The Grifters

Directed by Stephen Frears
1991    1h 50m    R
Drama, Crime, Thriller
6.991%70%
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Lilly works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job and resultant beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. This causes her own job to go wrong as well. Each of them faces the downside of the grift.
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Cast of The Grifters
  • Anjelica HustonLilly Dillon
  • John CusackRoy Dillon
  • Annette BeningMyra Langtry
  • Jan MunroeGuy in bar
  • Robert WeemsRacetrack Announcer
  • Stephen TobolowskyJeweler
  • Jimmy NoonanBartender
  • Richard HoldenCop
  • Henry JonesSims
  • Michael LaskinIrv
  • Eddie JonesMintz
  • Sandy BaronDoctor
  • Lou HancockNurse
  • Gailard SartainJoe
  • Noelle HarlingNurse Carol Flynn
  • Ivette SolerMaid
  • Pat HingleBobo Justus
  • Paul AdelsteinSailor - Young Paul
  • Jeremy PivenSailor - Freshman
  • Gregory SporlederSailor - Spooney
  • David SinaikoSailor - Stinky
  • Jeff PerryDrunk
  • Jon GriesDrunk's Friend
  • Micole MercurioWaitress
  • Charles NapierGloucester Hebbing
  • J.T. WalshCole
  • Teresa GilmoreReceptionist 1
  • Elizabeth Ann FeeleyReceptionist 2
  • Billy Ray SharkeyFBI man
  • Frances BayArizona Motel Clerk
  • Xander BerkeleyLt. Pierson
  • Steve BuscemiKaggs (uncredited)
  • John GillespieBartender (uncredited)
  • Juliet LandauYoung Lilly (uncredited)
  • Sy RichardsonCab Driver (uncredited)
  • Martin ScorseseOpening voice-over (uncredited)
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