The Sting

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

• 1974Academy Awards · Best PictureBest Picture — Tony Bill, Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips
• 1974Academy Awards · DirectingDirecting — George Roy Hill
• 1974Academy Awards · Writing (Story and Screenplay based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)Writing — David S. Ward
• 1974Academy Awards · Film EditingFilm Editing — William Reynolds
• 1974Academy Awards · Costume DesignCostume Design — Edith Head
• 1974Academy Awards · Music (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)Adaptation Score — Marvin Hamlisch
• 1974Academy Awards · Art DirectionArt Direction — Henry Bumstead; James Payne

Set in Joliet, Illinois, 1936 · Chicago, Illinois, 1936

• Filmed at Chicago, Illinois — AFI says some location shooting was done in Chicago.
• Union Station, Chicago, Illinois — AFI identifies Union Station among Chicago locations.
• LaSalle Street Station, Chicago, Illinois — AFI identifies LaSalle Street Station among Chicago locations.
• Universal lot/backlot, Los Angeles, California — AFI says most of the film was shot on the Universal lot and some El scenes used a Universal backlot structure.
• Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California — AFI lists interiors and exteriors of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
• Castle Green, Pasadena, California — AFI lists Castle Green in Pasadena as a Los Angeles area location.
• Commercial and Savings Bank, Pasadena, California — AFI lists the Commercial and Savings Bank in Pasadena as a Los Angeles area location.
• Koppel Paint plant, San Pedro, California — AFI says the Koppel Paint plant was used for phony FBI headquarters.