"Sexier than the Marx Brothers, handsomer than Laurel and Hardy but not as smart as The 3 Stooges."

1975

1h 28m

5.3(49 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Romance

Overview

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.

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21 members

Acting

Stockard Channing

Freddie Bigard

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Jack Nicholson

Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan

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Warren Beatty

Nicky Wilson

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Ian Wolfe

Justice of the Peace

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Rose Michtom

Mrs. Gould

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Brian Avery

Airline Steward

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Florence Stanley

Wife of Justice of the Peace

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Dub Taylor

Rattlesnake Tom

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Catlin Adams

Girl Lover

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Christopher Guest

Boy Lover

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Scatman Crothers

Fisherman

Production

Tom Newman

John the Barber

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Jim Antonio

1st Policeman

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Vic Vallaro

2nd Policeman

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Richard B. Shull

Chief Detective Sergeant Jack Power

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Kathryn Grody

Police Secretary

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John Fiedler

Photographer

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George Roberts

Officer

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Jerry Trent

Dancer (uncredited)

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Joe Tornatore

Detective

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Harry Dean Stanton

Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)

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