Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly. The screenplay was written by Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro, and Paul Henning. It is a remake of the 1964 Marlon Brando/David Niven film Bedtime Story, also written by Shapiro and Henning, and was later remade in 2019 as The Hustle, starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.
Plot
Lawrence Jamieson is an intelligent and sophisticated British con artist operating in the fictional town of Beaumont-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. With the help of manservant Arthur and amoral police official Andre, he seduces wealthy women and cons them out of money by posing as a prince in exile trying to raise money for his country's "freedom fighters." His only concern is another con artist known as "The Jackal" who has been reported in the area.
More details
author | Dale Launer Paul Henning Stanley Shapiro |
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contentLocation | Beaumont-sur-Mer France |
director | Frank Oz |
editor | Stephen A. Rotter William S. Scharf |
genre | comedy crime |
keywords | arrest british sailor con artist discover drink estate agent freedom fighters french riviera hotel room liechtenstein mark mentally challenged navy veteran new york city open psychiatrist psychosomatic medicine psychosomatically real estate agent royal naval reserve sweepstakes undress victimology walk |
musicBy | Miles Goodman |
producer | Bernard Williams |
publisher | Orion Pictures |
theme | buddy comedy crime comedy |