# The Sting (1973), 50 years later; movies that’ve held up well **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 19, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sting-1973-50-years-later-movies-that-ve-held-up-well/981359 "2023-03-19T14:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
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> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Ragtime was popular more toward the turn of the century, not the 1930s when The Sting takes place. Yet it fits really well, and spurred a revival of ragtime in the 70s. Director George Roy Hill said he would have no trouble using a Dixie-land jazz band in a Roman coliseum film, if it fit – I’d pay good money to see it. > [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > They get very upset at Robert Redford “cooperating” with the FBI, not realizing that the “feds” are actually people in on the con. I love that we don’t find that out until the very last moments of the movie. Sorry, my Dad was so proud of himself that he didn’t fall for the FBI segments. Later, he told me why: He found it hysterical that all the “agents” were wearing the same straw boaters and nearly identical suits, driving almost identical vehicles. He said it was like the conmen had never really seen an FBI raid except for in the movies, so that’s what they went with. Anybody notice that Walston’s spiel stops during the “gutless cheat” sequence? I must’ve seen it twenty times before it hit me. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sting-1973-50-years-later-movies-that-ve-held-up-well/981359)._