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Title:

The grifters / a Miramax Films release ; Cineplex Odeon Films presents;screenplay by Donald E. Westlake ; produced by Martin Scorsese, Robert A Harris and Jim Painter ; directed by Stephen Frears.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher:

Miramax,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Swindlers and swindling--Drama.
Mothers and sons--Drama.
Feature films.
Crime films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Westlake, Donald E., screenwriter.
Scorsese, Martin, film producer.
Harris, Robert A., film producer.
Painter, Jim, film producer.
Frears, Stephen, film director.
Cusack, John, 1966- actor.
Huston, Anjelica, actor.
Bening, Annette, actor.
Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977. Grifters.
Miramax (Firm), publisher.

Other Titles:

Grifters (Motion picture)

Notes:

16x9 widescreen (1.85:1). Based on the novel by Jim Thompson. John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening.

Summary:

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.

UPC:

031398215165

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)