Wealthy native Brit Lawrence Jamieson, living in Beaumont-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, earns most of his money through big cons on wealthy unsuspecting women. With the help of his associates – corrupt police Inspector Andre, who provides him most of his intel, and his butler Arthur – he pulls scams such as pretending to be a foreign deposed prince who needs money to finance a secret war to liberate his people. Beaumont-sur-Mer and thus his world is invaded by brash American Freddy Benson, another con man whose targets are also wealthy unsuspecting women. Lawrence believes Freddy is the Jackal, a con man whose true identity is unknown but who is known to be working his way through Europe. While Lawrence works on thousands of dollars per scam, Freddy works only on tens or if he is lucky hundreds of dollars. Lawrence’s efforts to get Freddy out of his territory are unsuccessful, so when Freddy figures out that Lawrence is a con man like him, he decides to blackmail Lawrence to work …
Release Date: 14 December 1988Runtime: 104 min
Stars:
- Aïna Walle
- Anton Rodgers
- Barbara Harris
- Cheryl Pay
- Dana Ivey
- Frances Conroy
- Glenne Headly
- Ian McDiarmid
- Lolly Susi
- Meagen Fay
- Michael Caine
- Nathalie Auffret
- Nicole Calfan
- Rupert Holliday-Evans
- Steve Martin
Director: Frank Oz
