24 Apr 1957
Confessions of Felix Krull
Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel.
Skin Game
To market, to market, to sell your best friend, then split up the money and do it again.
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.
Top Billed 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
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
James McCallion Stanfil
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