The Grifters
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Oct 13, 2026
Josh MoraHOST
He's currently in The Audacity.
Josh MoraHOST
But Paul, where I saw you first, and you must have still been in college then, was in, uh, the criminally underrated movie, The Grifters, with, uh-
Dennis WilliamsHOST
Yeah
Josh MoraHOST
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Sara Michelle FettersGUEST
Okay.
Sara Michelle FettersGUEST
You should really go watch The Grifters.
Sara Michelle FettersGUEST
I own that, Clayton.
Sara Michelle FettersGUEST
It's in my Voodoo.
Sara Michelle FettersGUEST
Yeah, maybe
ClaytonHOST
he'll finally click for me.
Sara Michelle FettersGUEST
Do a double feature of The Grifters and Gross Point Blank, and you will be a happy person.
ShawnHOST
Oh, God.
NickHOST
I've read several of his books and I, I didn't realize they called him the dime store Dostoevsky because I'm a big Dostoevsky fan too.
NickHOST
And I have been waiting to rewatch The Grifters because I wanted to read the book.
NickHOST
So I went straight into that, which I like quite a bit as well.
NickHOST
I mean, he's such a great pulp writer.
Jem DuducuHOST
Now, obviously we talk about pop culture and this is a real crime, but what's fascinating is how much con men are involved in movies.
Jem DuducuHOST
It could be The Grifters.
Jem DuducuHOST
It could be an element of another movie, something like Ocean's 11.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Because yesterday I walked out of the joint after losing four years of my life and you're cold decking Teen Beat cover boys.
Jem DuducuHOST
If in doubt, don't click on that thing would be my advice.
Jem DuducuHOST
Back to movies.
Jem DuducuHOST
I mentioned The Grifters, for example.
Jem DuducuHOST
I mentioned TV show Hustle.
Paul RootHOST
So if you haven't seen those, listener, there's some things that are spooky slashery to watch.
Paul RootHOST
Writers are Karen Lefcourt, 24th Street, Brian Garfield, RIP, Death Wish from '74, and the Donald Westlake, RIP, The Grifters.
Paul RootHOST
He wrote the Parker novels under the name Richard Stark.
Paul RootHOST
Director of photography is John Lindley, The Core, and the absolutely wonderful, fantastic Sneakers.
Keean Murrell-SnapeHOST
All right.
Keean Murrell-SnapeHOST
Uh, he's also in a great movie, a great, uh, uh, John Cusack movie I quite like called The Grifters.
Keean Murrell-SnapeHOST
He's also in The Quick and the Dead, the Sam Raimi movie.
Keean Murrell-SnapeHOST
Shaft, the Shaft movie from the late '90s with Samuel L. Jackson.
JustinHOST
Mm-hmm.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
Um, she then went o- on to star in movies like The Grifters, 1990.
Patrick RichardsonHOST
The American President-
JustinHOST
Mm-hmm
Josh HorowitzHOST
Like, you know, you work with Paul Newman in Fat Man and Little Boy.
Josh HorowitzHOST
You work in The Grifters.
Josh HorowitzHOST
I mean, come on, The Grifters.
Josh HorowitzHOST
Stephen Frears, who obviously became an important collaborator for other reasons later on.
Josh HorowitzHOST
The Grifters is a great one, like a great, great movie.
Josh HorowitzHOST
And you...
Josh HorowitzHOST
Annette, who kind of seemingly came out of nowhere.
Scott FeinbergHOST
Liaisons
Penélope CruzGUEST
... and The Grifters, but especially Dangerous Liaisons.
Penélope CruzGUEST
I was, I, I watched it, like, 20 times.
Scott FeinbergHOST
[laughs]
Adam NightingaleHOST
Again, it's pretty much her first movie.
Adam NightingaleHOST
The Grifters is great in the 80s.
Adam NightingaleHOST
Yeah, I saw that years ago.
Adam NightingaleHOST
That's
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