Skin Game

For other uses, see Skin Game (disambiguation).

This article is about the comedy western. For the Jim Butcher novel, see Skin Game (The Dresden Files). For other uses, see The Skin Game.

Skin Game
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Paul Bogart Gordon Douglas
Produced by	Harry Keller
Written by	Richard Alan Simmons (story) Peter Stone (credited as 'Pierre Marton')
Starring	James Garner Louis Gossett Jr. Susan Clark Brenda Sykes Edward Asner Andrew Duggan
Music by	David Shire
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp
Edited by	Walter Thompson
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	September 30, 1971 (1971-09-30)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Skin Game is a 1971 American independent comedy western starring James Garner and Louis Gossett, Jr. and directed by Paul Bogart and Gordon Douglas, The supporting cast features Susan Clark, Edward Asner, Andrew Duggan, Parley Baer and Royal Dano.

Plot

Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Both men first meet when O'Rourke sells Drew a horse- a stolen horse belonging to the local Sheriff. They meet again by chance in jail after pulling various con jobs. (In comic relief they both pull out an Ace of Spades as they play cards.) They develop a con together in which Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Drew gets the bidding rolling, sells O'Rourke, and the two later meet up to split the profit. O'Rourke was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated. The twist comes when O'Rourke is sold to a slave trader who is very savvy and intent on taking him down south to make a profit.

Cast

James Garner as Quincy Drew / Capt. Nathaniel Mountjoy
Louis Gossett, Jr. as Jason O'Rourke (billed as Lou Gossett)
Susan Clark as Ginger / Miss Abigail Blodgett
Brenda Sykes as Naomi (slave)
Edward Asner as Plunkett (runaway slave hunter)
Andrew Duggan as Howard Calloway (plantation owner)
Henry Jones as Sam Cutler (slave buyer in Fair Shake)
Dort Clark as Pennypacker
Neva Patterson as Mrs. Claggart
Parley Baer as Mr. Claggart
George Tyne as Henry P. Bonner (man who bought Jason in Dirty Shame)
Royal Dano as John Brown (abolitionist)
Pat O'Malley as William (slave buyer in Fair Shake)
Joel Fluellen as Uncle Abram (head slave at Calloway Manor)
Napoleon Whiting as Ned (Calloway cook)
Juanita Moore as Viney (Calloway slave)

Remake

The film was remade three years later as a TV-movie called Sidekicks, with Larry Hagman playing Garner's role and Gossett reprising his part.

External links

Skin Game at the Internet Movie Database
Skin Game at AllMovie
James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
James Garner interview at Archive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999

Films directed by Paul Bogart

The Three Sisters (1966)
Johnny Belinda (1967)
Marlowe (1969)
Halls of Anger (1970)
Skin Game (1971)
Cancel My Reservation (1972)
The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972)
Class of '44 (1973)
Mr. Ricco (1975)
The War Widow (1976)
Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Broadway Bound (1992)
The Heidi Chronicles (1995)

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