Sentences with phrase «of a con man»

History has been full of Con men and persons who only wanted glory for themselves.

David O. Russell directs this drama based on the true story of the con man who helped the FBI with their ABSCAM sting in the 1970s.

Based on the exploits of con man extraordinaire — a.k.a. «King Con» — Phillip Morris is a comedic portrayal that summarizes Steven's story in the same vein as last year's The Informant!.

Amazon's gripping original drama returns for a second season of con man misadventures.

We follow Ruth and Nat, two orphans living in a kind of extremist cult - run orphanage who learned to channel the dead parents of their fellow orphans with the help of a con man named Mr. Bell.

All I have found is a bunch of con men, snake oil salesmen.

If you aren't convinced that this flawed belief system is the product of a con man, then you lack basic reading comprehension skills.

of a con man looking at how and what he created.

Steve Coffey, representing Cor Development CEO Steven Aiello, argued the U.S. Attorney's entire case against his client is predicated on the testimony of a con man.

The real danger is that the information and social platforms on the internet are being corrupted in the service of con men, political demagogues and thieves

The culture just seems dishonest and they have made a big business of conning men that are looking for love.

He's irresponsible, selfish, and a bit of a con man, but you still like him.

Hope and Crosby continue their travels across the dark continent as a pair of con men who meet their match in the form of hustlers Dorothy Lamour and Joan Marsh.

Krause, who looks the way he always does, even when his character's trying to look different, isn't all that convincing a con man, but maybe that's exactly what's required of a con man.

Hooker and Gondorff gather together an impressive array of con men, all of whom despise Lonnegan and wish to settle accounts on behalf of Luther.

She becomes ensnared in the trap of his gang of con men when she decides to help Billy (Steven Goldstein), a patient who informs her during a session that his life is being threatened by mobsters he owes money to.

Compelling and original, this feature succeeds in presenting an awesome look at that decade and an enthralling peek into the world of con men.

So even if you couldn't condone the criminal activities in their previous films, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) and the rest of their con men buddies (Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Shaobo Qin, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac and Carl Reiner) at least appeared to have a good time pulling off their heists.

Old - fashioned though it may be, in this era of con men thrillers predicated on the notion of playing the audience with twists or trying to entertain us through adrenaline - charged action and quirky, comedic dialogue, it's a refreshing sort of throwback to character - based crime dramas of yesteryear.

He showed a good understanding of the con man genre and brought a lot of himself to the table.

Kurt Russell («Grindhouse: Deathproof») leads a cast of con men (and a woman), including Jay Baruchel («This Is the End «-RRB-, Matt Dillon («Armored «-RRB-, Chris Diamantopoulos («The Three Stooges «-RRB-, Katheryn Winnick («Stand Up Guys «-RRB- and Kenneth Welsh («Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer «-RRB- in The Art of the Steal, a complicated, mildly entertaining heist picture...

Ridley Scott's complex portrait of a con man (Nicholas Cage) who inhabits three story threads, all adequate to carry a film: (1) He's involved in complicated cons with his longtime partner (Sam Rockwell).

For the benefit of the Nazi Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt), Renault stages at Rick's the arrest of the con man Ugarte (Peter Lorre), who had killed two German couriers to get his hands on the transit papers they were carrying.

As Pete Lyons notes in his obituary, Carroll Shelby was something of a con man.

What a lot of con men out there are out there.

Author Amy Reading has written a page - turner about the true story of a Texas rancher who loses his life savings to a group of con men, and seeks revenge by turning the con on them.It's the story of J. Frank Norfleet, who strolled into Dallas one day in 1919 to sell a...

Though Gaige states she chose not to research in detail this tale of a con man turned kidnapper, a great deal of information is readily available via news stories.

But that usually cools the ardor of any con man; he knows that the deal will not get done, and he gives up.

«And the Moldavanka was the worst place, dirty and full of con men.

Shot in lovely black and white, it follows the exploits of a con man and the young girl he begrudgingly lets accompany him, only to discover that she's a tremendous asset to his «business.»

The first season of Con Man is now available on Vimeo, Amazon, iTunes, and DVD / BluRay.

This bold erotic thriller from Park Chan - wook (Oldboy, Stoker) tells the story of a con man who hires a handmaiden to help him steal an heiress» fortune — but things get pretty twisted up along the way.

The film is really two parallel character studies — one of a con man, the other of a psychopath.

The meaning is that there is no shortage of new victims, nor of con men, nor of honest men.»