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Skin Game

Name: Skin Game
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Released: 1971-09-30
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (36 Votes)

1971 EN 102 min

Overview

Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.

Stream

Release date

30/09/1971

Votes

Popularity

1.9

To market, to market, to sell your best friend, then split up the money and do it again.

Genres

Action Comedy Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

102 min

James Garner

Quincy Drew

Louis Gossett Jr.

Jason O'Rourke

Susan Clark

Ginger

Brenda Sykes

Naomi

Ed Asner

Plunkett

Andrew Duggan

Howard Calloway

Henry Jones

Sam Cutler

Neva Patterson

Mrs. Claggart

Parley Baer

Mr. Claggart

George Tyne

Henry P.Bonner

Royal Dano

John Brown

J. Pat O'Malley

William

Joel Fluellen

Uncle Abram

Napoleon Whiting

Ned

Juanita Moore

Viney

Bob Steele

Bidder (uncredited)

Dort Clark

Pennypacker

Robert Foulk

Sheriff

Athena Lorde

Margaret

George D. Wallace

Auctioneer

James McCallion

Stanfil

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Tracy Bogart

Lizabeth

Mary Rings

Emaline

Jason Wingreen

2nd Speaker

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Bill Terrell

The Songhais

Richard Farnsworth

Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)

Claude Stroud

Fred (uncredited)

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Skin Con! Skin Game is predominantly directed by Paul Bogart and written by Richard Alan Simmons and Peter Stone. It stars James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Brenda Sykes, Edward Asner and Andrew Duggan. Music is by David Shire and cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp. Slavery era America and two interracial con-men travel from town to town duping white folk into purchasing black Jason O'Rourke (Gossett Jr,). After Quincy Drew (Garner) strikes a deal, with money in hand, the pair meet up later to scarper and split the profits. A nice con, that is until ladies and savvy outsider…

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