- The Flim-Flam Man
Infobox_Film
name = The Flim-Flam Man
caption = Movie poster
imdb_id = 0061678
amg_id = 1:17818
director =Irvin Kershner
writer =Guy Owen William Rose
starring =George C. Scott Sue Lyon Michael Sarrazin
producer =Lawrence Turman
music =Jerry Goldsmith
cinematography=Charles Lang
distributor =20th Century Fox
released =22 August 1967
runtime = 104 min.
language = English, Sioux"The Flim-Flam Man" is a 1967 USA
film starringGeorge C. Scott ,Michael Sarrazin andSue Lyon , based on the novel "The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man" by Guy Owen. The film boasts a cast of well-known character actors in supporting roles, includingJack Albertson ,Slim Pickens ,Strother Martin ,Harry Morgan andAlbert Salmi . The movie is also noted for its jovial musical score by composerJerry Goldsmith . It was shot in theLexington, Kentucky area.The derivation of the term "flim-flam man" () is debated, but may come from the 1930s law firm of Flam & Flam, lawyers of less-than-sterling repute in the immigrant neighborhood of 165 East 121st St. in
New York City . Fact|date=August 2008Plot summary
Scott plays Mordecai C. Jones (self-styled "M.B.S., C.S., D.D. — Master of Back-Stabbing, Cork-Screwing and Dirty-Dealing!"), a drifting
con artist who makes his living playing tricks on people in theSouth . One of his specialties is riggedpunchboard s. He befriends a young man named Curley (Michael Sarrazin ), anAWOL veteran on the run from theUnited States Army , and the two become a team to make money and keep out of reach of the law.External links
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* [http://www.win.net/~ltreed/flimflam/ The (unofficial) Flim-Flam Man Fansite]
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