Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Lawrence Jamieson is an experienced con artist living in a wealthy coastal resort, where he profits from his elaborate scams. His routine is disrupted when Freddy Benson, a less refined but equally cunning conman, arrives and starts using crude methods that interfere with Lawrence's more sophisticated schemes. Mistakenly believing Freddy to be the notorious conman known as 'The Jackal,' Lawrence decides to eliminate the competition. Confident in his skills, Lawrence proposes a contest between them: the first to swindle $50,000 from Janet Colgate, a wealthy American heiress they both target, will earn the right to stay in town, while the loser must leave.