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Skin Game
To market, to market, to sell your best friend, then split up the money and do it again.
Genres
ActionComedyWestern
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
102 min
Release Date
1971-09-30
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
32
Vote Average
6.6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
James Garner
Quincy Drew
Louis Gossett Jr.
Jason O'Rourke
Susan Clark
Ginger
Brenda Sykes
Naomi
Ed Asner
Plunkett
Andrew Duggan
Howard Calloway
Henry Jones
Sam Cutler
Neva Patterson
Mrs. Claggart
Parley Baer
Mr. Claggart
George Tyne
Henry P.Bonner
Royal Dano
John Brown
J. Pat O'Malley
William
Joel Fluellen
Uncle Abram
Napoleon Whiting
Ned
Juanita Moore
Viney
Bob Steele
Bidder (uncredited)
Dort Clark
Pennypacker
Robert Foulk
Sheriff
Athena Lorde
Margaret
George D. Wallace
Auctioneer
James McCallion
Stanfil
Tracy Bogart
Lizabeth
Mary Rings
Emaline
Jason Wingreen
2nd Speaker
Bill Terrell
The Songhais
Richard Farnsworth
Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)
Claude Stroud
Fred (uncredited)
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