Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Glenne Headly

A French conman working the Riviera meets his match when an American cuts in on his territory.

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79% liked it

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87% liked it

31 critics

PG, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Frank Oz

Release Date: January 1, 1988

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DVD Release Date: December 17, 1997

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  • November 22, 2009
    A highly amuzing film with an unlikely comedy duo of Michael Caine and Steve Martin which lead to hilarious consequences. Some classic comedy scenes included and the competitive nature throughout is just great fun.
  • September 23, 2009
    This film has its moments!
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    ?Not mother??
  • October 16, 2008
    great, one of the comedy classics
  • July 5, 2008
    The sort of silly, entertaining 80s movie that was always on TV around Christmas...
  • May 4, 2008
    Michael and Steve are hilarious as con men trying to out do each other. But they meet their match in the jackel. Very funny and interesting plots.
  • November 24, 2009
    Two con-artists try and pull a fast one by trying to reach a cool £500,000 profit out of one lady, only each is out to prove that they are better than the other.
  • November 20, 2009
    Down right clean but scandalous peformances from Caine and Martin. Hilarious game of tug-of-war between the two polar opisites. Martin (the bottom feeding con man) and Caine (the Ritzy, sophisticated con man) battle for territory. Strongly recomended
  • October 28, 2009
    Was excpecting it to be funnier but it had a good story to it. Steve Martin was great as usual I thought the part where he pretend to be retarted was the highlight of the movie, Michael Caine did a good job you didnt know if you were suppose to hate him or like him in some parts.
  • October 20, 2009
    Hilarious! The final twist is a killer.
  • September 2, 2009
    Great fun, Steve Martin and Michael Caine work wonderfully together. Caine is particularly good. Very enjoyable and quite funny. Entertaining, great writing, good supporting cast.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The chemistry between Martin and Caine is fun, and Headly provides a resilient foil as a woman who looks like a pushover but somehow never seems to topple. full review

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