Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Dec 14, 1988

1h 50m

★ 7.1

Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.

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.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Trailers

Cast

Freddy Benson

Steve Martin

Lawrence Jamieson

Michael Caine

Janet Colgate

Glenne Headly

Inspector Andre

Anton Rodgers

Fanny Eubanks

Barbara Harris

Arthur

Ian McDiarmid

Mrs. Reed

Dana Ivey

Lady from Oklahoma

Meagen Fay

Lady from Palm Beach

Frances Conroy

Lady in Dining Car

Nicole Calfan

Miss Krista Knudsen

Aïna Walle

Lady with Pearls

Cheryl Pay

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