The Flim-Flam Man
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| The Flim-Flam Man | |
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| Directed by | Irvin Kershner |
| Produced by | Lawrence Turman |
| Written by | Guy Owen William Rose |
| Starring | George C. Scott Sue Lyon Michael Sarrazin |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 28 April 1970 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Language | English, Sioux |
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The Flim-Flam Man is a 1967 film starring George C. Scott, based on the novel The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man by Guy Owen.
Scott plays Mordecai C. Jones, a con artist who plays tricks on people in the South. One of his specialties is rigged punchboards. He befriends a young man named Curley (played by Michael Sarrazin) and the two go on the run.
The derivation of the term flim-flam man (con artist) is debated, but may come from the 1930s law firm of Flam & Flam, lawyers of less-than-sterling repute in the immigrant neighborhood of 165 East 121st St. in New York City.
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