Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
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Steve Martin as Freddy Benson
Michael Caine as Lawrence Jamieson
Glenne Headly as Janet Colgate
Anton Rodgers as Inspector Andre
Barbara Harris as Fanny Eubanks
Ian McDiarmid as Arthur
Dana Ivey as Mrs. Reed
Meagen Fay as Lady from Oklahoma
Frances Conroy as Lady from Palm Beach
Nicole Calfan as Lady in Dining Car
Aïna Walle as Miss Krista Knudsen
Cheryl Pay as Lady with Pearls
Nathalie Auffret as Marion
Lolly Susi as Lady in Rolls Royce
Rupert Holliday-Evans as English Sailor #1
Hepburn Graham as English Sailor #2
Xavier Maly as Hotel Bellboy
André Penvern as Waiter on the Train
Louis Zorich as Greek Millionaire
Georges Gerrard Baffos as Assistant Hotel Manager
Valerie Beaufils as Pretty Beach Girl
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