Movie connections for
The Sting (1973) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

The Sting II (1983)

Spin off

Shell Game (1975) (TV)

References

Harper (1966)
 -  As in Harper, Paul Newman's character awakes, and plunges his face into ice and water. In Harper he dumps an ice cube tray from his refrigerator. In The Sting, he chops ice with an ice pick from a block of ice.

Referenced in

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
 -  Larry (Peter Fonda) says in a bar: "Hey, I'm beginning to feel like Paul Newman!"
The Lion Roars Again (1975)
"Sanford and Son: The Stung (#4.22)" (1975)
 -  The title is a play on that of this contemporary film.
"Saturday Night Live: Candice Bergen/Martha Reeves/The Stylistics (#1.8)" (1975)
 -  Mentioned by the Muppets
Blue Nude (1977)
 -  title seen on theater marquee
A Little Romance (1979)
"Prisoner: (#1.144)" (1980)
 -  Lizzie Birdsworth declares a fondness for Robert Redford - although not in this film, which she found confusing.
"Prisoner: (#1.145)" (1980)
 -  A discussion of the film inspires Judy Bryant to initiate a sting on prison bookie Kay White.
"Saturday Night Live: Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhthym Aces/Bruce Cockburn (#5.18)" (1980)
 -  referenced by Marvin Hamlish during cold opening
Le coup du parapluie (1980)
 -  When Bunny first meets Grégoire, he says he's about to go to Saint-Tropez for a movie. She asks "What kind ?" and he answers "Butch Cassidy, The Sting ..."
"Saturday Night Live: Rod Stewart (#7.1)" (1981)
 -  Title mentioned by Raheem Abdul Mohammed on SNL Newsbreak
"Saturday Night Live: Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones (#7.15)" (1982)
 -  Mentioned by Gumby during The Uncle Tom Show
"Dallas: The Sting (#6.22)" (1983)
 -  title reference
"Remington Steele: Sting of Steele (#1.21)" (1983)
 -  Episode is based on this film.
Charade (1984)
"Knight Rider: Knight Sting (#4.6)" (1985)
 -  Title reference, similar music, the FLAG personnel puts on an elaborate scam
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
"Dallas: The Sting (#12.10)" (1989)
 -  title reference
Opportunity Knocks (1990)
Diggstown (1992)
"Empty Nest: The Sting (#5.14)" (1993)
 -  title reference
"Paul Merton: The Series: (#2.1)" (1993)
 -  The music of this film can be heard when a cat "plays" piano.
"The Simpsons: Bart's Inner Child (#5.7)" (1993)
 -  Rev. Lovejoy tries to play on organ the music of this film.
"NYPD Blue: Zeppo Marks Brothers (#1.18)" (1994)
 -  Sipowicz mentions this movie
"Wings: B.S. I Love You (#7.12)" (1996)
 -  One of Leonard's stories about his "life" is really from
"Father Ted: Think Fast, Father Ted (#2.2)" (1996)
 -  Dougal says how what he and Ted are doing is a bit like the sting, then he says which characters they are.
The Decadent Visitor (1999)
"The X Files: The Goldberg Variation (#7.6)" (1999)
 -  Mulder shuffles a deck of cards exactly as Paul Newman's character did, right after saying that an injury he got "stings a bit"
Snatch. (2000)
Bandits (2001)
 -  As in the Sting, the main characters (who are about to be shot by other people) pretend to shoot each other, fooling everyone else into thinking they're dead and end up getting out of a prison sentence (or death).
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Mackin' Ain't Easy (2002) (V)
Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002) (TV)
Death to Smoochy (2002)
"Gilmore Girls: Teach Me Tonight (#2.19)" (2002)
 -  Rory suggests it as a Movie in the Square Night contender.
The Hustler: The Inside Story (2002) (V)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
 -  referenced as part of the documentary
"I Love the '70s" (2003)
Fyra nyanser av brunt (2004)
 -  Movie is mentioned of in this film.
"Hustle: The Con Is On (#1.1)" (2004)
 -  mentioned by a character
The Punisher (2004)
 -  opening con job, kid has same mustache as paul newman and there's a fake death
"Family Guy: The Perfect Castaway (#4.12)" (2005)
 -  An old man hums the music from this film.
Bluffmaster! (2005)
 -  When they are planning their big con the dvd cover for this movie can be seen.
Munich (2005)
 -  Eric Bana walks past the poster of this film in London
Mise-en-abyme (2006)
 -  The "David Holtz"-character mentions "the Sting" as his favourite movie
"Entourage: I Wanna Be Sedated (#3.10)" (2006)
 -  Among the movies that Bob Ryan produced
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) (V)
 -  poster shown
"Dancing with the Stars: (#7.6)" (2007)
 -  In his interview with the contestants, Daryl Somers compares James Courtney to Robert Redford in The Sting, and suggests that he is trying to con the judges.
Role Models (2008)
 -  "Who the fuck is Marvin Hamlisch?" -- "He wrote the music for The Sting" -- "Good movie"
"Samantha Who?: The Family Vacation (#2.9)" (2008)
 -  mentioned during a game of charades
INRI (2009)
 -  Touching finger to nose to signal "the Con is on"
"Jeopardy!: (#26.7)" (2009)
 -  Subject of an $800 clue in the category "Scott Joplin"

Featured in

A Little Romance (1979)
Precious Images (1986)
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V)
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
The Universal Story (1995) (TV)
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)
The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)
 -  number 45
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
The Art of 'The Sting' (2005) (V)
 -  clips shown
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
 -  clips
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Featured in Best Picture montage.

Spoofed in

"The Bob Newhart Show: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (#4.10)" (1975)
 -  This episode spoofs the then-popular movie, even using faux-Scott Joplin music in its soundtrack
"The Simpsons: Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington (#3.2)" (1991)
 -  Touching your finger to your nose as a signal
"The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: Riverboat (#1.6)" (1993)
 -  When the mark has been successfully conned, the dialog is modeled on dialog from the final scene of "The Sting." Then a strain from "The Entertainer" is briefly heard.
Du xia da zhan Lasi Weijiasi (1999)
 -  Spoofs a scene from that movie.
"House M.D.: Broken (#6.1)" (2009)
 -  As House passes Ty after House "takes" his medication. House shows Ty the pills on his tounge. Ty responds by giving him the Sting salute.

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