The Flim-Flam Man

The Flim-Flam Man

1967 | 1h 44m | Comedy, Crime

Brief Synopsis

A traveling con artist comes into town, takes a younger guy under his wing and teaches him the tricks of the trade. When the young man tries to reform his wacky mentor, it's a tough prospect.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Irvin Kershner

CAST

George C. Scott

Sue Lyon

Harry Morgan

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Host Intros

01:19
Madeleine Stowe Intro -- The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Intro Aired: Jun 2016
Guest host Madeleine Stowe introduces The Flim-Flam Man, 1967.

Related Videos

03:48
Flim-Flam Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Who You Runnin' From?
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In the opening Michael Sarazin rescued George C. Scott, who was thrown from a freight train onto which hed just hopped, and they formalize their acquaintance in an empty boxcar, in The Flim-Flam Man, 1967, from the polymath director Irvin Kershner, later known for The Empire Strikes Back, 1980.
03:57
Flim-Flam Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Forgetting My Calling
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Working their second scam, con-man Mordecai (George C. Scott) poses as a minister and his hesitant protegè Curley (Michael Sarazin) as an accident victim, seeking transport, Alice Ghostley and Sue Lyon introduced as their rural mother and daughter marks, in The Flim-Flam Man, 1967.

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