Skin Game

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

Feb 1 1972 PG 1h 42m
Comedy, Romance, Western

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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Plot

Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke have pulled off every dodge known for conning a well-heeled sucker, but it wasn't until they hit on the old skin game that they started to clean up. The game is simple. Jason, though born a free man in New Jersey, poses as Quincy's slave as the pair ride through Missouri and Kansas in 1857. Quincy picks a likely mark in each town, sells Jason to him for top money and rides out of town. Then Quincy and Jason get back together on the road to another town, because if Jason can't just run off after dark, Quincy finds a way to spring him loose.

Written by

Peter Stone, Richard Alan Simmons, David Giler

Directed by

Paul Bogart, Gordon Douglas

Cast

James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Cherokee Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations

Trailers
Skin Game - Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
2,006
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
73
Popularity
NA