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1) The sting
Language
English
Description
Two con men in 1930s Chicago, after a friend is killed by the mob, try to get even by attempting to pull off the ultimate 'sting.' No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold, leading up to one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history.
2) Buffaloed
Language
English
Formats
Description
Desperate to escape her hometown of Buffalo and make enough money to attend her dream college, Peg decides to cheat the system after she is scammed by a debt collector.
4) Drunkboat
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The coming-of-age story of a teenager who, with the help of his alcoholic uncle, buys a boat from a con man.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After single mother June receives a fateful phone call, she takes increasingly desperate measures to salvage her family's future in this dark thriller. Finding herself the victim of a scam that wipes out her savings, June tries to hunt down those responsible with the help of an old flame.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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....
9) Trust nobody
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A young hustler's thirst for power can make him destroy his own family, and a woman's greed can cause her to do the unthinkable.
10) Rushlights
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Los Angeles couple travel to a small town in Texas to falsely claim the inheritance of a recently deceased friend. The two teens, haunted by their own dubious pasts while pursuing their scam, wind up in a nightmare of greed and betrayal when confronted with the twisted and bizarre underworld of Tremo, TX - population 2870.
11) Bedtime story
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The classic comedy caper is about two cunning conmen on the French Riviera. The caddish Freddy Benson enjoys setting up elaborate ruses to seduce women. The suave Lawrence Jameson likes to pose as a prince to swindle the wealthy. When the two men meet, each perceives the other as an interloper and a threat. Upon the arrival of vacationing soap heiress Janet Walker, the two sweet -talking scoundrels compete to trick her out of both her clothes and...
12) The grifters
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son Roy is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job that leads to a beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. Lilly doesn't warm to Roy's girlfriend Myra Langtry, and soon the two women compete for Roy in a battle that quickly turns dangerous.
14) Paper moon
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Con artists sells Bibles to widows in depression-era Kansas.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard -- bodyguard Michael Bryce, hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife Sonia are back as the mismatched, high-octane trio -- that are once again forced together into another life-threatening mission to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Italiano
Description
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1959 Venice Film Festival, directed by Roberto Rossellini and featuring world cinema icon Vittoria de Sica (The bicycle thief), Il generale della rovere is a film based on the true story of Emanuele Bardone, who, during the height of WWII, exploits his fellow Italians by telling them that he will find their missing loved ones in exchange for money. When he attempts to save a man who had already been executed, he is...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as 'Clark Rockefeller,' became part of Boston's highly respected elite and used that status to charm his way into the life of millionaire Sandra Boss. After twelve years of marriage, the couple would divorce and Sandra would be awarded custody of their only child, Reigh. Clark's lifelong con game would finally be exposed after he abducts Reigh and the search for her reveals the deception he is...
19) Houseguest
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Sinbad is Kevin Franklin, a get-rich-quick con man who escapes the mob by impersonating the long-lost friend of an uptight businessman - and moving in with his family! Soon this wily con artist is struggling to find out who he's pretending to be ... a wine expert, a golfer, or even a dentist! But when the family starts to see through his act, and the mob catches on to his scam, Kevin finds his escapade as a "houseguest" suddenly much more than he...
20) Con man
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Barry Minkow, a charismatic teenager, turned business man, who became the youngest person ever to defraud Wall Street.
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