The Grifters

You run a dial-a-deck romance scam from a shoebox motel room. Then your mother’s three-card Monte crew parks outside and your new squeeze walks in with a suitcase full of bearer bonds. The money’s already spent before you remember you never asked where it came from. Frears punctures American hustle with iridescent wides and a moral zero.

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Stephen Frears directed The Grifters in 1990. See Stephen Frears's full filmography, where to start with Stephen Frears, or where to go after you've seen everything by Stephen Frears.

The Grifters was released in 1990 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.