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Release Date
Dec 14, 1988 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 22, 1997
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Country USA
Studio Franco London Films, Orion
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Other Titles
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Zwei hinreissend verdorbene Schurken (1989)
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Genre: Crime, Comedy, Scams And Cons, Role-switching, Deception, Suspense, Farce, Capers
Tagline: Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.
Plot: Master comedy director Frank Oz (BOWFINGER, IN & OUT) sets two con men against each other in a struggle for a French seaside town, the perfect territory for duping gullible and wealthy vacationers. Smooth and complacent swindler Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) is infuriated when clumsy but effective con man Freddy Benson (Steve Martin) encroaches on his hunting grounds. When Benson proves persistent, Jamieson makes him a bet over who will be the first to get $50,000 out of a visiting American heiress, with the loser leaving town.Trademark physical comedy from Martin and Caine’s smarmy and perfectly timed lines fuel the hilarious competition and decisive showdown--which ends as neither man expects.
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