Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
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88% of critics liked it
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78% of users liked it
(47,222 ratings)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a remake of the 1964 film farce Bedtime Story. Steve Martin and Michael Caine take over the roles originally played by Marlon Brando and David Niven: two international con artists, plying their trade on gullible wealthy women up and down the Riviera. Martin and Caine vie… More Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a remake of the 1964 film farce Bedtime Story. Steve Martin and Michael Caine take over the roles originally played by Marlon Brando and David Niven: two international con artists, plying their trade on gullible wealthy women up and down the Riviera. Martin and Caine vie over the honor of fleecing ingenuous heiress Glenne Headly (in a role originated by Shirley Jones). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Oz
- Written By
- Paul Henning, Dale Launer
- Genres
- Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1988 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
A wonderfully crafted, absolutely charming remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story.
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, Time Out
There's little enough to keep you occupied as Caine and Martin go through their comic set pieces in workaday fashion while the film moves mechanically from one contrived situation to the next.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Their comic methods are different, but from their first unequal encounter until the very last in a series of twist endings, Mr. Caine and Mr. Martin work together with an exuberant ease that's a joy to watch.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Martin, the most eloquent of physical clowns -- the Baryshnikov of comedy -- is at his most inspired here. He parodies feelings, attitudes, states of mind that one would think were exempt from it, and his caricature of dapper suavity is killingly precise.
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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.
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Cast
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Steve Martin
as Freddy Benson
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Michael Caine
as Lawrence Jamieson
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Glenne Headly
as Janet Colgate
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Anton Rodgers
as Inspector Andre
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Barbara Harris
as Fanny Eubanks
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Ian McDiarmid
as Arthur
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Dana Ivey
as Mrs. Reed
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Nathalie Auffret
as Marion
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Valerie Beaufils
as Pretty Beach Girl
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Nicole Calfan
as Lady in Dining Car
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Frances Conroy
as Lady from Palm Beach
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Hepburn Graham
as English Sailor
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Xavier Maly
as Hotel Bellboy
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Cheryl Pay
as Lady with Pearls
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Andre Penvern
as Waiter on the Train
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Lolly Susi
as Lady in Rolls Royce
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Aina Walle
as Miss Krista Knudsen
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Louis Zorich
as Greek Millionaire
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Jerry Goodman
as Violinist
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Georges Gerrard Baffos
as Assistant Hotel Manager
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Rupert Holliday Evans
as English Sailor
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Meagen Fay
as Lady from Oklahoma
- Rupert Holliday-Evans
