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1) In the soup
Publisher
Fantoma Films
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adolfo Rollo is in over his head. Before he met Joe, his excitement focused on spying on his neighbor Angelica. Joe helped Adolfo with his "spying" and now he wants Adolfo to help -- with stealing cars, burglary and romancing women.
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neurotic con man Roy suffers from several emotional problems, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. He and his partner Frank swindle people out of money. Frank wants to pull a really big job, but Roy is too consumed with fear and panic attacks to join him. Only cigarettes and his trusty illegal prescription drugs seem to keep him going. When Roy finds himself in desperate need of more pills, he is forced to see legitimate psychotherapist Dr. Klein....
3) Diggstown
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hrs..
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two scam artists prey on women for their money. They clash in a Mediterranean hot spot. Will the cultured, high-class con artist come out on top, or will the rough small-change scammer rise to win the wager?
5) Confidence
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Con man Jake and his gang, Gordo, Miles, and Big Al, pull off a swindling job stealing money from a guy who turns out to be a mob accountant for crime boss, King. Then Jake and his crew attempt to pull off an even bigger scam to make up for their mistake. This time the con involves the King's enemy, the mob-connected banker Morgan Price. Two corrupt cops join Jake's team while the King appoints his henchman, Lupus, to oversee the operation.
6) The grifters
Series
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three con artists walk on the razor's edge of life. Lilly has decided it's time to get out, and wants her son out, too. But Roy has fallen for sleek Myra, who wants him for her partner.
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ruby, a cynical blonde who swindles dates, meets her match when con man Eddie walks into her life. She and Eddie fall in love and start partnering up for small-time crimes. But when a routine grift goes bad, Ruby ends up in a reformatory and is certain that Eddie will desert her. But Ruby soon finds out that she has changed Eddie, more than she could have suspected.
Series
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A conman is entrusted to take care of a young orphan girl until he can return her to her grandparents, but learns that the grandfather of the girl is a judge who despises conmen.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Florence Fallon is the daughter of a preacher who is about to give his last sermon, but passes away before he gets a chance. Florence stands up in front of the congregation and attacks them, accusing them of not being appreciative of her father and revealing that she has lost her faith. Bob Hornsby, a con man, talks Florence into working an angle with him, having her perform fake miracles for money. She profits from the racket, but when she meets...
10) Skin game
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this comedy, meet Quincy and Jason, two likable swindlers who've come up with a way to make a bundle by bamboozling slave owners. Posing as master and slave, Quincy and Jason ride into backwater prairie towns where, after Quincy intones and Jason moans, Jason is sold to the highest bidder. Then Quincy springs him loose and they split town, split the cash and head down the road looking for the next sucker.
11) Topaze
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After years of dedicated service, Professor Topaze is summarily fired for flunking his worst student, who happens to be the son of the powerful Baron, a wealthy businessman who stands to make a fortune by peddling a worthless health tonic. All the Baron needs is one man with lots of academic credentials and few scruples to endorse his sparkling water.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen and fullscreen formats.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joe Ross is the inventor of "The Process, " a top-secret formula which promises to make his company unimaginably rich. But when Joe meets a successful, cynical businessman he begins to suspect that his boss will never share the profits. And with that seed of doubt planted, an intricate con-game soon falls into place.
13) Criminal
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A $750,000 one-night score awaits Richard and Rodrigo if they can flimflam an antique currency collector, a ruse soon packed with more twists than a box of pretzels.
14) Kid millions
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A poor Brooklyn boy becomes a millionaire after saving the life of a sheik's daughter. A hilarious comedy adventure straight from the Arabian Nights.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small-time con artist, nicknamed for his favorite candy, gets in over his head when he swindles a tough gangster out of some gambling profits. The Kid concocts a scheme to pay back the money by Christmas, by tricking his pals into dressing up as Santas and collecting money for a made-up charity.
16) Heartbreakers
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sexy mother-daughter con team steals their way into wealthy men's hearts ... and their bank accounts. Paige wants to be on her own, but her mom pleads one more big con. Along the way an ex-husband wants Paige's mom back. Can Paige and her mom stop the cons and find true love?
17) The hustler
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fast Eddie Felson is an arrogant, amoral hustler who haunts backstreet pool rooms fleecing anyone who'll pick up a cue and, determined to be acclaimed as the best, Eddie seeks out the legendary Minnesota Fats, who's backed by Bert Gordon, a predatory gambler, but Eddie discovers that his biggest rival might be his own self-image.
18) Larceny
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Smooth-talking grifter Rick Maxon tries to swindle wealthy war widow Deborah into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Rick falls in love with Deborah he has pangs of remorse, but he must contend with his gang boss, Silky, and the tough-as-nails moll, Tory, who is enamored with Rick but is considered Silky's girl.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hustling gigolo Latigo Smith arrives in a mining town for an operation, but while in town he overhears that the local mining baron Taylor Barton is looking to hire the notorious gunman Swifty Morgan to wipe out his competition. Seizing the opportunity for an easy con, Smith passes off a reprobate cowhand, Jug, as the dreaded Swifty. Can Smith come up with a scheme to save Jug₂s hide, stop the mining feud and win over Patience, or will he end up...
20) The bank dick
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (72 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Egbert Sousé is an unemployed drunk who divides his time between the Black Pussy Cat Café and his dreadful family. After unwittingly capturing a bank robber, he lands a job as a security guard which leads to complete absurdity.
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