Screen Hustles, Grifts and Stings [electronic resource] / by Amy Sargeant.

Screen Hustles, Grifts and Stings identifies recurrent themes and techniques of the con film, suggests precedents in literature and discusses the perennial appeal of the con man for readers and viewers alike. Core studies span from film (Catch Me If You Can, Paper Moon, House of Games) to television...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Sargeant, Amy, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Culture > Study and teaching. Communication. Motion pictures > United States. Motion pictures > History. Film genres. Fiction. America > Literatures. Motion pictures. United States. History. Literatures.