Zwei Galgenvögel

Zwei Galgenvögel (1971)

Skin Game

Amerika, kurz vor dem Bürgerkrieg. Der Gauner und Abenteurer Quincy (James Garner) schlägt sich zusammen mit seinem schwarzen Freund Jason (Louis Gossett Jr.) mit einem gerissenen Trick durchs Leben: Quincy verkauft Jason als Sklaven - und verhilft ihm schon wenige Stunden später zur Flucht. Die beiden machen Bekanntschaft mit der gerissenen Trickdiebin Ginger, und Jason verliebt sich in die Sklavin Naomi, die auf einer Auktion verkauft werden soll. Zusammen will man nun die mexikanische Grenze erreichen...

Erscheinungsdatum
1971-09-30
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (36)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 42 Min.
Genres
Action, Komödie, Western
Regie
Paul Bogart

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Skin Game is a 1971 American western comedy film directed by Paul Bogart and Gordon Douglas, and starring James Garner and Lou Gossett. The supporting cast features Susan Clark, Ed Asner, Andrew Duggan, Parley Baer and Royal Dano.

Production

In January 1966, Harry Keller, a producer at Universal Studios, announced he was developing the project based on a story by Richard Alan Simmons.

In March 1968, Peter Stone signed on to write the script. In October 1968, Universal announced the film for the following year.

In April 1969, Universal put the film on its slate for the following year. Keller would produce with Peter Stone, who wrote the script.

The film did not go ahead. By September 1970, Keller announced the film would be made by James Garner's Cherokee Productions, released through Warner Bros., with Burt Kennedy to direct. By December, Kennedy had dropped out and was replaced by Paul Bogart. Kennedy said he walked off the film when the producer started telling him where to put the camera. He said when he quit he was doing tests for the black lead with Lou Gossett and Cleavon Little.

In January 1971, Lou Gossett signed to co-star.

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