Poster Title: Skin Game
Format: Australian Daybill
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Condition: Very Good (VG) – original fold lines, slight edge toning and mild handling wear; strong print contrast and clean overall presentation.
Year of Release: 1971
Film Studio: Warner Bros. / A Roadshow Release
Tagline: “Year’s Most Enjoyable Film.” / “Although James Garner is Quincy and Lou Gossett is Jason, they both play the Skin Game… and even though none of it is true — it’s both outrageously and killlingly funny.”
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: James Garner, Lou Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Edward Asner, Andrew Duggan Writers: Peter Stone, Richard Alan Simmons (story by Pierre Marton)
Genre: Western / Comedy / Satire
Country of Origin (Poster): Australia
Printer: M.A.P.S. Litho Pty Ltd (Melbourne)

Design & Features: Minimalist black-and-white halftone design featuring a grainy Western scene of a man on horseback, with inset critic quote from the Wisconsin Post comparing the film to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Includes “NRC” (Not Recommended for Children) classification box. Clean, high-contrast typography gives it a distinctly early-70s newspaper-ad aesthetic.

Collectors’ Note: Skin Game is an underappreciated Western satire notable for its progressive themes and sharp performances from James Garner and Lou Gossett Jr. The Australian daybill is uncommon and distinctive for its black-and-white layout — a departure from the more colourful U.S. campaign. While not as high in value as traditional Westerns, it has a growing niche among collectors of revisionist and comedic Western cinema, and for its cultural significance in 1970s American film history.