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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.
Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.
Comedy, Crime - 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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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.
Director:
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Frank Oz
Cast:
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Michael Caine
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Frances Conroy
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Dana Ivey
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Glenne Headly
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Ian McDiarmid
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Anton Rodgers
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Barbara Harris
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Steve Martin
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Meagen Fay
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Nicole Calfan

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Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
14 Dec 1988
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$6,500,000
Revenue:
$42,000,000
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A wonderfully crafted, absolutely charming remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
31 Dec 2008
fresh:
Their comic methods are different, but from their first unequal encounter until the very last in a series of twist endings, Mr. Caine and Mr. Martin work together with an exuberant ease that's a joy to watch.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Martin, the most eloquent of physical clowns -- the Baryshnikov of comedy -- is at his most inspired here. He parodies feelings, attitudes, states of mind that one would think were exempt from it, and his caricature of dapper suavity is killingly precise.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The chemistry between Martin and Caine is fun, and Headly provides a resilient foil as a woman who looks like a pushover but somehow never seems to topple.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
There's little enough to keep you occupied as Caine and Martin go through their comic set pieces in workaday fashion while the film moves mechanically from one contrived situation to the next.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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