Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $6,500,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $42,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 30.91 |
Directed By
Frank Oz
Crew
Stephen A. Rotter
Bernard Williams
Dale Launer
Dale Launer
Charles Hirschhorn
Frank Oz
William S. Scharf
Miles Goodman
Michael Ballhaus
Roy Walker
Donna Isaacson
Marit Allen
John S. Lyons
Paul Henning
Stanley Shapiro
Bernard Mazauric
Bernard Williams
David Tringham
Gerry Toomey
Valerie E. Norman
René Brun
Régis Brun
Michelle Wright
Antoine Sabarros
Laurence Coutaud-Garnier
Steve Spence
Damien Lanfranchi
Rosalind Shingleton
Tony Rimmington
Terry Wells Sr.
Phillipe Mazauric
Bernard Langton
Jean Menna
Florian Ballhaus
Bobby Mancuso
Ivan Sharrock
Don Banks
Jean-Pierre Steen
Sue Gandy
Claudia Fellous
Suzy Sand
Janet Flora
Pascal Charbonnier
Matthew W. Mungle
Gerry Jones
Thierry Zenmour
Dianne Mapp-Cheek
Françoise Combadière
Caroline Mazauric
Debbie McWilliams
Steve Smith
Arthur Blum
Bruce Byall
Antoine Bratulic
Rene Basso
James R. Tynes
John 'Fest' Sandau
Jean-Marie Lopez
Stephane Negre
Ernest Cabezas
Gaston Veilleux
Tom Gray
Bob Penn
Inger Eisenhour
Ruth Hasty
Andrea Tringham
Joseph Brad Kluge
Terry Walsh
Richard Friedlander
Robert Grahamjones
Bob Sarles
Denis Coq
Alan Splet
Nancy Fogarty
Michael Silvers
John Nutt
C.J. Appel
Ron Davies
Pat Jackson
Ann Kroeber
Rob Fruchtman
Luis Colina
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Mark Berger
Tom Johnson
Richard Beggs
Lionel Strutt
Thomas Pasatieri
Oscar Castro-Neves
Bran Ferren
Reid Burns
Jerry Goodman
TOP 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
Frances Conroy
Lady from Palm Beach
Nicole Calfan
Lady in Dining Car
Aïna Walle
Miss Krista Knudsen
Cheryl Pay
Lady with Pearls
Nathalie Auffret
Marion
Lolly Susi
Lady in Rolls Royce
Rupert Holliday-Evans
English Sailor #1
Hepburn Graham
English Sailor #2
Xavier Maly
Hotel Bellboy
André Penvern
Waiter on the Train
Louis Zorich
Greek Millionaire
Georges Gerrard Baffos
Assistant Hotel Manager
Valerie Beaufils
Pretty Beach Girl
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