The Grifters
65 %|Aug 8, 1990|Crime, Drama
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Featured Crew
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Jim Thompson
Novel
Stephen Frears
Director
Donald E. Westlake
Screenplay
Mick Audsley
Editor
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
Derek Holding
Dialogue Editor
Claire Gaul
Assistant Set Decoration
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Cast
Anjelica Huston
Lilly Dillon
John Cusack
Roy Dillon
Annette Bening
Myra Langtry
Jan Munroe
Guy in bar
Robert Weems
Racetrack Announcer
Stephen Tobolowsky
Jeweler
Jimmy Noonan
Bartender
Henry Jones
Sims
Eddie Jones
Mintz
Sandy Baron
Doctor
Lou Hancock
Nurse
Noelle Harling
Nurse Carol Flynn
Ivette Soler
Maid
Pat Hingle
Bobo Justus
Paul Adelstein
Sailor - Young Paul
Jeremy Piven
Sailor - Freshman
Gregory Sporleder
Sailor - Spooney
David Sinaiko
Sailor - Stinky
Jeff Perry
Drunk
Jon Gries
Drunk's Friend
Micole Mercurio
Waitress
Charles Napier
Gloucester Hebbing
J.T. Walsh
Cole
Teresa Gilmore
Receptionist 1
Elizabeth Ann Feeley
Receptionist 2
Billy Ray Sharkey
FBI man
Frances Bay
Arizona Motel Clerk
Xander Berkeley
Lt. Pierson
John Gillespie
Bartender (uncredited)
Juliet Landau
Young Lilly (uncredited)
Sy Richardson
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
Opening voice-over (uncredited)