Skin Game (1971)

6.6/10 • 102 min • Action Comedy Western

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.

Cast

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

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