Whilst running a con, being anonymous is very important. Keeping past operations secret and your personal life out of reach from potential targets is just as important as running the actual hustle. For years Irving Rosenfeld has been a con at the top of his game, evading arrest by the police and capture by past marks but all that could quite easily change when he and his business partner, Sydney Prosser, are recruited by an unruly FBI officer Richie DiMaso.
The target Rosenfeld has to hit is one even cons wouldn't usually mess with, an elected mayor the FBI believe to be dirty. Mafia connections and lots of Laundered money are the least of Rosenfeld worries, when his wife might just become an accidental chink in their armour.
Set in the 1970's the films screenplay was written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell and is loosely based on a real sting operation named Abscam which lead to the arrest and conviction of a number of elected officials.
The film stars an all-star cast lead by: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner.
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jeremy Renner, Jack Huston, Louis C.K., Michael Pena, Elisabeth Rohm, Alessandro Nivola, Colleen Camp, Dawn Olivieri, Thomas Matthews, Anthony Zerbe, Erica McDermott, Melissa McMeekin, Adrian Martinez, Jay Giannone