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Skin Game

  • 1971
  • TMDB 6.6/10
  • 1h 42m

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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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 GarnerQuincy Drew
  • Louis Gossett Jr.Jason O'Rourke
  • Susan ClarkGinger
  • Brenda SykesNaomi
  • Ed AsnerPlunkett
  • Andrew DugganHoward Calloway
  • Henry JonesSam Cutler
  • Neva PattersonMrs. Claggart

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