Skidoo

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

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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
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