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.
Details
- Director
- Frank Oz
- Writer
- Dale Launer
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $6,500,000
Cast
Anton Rodgers
Barbara Harris
Dana Ivey
Frances Conroy
Glenne Headly
Ian McDiarmid
Meagen Fay
Michael Caine
Nicole Calfan
Steve Martin
Keywords
bet
casino
competition
con man
conman
conmen
french riviera
heiress
luxury
mentor protégé relationship
money
remake
riviera
seduction
southern france
swindler
wager
wheelchair
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