About this release
Legendary funnyman Steve Martin and two-time Academy Award Winner Michael Caine steal the show as competing con artists who cross paths in the south of France and soon realize the Riviera isn’t big enough for the both of them. They agree to a loser-leaves-town wager over the fortunes of a naive American soap heiress (Glenne Headly), which leads to a hilarious battle of wits that will decide who is the greatest scoundrel of all!
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Disc 1
DVD
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
110 min
ComedyCrime
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.
Credits
Director
Frank Oz
Writer
Dale Launer
Paul Henning
Stanley Shapiro
Cast
Steve Martinas Freddy Benson
Michael Caineas Lawrence Jamieson
Glenne Headlyas Janet Colgate
Anton Rodgersas Inspector Andre
Barbara Harrisas Fanny Eubanks
Ian McDiarmidas Arthur
Dana Iveyas Mrs. Reed
Meagen Fayas Lady from Oklahoma
Frances Conroyas Lady from Palm Beach
Nicole Calfanas Lady in Dining Car
Cinematographer
Michael Ballhaus
Composer
Miles Goodman
Editor
Stephen A. Rotter
William S. Scharf
Producer
Bernard Williams
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 2, 2026