Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988 film directed by Frank Oz
Movie film Q185248
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Summary

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,407 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Frank Oz[3]
  • Screenwriter: Dale Launer[4], Stanley Shapiro[5], Paul Henning[6]
  • Composer: Miles Goodman[7]
  • Genre: comedy film[8], buddy film[9], crime film[10]
  • Cast member: Michael Caine[11], Steve Martin[12], Glenne Headly[13], Barbara Harris[14], Ian McDiarmid[15]
  • Producer: Bernard Williams[16]
  • Production company: Orion Pictures[17]
  • Director of photography: Michael Ballhaus[18]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[19]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[20]
  • Review score: 88%[21], 6.9/10[22], 68/100[23]
  • Color: color[24]
  • Country of origin: United States[25]
  • Publication date: December 14, 1988[26], August 24, 1989[27]
  • Distributed by: Orion Pictures[28], Netflix[29]
  • Narrative location: France[30], Beaumont-sur-Mer[31]
  • Film editor: Stephen A. Rotter[32]
  • Title: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels[33]
  • MPA film rating: PG[34]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[35]
  • Duration: 110 minutes[36]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.85:1[37]
  • Capital cost: 6,500,000 US dollars[38]
  • Box office: 42,000,000 US dollars[39]
  • BBFC rating: PG certificate[40]

Why It Matters

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . The Movie Database. Retrieved . themoviedb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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