The Flim-Flam Man (1967)  dvd r  George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan Director: Irvin Kershner  Writers: William Rose (screenplay), Guy Owen (based on a novel by)  Stars: George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan

the Flim-Flam Man (titled One Born Every Minute in some countries) is a 1967 American comedy film directed by Irvin Kershner, featuring George C. Scott, Michael Sarrazin, and Sue Lyon, based on the 1965 novel The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man by Guy Owen. The movie has well-known character actors in supporting roles, including Jack Albertson, Slim Pickens, Strother Martin, Harry Morgan, and Albert Salmi.

The movie is set in the countryside and small towns of the American South, and it was filmed in the Anderson County, Kentucky, area. It is also noted for its folksy musical score by composer Jerry Goldsmith.

The Flim-Flam Man (1967)

A rural con artist and an army deserter cheat the townsfolk and are aided by a rich gal who shields the fleeing duo from the wrath of the pursuing sheriff.

Plot summary

Mordecai C. Jones (Scott) – a self-styled "M.B.S., C.S., D.D. — Master of Back-Stabbing, Cork-Screwing and Dirty-Dealing!" – is a drifting confidence trickster who makes his living defrauding people in the southern United States using such tricks as rigged punchboards, playing cards, and found wallets. He befriends a young man named Curley (Sarrazin), a deserter from the United States Army, and the two form a team to make money. In their escapades, they wreck a town during a hair-raising chase in their stolen car, steal a truck loaded with moonshine whiskey which they sell, break out of a sheriff's office, and discover a riverboat brothel.

Director: 
Irvin Kershner (1923–2010)
Director | Cinematographer | Actor

Irvin Kershner was born on April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Southern California film school, Kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for the United States Information Service in the Middle East. He later turned to television, directing and photographing a series of documentaries ... 

Born: April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: November 27, 2010 (age 87) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Writers: William Rose (screenplay), Guy Owen (based on a novel by)

William Rose (I) (1914–1987)

William Rose was born on December 12, 1914 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA as William Arthur Rose. He was a writer, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and The Ladykillers (1955). He was married to Tania Rose. He died on February 10, 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.

Stars: George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan

George C. Scott (1927–1999)

George C. Scott was an immensely talented actor, a star of screen, stage and television. He was born on October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, to Helena Agnes (Slemp) and George Dewey Scott. At the age of eight, his mother died, and his father, an executive at Buick, raised him. In 1945, he joined the United States Marines and spent four years there.

Born: October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, USA

Died: September 22, 1999 (age 71) in Westlake Village, California, USA

Sue Lyon

Sue Lyon was born in Davenport, Iowa, the last of five children to Sue Karr Lyon. Her mother was forty-two when her husband died and Sue was 10 months old. Her mother had to work as a hospital house mother to take care of her children and money was tight. 

Harry Morgan  (1915–2011)

Harry Morgan was a prolific character actor who starred in over 100 films and was a stage performer. Known to a younger generation of fans as "Col. Sherman T. Potter" on M*A*S*H (1972). Also known for his commanding personality throughout his career, he tackled movies and television in a way no other actor would do it.

Cast

George C. Scott as Mordecai Jones

Michael Sarrazin as Curley

Sue Lyon as Bonnie Lee Packard

Harry Morgan as Sheriff Zebulon "Zeb" Slade

Jack Albertson as Mr Packard

Alice Ghostley as Mrs Packard

Albert Salmi as Deputy Meshaw

Slim Pickens as Jarvis Bates

Strother Martin as Lovick

George Mitchell as Tetter

Woodrow Parfrey as Supermarket Manager