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Skin Game

  • 19711971
  • PGPG
  • 1h 42m
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7.0/10
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James Garner and Louis Gossett Jr. in Skin Game (1971)
In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.
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In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.8K
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    • Paul Bogart
    • Gordon Douglas(co-director)
    • Peter Stone(screenplay)
    • Richard Alan Simmons(story)
  • Stars
    • James Garner
    • Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Susan Clark
    • Paul Bogart
    • Gordon Douglas(co-director)
    • Peter Stone(screenplay)
    • Richard Alan Simmons(story)
  • Stars
    • James Garner
    • Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Susan Clark
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    James Garner
    James Garner
    • Quincy
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Jason
    • (as Lou Gossett)
    Susan Clark
    Susan Clark
    • Ginger
    Brenda Sykes
    Brenda Sykes
    • Naomi
    Edward Asner
    Edward Asner
    • Plunkett
    Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan
    • Calloway
    Henry Jones
    Henry Jones
    • Sam
    Neva Patterson
    Neva Patterson
    • Mrs. Claggart
    Parley Baer
    Parley Baer
    • Mr. Claggart
    George Tyne
    George Tyne
    • Bonner
    Royal Dano
    Royal Dano
    • John Brown
    J. Pat O'Malley
    J. Pat O'Malley
    • William
    Joel Fluellen
    Joel Fluellen
    • Abram
    Napoleon Whiting
    Napoleon Whiting
    • Ned
    Juanita Moore
    Juanita Moore
    • Viney
    Dort Clark
    Dort Clark
    • Pennypacker
    Robert Foulk
    Robert Foulk
    • Sheriff
    Athena Lorde
    • Margaret
      • Paul Bogart
      • Gordon Douglas(co-director) (uncredited)
      • Peter Stone(screenplay)
      • Richard Alan Simmons(story)
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    • Trivia
      Warner Bros. Pictures' 1500th release.
    • Goofs
      Susan Clark's character explains to Quincy that there is to be a vote whether Kansas will join the Union as a slave state like Missouri or a free state like Nebraska. Nebraska wasn't admitted to the Union until 1867, 6 years after Kansas.
    • Quotes

      Jason: Oh! Don't tell me that besides providing a breathtaking panorama of Ohio, that this fine old establishment also provides break-

      [Jason turns, sees Ginger and immediately switches dialects]

      Jason: Lo-o-ord-e Mas' Quincy, eh, hauled these vittles all the way down here...

      Quincy: Jason, you can forget it, she knows.

      Jason: What, Mas' Quincy?

      Quincy: Who we are.

      Jason: [Forced laughter] Ah! Ha ha ha ha ha, wonderful!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Ed Asner/The Kinks (1984)

    User reviews22

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    9/10
    A Well Crafted Film
    Thank goodness for Encore Westerns. They keep showing films that rarely see the light of day, but ones that, for whatever reason, were either ignored or forgotten. This is one, from the paucity of reviews, that has slipped through the cracks.

    Skin Game is slightly, and only one star slightly, less than the sum of its parts. By that I mean..watch this film for the acting (one, in these PC days, can complain about the possible racial slurs). Not one sour note in this cast. We know Garner can act, can do his Maverick/Rockford thing to perfection, but how about Susan Clark? Lost in the silliness of the Webster TV show 80's phenomenon, she shows an amazingly playful sensuality throughout. I don't think I have seen a more erotic scene than between her and Garner, relaxing near a stream after she breaks him out of jail, finding that a con can love a con, with a camera fixed on the close-up the entire time. What a marvel of chemistry that is created (and forms the basis for the rest of the plot). Paul Bogart, that master TV director of nearly 100 All in the Family episodes, finds his angle and just stays there. Well Crafted and on the money.

    Throw in well-rounded performances from Lou Gossett and Brenda Sikes (watch THEIR sensuous hayloft scene!), and absolutely solid support from a gang of supporting stars who anchored many a 60/70's movie...Duggan, Jones, Dano, Baer, O'Malley...and Asner is such a hoot as the slave trading merchant. Not sure any white actor could deliver a line with the "n" word in it and not make it sound anything other than business-like!

    This film holds up well, and its acting pleasure are numerous. Not to be missed.
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    • Mister8tch
    • Jul 10, 2014

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 1972 (Japan)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Laramie Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Cherokee Productions
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
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