Shysters

Dec 23, 2011

1h 33m

★ 0.0

They're the funniest fakers on the face of the Earth

Overview

Two lunatic con artists are released from prison on one condition - that they attend mandatory therapy with a court-appointed psychiatrist.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Butch Bumstead

G. Larry Butler

Psychiatrist (as James Grimm)

James Grim

Sharkie

Eddie Ed O'Brien

Reynaldo

Nick Razavi

Vaunted director Li Han-Hsiang reveals the way of the world in this anthology film of four stories that feature far more swindlers and swindling than lovers or love. There's fake acupuncturists, gullible counterfeiters, a jewelry heist in a VD clinic, and a salesgirl's subtle scam in these short cinematic stories of gulls, dopes, marks, and fools and the cons, cheaters, charlatans, and connivers who trick them. It's four times the fraud as the cheats, gyps, and rip-offs come fast and furious!

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7.0

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5.8

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5.5

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6.8

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6.3

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7.5

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6.7

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5.4

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4.9

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Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly kills her. Free for the first time, Albert quickly responds to the bait dangling in front of him, putting his aggressors against one another in a race for his trust. Using his skills that make him a gifted fisherman, Albert turns the tables on his seemingly doomed fate, capturing the heart of the woman most eager to deceive him, and fooling the man most intent on destroying him.

6.9

The Professor

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6.2

Bedtime Story

Jun 10, 1964

Benson, is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content with his game until he meets Jamison, a real operator who poses as an exiled prince and not only gets women to share his bed but also to give him money to help him fund his supposed counter-revolution.

5.8

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5.4

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5.7

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