The Grifters (1990)
With John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Pat Hingle, J. T. Walsh, Henry Jones, Stephen Tobolowsky, Charles Napier
Directed by Stephen Frears
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 film follows a lifelong con artist (Huston) who reunites with her estranged son (Cusack) and, along with his girlfriend (Bening), becomes embroiled in a complex web of criminal activity. The screenplay by Donald E. Westlake was adapted from Jim Thompson's 1963 novel.
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