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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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.

1988 |1h 50m |  Crime, Comedy

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Cast

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Steve Martin

Freddy Benson

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Michael Caine

Lawrence Jamieson

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Glenne Headly

Janet Colgate

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Anton Rodgers

Inspector Andre

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Barbara Harris

Fanny Eubanks

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Ian McDiarmid

Arthur

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Dana Ivey

Mrs. Reed

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Meagen Fay

Lady from Oklahoma

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Frances Conroy

Lady from Palm Beach

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Nicole Calfan

Lady in Dining Car

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Aïna Walle

Miss Krista Knudsen

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Rupert Holliday-Evans

English Sailor #1

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Hepburn Graham

English Sailor #2

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Xavier Maly

Hotel Bellboy

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André Penvern

Waiter on the Train

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Louis Zorich

Greek Millionaire

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$6,500,000.00

Revenue

$42,000,000.00