Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[russell]

Only a teaser trailer was released. Three full trailers were presented to Frank Oz and Orion Pictures by "trailer house" companies who specialized in making trailers, but Oz didn't like any of them.

[albert]

The teaser trailer features a sequence which does not appear in the final movie. Freddy Benson and Lawrence Jamieson walk along a boardwalk, politely moving out of the way of other people, et cetera, with a voice saying something like "There are numerous distinguished gentlemen in the world... refined, cultured gentlemen... nice men... but nice men finish last". As the last few lines are spoken, Freddy pushes an old lady into the water, and Lawrence shoves a kid's face into his cotton candy. Director Frank Oz has said that audiences were very surprised to learn that the scene was not part of the finished movie

[alyssa]

Breakthrough movie role of Glenne Headly (Janet Colgate). Headly also was also Captain Stottlemeyer's wife in Monk (2002). Colgate is a large brand of toothpaste, and it's revealed in Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding (2005) that Natalie Teeger comes from a wealthy family that owns a toothpaste company.

[cameron]

Director Frank Oz and Ian McDiarmid had previously been in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). They subsequently worked together in all three Star Wars prequels, during which McDiarmid was digitally inserted into Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), in which Oz had already appeared.

[chad]

Along with all of the other Star Wars connections, Ian McDiarmid, who played Arthur the butler in this movie, played Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the Star Wars film franchise.

[javier]

Second of five collaborations of Frank Oz and Steve Martin. The others being Bowfinger (1999), HouseSitter (1992), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), and The Muppet Movie (1979).