Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 14, 1988
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Crime
• Director
• Frank Oz

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels — Cast

Steve Martin Freddy Benson Michael Caine Lawrence Jamieson Glenne Headly Janet Colgate Anton Rodgers Inspector Andre Barbara Harris Fanny Eubanks Ian McDiarmid Arthur Dana Ivey Mrs. Reed Meagen Fay Lady from Oklahoma