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The Grifters

1990 1h 50m English 6.9
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.—John Vogel

Cast

Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
as Opening Voice-over
Annette Bening
Annette Bening
as Myra Langtry
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston
as Lilly Dillon
John Cusack
John Cusack
as Roy Dillon

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