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1. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey
Votes: 10,922
2. Larceny (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters
Votes: 927
3. Bad Sister (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Marianne falls in love with a con artist who has a hidden agenda.
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,503
4. Shotgun Wedding (1963)
64 min | Comedy
While Rafe Anchors longs to marry the daughter of his father's sworn enemy, his father is being pressured into marriage by a sexy, shady gold-digger closer to Rafe's age.
Director: Boris Petroff | Stars: J. Pat O'Malley, Jenny Maxwell, Valerie Allen, Buzz Martin
Votes: 81
5. The Astrologer (1976)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Alexander is running a con game at a circus as a psychic. When he finds that he actually does possess psychic powers, he uses them for his own ends.
Director: Craig Denney | Stars: Craig Denney, Darrien Earle, Rocky Barbanica, Boyd Hamlyn
Votes: 299
6. Li'l Abner (1940)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Jeff York, Martha O'Driscoll, Mona Ray, Johnnie Morris
Votes: 522
7. Preacherman (1971)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary ... See full summary »
Director: Albert T. Viola | Stars: Albert T. Viola, Ilene Kristen, Adam Hesse, Marian Brown
Votes: 251
8. New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years. Jimmy's latest... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Jimmy Durante, Ernest Torrence, Leila Hyams
Votes: 457
9. Everything's on Ice (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music
A rascal turns his little niece into a skating star, but spends more money than she makes.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Irene Dare, Edgar Kennedy, Roscoe Karns, Lynne Roberts
Votes: 73
10. Way Out West (1930)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught, and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 738
11. The Stoolie (1972)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
A police informant steals police funds earmarked for a sting operation and the case detective goes after him to retrieve the money.
Directors: John G. Avildsen, George Silano | Stars: Jackie Mason, Josip Elic, Reid Cruickshanks, Dan Frazer
Votes: 118
12. Whirlpool (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Carnie owner Buck Rankin marries local girl Helen and plans to go straight, but after a brawl ends up with a twenty-year sentence for manslaughter. When a pregnant Helen vows to wait for ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Donald Cook, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 446
13. Bunco Squad (1950)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 322
14. The Invisible Wall (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a mob boss sends gambler Harry Lane to Vegas to deliver 20K to a contact, Harry gambles the money away and must somehow recover it before getting into trouble with his employer.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Don Castle, Virginia Christine, Richard Gaines, Arthur Space
Votes: 129
15. Hello, Sucker (1941)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy
A young couple buy a bankrupt vaudeville booking agency, and try to make it a success.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Lewis Howard
Votes: 23
16. The Girl Friend (1935)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
An actor and two songwriters become rural con men.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Ann Sothern, Jack Haley, Roger Pryor, Thurston Hall
Votes: 51
17. Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Judy works for a pittance as a char in her aunt's hotel. To add spice to her life she enrolls in a charm course but it's a scam. Soon the swindlers show up and plan to use her to con her aunt out of her money.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jil Jarmyn, Jacqueline deWit
Votes: 126
18. Nobody's Fool (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.
Director: Arthur Greville Collins | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell, Cesar Romero, Warren Hymer
Votes: 28
19. Steel Against the Sky (1941)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rough-hewn Rocky Evans has two great loves--his job building bridges and beautiful Helen Powers, his boss' daughter. But it's Rocky's shiftless brother Chuck who wins Helen's affections. ... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Alexis Smith, Lloyd Nolan, Craig Stevens, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 285
20. Riding on Air (1937)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Guy Kibbee, Florence Rice, Vinton Hayworth
Votes: 143
21. Death of a Champion (1939)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Oliver Quade is a pitchman who follows state fairs that feature dog shows---which limits his territory more than a little---at which he sells encyclopedias...and does it well as he ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Lynne Overman, Virginia Dale, Joseph Allen, Donald O'Connor
Votes: 35
22. Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
On the only Pacific island untouched by and unaware of World-War-Two, American beachcombers Tommy (Allan Jones) and Eddie Dolan (Andy Devine) sell off Paradise Island to American ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Ernest Truex
Votes: 42
23. Cross Country Cruise (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Story of several passengers, including an escaped killer, on a cross-country bus trip.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Lew Ayres, June Knight, Alice White, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 107
24. Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
Approved | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy) are partners in petty crime who fall out with each other. To escape the wrath of Barrows, Reardon enlists in the U.S. Army and so... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Janet Blair, Roger Clark
Votes: 40
25. $1000 a Minute (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
A down-on-his luck newspaperman finds himself the center of an experiment being conducted by two daffy millionaires--to see if someone can spend $1000 a minute, every minute, for 12 solid ... See full summary »
Director: Aubrey Scotto | Stars: Roger Pryor, Leila Hyams, Edward Brophy, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 199
26. Grandpa Goes to Town (1940)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy
After selling their house, the Higgins family is convinced by a crafty real estate agent to invest the proceeds in a hotel at Coyote Wells, Nevada, sight unseen. Upon arriving at their new ... See full synopsis »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport
Votes: 15
27. Alias the Deacon (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Comedy
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran, Dennis O'Keefe
Votes: 33
28. The Affair of Susan (1935)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
Two people go to Coney Island to find romance and wind up in jail.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell, Walter Catlett, Tom Dugan
Votes: 32
29. Love on a Bet (1936)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to raise money to produce a play (as well as prove that the plot isn't ridiculous), Michael McCreigh makes a bet with his Uncle Carlton that he can begin in Central Park in his ... See full summary »
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Helen Broderick, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 199
30. My Gal Loves Music (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Music
A sister act finds itself stranded and broke, and teams up with a medicine man who is promoting a child talent contest.
Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Bob Crosby, Grace McDonald, Alan Mowbray, Betty Kean
Votes: 25
31. One Exciting Week (1946)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A returning WWII hero is on his way to his home town where he is to receive a medal and $10,000. Before arriving he is stricken with amnesia and falls in with a gang of crooks. They do not ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Al Pearce, Pinky Lee, Jerome Cowan, Shemp Howard
Votes: 12
32. I'm from the City (1938)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Pete Pepper (Joe Penner) is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whirlwind when he has been hypnotized by "Ollie" Finch (Richard Lane). Pete is ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Lorraine Krueger, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 43
33. Call of the Klondike (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A brother and sister are running a phony gold mine scam in the Klondike, which leads to murder. A Canadian Mountie sets out to bring them to justice.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Anne Gwynne, Lynne Roberts
Votes: 58
34. Cracked Nuts (1941)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked attorney and two con men who are trying to sell a fake "robot."
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel, Mischa Auer, William Frawley
Votes: 86
35. Hot Money (1936)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
A crafty salesman attempts to raise some quick cash to fund an inventor's development of a gasoline substitute.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Ross Alexander, Beverly Roberts, Joseph Cawthorn, Paul Graetz
Votes: 123
36. Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama
Geoffrey Holden is an elderly conman who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter with the simple luxuries of life, yet has no qualms when working a racket devised to ... See full summary »
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Michael Duane, Trudy Marshall, Lloyd Corrigan, Rosalind Ivan
Votes: 81
37. Carnival Queen (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Romance
Heiress Marion Prescott, whose only interests are society and her pet Pekingese dog, "Kiki," learns that she has lost almost all her money in the Great Depression. She and her guardian, ... See full summary »
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Hobart Cavanaugh, G. Pat Collins
38. Don't Get Personal (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by his company, as he thinks their on-air... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer, Jane Frazee, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 22
39. Louisiana Hayride (1944)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Two con men dupe a country bumpkin into giving them all of her money under the pretense that they'll make her a movie star. She and her family eventually track them in Hollywood, still ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Judy Canova, Ross Hunter, Richard Lane, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 68
40. Sailors on Leave (1941)
Approved | 71 min | Musical, Comedy
Chuck Stevens(William Lundigan), a sailor who is allergic to women, receives a letter notifying him that he will inherit a large sum of money if he marries before his next birthday, Not ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: William Lundigan, Shirley Ross, Chick Chandler, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 15
41. Thumbs Up (1943)
Approved | 67 min | Musical
A young American girl sings in an American style night club in London. She's about to quit when she hears about a West End show to be made up of talent culled from war factory workers. She ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Margetson
Votes: 77
42. Welcome Home (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Richard Foster is the brains of a quartet of con-artists that includes Giltedge, a stock swindler; "Painless," a phony dentist; and "Gorgeous," along as decoration and bait. Richard goes ... See full summary »
Director: James Tinling | Stars: James Dunn, Arline Judge, Raymond Walburn, Rosina Lawrence
Votes: 27
43. Off to the Races (1937)
Approved | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Slim Summerville
Votes: 13
44. Come Closer, Folks (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fast-talking Pitchman,Jim Keene, working the con-games on the streets, works himself up into an executive position of a large department store, with the aide of his shill, Mae. But the ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: James Dunn, Marian Marsh, Wynne Gibson, George McKay
Votes: 28