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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 68/100. Scores higher than 88% of the 995 1980s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
1,086 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank OzDirector
- Miles GoodmanOriginal Music Composer
- Dale LaunerWriter
- Paul HenningWriter
- Stanley ShapiroWriter
Cast
- Steve MartinFreddy Benson
- Michael CaineLawrence Jamieson
- Glenne HeadlyJanet Colgate
- Anton RodgersInspector Andre
- Barbara HarrisFanny Eubanks
- Ian McDiarmidArthur
- Dana IveyMrs. Reed
- Meagen FayLady from Oklahoma
- Frances ConroyLady from Palm Beach
- Nicole CalfanLady in Dining Car
- Aïna WalleMiss Krista Knudsen
- Cheryl PayLady with Pearls
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