Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 • Comedy | Crime
Frank Oz
Director
Dale Launer
Writer
Paul Henning
Writer
Stanley Shapiro
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
December 14, 1988
Duration
110 Min
Language
English
Popularity
3.898
Budget
$6,500,000
Revenue
$42,000,000
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.




































