7 Times Lucky

Jan 17, 2004

1h 25m

★ 6.3

You only con the ones you love.

Overview

An aging con-man and a beautiful, ambitious student cross paths in a scam that promises to make them both rich.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Buffalo Gal Pictures

Minds Eye Entertainment

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Cast

Harlan

Kevin Pollak

Fiona

Liane Balaban

Sonny

Jonas Chernick

Dutch

James Tolkan

Sacco

Aleks Paunovic

Bartender

Tom Anniko

Hooded Thief

Allan Wallace Dunkeld

Eddie

Babs Chula

Kurt the Dealer

Ernesto Griffith

Mr. Five Wounds

Gordon Tootoosis

Francois

John Bluethner

Spunky

John Maclaren

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7.9

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7.0

Matchstick Men

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6.4

I Love You Phillip Morris

Feb 4, 2010

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6.5

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7.5

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5.0

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0.0

The Gamblers

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5.6

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0.0

Half a Sinner

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7.8

Nine Queens

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6.5

The Grifters

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A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

5.8

Larceny

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Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.

6.4

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5.5

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8.0

Catch Me If You Can

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A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

7.5

The Man Who Would Be King

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