The Sting - Card tricks

[Fleck5829]

was tally ho fan backs made back then when the movie was set?

[gunperry]

@Fleck5829 Every card you see now was made in the past too, together with other great decks that you can't find nowadays.

[gunperry]

@Fleck5829 And they were better.

[DaCon711]

My favorite scene in the whole movie

[leedumett444]

top film.

[Michielos23]

best scene ever

[MexicanTuber]

Two people got conned by a card mechanic out of their entire bank roll.

[brown9708]

the only funny part in the movie

[KarloR27]

2 people can't shuffle cards 

[ricarleite]

When he spreads the cards on the table and moves his hands away at 0:43, I noticed a cut. That's when Paul Newman gets in, and finishes the trick.

[zippyman818]

"According to Scarne!"

[genieshanu]

HAHHAHA CLASSIC EPIC FAIL! LOVE THIS SCENE

[merton8181]

0:52 Redfords WTF face!

[JessOnTheRun]

@merton8181 a tad bit of over reaction... not a great acting moment for him and certainly an embarrassing moment for the director to let this slide.

[YellowBlackbird12]

@JessOnTheRun Perhaps.... but in the context of the movie, if my life was depending on another man's ability to do cards tricks and he was fucking them up I'd probably react in a similar way.

[DHumpas]

brilliant film 

[TheBradTobin]

wow stike second with the thumb lifting off, looks great.

[tony650213]

@TheBradTobin Indeed! was John Scarne who performs it....

[saintsuro]

He can do second deal so smoothly, but he cant spring the cards lol.

-Sur.

[Breklum]

0:52 ... upps! ;)

[purplehoodieguy]

"just worry about your round, kid"

"if we ever get to it!.."

[killermodrul]

I would be glad if anyone could tell me how he is counting the cards on the table with the ace remaining on top.. anyone ? please ?

[pastirot]

@killermodrul it's called false deal........it's magic/gambling trick  he is dealing the card below the ace all the time

[killermodrul]

@pastirot thank you very much man

[CopyCat1995]

@killermodrul it's a second deal move, officially known as the push off second deal i think, hard to master, hard to learn

[TheBradTobin]

@CopyCat1995 NO, hes doing a strike.

[CopyCat1995]

@TheBradTobin ok then, i was wrong.

[NoelGrassy]

@killermodrul

Learn to deal top seconds, though I like this method many make the "strike" deal look mesmerizing. Absorb

every type of sleight and make them flawless as they all have their place. Most of it is that magical thing all

the greats have and that's merely convincing the others that you couldn't possibly burn something past them

and all is truly on the level. Words are of little use especially at a card game. An actor may be the best coach.

[BraveLilToasties]

0:53 that face he makes is golden.

it's the perfect "stop, fucking around" face.

[peppermints666]

These Hands are John Scarne's Hands. They switch at 0.44 to Paul Newman's hands =). I love wikipedia :)

[pianorags]

exellent film and love the sountrack 5/5

[theknockin]

lol What a great scene. I have so much respect for him. He actually spent the time to practice that style of sleight of hand.

[coastlinersmithy]

Technical Director John Scarne does all the tricks bar the last one, the deckflip. Scarne's hand disappear off screen and a clever cut in the film has Paul newman's hands perform the deckflip before panning up. Great film!

[pinkshrimp]

aw man, I don't get it!

[HAJDUKSPLITSINCE1911]

He doesn't do this trick, but he is awesome. Good film, thumps up.

[UndergroundLegend78]

its fucking erdnase one handed shift at 0:51. i also perform it watch my channel

[thiebmaster]

@UndergroundLegend78 It's a charlier cut

[TheBradTobin]

@thiebmaster not a charlier cut i think its and erdnase one hand cut but could be wrong

[thiebmaster]

@TheBradTobin You're right ! I didn't notice his index finger.

[119FU]

@thiebmaster no its an erdnase shift

[OOOO191]

Ok he done a palm production flowwoed by a second deal then 2 simple op card retention's then i charlier one handed cut then he almost done a spring my kinda bloke lol

[GinoBellofatto]

Todas las escenas interpretadas por estos dos grandes son entretenidas y atrapantes.

[matthewinnj08]

muhucharn is this a movie u could watch 100 times?

[911fever]

Thanks for posting this great scene from an all-time classic movie!

John Scarne is Badass.

[matthewinnj08]

is this movie worth 2 buy?

[Mahucharn]

Yes, great movie.

[kallemick]

yes

[nightofhalo]

lol this movie confused the shit out of me it was so good!

[ktpants2]

love the look redford gives newman at the 0:53 mark. what a great movie!

[Troublesome2008]

Yeah, i agree, that look he gave him had me laughing out loud!

[OOS1941]

The hands are those of the greatest card man of them all, John Scarne!

[TheKuLeR]

Filming was done in 1971 and 1972 I believe.

[Alicaint]

I don't get it. Just before this scene the guy says Lonnigon uses, and I quote, "A Tally Ho Fan or Circle". The red deck you see here is a Tally Ho Fan deck but the blue deck's just a standard Bicycle deck. They're both really good decks though and they fan beautifully.

[sjsawyer]

If you ever noticed it's not the actor doing the tricks. There is a very subtle cut at 0:44 which you can pick up on by looking at the table. The only thing he does is flip over the cards.

Just thought I'd mention that.

[poollegend7]

how old is this film? love the tally ho box

[everio17]

If you look up on IMDB I think its around 1976? Its definitely in the 70's.

[yxcvbnm0000]

It s from 1974! and it was the most successful movie in this year and won 7 oscars.

[surferriness]

this trick is older than the story of human

[An0nym0usx13]

a bicycle deck with a tally-ho box~!!!what the ...

lol

[kj01a]

ok so im sure but since the bike deck is blue and the tally ho box is red It's safe to assume that the bike deck probably came from another box. but hey its anyones guess

[BillyBoyFTW]

right !

lol

[DarkStarUpRising]

does anyone know how to do that card snap thing at....uhhh....0:16 ish?

[leafyutube]

Holy crap! That's amazing.

[Supermegasling]

movie trick.,....!yes!

[DreadPL]

I love Redford's face when Paul fails

[ELGonza00785]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

[HAWAYAN]

lol, he failed springing the cards :D but he's 2nd deal is very great

[kcg5000]

he screwed up on purpose

[CrankyOldster]

LONNEGAN: Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly; how does he do it?

HOOKER: He cheats.

[Moviemakerjjcasino]

John Scarne is dealing second's from :24-:30. Watch and freeze the video to see this dealer cheating technique. The left index finger is not touching the left middle finger. The second card from the deck comes in between these fingers in a side-arm motion. The proper procedure is to keep these fingers married to each other. The card should be going over the top of the left index finger. We will be able to spot a cheating dealer by watching this.

[kcg5000]

there are many grips and ways to second deal, not all easy to spot.

[tomreagan]

Redford's "oh, come on!" expression at 00:54 is priceless - gets me every time.

[TheRealwendy2004]

LOL! I love his expression, too. Too funny!

[early65model]

"Sorry I'm late fellas- I was taking a crap"

[KleWdSide]

Love how he has that laid-back smirk & later winks afterwards haha

[KleWdSide]

Newman was the man

[prasanth28]

1st trick is 2nd deal 2nd false shuffling

[everio17]

not really "tricks" though. They are cheating techniques.

[GilmoursAngst]

One of my favorite parts in the movie. The idea of Gondorff being a card shark with all the tricks up his sleeve, he would try one more for the road and fail and just play it cool like "yeah....and?"

[halo2dude26]

hey look thats a bicycle ace of spades but not a bicycle deck?

[TSsun]

thats a bike deck

[kcg5000]

bikes, not hoyle. dont be thrown by the tally ho box on the table

[DavidYakima]

Great movie!!!!

[RepoGuys]

Ha! the look on Robert Redford's face 0:53 :)

[XFS540]

Can someone please tell me how he does that?

[kcg5000]

years of practice, my son. Scarne was a great showman.

[steelfrsh]

i watch the card scene over and over and cant see anyone but newman doing those tricks.unless someone else has his hands under newmans arms, he must be doing the slight of hand. he takes his hands out of the screen for a split second but its the same hands that were doing the tricks that return a moment later. paul newman was a man of many talents whether or not he was doing these card tricks

[Zilmarillion]

It's John Scarne doing the tricks, as Elibosnick stated earlier.

[steelfrsh]

oh i didnt see that, so they must be under his arms then. i konw in the hustler he doesnt make all those badass tricks but theres a few that he does have to do. and jackie gleason is just badass

[china1324]

that's correctjohn scarne did do the tricks have you ever read his book "the odds against me"great book he was the master at cheatingand card mechanic type stuff

[TottaL]

It's so easy. It's a cut after the cards are spread out on the table. Scarne has a long nail on his pointing finger. When Newman picks up the deck again, the nail on the finger is shorter.

[steelfrsh]

i guess i can see it, i knew where they would be cutting it, i just thought their hands looked so similar it was hard to tell. Oh well, cinema at its finest

[Coganboy]

what about the first two tricks?

[hvfunlol]

@steelfrsh newman did that trick

look at his arm's muscle

that's an amateur professional poker trick player's arm

[skinsfan888]

Newman and Redford. What classic chemistry. the two played off of eachother so well in this film. Redford shoul have won an oscar for this

[archangelum]

This is Paul Newman at his best! I could watch "The Sting" a million times! It's got to be one of the all time greatest films!

[opicula]

@archangelum my favorite film

[spasserbente]

R-I-P

paul newman

[km611226]

これをイブに見るのだ昔好きでした。合唱

[jigglypuff988]

i love the cuts

[21magicman21]

yeah, Edward Marlo ;)

[cardfetish]

only with a neck tie!

[elibosnick]

Those are the hands of John Scarne. There is probably one other person who can deal a second like he could.

[dimabbq]

Damn i didn't realise it was Scarne.

I bet Vernon, Marlo and Forte could.

[kcg5000]

correct on all 3 with marlo in 3rd, in my opinion.

the is a quick edit, if you watch closely when they switch, after the spread is turned over

[1su1000]

Me ;)