History Film / DirtyRottenScoundrels

* PunctuatedPounding: Lawrence whipping Freddie while [[ItMakesSenseInContext acting like it's part of his therapy]]: "OrMyNameIsnt [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Doctor! Emil! Shaffhausen! The Third!]]"

* PunctuatedPounding: Lawrence whipping Freddie while [[ItMakesSenseInContext acting like it's part of his therapy]]: "OrMyNameIsn't [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Doctor! Emil! Shaffhausen! The Third!]]"

* PunctuatedPounding: Lawrence whipping Freddie while [[ItMakesSenseInContext acting like it's part of his therapy]]: "Or my name isn't [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Doctor! Emil! Shaffhausen! The Third!]]"

* WelcomeToHell: Even funnier when [[HeyItsThatGuy the line is delivered by]] [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]]...

A remake of the 1964 film ''Bedtime Story'', which starred Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/DavidNiven and had a different ending. Became a Broadway musical in 2005. According to Website/IMDb, a remake is in development.

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Lawrence Jamieson (Caine) is a sophisticated, cultured con artist who preys on rich women visiting the French Riviera, extracting large sums from them voluntarily by masquerading as an exiled prince who needs help to regain his throne. One day, he meets a less ambitious con artist, Freddy Benson (Martin), who is conning women out of money for lunch and train tickets by masquerading as an impoverished charity worker. Worried that Freddy may interfere with his work after he sees a newspaper article describing the con-work of "The Jackal", and after attempting to train him in culture and conning, Lawrence makes a {{bet}} with him: The first of them to con a selected mark out of $50,000 can stay in the area, while the other must leave. The two decide the mark is to be the apparently wealthy socialite Janet Colgate (Glenne Headly). Complications and [[HilarityEnsues hilarities ensue]].

A 1988 Creator/FrankOz comedy about con artists.

Lawrence Jamieson (Creator/MichaelCaine) is a sophisticated, cultured con artist who preys on rich women visiting the French Riviera, extracting large sums from them voluntarily by masquerading as an exiled prince who needs help to regain his throne. One day, he meets a less ambitious con artist, Freddy Benson (Creator/SteveMartin), who is conning women out of money for lunch and train tickets by masquerading as an impoverished charity worker. Worried that Freddy may interfere with his work after he sees a newspaper article describing the con-work of "The Jackal", and after attempting to train him in culture and conning, Lawrence makes a bet with him: The first of them to con a selected mark out of $50,000 can stay in the area, while the other must leave. The two decide the mark is to be the apparently wealthy socialite Janet Colgate (Glenne Headly). Complications and [[HilarityEnsues hilarities ensue]].

Lawrence Jamieson (Creator/MichaelCaine) is a sophisticated, cultured con artist who preys on rich women visiting the French Riviera, extracting large sums from them voluntarily by masquerading as an exiled prince who needs help to regain his throne. One day, he meets a less ambitious con artist, Freddy Benson (Creator/SteveMartin), who is conning women out of money for lunch and train tickets by masquerading as an impoverished charity worker. Worried that Freddy may affect his work after he sees a newspaper article describing the con-work of "The Jackal", and after attempting to train him in culture and conning, Lawrence makes a bet with him: The first of them to con a selected mark out of $50,000 can stay in the area, while the other must leave. The two decide the mark is to be the apparently wealthy socialite Janet Colgate (Glenne Headly). Complications and [[HilarityEnsues hilarities ensue]].

Lawrence Jamieson (Creator/MichaelCaine) is a sophisticated, cultured con artist who preys on rich women visiting the French Riviera, extracting large sums from them voluntarily by masquerading as an exiled prince who needs help to regain his throne. One day, he meets a less ambitious con artist, Freddy Benson (Creator/SteveMartin), who is conning women out of money for lunch and train tickets by masquerading as an impoverished charity worker. Worried that Freddy may affect his work after he sees a newspaper article describing the con-work of 'The Jackal', and after attempting to train him in culture and conning, Lawrence makes a bet with him: The first of them to con a selected mark out of $50,000 can stay in the area, while the other must leave. The two decide the mark is to be the apparently wealthy socialite Janet Colgate (Glenne Headly). Complications and [[HilarityEnsues hilarities ensue]].

A 1988 Creator/FrankOz comedy about con artists. A remake of an earlier movie, ''Bedtime Story'', with a different ending.

Lawrence Jamieson (Creator/MichaelCaine) is a sophisticated, cultured con artist who preys on rich women visiting the French Riviera, extracting large sums from them voluntarily by masquerading as an exiled prince who needs help to regain his throne. One day, he meets a less ambitious con artist, Freddy Benson (Creator/SteveMartin), who is conning women out of money for lunch and train tickets by masquerading as an impoverished charity worker. Worried that Freddy may affect his work after he sees a newspaper article describing the con-work of 'The Jackal', and after attempting to train him in culture and conning, Lawrence makes a bet with him: The first of them to con a selected mark out of $50,000 can stay in the area, while the other must leave. The two decide the mark is to be the apparently wealthy socialite Janet Colgate. Complications and [[HilarityEnsues hilarities ensue]].

Became a Broadway musical in 2005. According to Website/IMDb, a remake is in development.

A 1988 Creator/FrankOz film about con artists. A remake of an earlier movie, ''Bedtime Story'', with a different ending.

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* NonindicativeName: Neither Lawrence and Freddy are both crooks, but neither is really " a dirty rotten scoundrel" at all.

* SpanishPrisoner: Lawrence's main scam is a variation on this.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWHBb3AHq4 first teaser trailer]], which contains specially filmed footage not found in the movie. Freddy and Lawrence are slowly strolling down a riverside boulevard. The viewer is likely to notice Freddy push the old lady into the water. The viewer is less likely to notice Lawrence pushing a tube of cotton candy into a kid's face.

** MassiveMultiplayerScam: How Freddy and Lawrence both try to get the money from Janet.
** OutGambitted: [[spoiler: Both Lawrence ''and'' Freddy]].
** WoundedGazelleGambit: Freddy's modus operandi.
*** [[spoiler:KansasCityShuffle: While Freddy and Lawrence are trying to con Janet, she plays along, taking them ''both'' for suckers at the climax.]]
** XanatosSpeedChess: Both con men are constantly revising their plans, both from the snags that they keep running into and the other's attempt to sabotage their plans.

* [[ConMan Con Men]] (Lawrence Jamieson, Freddy Benson [[spoiler:, and "Janet Colgate" herself!]])

* WelcomeToHell
** Even funnier when [[HeyItsThatGuy the line is delivered by]] [[StarWars Emperor Palpatine]]...

* EvilVsEvil: A smaller-scale example than most. It starts as a turf-war of sorts between Lawrence and Freddy when Freddy starts plying his trade on Lawrence's traditional stomping grounds, then escalates into a full-blown contest of skill where they both try to see who can con $50,000 out of a wealthy young woman, Janet Colgate, when she shows up. [[spoiler:She then turns it into a full-blown melee-à-trois by misdirecting both of them and getting away with the same sum of money out of which they were trying to con her.]

Lawrence Jamieson (Creator/MichaelCaine) is a sophisticated, cultured con artist who preys on rich women visiting the French Riviera, extracting large sums from them voluntarily by masquerading as an exiled prince who needs help to regain his throne. One day, he meets a less ambitious con artist, Freddy Benson (Creator/SteveMartin), who is conning women out of money for lunch and train tickets by masquerading as an impoverished charity worker. Worried that Freddy may affect his work after he sees a newspaper article describing the con-work of 'The Jackal,' and after attempting to train him in culture and conning, Lawrence makes a bet with him: The first of them to con a selected mark out of $50,000 can stay in the area, while the other must leave. The two decide the mark is to be the apparently wealthy socialite Janet Colgate. Complications and [[HilarityEnsues hilarities ensue]].

* AdaptationExpansion: TheMusical is extremely faithful to the movie, and one of the only changes that it makes are to give Andre and Ms. Eubanks more character development.

* ChekhovsGunman: A brief mention is made on the train radio of a skilled young con-artist called "The Jackel". Lawrence initially suspects Freddy is the guy, but he isn't. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Janet is The Jackel, and out-smarts both men while getting away scot-free.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Subverted. After demonstrating the skills that Lawrence taught him in the TrainingMontage, Freddy never uses them again. Justified in that after that point, they are in competition with each other over whose technique works better.

* DoubleMeaning: When Janet gives the briefcase of money back to Lawrence, she tells him "I can't take this. It doesn't belong to me. And I'll always have something from you that means much more." [[spoiler:Little does he know that she's speaking the literal truth: the briefcase actually contains Freddie's clothes (which don't belong to her), and she has his money.]]

* EvilVsEvil: A smaller-scale example than most. It starts as a turf-war of sorts between Lawrence and Freddy when Freddy starts plying his trade on Lawrence's traditional stomping grounds, then escalates into a full-blown contest of skill where they both try to see who can con $10,000 out of a wealthy young girl, Janet Colgate, when she shows up. [[spoiler:She then turns it into a full-blown melee-à-trois by misdirecting both of them and getting away with the same sum of money they were trying to con her out of.]]
* FreudianTrio: Freddie is the id, Janet is the ego, and Lawrence is the superego.
* GentlemanThief: Lawrence may rob these rich women blind, but he spends it on rare art, ancient wine, and French legacy gardens.

* KarmaHoudini: Neither Lawrence nor Freddy face punishment for their con-tricks. [[spoiler:Nor, it turns out, does Janet.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Lawrence considers getting rid of Freddy at the start of the film because "A petty poacher shooting at rabbits might scare the big game away." In other words, he doesn't dislike Freddy, he's just protecting his turf.

* WalkingSpoiler: Janet Colgate, in case you didn't guess it, has a humdinger of a secret under wraps, which is the cause of all these spoiler marks. [[spoiler:Namely, she is the mystery con-artist known as "The Jackel", and was only playing along with the schemes both Freddy and Lawrence were pulling on her, and walks away with thousands of dollars of their money while sacrificing none of hers.]]

* WhamLine: "Goodbye boys. I'll miss you. Love, Janet, [[spoiler:the Jackel]]."