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Skin Game
Skin Game

Skin Game

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

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

102 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

30 September 1971

Country

United States of America

Cast

James Garner

James Garner

Quincy Drew

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Jason O'Rourke

Susan Clark

Susan Clark

Ginger

Brenda Sykes

Brenda Sykes

Naomi

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Plunkett

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

Howard Calloway

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Sam Cutler

Neva Patterson

Neva Patterson

Mrs. Claggart

Parley Baer

Parley Baer

Mr. Claggart

George Tyne

George Tyne

Henry P.Bonner

Royal Dano

Royal Dano

John Brown

J. Pat O'Malley

J. Pat O'Malley

William

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Uncle Abram

Napoleon Whiting

Napoleon Whiting

Ned

Juanita Moore

Juanita Moore

Viney

Bob Steele

Bob Steele

Bidder (uncredited)

Dort Clark

Dort Clark

Pennypacker

Robert Foulk

Robert Foulk

Sheriff

Athena Lorde

Athena Lorde

Margaret

George D. Wallace

George D. Wallace

Auctioneer

James McCallion

James McCallion

Stanfil

Tracy Bogart

Tracy Bogart

Lizabeth

Mary Rings

Mary Rings

Emaline

Jason Wingreen

Jason Wingreen

2nd Speaker

Bill Terrell

Bill Terrell

The Songhais

Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)

Claude Stroud

Claude Stroud

Fred (uncredited)

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