A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Directed by Stephen Frears
based on novel or book
con man
con artist
los angeles, california
horse track
grifter
estafa
neo-noir
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Cast
Anjelica Huston
Lilly Dillon
John Cusack
Roy Dillon
Annette Bening
Myra Langtry
Jan Munroe
Guy in bar
Stephen Tobolowsky
Jeweler
Jimmy Noonan
Bartender
Richard Holden
Cop
Henry Jones
Sims
Michael Laskin
Irv
Eddie Jones
Mintz
Sandy Baron
Doctor
Lou Hancock
Nurse
Crew
Stephen Frears
Director
Donald E. Westlake
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
Martin Scorsese
Producer
Jim Thompson
Novel
Mark Bridges
Assistant Costume Designer
Kimberly Adams
Assistant Costume Designer
Kathleen M. Courtney
Production Coordinator
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Nancy Haigh
Set Decoration
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Popular Reviews
87 reviews
Benji
5.0★ · 05/10/26
Why isn’t a conman movie with this acting trio more fun?
Why isn’t a conman movie with this acting trio more fun?
Alex S
7.0★ · 03/10/26
Hate when incest a plot point but it was a decent movie other wise
Hate when incest a plot point but it was a decent movie other wise
Ethan
Annette Bening
Annette Bening
Ethan
Annette Bening
Annette Bening
pip
4.0★ · 02/18/26
sloppy, boring, profoundly uninterested in its own subject material.
sloppy, boring, profoundly uninterested in its own subject material.
