Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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comedy film film

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 comedy film about two con men on the French Riviera, best known for its witty script and Steve Martin’s acclaimed performance alongside Michael Caine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film →
film →
basedOn 1964 film Bedtime Story →
Bedtime Story →
characterPortrayedBy Steve Martin →
surface form: Freddy Benson – Steve Martin

Lawrence Jamieson – Michael Caine →
cinematographyBy Michael Ballhaus NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
director Frank Oz →
distributedBy Orion Pictures →
editedBy Stephen A. Rotter →
filmingLocation Antibes →
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France →
surface form: Beaulieu-sur-Mer

France →
genre comedy film →
crime comedy film →
hasRemake The Hustle →
language English →
leadPerformanceBy Michael Caine →
Steve Martin →
mainCharacter Freddy Benson →
Lawrence Jamieson →
musicBy Miles Goodman →
narrativeFocus confidence tricksters →
notableFor Steve Martin’s comedic performance →
chemistry between Steve Martin and Michael Caine →
witty script →
originalLanguage English →
plotSummary Two con men on the French Riviera compete to swindle an heiress. →
producer Bernard Williams →
productionCompany Orion Pictures →
releaseDate 1988-12-14 →
releaseDecade 1980s →
releaseYear 1988 →
runtimeMinutes 110 →
screenwriter Dale Launer →
Paul Henning →
Stanley Shapiro →
settingCountry France →
settingLocation French Riviera →
starring Glenne Headly →
Michael Caine →
Steve Martin →
theme deception →
rivalry →
romantic competition →
title Dirty Rotten Scoundrels self-link →

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Frank Oz → directorOf → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels →
this entity surface form: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988 film)
Frank Oz → notableWork → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels →
this entity surface form: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988 film)
Ian McDiarmid → notableWork → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels →
Steve Martin → notableWork → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels →
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels → title → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels self-link →