Skin Game

Skin Game

102 mins | Comedy, Action, Western | Sept. 30, 1971

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.

Skin Game

102 mins | Comedy, Action, Western | Sept. 30, 1971

Skin Game
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Cherokee Productions
Original title Skin Game
Directors Clifford C. Coleman, Paul Bogart, Gordon Douglas
Writers Peter Stone

Cast

James Garner

as Quincy Drew

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Jason O'Rourke

Susan Clark

as Ginger

Brenda Sykes

as Naomi

Ed Asner

as Plunkett

Andrew Duggan

as Howard Calloway

Henry Jones

as Sam Cutler

Neva Patterson

as Mrs. Claggart

Parley Baer

as Mr. Claggart

George Tyne

as Henry P.Bonner

Royal Dano

as John Brown

J. Pat O'Malley

as William

Joel Fluellen

as Uncle Abram

Juanita Moore

as Viney

Bob Steele

as Bidder (uncredited)

Dort Clark

as Pennypacker

Robert Foulk

as Sheriff

Athena Lorde

as Margaret

George Wallace

as Auctioneer

James McCallion

as Stanfil

Tracy Bogart

as Lizabeth

Mary Rings

as Emaline

Jason Wingreen

as 2nd Speaker

Bill Terrell

as The Songhais