Watched The Sting, a 1973 film directed by George Roy Hill, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Fantastic set design and recreation of the depression times in Chicago, but parts of the story didn’t add up. Robert Redford’s Johnny Hooker character plays another role, Kelly, when he’s in the company of Robert Shaw’s Lonnegan, the main mark for The Sting Redford and Newman are going for. His Hooker character is on the run from Lonnegan for a sting he’d pulled on one of his couriers. Yet Lonnegan never notices they’re the same person. He even accompanies Kelly to his apartment entrance, where later, as Hooker, Redford is almost gunned down by some assassins Lonnegan has hired. It don’t add up. The sub-plot of Hooker falling for a waitress who turns out to be another assassin hired by Lonnegan to kill him was an interesting choice. Redford’s so handsome but she (or the actress playing the waitress) is so plain. There’s a nice bit of directing on the train when Newman is showing Redford some card tricks. We’ve just been watching a pair of hands doing said tricks, assuming they’re not Newman’s but a professional’s via some ‘creative editing’. But then the camera pans up, no cuts, to the card sharp and it’s Newman! With its cue card titles and somewhat mannered acting styles, the film could be accused of being a bit artificial. Apart from this, it’s a good film in the classic Hollywood tradition.