DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

Steve Martin, Michael Caine

Orion; Directed by Frank Oz

Rated PG; 110 minutes; 1988

Steve Martin and Michael Caine star in this uproarious comedy as two rival confidence men who make a wager . . . the first one who extracts $50,000 from the next woman they meet wins and the other is forced to leave town.

 

 

REVIEWS

"They're mean, they're nasty, they're no good and they're awfully funny . . .Those DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS conned me. I loved every minute of it."

— Joel Siegel, ABC-TV

"DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is the sort of loopy masterstroke that gives high concept a good name. . . Caine. . . is a genius. . . "

— Peter Rainier, LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER

"A complete charmer . . . Martin proves again that he is the greatest comic actor of his generation."

— John H. Richardson, DAILY NEWS

"Thumbs Up . . . Martin and Caine are so funny. . ."

— Roger Ebert, SISKEL & EBERT

"Wickedly funny! A suave, smooth, sophisticated comedy. Caine and Martin are a sensational team."

— Jeffrey Lyons, SNEAK PREVIEWS

"It's rich, nasty and very, very funny...Caine is simply delicious and Martin's graceful physical comedy is sublime."

— Joanna Langfield, ABC RADIO NETWORK

"It's a breezy, stylish, delectable comedy, filled with laughs from start to finish."

— Susan Granger, WMCA-RADIO

"Frank Oz has directed with a deft hand. Caine makes a charming rogue. Martin is a howl. "

— Peter Travers, PEOPLE MAGAZINE

"A hilarious screwball caper movie. Caine is terrific. Caine and Martin make the most enjoyable scoundrels I've seen in a long time."

— Norman Mark, WMAQ-TV

 

 

BLURBS

Academy Award winner Michael Caine teams with Steve Martin for this comical campus crowd-pleaser.