Skidoo

Cast

Jackie Gleason
as Tony Banks

Carol Channing
as Flo Banks

Frankie Avalon
as Angie

Groucho Marx
as "God"

Fred Clark
as Tower Guard

Michael Constantine
as Leech

Frank Gorshin
as Man

John Phillip Law
as Stash

Peter Lawford
as Senator

Burgess Meredith
as Warden

George Raft
as Capt. Garbaldo

Cesar Romero
as Hechy

Mickey Rooney
as `Blue Chips' Packard

Austin Pendleton
as Fred the Professor

Alexandra Hay
as Darlene Banks

Donyale Luna
as `God's' Mistress

Arnold Stang
as Harry

Doro Merande
as Mayor

Phil Arnold
as Mayor's Husband

Slim Pickens
as Switchboard Operator

Robert Donner
as Switchboard Operator

Richard Kiel
as Beany

Tom Law
as Geronimo

Jaik Rosenstein
as `Eggs' Benedict

Stacy King
as The Amazon

Renny Roker
as Prison Guard

Roman Gabriel
as Prison Guard

Harry Nilsson
as Tower Guard

William Cannon
as Convict

Stone Country
as Themselves

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Audience Reviews for Skidoo

• Jan 21, 2014

  There are worse movies you could watch than this but not many and certainly none with a cast as famous as this! What starts as a silly but not dreadful generation gap comedy devolves into an incoherent mess capped by the horrifying sight of Carol Channing in long platinum wig, admiral's hat and red hot pants singing the title tune. Just when you think it can't get any worse Frankie Avalon sings the credits! It's as dreadful as it sounds. For bad movie lovers this will be heaven for the rest of the world it's a psychedelic version of hell. A great many famous actors, some more talented then others, damage their reputations and embarrass themselves. A testament to a time when major studios, Paramount in this case, were trying to connect to an audience that it had no understanding of and entrusting it to a director who was equally clueless.
  jay n Super Reviewer
• Dec 07, 2011

  Jackie Gleason plays a retired gangster sent to prison to assassinate a stool pigeon; gentle, freaky flower children help him get out of the mess he's gotten himself into in this notorious all-star train-wreck made by squares for the benefit of the counterculture. Watch it to see Carol Channing doing the frug in yellow pantyhose, Groucho Marx playing "God" and saying "groovy," and, best of all, Jackie Gleason freaking out on LSD. Not for the average moviegoer but if your looking for rare camp this is a gold mine.
  Greg S Super Reviewer
• Jul 01, 2008

  In 1968 Otto Priminger decided to take acid and shoot a film, Skidoo is the result. Gleason's a hippie hating ex-mobster and his boss is a Kingpin called GOD played by Groucho Marx. The cast is amazing with music by Harry Nillson. The film is very strange and campy, it's not very good but worth a watch just to see Groucho smoke dope.
  cody f Super Reviewer

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