Skidoo

Skidoo (1968, USA) is a Hippie-Comedy film directed by Otto Preminger.

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• Featured on: TCM Underground
• Included in: Psychedelicinema: The World of Hippie Exploitation

Main Details

• Released in 1968
• Color
• Running Time: 97 Min
• Production Co: Otto Preminger Films (as Sigma Productions)
• Distribution Co: Paramount Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• Directed by Otto Preminger
• Written by Doran William Cannon
• Starring Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark, Michael Constantine, Frank Gorshin, John Phillip Law, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, George Raft, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Groucho Marx, Arnold Stang
• Produced by Otto Preminger
• Cinematography by Leon Shamroy
• Film Editing by George R. Rohrs
• Casting by Erik Lee Preminger

Plot Summary

• Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.

Tagline

• It takes two to skidoo