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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels   1988         PG, 110 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama Director: Frank Oz   Cast: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Frances Conroy, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris, Ian McDiarmid, Dana Ivey, Louis Zorich, Meagen Fay, Nicole Calfan, Aina Walle, Cheryl Pay, Nathalie Auffret, Lolly Susi   This is the remake of "Bedtime Story" about a slick Riviera con man Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) and a scruffy American scam artist Freddy Benson (Steve Martin) who meet on a train. Caine realizes that Martin is planning on infiltrating his territory, theorizing that bad crooks give the sophisticated ones a bad name. The entire tale is a series of sequences in which one con man tries to outwit the other. Fun. Cast Steve Martin Freddy Benson Michael Caine Lawrence Jamieson Glenne Headly Janet Colgate Frances Conroy Lady from Palm Beach Anton Rodgers Inspector Andre Barbara Harris Fanny Eubanks Ian McDiarmid Arthur Dana Ivey Mrs. Reed Louis Zorich Greek Millionaire Meagen Fay Oklahoma Lady Nicole Calfan Lady in Dining Car Aina Walle Krista Knudsen Cheryl Pay Lady with Pearls Nathalie Auffret Marion Lolly Susi Lady in Rolls Royce