American Hustle

A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.

The Grifters features neo noir, twists and turns, tense, cynical and serious style.

The opening hair combover and hairpiece gluing sequence was not in the early script, but was an idea of lead hairstylist Kathrine Gordon. David O. Russell liked the idea that it was incorporated later into the script. Gordon and Christian Bale rehearsed several days before filming the scene.