The Grifters

Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1991R

Academy Award®-winning actress, Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress, Prizzi's Honor), John Cusack (Martian Child) and Annette Bening (American Beauty) star in this acclaimed hit, directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), where seduction and betrayal could lead to murder! When small-time cheat Roy Dillon (Cusack) winds up in the hospital following an unsuccessful scam, it sets up a confrontation between his estranged mother Lilly (Huston) and sexy girlfriend Myra (Bening). Both Lilly and Myra are ruthless confidence artists playing the con game in a league far above Roy...and always looking for their next victim! The question soon becomes who's conning who as Roy finds himself caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust!

Starring

Mick Audsley, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Victoria Thomas, Annette Bening, Nancy Haigh, Martin Scorsese, Jan Munroe, Robert Weems, Juliet Taylor

Director

Stephen Frears