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4.7/10   548 votes
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Director:
Otto Preminger
Writer (WGA):
Doran William Cannon (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 December 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
It takes two to skidoo.
Plot:
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Whatever it takes more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jackie Gleason ... Tough Tony Banks
Carol Channing ... Flo Banks
Frankie Avalon ... Angie
Fred Clark ... Tower Guard

Michael Constantine ... Leech

Frank Gorshin ... The Man
John Phillip Law ... Stash
Peter Lawford ... The Senator
Burgess Meredith ... The Warden

George Raft ... Captain Garbaldo

Cesar Romero ... Hechy

Mickey Rooney ... George 'Blue Chips' Packard

Groucho Marx ... God
Arnold Stang ... Harry
Doro Merande ... The Mayor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | Sweden:11 | USA:M

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Towards the end, when George Raft marries Frankie Avalon and Luna, Raft's wedding-service manual is clearly seen as "The Death of God". more
Quotes:
God: [unbuttons her jacket] Right now, I'd rather be doing what he's doing than what I'm doing. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (1990) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Skidoo more

FAQ

Why can't this film be seen on video or DVD?
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25 out of 34 people found the following comment useful:-
Whatever it takes, 7 April 2002
1/10
Author: eminges from mission, ks

It took me years to find a copy of this, and I can tell you in all sincerity that it's worth whatever it takes to see it, not once, but as often as you can. If it shows up at a local film festival, make sure you see every showing. If it's shown once, make sure you cajole, bribe, or threaten every friend you've got to come along. Because otherwise you're going to spend the next year in a walking trance, stopping perfect strangers and trying to describe this...THING... you saw, where Groucho Marx and Frankie Avalon and John Philip Law...no, you've GOT to LISTEN to me!

Read all the other comments, read anything you can find on this monstrosity, and you'll still be only half-prepared for what you're going to see. The only two other films I can think of that so exceeded even their own outrageous hype were Blood Freak and Godmonster of Indian Flats. But, hey, those were low-budget obscurities. Skidoo was a HUGE production - and, unfortunately, I can't imagine this is EVER going to be released on DVD, VHS, CD, cassette, or eight-track, because I can't imagine the Preminger estate wanting any trace of Skidoo to surface ever again.

Carol Channing in bra and tights. Groucho Marx on a wood screw. Dancing garbage cans. Sure, sure, sure. You've heard the stories. But, lordie, there's sooooo much more....

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