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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
Richard Holden
Cop
Henry Jones
Sims
Michael Laskin
Irv
Eddie Jones
Mintz
Sandy Baron
Doctor
Lou Hancock
Nurse
Gailard Sartain
Joe
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)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sat Nov 15 2014

My son is going to be all right. If not, I'll have you killed. The Grifters is directed by Stephen Frears and adapted to screenplay by Donald E. Westlake from the novel of the same name written by Jim Thompson. It stars Anjelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by Oliver Stapleton. “The best reason I can think of is that you scare the hell out of me. I have seen women like you before, baby. You're double-tough and you are sharp as a razor, and you get what you want or else; but you don't make it work forever. Sooner or later the lightn...