Judex (1963), The Little Colonel (1935), Dual Alibi (1947), Dark City (1950), Honky Tonk (1941), The Extra Girl (1923), Hit the Saddle (1937), A Medal for Benny (1945) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Swindler movies.
Storyline: Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, and apparently dies after a midnight toast at his masked ball. However, he is only drugged by Judex and locked away. Judex spares his life when the banker's widowed daughter, Jacqueline, rejects the inheritance. Meanwhile Diana Monti, the former governess, kidnaps Jacqueline to try to get the banker's money. But Judex is hot on her trail.—Will Gilbert
Plot Keywords: governess, daughter, banker, vigilante, father, swindler, dreamy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Elizabeth returns to her home town with her young daughter. The little girl charms her crusty grandfather and tries to patch things up between him and her mother.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: colonel, daughter, husband, grandchild, veteran, swindler, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Twin trapezists fall out over a lottery ticket and a worthless woman, but later extract a unique revenge.
Plot Keywords: twin, trapeze artist, circus performer, swindler, girlfriend, brother, chilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his. But it seems Winant had a shadowy, protective elder brother who believes in personal revenge. And each of the card players in turn feels a faceless doom inexorably closing in. Dark streets and sexy torch-singer Fran lend ambience.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: gambler, veteran, swindler, brother, detective, singer, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: "Candy" Johnson, a great crook of the Wild West, decides to find a town where he could become a big boss. To achieve this, he will need to conceal his true identity and not only pretend to be an honest man, but lead the struggle against the corrupt sheriff. No one in town realizes that the anti-corruption hero is just a greater crook himself. And there is only one person who is stronger than Johnson - a girl he is in love with.—Alexey (Moscow)
Plot Keywords: swindler, judge, daughter, old flame, housekeeper, partner, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio instead of her picture. When she arrives in Hollywood, the mistake is discovered and she starts working in the props department of the studio instead. Her parents then come out to California and invest some money with a very shifty individual.—Charles K. Ammons <ckammons@mci2000.com>
Plot Keywords: young woman, boyfriend, father, mother, swindler, actress, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Unable to legally capture and sell a herd of protected wild horses, corrupt rancher Rance Macgowan uses his trained killer horse, Volcano, to substitute for the real leader of the herd and cause havoc and death among the ranches. With the government about to drop the restrictions on rounding up the herd, the Three Mesquiteers find themselves in the middle of the controversy after their friend, Sheriff Miller is killed by Volcano.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: saloon girl, gunslinger, rancher, swindler, sheriff, son, patriotic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when the townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens.
Plot Keywords: father, fiancée, swindler, mayor, son, townsperson, patriotic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Carruthers has sold shares in a phony oil well and when Gene investigates he finds the well is a fake. Gene has a plan to recoup everyone's money. Pouring some oil in a recommended location gets Corruthers to drill a real well. Gene plans to let him know it's a fake and redeem the shares before the oil comes in.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: gene autry, sidekick, beautiful woman, mexican, swindler, radio personality, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Manager of a high-rise condo, Josh Kovaks' a good relationship with the tenants; especially financier, Arthur Shaw. When Shaw's arrested for fraud. Josh thinks it's a misunderstanding that can be resolved, but later he learns that the employees' pension fund - which he asked Shaw to handle - is gone. When one of the employees tries to kill himself, Josh's views of Shaw change. He goes to see him and loses his temper - and his job. An FBI agent tells him Shaw might just walk, and recovering the fund is unlikely. She tells him it's been rumored that Shaw has $20 million lying around if he needs it in a hurry. Josh thinks he knows where it is. Josh, along with 2 other (fired) employees, a(n evicted) tenant, and an (criminal) acquaintance, they set out to get into Shaw's, and get the money.
Plot Keywords: superintendent, concierge, maid, financier, swindler, engineer, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Utah (Jack Kilmer) and Opal (Alice Englert) are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for drug treatment. Utah appears to find sobriety with the help of treatment center shrink, Dr. White (Melissa Leo), and tech turned love interest, May (Jessica Rothe). They soon learn that drug treatment is but a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Utah is no exception. Wood and his drug treatment mogul partner, Vin (Frank Grillo), take Utah under their wing, introducing him to the good life, though Utah's addiction remains his biggest obstacle.—Jeremy M. Rosen (producer)
Plot Keywords: girlfriend, therapist, swindler, nurse, heroin addict, tense, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During Harry Houdini's (Guy Pearce's) tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a Scottish psychic. The psychic and her daughter attempt to con Houdini during a highly publicized séance to contact his mother whose death has haunted him for many years. However, all does not go to plan.
Plot Keywords: magician, psychic, swindler, daughter, manager, ventriloquist, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Max Clemington (Robert Cummings) and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Max decides on Martha Gray (Ruth Hussey), but Martha says no when he says that he is poor as she admits she is also. So she accepts the proposal of Sir George Kelvin (Reginald Owen), but changes her mind by the next day. When Florian Clemington (Nigel Bruce) tries to win money gambling for Max's wedding, he loses a bundle. When Max finds out about the debt, he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Joan Culver (Dame Judith Anderson) to keep Florian out of jail. But Max is not in love with Lady Joan.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: father, son, swindler, heiress, widow, wealthy man, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Returning soldier Dixon Harper meets cute with promising radio singer Susan Parker. Susan is mistaken for a heiress to a southern plantation by blustery colonel Farnsworth and she ignores wise cracking friend Diane to see the ruse through.
Plot Keywords: veteran, singer, manager, radio host, friend, swindler, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Spiv n. Brit. Slang. A person who makes a living by underhand dealings or swindling; black marketeer. An aristocrat among confidence men, Jack Pike Ken Stott uses his charm to pull off small, elegant swindles, aided by his right-hand-man Steve Nick Moran and slacker brother-in-law Goat Dominic Monaghan. However, a truck con job with sexy rival Jenny Kate Ashfield unwittingly embroils them in the black market immigrant trade -- with two Albanian children now on their hands. It doesn't take long before the double- and triple-crosses pile up and cons and victims alike are scrambling for safety in an increasingly dangerous game where getting out alive is the only absolute truth.
Plot Keywords: swindler, partner, man, rival, suspenseful, intense, gutsy ...
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