Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988, Movie, 1h 50min

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.

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Critic John Mount

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Steve Martin does his schtik to perfection and Michael Caine unveils some adroit comic timing...

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Ronny Svensson

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Denna klassiker är som ett årgångsvin, bara bättre med tiden…

2 years ago

Critic Andreas Samuelson

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Det är ett kul upplägg där de båda männen med olika metoder spelar på vad rika, uttråkade kvinnor attraheras av.

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erwin

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Yoda/Miss Piggy er instruktøren bag denne film hvor Emperor Palpatine har en birolle.

9 months ago

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Two rival con artists, Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) and Freddy Benson (Steve Martin), compete to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000. Lawrence is a sophisticated British con artist operating in the French Riviera, while Freddy is a small-time American hustler. The competition between the two leads to a series of hilarious and increasingly absurd events.

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