In politics and business, dirty tricks refers to unethical, duplicitous, slanderous or illegal tactics employed to destroy or diminish the effectiveness of opponents. The term "dirty trick" can also be used to refer to an underhanded technique to get ahead of an opponent (such as sabotage or disregarding rules of engagement).
Dirty Tricks is a film by Ryan Murphy about Martha Mitchell, the wife of Richard Nixon's Attorney General, defending her husband after the Watergate scandal. It stars Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, Brad Pitt and was written by John Jeter. It is to be released in 2009.
Dirty Tricks stars Martin Clunes, who plays an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Although Edward can be charming and thoughtful, this camouflages an underlying calculating liar and manipulator. And although things are going great financially for Edward at the moment, he is under suspicion by a local CID inspector after a couple of murders in the area. An innocent dinner invitation by his friend and his wife triggers a series of events which lead our hero Edward down a very precarious and hilarious path. Written by Anonymous
A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop). Written by Michel Rudoy
