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1988 • 1h 50min • PG • Comedy, Crime

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

"Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners."

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.

IMDb 7.4

RT 89%

MC 68

Director

Frank Oz

Composer

Miles Goodman

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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

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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

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Cheryl Pay Lady with Pearls

Nathalie Auffret Marion

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