
Feature film — 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
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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Orion Pictures
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Director: Frank Oz
On screen
Cast & crew

Steve Martin
Freddy Benson

Michael Caine
Lawrence Jamieson

Glenne Headly
Janet Colgate

Anton Rodgers
Inspector Andre

Barbara Harris
Fanny Eubanks

Ian McDiarmid
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Dana Ivey
Mrs. Reed

Meagen Fay
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Frances Conroy
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Nicole Calfan
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Aïna Walle
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Cheryl Pay
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