Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) | Official Trailer | MGM · plays on YouTube
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Frank Oz
- Written by
- Dale Launer, Paul Henning, Stanley Shapiro
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
Cheryl Pay
Lady with Pearls
Nathalie Auffret
Marion
Lolly Susi
Lady in Rolls Royce
Rupert Holliday-Evans
English Sailor #1
Hepburn Graham
English Sailor #2
Details
- Released
- December 14, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Budget
- $6,500,000
- Box office
- $42,000,000
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