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The Rainmaker. 1956. Produced by Paul Nathan. Paramount.
Elmer Gantry 1960. Directed by Richard Brooks. Distributed by United Artists. Starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons. The Hustler. 1962. Directed by Robert Rossen. The Music Man. 1962. Produced and Directed by Morton da Costa. Warner. The Fortune Cookie. 1966. Directed by Billy Wilder. Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon star. The Flim-Flam Man. 1967. Produced by Lawrence Turman; Directed by Irvin Kershner and Yakima Canutt. Twentieth Century Fox. The Producers. 1968. Written and directed by Mel Brooks. The Italian Job. 1969. Directed by Peter Collinson. A remake was released in 2003 Skin Game. 1971. James Garner and Louis Gossett. Directed by Paul Bogart. Paper Moon. 1973. Directed and produced by Peter Bogdanovich. Paramount. The Sting. 1973. Directed by George Roy Hill. Universal. The Ribos Operation. 1978. Episode of Doctor Who, produced by Graham Williams, written by Robert Holmes and starring Tom Baker. Vabank. 1981. Directed by Juliusz Machulski. Cheers. 1982-1993. NBC. Featured a recurring "Flimflam man" character, Harry 'The Hat' Gittes (played by Harry Anderson) The Sting II. 1983. Sequel to The Sting (1973) Vabank II. 1985. Sequel to Vabank (1981) House of Games. 1987. Produced by Michael Hausman, directed by David Mamet. Orion. The Vanishing. 1988. Directed by George Sluizer. A remake by Sluizer was released in 1993. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 1988. Directed by Frank Oz. The Grifters. 1990. Produced by Martin Scorsese; Directed by Stephen Frears. Miramax Films. Leap of Faith. 1992. Scam, 1993. Directed by John Flynn The Usual Suspects. 1995. Directed by Bryan Singer Primal Fear, 1996. The Pest. 1997. Directed by Paul Miller. The Spanish Prisoner. 1997. Directed by David Mamet. Traveller, 1997, Bill Paxton plays an Irish gypsy confidence man. Blue Streak. 1999. Directed by Les Mayfield. Man on the Moon. 1999. Produced by Danny DeVito, directed by Miloš Forman. Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens). 2000. Directed by Fabián Bielinsky. Boiler Room. 2000. Directed by Ben Younger. The Prime Gig. 2000. Directed by Gregory Mosher. Bandits. 2001. Directed by Barry Levinson. Heist. 2001. Directed by David Mamet. Heartbreakers. 2001. Directed by David Mirkin. Ocean's Eleven. 2001. Directed by Steven Soderbergh as a remake of the 1960 film. The Score. 2001. Directed by Frank Oz "The Great Money Caper," 2002, a Simpsons episode based around grifting. Catch Me If You Can. 2002. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Confidence. 2003. Directed by James Foley. Matchstick Men. 2003. Directed by Ridley Scott. Shade. 2003. Directed by Damian Nieman. Out of Time. 2003. Produced by Neal H. Moritz, directed by Carl Franklin. Criminal. 2004. Directed by Gregory Jacobs as a remake of Nueva Reinas (2000). Ocean's Twelve. 2004. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Hustle, British TV Series. 2004. Stories of Lost Souls. 2005. A presentation of six short stories. "Euston Road" stars Paul Bettany as a swindler. Directed by Toa Stappar. A Con, 2005, created by Skyler Stone. Lost, 2005, Sawyer was formerly a con artist. The O.C., Jeri Ryan played a character during the third season who was a con artist. North Shore, Amanda Rhigetti played a character who was a con artist. Firefly, Saffron |
