The grifters

DVD - 2015

Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son Roy is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job that leads to a beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. Lilly doesn't warm to Roy's girlfriend Myra Langtry, and soon the two women compete for Roy in a battle that quickly turns dangerous.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Crime films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Santa Monica, California] : Miramax [2015]
Language
English
Other Authors
Donald E. Westlake (screenwriter), Martin Scorsese (film producer), Robert A. Harris (film director), Jim Painter (actor), Stephen Frears (-), John Cusack, 1966-, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Jim Thompson, 1906-1977
Edition
Widescreen
Item Description
16x9 widescreen (1.85:1).
Based on the novel by Jim Thompson.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital 2.0.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits
Music, Elmer Bernstein ; director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ; editor, Michael Audsley.