Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Title | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
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Year | 1988 |
Genre | Crime, Comedy |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Orion Pictures |
Cast | Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Ian McDiarmid |
Crew | Charles Hirschhorn (Executive Producer), Dale Launer (Executive Producer), Michael Ballhaus (Director of Photography), Frank Oz (Director), Miles Goodman (Original Music Composer), Bernard Williams (Producer) |
Keyword | bet, luxury, casino, competition, southern france, wheelchair, seduction, con man, swindler, remake, french riviera, money, wager, heiress, mentor protégé relationship, riviera, conman, conmen |
Release | Dec 14, 1988 |
Runtime | 110 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.10 / 10 by 868 users |