The Grifters
1990, 106 minutes, Rated M
Academy Award - winner actress, Angelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress, Prizzi's Honor; The Royal Tenenbaums), John Cusack (High Fidelity) and Annette Bening (American Beauty) star in this acclaimed hit where seduction and betrayal could lead to murder! When small-time cheat Roy Dillon (Cusack) winds up in the hospital following an unsuccessful scam, it sets up a confrontation between his estranged mother Lilly (Huston) and sexy girlfriend Myra (Bening).
Both Lilly and Myra are ruthless confidence artists playing the con game in a league far above Roy... and always looking for their next victim! The question soon becomes who's conning who as Roy finds himself caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust!
- Director:
- Stephen Frears [12],
- Starring:
- John Cusack [37], Annette Bening [18], Stephen Tobolowsky [18], Jan Munroe [1], Anjelica Huston [29],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Subtitles:
- Danish , Dutch , Finnish , Swedish
- Language and Sound:
- English 5.1 Dolby Digital
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