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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.

1988 · PG · 1h 50m

Directed by Frank Oz

7.1

TMDB audience score
1,107 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Xavier Maly
    Hotel Bellboy

  • André Penvern
    Waiter on the Train