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The Grifters

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder. Who’s conning who?

Rating 6.5 / 10Release August 8, 1990Runtime 110 min

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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