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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 140 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Italiano
Description
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1959 Venice Film Festival, directed by Roberto Rossellini and featuring world cinema icon Vittoria de Sica (The bicycle thief), Il generale della rovere is a film based on the true story of Emanuele Bardone, who, during the height of WWII, exploits his fellow Italians by telling them that he will find their missing loved ones in exchange for money. When he attempts to save a man who had already been executed, he is...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
6) Triggermen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Terry and Tommy are hit men hired to kill a prominent mob boss. When payment for the job is stolen by a couple of small-time con artists, it starts a chain reaction riddled with mistaken identities, botched jobs and crazy mishaps.
7) Focus
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 race car circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop, and...
8) Buffaloed
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Desperate to escape her hometown of Buffalo and make enough money to attend her dream college, Peg decides to cheat the system after she is scammed by a debt collector.
Publisher
Alpha Video Distributors
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An offbeat tale of adventure and suspense involving the passengers on a steamer who attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a parcel of land in East Africa believed to be rich with uranium deposits.
10) Rushlights
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy and Sarah are two delinquent young lovers from the suburbs of Los Angeles, traveling to a small Texas town to falsely claim a dead friend's inheritance. The two teens, haunted by their own dubious pasts while pursuing their scam, wind up in a nightmare of greed and betrayal when confronted with the twisted and bizarre underworld of Tremo, TX - population 2870.
11) Stiffs
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The workers at a funeral parlor enlist the help of the hearse driver to make money and cleanse the neighborhood of unsavory characters by staging numerous 'accidents.' Bonus features include a look behind the scenes.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (617 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charming con man Neal Caffrey escapes from a maximum security prison, only to be recaptured by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke. With few options, Caffrey agrees to help the bureau bring down other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. But before long, Caffrey finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with those who want him back in prison or dead.
14) Confidence
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Con man Jake and his gang, Gordo, Miles, and Big Al, pull off a swindling job stealing money from a guy who turns out to be a mob accountant for crime boss, King. Then Jake and his crew attempt to pull off an even bigger scam to make up for their mistake. This time the con involves the King's enemy, the mob-connected banker Morgan Price. Two corrupt cops join Jake's team while the King appoints his henchman, Lupus to oversee the operation.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two men, one black and one white, team up as a pair of basketball hustlers, and con their way across the courts of Los Angeles.
16) Nightmare alley
Series
Criterion collection volume 1078
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
17) The hustle
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen .
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Josephine Chesterfield is a glamorous, seductive Brit who defrauds gullible wealthy men. Penny amasses wads of cash by ripping off her marks in neighborhood bars. Despite their different methods, both are masters of the art of the fleece, so they con the men that have wronged women. Wilson's talent for physicality and Hathaway's withering wit are a combustible combination as the pair of scammers pull out all the stops to swindle a naïve tech billionaire...
18) Paper moon
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
19) House of games
Series
Criterion collection volume 399
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
A therapist and best-selling author must confront her own demons when she meets a man who has gambling debts and she feels compelled to help him.
20) Fighting
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen editon.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After meeting and becoming friends with a scam artist, a man is introduced to the world of underground street fighting and puts everything in his life on the line to win.
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