Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

7.1/10 • 110 min • Comedy Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Steve Martin

Freddy Benson

Michael Caine

Lawrence Jamieson

Glenne Headly

Janet Colgate

Anton Rodgers

Inspector Andre

Barbara Harris

Fanny Eubanks

Ian McDiarmid

Arthur

Dana Ivey

Mrs. Reed

Meagen Fay

Lady from Oklahoma

Frances Conroy

Lady from Palm Beach

Nicole Calfan

Lady in Dining Car

Aïna Walle

Miss Krista Knudsen

Rupert Holliday-Evans

English Sailor #1

Hepburn Graham

English Sailor #2

Xavier Maly

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André Penvern

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Louis Zorich

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