Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Soundtrack

Synopsis: Wealthy native Brit Lawrence Jamieson, living in Beaumont-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, earns most of his money through big cons on wealthy unsuspecting women. With the help of his associates -- corrupt police Inspector Andre, who provides him most of his intel, and his butler Arthur -- he pulls scams such as pretending to be a foreign deposed prince who needs money to finance a secret war to liberate his people. Beaumont-sur-Mer, and thus his world, is invaded by brash American Freddy Benson, another con man whose targets are also wealthy unsuspecting women. Lawrence believes Freddy is the Jackal, a con man whose true identity is unknown but who is known to be working his way through Europe. While Lawrence works on thousands of dollars per scam, Freddy works only on tens or if he is lucky hundreds of dollars. Lawrence's efforts to get Freddy out of his territory are unsuccessful, so when Freddy figures out that Lawrence is a con man like he is, he decides to blackmail Lawrence to wor
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Frank Oz
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1988
110 min
2,063 Views


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1End Credits3:40
2Maneuvers1:15
3Miracle Of Life1:42
4Out Of Control1:14
5Pick Yourself Up2:22
6Putting On The Ritz3:01
7We're In The Money2:52

Dale Launer

Dale Launer (born May 19, 1952) is an American comedy screenwriter. His films include Ruthless People, Blind Date, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and My Cousin Vinny. more…

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