- Skin Game
Infobox Film
name = Skin Game
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director =Paul Bogart
Gordon Douglas
producer =Harry Keller
writer =Richard Alan Simmons (story)
Peter Stone (uncredited)
starring =James Garner Louis Gossett Jr. Susan Clark
Brenda SykesEdward Asner Andrew Duggan
music =David Shire
cinematography =Fred J. Koenekamp
editing = Walter Thompson
distributor =Warner Bros.
released =September 30 ,1971
runtime = 102 min.
country =
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language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:45029
imdb_id = 0067763"Skin Game" is a 1971 movie
comedy starringJames Garner andLouis Gossett, Jr. 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. Quincy Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling Jason O'Rourke as a slave. Quincy gets the bidding rolling, sells Jason, and the two later meet up to split the profit. Jason was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated. The twist comes when Jason is sold to a slave trader who is very savvy and intent on taking him down south to make a profit.
Cast
James Garner ... Quincy Drew / Capt. Nathaniel Mountjoy
Louis Gossett, Jr. ... Jason O'Rourke (billed as Lou Gossett)
Susan Clark ... Ginger / Miss Abigail Blodgett
Brenda Sykes ... Naomi (slave)
Edward Asner ... Plunkett (runaway slave hunter)
Andrew Duggan ... Howard Calloway (plantation owner)
Henry Jones ... Sam Cutler (slave buyer in Fair Shake)
Neva Patterson ... Mrs. Claggart
Parley Baer ... Mr. Claggart
George Tyne ... Henry P.Bonner (man who bought Jason in Dirty Shame)
Royal Dano ... John Brown (abolitionist)
Pat O'Malley ... William (slave buyer in Fair Shake)
Joel Fluellen ... Uncle Abram (head slave at Calloway Manor)
Napoleon Whiting ... Ned (Calloway cook)
Juanita Moore ... 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
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* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8844857220560459276&q=%22James+Garner%22+%22Charlie+Rose%22&total=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 James Garner Interview on the "Charlie Rose Show"]
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22archive+of+american+television+interview+with+james+garner%22 James Garner interview] atArchive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999
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