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Jun 10, 2024 · June 20: Actor Bonnie Bartlett (“St. Elsewhere,” ″Little House on the Prairie”) is 95. Actor James Tolkan (“Back to the Future” films) is 93. Director Stephen Frears (“Dangerous Liaisons,” “The Grifters”) is 83. Musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is 82.
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 .
Jan 25, 1991 · The Grifters: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe. A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Stephen Frears
- 1991-01-25
Jan 25, 1991 · The story of "The Grifters" comes from a pulp novel by the recently rediscovered Jim Thompson, a poet of film noir whose books exist in a world of cynicism and despair, where characters put up a big front but are being gnawed inside by fear, guilt and low self-esteem.
A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play. Lilly works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track.
May 13, 2015 · The question soon becomes who's conning who as Roy finds himself caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust. Welcome to the Fandango MOVIECLIPS Trailer Vault Channel. Where trailers from ...
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Hard-as-nails Lily Dillon (Anjelica Huston) works as a swindler for dangerous bookie Bobo (Pat Hingle), probably the only man she fears. Arriving in Los Angeles on "business," Lily looks up her ...
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