Johnny Hooker

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Johnny Hooker is the young, ambitious con artist portrayed by Robert Redford in the classic 1973 film "The Sting."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf con artist
fictional character
film character
appearsIn The Sting NERFINISHED
appearsInFilmDirectedBy George Roy Hill NERFINISHED
appearsInFilmReleasedInYear 1973
awardContext appears in film that won Academy Award for Best Picture
characterTrait ambitious
clever
impulsive
young
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy David S. Ward NERFINISHED
enemyOf Doyle Lonnegan NERFINISHED
filmGenreOfWorkHeAppearsIn period film
gender male
genre comedy
crime
crime comedy
hasAlias Kelly NERFINISHED
hasFriend Luther Coleman NERFINISHED
hasPartnerInCrime Henry Gondorff NERFINISHED
hasSkill card cheating
confidence tricks
pickpocketing
involvedIn horse racing betting con
long con
poker con
languageOfCharacter English
medium film
motivatedBy revenge for Luther Coleman’s murder
narrativeRole protagonist
occupation con artist
partOf The Sting franchise NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Robert Redford NERFINISHED
setInTimePeriod 1930s
worksIn Chicago NERFINISHED

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Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting enemyOf Johnny Hooker
subject surface form: Doyle Lonnegan
The Sting featuresCharacter Johnny Hooker