Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Page #3

Synopsis: Wealthy native Brit Lawrence Jamieson, living in Beaumont-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, earns most of his money through big cons on wealthy unsuspecting women. With the help of his associates -- corrupt police Inspector Andre, who provides him most of his intel, and his butler Arthur -- he pulls scams such as pretending to be a foreign deposed prince who needs money to finance a secret war to liberate his people. Beaumont-sur-Mer, and thus his world, is invaded by brash American Freddy Benson, another con man whose targets are also wealthy unsuspecting women. Lawrence believes Freddy is the Jackal, a con man whose true identity is unknown but who is known to be working his way through Europe. While Lawrence works on thousands of dollars per scam, Freddy works only on tens or if he is lucky hundreds of dollars. Lawrence's efforts to get Freddy out of his territory are unsuccessful, so when Freddy figures out that Lawrence is a con man like he is, he decides to blackmail Lawrence to wor
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Frank Oz
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1988
110 min
1,952 Views


right, here we go! Here we go!

OK. Two more! Two more. How much is it?

Have you seen enough, Mrs. Knudsen?

That money was supposed to go toward an

operation for his grandmother!

Here we go! Ha ha haa!

He's a confidence man. A trickster.

Will Madame sign the complaint?

Gladly.

I'm telling you, I didn't steal any

money from her! She gave it to me.

But, she filed this complaint against you.

She caught me with another woman.

C'mon. You're French, you understand that!

To be with another

woman, that is French.

To be caught, that is American.

God! All right, what am I gonna

do? How am I gonna get out of here?

It's very difficult.

The charge is a serious one and

you are a vagrant, an unknown.

Listen, I'm not a vagrant!

This is my point!

I know somebody here. I met

him on a train. His name is...

His name is... James... No.

His name is... James Josephson.

Oh, no, no!

James Lawrence. Lawrence! Lawrence!

Lawrence...

Lawrence Fells. Lawrence Fings.

Forest Lawrenceton.

La... Lars. Lars!

Lawrence. Lawrence Lacko...

Lawrence...

His name is James Jessenden.

Lawrence Fells. Lawrence Jesterton.

Lawrence Jesterton.

- Lawrence Jamieson?

- Yes!

Yes! Yes! We're like this!

Freddy. This is really very serious.

They don't treat gigolos

lightly in France.

What do you mean?

Until 75 years ago, they

were still castrating them.

Don't say that word!

- What do they do now?

- Well, that depends who the judge is.

- Inspecteur, qui est Le juge?

- Reynoux.

Oh. Judge Reynoux.

Good luck, Freddy.

No, you can't go. You gotta stay.

You gotta help me.

- Do you have any money?

- Yeah, I got about 12... 900 dollars.

No, no, no. I know this chap.

He'll want at least 5,000.

5,000? I don't have 5,000!

- Can you get it?

- I have... I have it at home.

I... I could fly home and

could mail him a check. I promise.

OK.

- Inspecteur!

- Oui?

Est-il possible...

Non! Non, non, pas possible! Crtin!

Freddy.

He says you can go... Ah-ah-ah!

He's got to have the rest

of the money within 48 hours

or he'll submit your

name to Interpol and

you'll never be able to

travel in Europe again.

That's fine, that's fine.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you, Lawrence Jamieson.

You know, I'm pretty

good at sizing people up,

and I think you are one terrific guy.

I suppose I get pleasure from

helping people like you out.

- I see you know His Highness.

- Who?

- The Prince.

- The Prince?

I saw him shake your hand

and pat you on the back.

No kidding!

- And you are?

- Fanny Eubanks.

Fanny Eubanks? Of Omaha?

- Of Omaha?

- You don't have to cover up with me.

It may be my money that's

financing your mission.

You're financing my mission?

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Dale Launer

Dale Launer (born May 19, 1952) is an American comedy screenwriter. His films include Ruthless People, Blind Date, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and My Cousin Vinny. more…

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