James Woods

Louis Gossett Jr.

Oliver Platt

Heather Graham

Randall "Tex" Cobb

Thomas Wilson Brown

Bruce Dern

Marshall Bell

Duane Davis

Willie Green

Orestes Matacena

Kim Robillard

John Short

Michael McGrady

Roger Hewlett

Rocky Pepeli

Jeff Benson

Jim Caviezel

Frank Collison

Raymond C. Turner

Wilhelm von Homburg

George D. Wallace

John Walter Davis

Alex Garcia

Cynthia L. James

Kenneth White

David Fresco

Benny Urquidez

Jeremy Roberts

Michael DeLorenzo

Troy Smith

Larry Ham

David Candreva

Jose Alcala

Victor Koliacos

Nelly Bly

Laura Mae Tate

Kevin LaRosa

Steven McKay

Leonard Wise

Michael Ritchie

Art Schaefer

Richard Pagano

Debi Manwiller

Thomas J. Mack

Jimmy Nickerson

Stephen Hendrickson

Okowita

Sharon Roesler

Denorvell Collier

Bobby Bass

Gerry Fisher

David Kelley

Youssef Vahabzadeh

Wayne A. Finkelman

Alex Desir

Sharon Bialy

Chuck Waters

Don Zimmerman

James Newton Howard

Robert Schaffel

Michael W. Devine

George Stephenson

Ken Chase

Mark Lilienthal

Gil Hernandez

Kevin Nolting

Kim H. Ornitz

Chip Fowler

Lisa Grace Erndt

Gregory Van Horn

Beau Baker

Gigi Coker

Dennis Smith

Jeffrey R. Clark

Joseph A. Ponticelle

Richard Foreman Jr.

Gary A. Theard

C.C. Barnes

Melinda Leeson

Deborah La Mia Denaver

Dennis Glas

Jamie Barber

Barbara Drake

Judith Saunders

Luke Reichle

Sybil Gray

Nina Paskowitz

Bill Roe

Dan Coffie

Eden Clark Coblenz

John O. Wilde

Don S. Walden

Kurt Courtland

Thomas J. O'Connell

Don Hall

Harry Cheney

Kirk Schuler

R.J. Kizer

Joseph T. Sabella

Rick Hart

Robert Schaper

Rusty Smith

Donald O. Mitchell

David Williams

Brad Dechter

Sharal Churchill

Ellen Segal

Zane D. Bruce

Tim Healey

Jackson Schwartz

Jackie Krost

Gary Ritchie

Frank A. Montaño

Carole Buglewicz

Sib Ventress

Steven Lambert

Jeffrey J. Dashnaw

Comedy

Drama

Diggstown

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

English

Do you know the difference between a hustler and a good con-man?

Diggstown (also known as Midnight Sting) is directed by Michael Ritchie and stars James Woods, Louis Gossett Junior, Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt, a pre-fame James Caviezel and Randall "Tex" Cobb. The plot sees Woods as con-man Gabriel Caine, recently out of prison he and his cohort Fitz (Platt), set up a boxing "sting" in Diggstown, a hickville place out in Olivair County that is run by egomaniac John Gillon (Dern). The set-up entails Caine's old friend Honey Roy Palmer (Gossett Jr) having to fight, and beat, 10 Diggstown men in one day. As the money goes down and secrets come out, corruption and violence is never far away.

Midnight Sting was one of those film's that came to my attention in the early hours of one morning. I couldn't sleep and turned the TV on out of pure frustration at a lack of sleep. What I didn't know at that time of irksome sleepy annoyance was that I would fall in love with a movie, a love that lasts to this very day. The TV announcer said the name of the movie and that it stars James Woods. Since Woods is always value for money I thought I would give it a go, for the next 98 minutes I laughed out loud, I cringed at some sad moments and I punched the air on more than one occasion. It quickly became one of my favourite movies of all time. On the surface it looks a very simple tale, but it has so much more to offer outside of the excellent fight sequences and some belting one liners. 

Based on Leonard Wise's novel "The Diggstown Ringers", the film deals in loyalties, friendships, greed, power, corruption and lies - not to mention small town mentality being under the microscope. It's impeccably acted as well, with the Woods and Gossett play off one of the most engaging duets of the 1990s. The twists within, and there are some corkers, really crown what was already a smart and witty script. It was a film that went largely unnoticed upon its release, and even now in this age of rampant internet usage it appears to still be under seen or sadly forgotten. It of course will not become a personal favourite of all newcomers to it, but just maybe one day if you can't sleep or you are stuck for a rental then you should give it a chance. Because it deserves a chance to at least try to welcome you into its fan club. 

I love it, you know that by now, and there's a chance that you will too. Punch the air brilliant. 10/10

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