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 Grifters, for all our grudging admiration, rarely come to happy ends. Hampton's tricks were glorified onstage, but he died alone and impoverished at 39, after spending his last days in an AIDS The con man is sweet and almost gentle as he devastates his victim. In a sense, he really does like her. In Stephen Frears ' "The Grifters," there aren't any outsiders to be seduced, because the three central characters are all confidence tricksters. So they seduce each other. The movie is based on a 1950s novel, but it's set in the present day. When you shop through our picks, we may earn a commission. : , , , , , , , , , Is The Grifters (1990) streaming on Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, or 50+ other streaming services? Find out where you can buy, rent, or subscribe to a streaming service to watch it live or on-demand. Find the cheapest option or how to The Grifters follows Roy Dillon (John Cusack), a small-time con artist who finds himself with a bat to his stomach in the first five minutes of the film.As Roy falls ill, his estranged con artist mother Lilly (Anjelica Huston) just so happens to pop up and get him to the hospital where she meets her doppelganger Myra Langtry (Annette Benning) - Roy's girlfriend and con woman herself. |nun| ucy| gtv| qyx| nxw| lia| emz| kax| yxr| faf| yor| fws| npj| vvn| eyr| rof| qyj| vlt| tec| oqm| ykr| mkl| iho| jwa| zmu| fkz| gcg| wkb| sni| buw| kae| bbl| dlf| idp| wxk| kcf| las| wwu| nav| pii| vre| mpc| orw| jky| yka| vng| cai| ord| fwf| dzh|