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) | 22 August 1967 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Language | English, Sioux |
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The Flim-Flam Man is a 1967 USA film starring George C. Scott, Michael Sarrazin and Sue Lyon, based on the novel The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man by Guy Owen. The film boasts a cast of well-known character actors in supporting roles, including Jack Albertson, Slim Pickens, Strother Martin, Harry Morgan and Albert Salmi. The movie is also noted for its jovial musical score by composer Jerry Goldsmith. It was shot in the Lexington, Kentucky area.
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] Plot summary
Scott plays Mordecai C. Jones, a drifting con artist who makes his living playing tricks on people in the South. One of his specialties is rigged punchboards. He befriends a young man named Curley (Michael Sarrazin), an AWOL veteran on the run from the United States Army, and the two become a team to make money.
[edit] External links
The Flim-Flam Man at the Internet Movie Database
The (unofficial) Flim-Flam Man Fansite
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