Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Page #4

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
1,960 Views


Perhaps His Highness has mentioned me?

Oh, Lady Fanny of Omaha?

He called me Lady Fanny?

Oh, yes. Lady Fanny of Omaha.

He speaks of you with great affection.

Drink, sir?

You have done a wonderful thing.

Sir.

Excuse me. I'm very sorry, sir,

but the man said it was urgent.

- What man?

- The courier, sir.

He's waiting outside.

He said you would recognize

the secret password.

- What secret password?

- Lady Fanny of Omaha!

Hi!

Could you take this to the guest bedroom

and see that everything is neatly pressed?

Go ahead, Arthur.

Wow!

Wo-ha-ha-how! Wow!

All I can say is "wow!"

What an a**hole I was

telling you how to take women!

All right. How much do you want?

Oh, Your Highness, I

don't want money from a man

who needs every penny to

free his enslaved people.

- What do you want?

- This!

This! I want this!

This is what I want.

I don't want money. I want you

to teach me. I'm in your hands.

- You can't be serious.

- Larry...

Lawrence.

All my life, I wanted to

be the best at something.

I thought I was the best, till I met you.

I mean, I never realized how far you

could go with this scamming thing.

- You've opened my eyes!

- Freddy, this "scamming" thing,

as you put it, took me years to perfect.

- I got time.

- Why should I help you?

A guy with my mouth could ruin a

lot of business around here for you.

What sort of an education did you have?

High school diploma.

And you majored in...?

- Metal shop.

- Metal shop.

All right. I'll do it.

Ha ha haa!

I'll teach you, I'll set you up,

and pay you a percentage.

- Great!

- But with this one understanding.

I run this operation

and you do as I say.

Great!

Classes begin after lunch.

I have a plan for this Jackal.

There is a man who owes me a favor.

Rn the Knife. He is a

master with the stiletto,

and an absolute magician

at hiding a body.

- Andre...

- As police inspector,

I give you my word, the case will be

investigated in a very slipshod manner.

Stop worrying, Andre.

I tell you, it is a

mistake to take him in!

I am taking him in gracefully in

order to get him out gracefully.

- Well done!

- I look great, don't I?

- I know the moves!

- Yes, Freddy. You're ready.

But remember our agreement.

I'm in charge. You do exactly as I say.

Exactly as you say!

I feel like a kept man.

I'm sorry.

I'm going straight to Andre and tell

him to tear up the check immediately.

Oh, no, you can't! I paid

the 100,000 francs in cash.

Damn.

Please don't be mad at me.

Well, he said he wouldn't let you

leave unless I paid off your loan.

What else did he say?

He told me how you needed

that money for your country,

to help fight the communists.

It's just such a noble cause.

Rate this script:4.0 / 2 votes

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…

All Dale Launer scripts | Dale Launer Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 6 May 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/dirty_rotten_scoundrels_6967>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.