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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.
2) 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
Language
English
Formats
Description
Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats up!
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.
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.
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?
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.
9) 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.
10) The music man
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately and romantically backfires.
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...
12) Trading places
Series
Paramount presents volume 12
Language
English
Description
The very rich and extremely greedy Duke Brothers wager a bet over whether "born-loser" Billy Ray Valentine could become as successful as the priggish Louis Winthorpe III if circumstances were reversed.
13) 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
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) 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.
16) 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.
17) 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..
19) 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
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Joe Ross is a rising star. He's designed a process that will make his company millions. He wants a bonus for this work, but fears his boss will stiff him. He meets a wealthy stranger, Jimmy Dell, and they strike up an off-kilter friendship. When the boss seems to set Ross up to get nothing, he seeks Dell's help. Then he learns Dell is not what he seems, so he contacts an FBI agent through his tightly-wound assistant, Susan Ricci. The FBI asks him...
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