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Seduction. Betrayal. Murder. Who’s conning who?
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A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
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Directed by: Stephen Frears, Oliver Stapleton, J. Stephen Buck
Produced by: Barbara De Fina, Martin Scorsese, Jim Painter
Composed by: Elmer Bernstein
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