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A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas. Also includes a prologue by Peter Bogdanovich in which he shares insights about being a director and goes behind the scenes of Paper Moon.

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 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, mayor of Camden, is the passionate,...

Brawling western saga with John Wayne battling land grabbers in the Dakota territory.

Con man Sidney Melbourne offers some "good advice" to mobster Moose Moran's girlfriend at the race track. When the horse looses to Moran's original pick, Melbourne has until Christmas to pay back the money and organizes a group of his pals to hit the streets of New York dressed as Santa Claus to collect money for a bogus elderly ladies' home.

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...

Based on a true story, this riveting 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...

Neurotic con man Roy suffers from several emotional problems, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. He and his partner Frank swindle people out of money. Frank wants to pull a really big job, but Roy is too consumed with fear and panic attacks to join him. Only cigarettes and his trusty illegal prescription drugs seem to keep him going. When Roy finds himself in desperate need of more pills, he is forced to see legitimate psychotherapist Dr. Klein....

Blankman: He has no superpowers, no money and no name. He's Blankman, a self-appointed neighborhood crimestopper who's so broke that he fights crime in his underwear. Mo' money: A lifelong con-man meets a girl and tries to impress her by cleaning up his act and doing things the honest way. Little man: When a stolen diamond is stashed in the home of a wannabe father and his workaholic wife, a pint-sized jewel thief poses as the world's ugliest baby...