John Cusack, Annette Bening, and Anjelica Huston in The Grifters (1990)

The Grifters

Movie1990• R• 1h 50m
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A conman makes a no-win triangle with his mom and his girlfriend.

Rated
R
Runtime
1h 50m
Released
1990
Country
United States, Canada

Details

Release year: 1990

Storyline

A conman makes a no-win triangle with his mom and his girlfriend.

Top credits

Cast
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Awards

0 wins & 4 nominations

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Did you know

• The short opening narration is done by Martin Scorsese.

• John Cusack was a big fan of the book, and tried to option the rights when he was still in high school.

• Anjelica Huston and John Cusack accepted much less than their usual fees just to be in this movie.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $13,446,769

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $71,034 (1990-12-09)

User reviews

⭐ 7/10

From another era.

šŸ‘ 45 Ā· 2/2/2012
⭐ 7/10

Unusually Good

šŸ‘ 93 Ā· 8/20/2002
⭐ 8/10

Enjoyable but imperfect

šŸ‘ 38 Ā· 2/15/2006

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color

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