Steve martin and michael caine are a pair of con artists join forces to take advantage of rich women vacationing on the riviera. When small time con artist freddy benson steve martin invades the lucrative riviera turf of old pro lawrence jamieson michael caine, the latter agrees to take him on and tutor him in the methods of fleecing wealthy widows. However, it is not long before freddy is chafing at the second banana role imposed on him by lawrence, and when a beautiful american heiress glenne headly arrives in town, the duelling scamsters agree to a contest whoever gets their hands on her money first forces the loser to leave town for good... Running time 106 minutes region region 2 subtitles danish dutch english french italian norwegian spanish swedish german release date 09 07 2001