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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.
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.
4) Man trouble
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry is a wisecracking con man who owns a guard dog agency. When a singer seeks his aid after she is burglarized, Harry inadvertently makes them a target of hit men, an underworld mob boss, and the singer's own sister.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (8 hours, 33 minutes.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Lovejoy is a roguish antiques dealer for the final episodes of the hit series. Joined by his ever-faithful friend Tinker and the beautiful Charlotte, Lovejoy charms his way through some last comedic adventures.
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small-time con man wins a Congressional seat and uses the perks and power of his new position to con for cash and bamboozle the big bucks without breaking the law.
8) 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.
9) 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
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.
Series
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hungarian
Description
A large, claustrophobic apartment is the setting for this intense chamber drama. In this dense setting, the inhabitants of the apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016, 2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eddie is a hustler from the streets of New York City. He has mastered every scam out there until one day he is visited by a mysterious man. The man offers him a proposition, he'll give Eddie the chance to achieve eternal redemption for all the bad deeds he has done, all he has to do is let him transfer his spirit into a different body for three weeks. Eddie thinks the man is nuts until a million dollars in cash appears before his eyes out of nowhere....
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.
15) Beat the devil
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An offbeat tale of adventure and suspense involving the passengers on a steamer who attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a parcel of land in East Africa believed to be rich with uranium deposits.
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...
17) 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.
18) 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?
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Extended version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alex has had a good day at the track, a bad night at the poker game and he'll have a worse time if the guys he owes catch up with him. Alex and go-along pal Jerry split for Las Vegas where Lady Luck and their wits will give them the cash they need.
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color NTSC ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the run, New York con man Teddy heads to the Australian outback, where he's waylaid by a sultry, sex starved hitchhiker. One morning he awakes to discover he has married her and is now trapped in an off-the-map town ruled with a beer-soaked fist by her tyrant father. Stuck in this crazy remote town, where the inhabitants revere Rodgers and Hammerstein, Teddy frantically plots his escape.
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