice a year before he passed in 2013. Thank You for the reaction including editors!!!
Haven't seen this movie for years. Thanks for the blast from the past
I just saw your reaction of Jaws which was excellent. Here is another excellent thriller for you to react too and don't be fooled by the title its a great movie and will be good for the channel viewer.
Marathon Man (1976)
I LOVE that you guys caught up with this! It is so good! I actually studied Paul Newman’s card trick with the Ace Of Spades a while back, and it's definitely trial and error in play. The hands are DEFINITELY quicker than the eye!😊by the way : the actor playing Luther Coleman? He is James Earl Jones’s daddy!
This movie is a classic.
It still holds up today
Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler), Robert Redford (All The President's Men, A Bridge Too Far), Robert Shaw (Jaws, The Battle Of The Bulge). These were MAJOR stars at the time. After the success of "The Sting", Newman and Redford teamed up with Director George Roy Hill again for another buddy movie, a Western, "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid". Redford started his Film Festival in Utah, and called it The Sundance Film Festival.
It's the other way around.
Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid was 1969.
The Sting was 1973.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ... Next 😀
Luther - the elderly gentleman they rescued from the mugger is Robert Earl Jones, the real-life father of James Earl Jones.
Also, Lonnegan is played by Robert Shaw, who was Red Grant in the James Bond film FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963), King Henry VIII in A MAN COR ALL SEASONS (1966) and Quint in JAWS (1975), among many, many other films.
I like how BJ noted the director's name at the end. That's how you know a filmmaker did his job. ✨ And Asia shouting, "This was goood!" Yeah, definitely watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for more of this kind of Redford-Newman magic.
He took a concrete nap! 😂😂😂😂
Enjoyed your reaction. Always glad to see first time viewers get stung. Saw this at the theater during its first run in 1973 after several friends recommended it. Never noticed it advertised on TV back in the day. Word of mouth on this one got the people out to see it, and I never heard anyone be a spoiler.
Fun fact: This movie was shot and shown in theaters in full-frame (4:3 aspect ratio). Later to convert to wide screen for home distribution the tops and bottoms of scenes were clipped. Purchasers of the dvd and blu-ray nowadays complain when they get the original 4:3.
Dirty Rotten Scounderals starring Micheal Caine and Steve Martin. Shenanigans all around. Asia gonna be hurtin from this one.
One of my favorite movies. Redford and Newman were huge stars in their time. Outside of movies you may know Paul Newman for his Newman’s Own brand products like salad dressings, spaghetti sauce, pizza etc. All of their profits go to charity.
It’s SO cool to see a younger generation enjoy this classic film! Thanks guys for reacting to this! ❤😎..P.S.. I don’t expect you to know who Robert Redford and Paul Newman are.. it’s before your time!
Another of the 20 movies I've watched, so far, that I've seen over 100 times - in many formats. And every guy I've talked to about this film thought that diner server was a woman who found Redford attractive, the first time they watched the movie, up until she showed her true self. Every woman I've spoken with thought the same as Asia.
Great reaction, A&B! One of my all-time favorite movies since I was a kid. Great acting, great cast and script. If you didn't recognize him, Lonnigan (Robert Shaw) played Quint in Jaws.
Great movie! So good you can watch many times!!
My little kids used to ride on that merry-go-round! Santa Monica pier.
My husband did some construction work for Paul Newman’s best friend on pacific coast hwy in the 70s. They lived almost next door to each other. Paul used the jacuzzi a lot. My husband said his eyes were REALLY blue.
The actor who plays as Luther is James Earl Jones’ father, Robert Earl Jones. Overall, this film has amazing cinematography, action, suspense, and a con all the way through! Captures the 30s aesthetic perfectly, even in 1973.
Excellent choice for watching! Some old movies age really well, and this is one of those.
Paul Newman was so handsome.
Robert Shaw, the actor playing Lonnigan (The Mark) is the same actor that played Quint, the salty sea captain in "Jaws".
$3000 was a decent annual salary in 1936. My grandfather was a lawyer at that time. That's about what he made.
Shout out to Charles Durning, a WWII hero, who played Lt Wm Snyder. Also in Dog Day Afternoon and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?