Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Oz
Screenplay by	Dale Launer Stanley Shapiro Paul Henning
Based on	Bedtime Story by Stanley Shapiro Paul Henning
Produced by	Bernard Williams
Starring	Steve Martin Michael Caine Glenne Headly Anton Rodgers Barbara Harris
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Edited by	Stephen A. Rotter William S. Scharf
Music by	Miles Goodman
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release dates	December 5, 1988 (1988-12-05) (LACMA) December 14, 1988 (1988-12-14) (United States)
Running time	110 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$42 million

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz and produced by Bernard Williams. It is a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story, whose co-writers Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning received screen credit for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, along with writer Dale Launer. Set on the French Riviera, the film stars Steve Martin and Michael Caine as two con men competing to swindle a wealthy tourist (Glenne Headly) out of $50,000.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was first released in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on December 5, 1988, and was later released in theaters on December 14, 1988 by Orion Pictures to positive reviews from critics, and went on to gross $42 million at the U.S. box office.