Skin Game

Skin Game is a 1971 movie comedy starring James Garner and Louis Gossett, Jr. 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 v... more

Skin Game is a 1971 movie comedy starring James Garner and Louis Gossett, Jr. 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. 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... less