Looking over the credits of Skin Game you will see the name of screenwriter Pierre Marton. This is a an alias for the writer Peter Stone who took his name off of the final screenplay. Obviously a sign that all was not well during the production of this film.
The plot involves a couple of con men posing as a slave owner and slave. They travel from town to town where the white con man played by James Garner sells his partner as a slave who he later helps escape. This sets them up with a clever scheme where they are able to exploit the racism and prejudices of white slave owners while making some money at the same time as they travel throughout the south.
Although released to theaters, the film has that kind of cheap studio back lot look to it almost like a 1970's made for TV film. Unsurprisingly the director Paul Bogart primarily worked in television. To further brand it like it was a TV movie, Garner played the part of the con man pretty much like his character Bret Maverick from his old TV show.
The film has some amusing situations and some decent dialog courtesy of Peter Stone. This is an okay western/comedy about slavery provided you think slavery is funny.
The running time is 102 minutes.
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