With an all-stars cast of characters include Christian Bale, Amy Sam Adams, Thomas Bradley Peter Cooper, this offense play follow Washington Irving Rosenfeld, a womb-to-tomb con man who find a akin spirit in a adult female name Sydney Prosser and the two rapidly become spouse in both love and offense. When the two get catch by Richie DiMaso, an FBI agent, he offer them a trade: aid him break four more than con artist like him, and they walk off.