Two street urchins meet up with a sad and lonely rich kid. They become friends when the kid's shady uncle mistakes them for his nephews.
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
'Nightmare Alley' handler om Stan, der får job som alt-mulig-mand på et omrejsende karneval i starten af 1940'erne. Han viser hurtigt et talent for at læse mennesker, og kommer under oplæringen hos trick-clairvoyanten Zeena og hendes mand Pete. Stan får udviklet sig eget nummer, som han drager til storbyen for at optræde med. Men det bliver starten på en mørk og farlig rejse, da han slår sig sammen med en mystisk psykolog for at svindle flere af byens velhavende mænd. 'Nightmare Alley' er baseret på romanen 'Lykkeridder'.
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Jake er svindler på et højt plan. Det er netop lykkedes at snøre den intetanende Lionel Dolby for tusindevis af dollars. Det koster imidlertid Lionel Dolby livet og det viser sig at han var bogholder for den excentriske forbryderboss The King.
Jake tilbyder The King at gøre skaden god igen. Det skal ske ved at svindle en formue fra Morgan Price – en bankmand der er dybt involveret i organiseret kriminalitet. Price skal tørres ved hjælp af en indviklet plan og hér kommer den sexede lommetyv, Lily, på banen.
Omkring tredive år efter at Arlis var vidne til sin far myrde en familie, løber han ind i Kay, som tilfældigvis er familiens baby, der blev skånet. Kay og Arlis formoder intet om hinanden, men når hans far vender tilbage, åbnes gamle sår igen.
A man and woman have great success in all of their dating pursuits. The woman uses her dating rules and fakes a car accident to capture the guy's attention, but she can't get him to succumb to her charm.
A life-time criminal is on the run after completing a diamond theft gone wrong. She seeks her mother's help in staying on the run and resist the urge to reconnect with her daughter.
En kampsportsinstruktør får en nebengesjæft hos en mafiaboss, som sætter ham og en aldrende gorilla til at indkassere gæld på hårdtslående vis hen over weekenden.
A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life. Written by Jeff Hole
Efter at have tilbragt 20 år i fængsel slipper den tidligere storsvindler Foley (Samuel L. Jackson) endelig ud og er fast besluttet på ikke at genoptage sin gamle tilværelse. Han møder unge Iris (Ruth Negga), og perspektiverne ser lovende ud, men fortiden er en stædig ledsager.
Madarame Baku is a mysterious gambler. His nickname is Usogui (literally The Lie Eater). Club Kakerou is the top illegal gambling den, where gamblers vie to become the best in their profession. Seeing through the lies of others, Madarame Baku challenges a variety of high stakes games at Club Kakerou.
When Chinese-Australian teenager Lawrence cheats at and fails his high-school exams, destroying his dreams of a medical degree, he's banished to the country for the summer. There, he meets wily old conman the Professor and his cynical daughter Sarah, and learns that even the sneakiest scam can't conjure up love. Is it a true story? That might be another of Leung's tricks.
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.
A rare clip from 1994 warning of the dangers that lurk in America: homosexuals and Satanists.