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Pub. Date
2016.
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
2014
Description
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle is the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Carmine Polito is the passionate, volatile,...
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special ed.; widescreen version 16:9.
Description
A sexy mother-daughter con team steals their way into wealthy men's hearts ... and their bank accounts. Paige wants to be on her own, but her mom pleads one more big con. Along the way an ex-husband wants Paige's mom back. Can Paige and her mom stop the cons and find true love?
5) Paper moon
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
7) The tourist
Pub. Date
2011
Description
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Based on a true story, this thriller follows Jason Derek Brown, a charismatic con man bankrolling his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown's trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown's funds run low and his past catches up with him, he plots his most elaborate scheme yet, pitting himself against Leising in a deadly game of cat and mouse, and becoming the most unlikely and...
Pub. Date
2021
Description
"This quirky holiday comedy means fun for every member of the family! Deep in debt to Big Freddie, kind-hearted con man Tony gets a chance to change his life when he meets Amanda, mother of young Daniel. She wants to hire Tony to kidnap her brother's horse Ace. After Tony and Ace bump heads, Tony finds he can communicate with the wisecracking nag. Can Ace convince the other racehorses to help Tony get rich at the New Year's Day derby?" -- Container....
10) The hustle
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Josephine Chesterfield is a glamorous, seductive Brit who defrauds gullible wealthy men. Penny amasses wads of cash by ripping off her marks in neighborhood bars. Despite their different methods, both are masters of the art of the fleece, so they combine talents for their next mark: a naive tech billionaire.
12) Stiffs
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
The workers at a funeral parlor enlist the help of the hearse driver to make money and cleanse the neighborhood of unsavory characters by staging numerous 'accidents.' Bonus features include a look behind the scenes.
14) Focus
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Nicky is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess. As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame, now an accomplished femme fatale, shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop, and...
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