Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
****
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Ian McDiarmid, Dana Ivey, Meagen Fay, Frances Conroy, Aina Walle
On the French Riviera, a suave and refined English con artist and a crass American hustler place a bet to see who can swindle a wealthy American heiress first. The loser must leave town. Frank Oz's sharply written and thoroughly enjoyable caper comedy is a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story, starring Marlon Brando and David Niven. The two con men have completely different styles, just like Michael Caine and Steve Martin when it comes to comedy. The film gave birth to a 2004 musical.
