American Hustle

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Director

David O. Russell

Cast

Christian Bale as Irving Rosenfeld

Bradley Cooper as Richie DiMaso

Jeremy Renner as Mayor Carmine Polito

Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser

Jennifer Lawrence as Rosalyn Rosenfeld

Louis C.K. as Stoddard Thorsen

Jack Huston as Pete Musane

Michael Pena as Paco Hernandez/Sheik Abdullah

Shea Whigham as Carl Elway

Alessandro Nivola as Anthony Amado

Elisabeth Rohm as Dolly Polito

Paul Herman as Alfonse Simone

Said Taghmaoui as Irv’s Sheik Plant

Matthew Russell as Dominic Polito

Thomas Matthews as Francis Polito

Adrian Martinez as Julius

Anthony Zerbe as Sen. Horton Mitchell

Colleen Camp as Brenda

Robert De Niro as Victor Tellegio

Writers

Eric Warren Singer (written by)

David O. Russell (written by)


Summary

Irving Rosenfeld dabbles in forgery and loan-sharking, but when he falls for fellow grifter Sydney Prosser, things change in a big way. Caught red-handed by FBI agent Richie DiMaso, Irv and Sydney are forced to work under cover as part of DiMaso's sting operation to nail a New Jersey mayor. Meanwhile, Irv's jealous wife may be the one to bring everyone's world crashing down. Based on the 1970s Abscam case.
Irving Rosenfeld dabbles in forgery and loan-sharking, but when he falls for fellow grifter Sydney Prosser, things change in a big way. Caught red-handed by FBI agent Richie DiMaso, Irv and Sydney are forced to work under cover as part of DiMaso's sting operation to nail a New Jersey mayor. Meanwhile, Irv's jealous wife may be the one to bring everyone's world crashing down. Based on the 1970s Abscam case.

Genre

Drama, Crime

Released

December 20, 2013

Runtime

2hrs 18min

MPAA

R, for pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence

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