The life of a hard-bitten con artist is turned around when she tries to bilk a small-town mechanic out of a fortune he will soon inherit in THE CON, a likable if unmemorable made-for-cable romantic comedy.
In desperate need of $125,000 to pay back a mob loan, Detroit con artist Barbara (Rebecca De Mornay) appeals to former partner and mentor Harry (Mike Nussbaum). He tells her about a Mississippi mechanic, Bobby Sommerdinger (William H. Macy), who doesn't realize that he is about to inherit $2
million from the father he never knew, now on his death bed. Barbara moves to Bobby's town and, more by accident than design, gets a job teaching the fifth grade. She meet...
Released:
1998
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
92 mins