The Flim-Flam Man
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| The Flim-Flam Man | |
|---|---|
 Movie poster |
|
| 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) | 22 August 1967 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Language | English, Sioux |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
The Flim-Flam Man is a 1967 USA film starring George C. Scott, based on the novel The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man by Guy Owen Novelist. It was shot in the Lexington, Kentucky area.
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.
[edit] External link
The Flim-Flam Man at the Internet Movie Database
 |
This 1960s comedy film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
|
|
|---|---|
| 1950s | Stakeout on Dope Street • The Young Captives |
| 1960s | Hoodlum Priest • Face in the Rain • The Luck of Ginger Coffey • A Fine Madness • The Flim-Flam Man |
| 1970s | Loving • Up the Sandbox • S*P*Y*S • The Return of a Man Called Horse • Eyes of Laura Mars |
| 1980s | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back • Never Say Never Again |
| 1990s | RoboCop 2 |
| Productions | American Perfekt (1999) |
| Television | Naked City (1958–1963) • The Rebel (1959–1961) • Cain's Hundred (1961–1962) • Ben Casey (1961–1966) • Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965) • Raid on Entebbe (1977) • Amazing Stories (1985–1987) • SeaQuest DSV (1993) |
