The Spanish Prisoner

From the mind of David Mamet, 'The Spanish Prisoner' is a 1997 American suspense film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman and Ricky Jay. The film tells the story of an elaborate confidence game, known as the Spanish Prisoner. In 1999 the film was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay but lost out to Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight. In this thriller a businessman gets caught in a web of double-crosses, lies and murder.