A couple of bumbling 1920s hustlers attempt to obtain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
Acting
Nicholson's unhinged energy vs Beatty's vain pretty-boy
Costume
Channing's flapper looks deserve their own credit
Direction
Nichols wrangles chaos like a cynical circus ringmaster
Director
Mike Nichols
Stockard Channing
Freddie Bigard
Jack Nicholson
Oscar 'Dix' Sullivan
Warren Beatty
Nicky Wilson
Florence Stanley
Mrs. Gould
Ian Wolfe
Justice of the Peace
Brian Avery
Airline Steward
Dub Taylor
Rattlesnake Tom
Catlin Adams
Girl Lover
Christopher Guest
Boy Lover
Scatman Crothers
Fisherman
Jim Antonio
1st Policeman
Richard B. Shull
Chief Detective Sergeant Jack Power
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nichols originally wanted two women in the lead roles but studios balked—imagine the chaos we were denied.
This bombed so hard it killed the screwball revival for a decade. Criminal.
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