Movies Similar to The Con Is On

Lay the Favorite(2012)

A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.

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Hazard(1948)

A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private detective hot on her trail.

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Tooken(2015)

Spoof of the "Taken" franchise. An ex-CIA agent who is now a mall security guard discovers that things are being taken from him. He must team up with his mom, also an ex-CIA agent, to defeat his rival and save his family.

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Gang War(1958)

A Los Angeles teacher becomes a mob target when he agrees to be a star witness in a gangland murder case.

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News Hounds(1947)

Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.

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Hit List(1989)

A family man and a mob witness hunt for a hit-man who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.

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Walk Softly, Stranger(1950)

A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.

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Genuine Risk(1990)

An unlucky horseplayer (Peter Berg) turns collector for a mobster (Terence Stamp) and winds up on the run after bungling a job.

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No Blood No Tears(2002)

A former safecracker makes a living as a taxi driver but continues to be haunted by her past. One day she chances upon an aspiring singer, who is a spitting image of herself back in the day. Together, the two women plot to steal money from gangsters.

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Love Is a Racket(1932)

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

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Las Vegas Weekend(1986)

A computer nerd starts winning big in Las Vegas, and finds women being attracted to him.

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The Winner(1996)

A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar(2023)

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

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Big Time Gambling Boss(1968)

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.

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The Gamblers(1950)

Adaptation of classical Russian Nikolai Gogol's comedy.

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My Name Is Nobody(2000)

Nobody is a top gambler who falls for a blind model named Bitter. However, his buddy Chun sets him up and beats him, causing Nobody to lose his sight. Now, Nobody must seek revenge while managing his feelings for Bitter, who has regained her eyesight.

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Heat Wave(1991)

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

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Boys Will Be Boys(1935)

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head.

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Games Gamblers Play(1974)

Michael Hui stars as Wen, a convict who's always out to make a quick dollar through gambling. Being behind bars doesn't stop him from making something off of his gambling skills. Samuel Hui co-stars as Chieh,a novice gambler who gets into trouble one day when he tries to steal casino chips from a crooked card dealer Dean Shek). Whilst in jail, Chieh meets Wen and the latter agrees to become his mentor. Can Wen and Chieh make a fortune from their combined skills or will the duo wind up back in prison?

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Impávido(2012)

Ray, a man without family addicted to the game, dedicated to steal cars and for love will end up in jail.

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