
Rating
Popularity3
Runtime1h 50m
Release DateDecember 14, 1988
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue$42,000,000
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners.
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

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Spoken Languages
English
Age Rating
All Ages
Top Cast
Key Crew
Director of PhotographyMichael Ballhaus
DirectorFrank Oz
ProducerBernard Williams
ScreenplayDale Launer
Videos & Trailers

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) | Official Trailer | MGM
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Official Trailer
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) | Bailing Out Freddie | MGM
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) | The Wheelchair Con | MGM
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) | Conning the Rich Women | MGM
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