The Skin Game
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
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"I feel many writers and critics, David Sterritt, Donald Spoto to name but two are too dismissive of this movie. With the technological restrictions of the very early talkie, Hitchcock as used his artistry to compose fluidity and cinematic suture to a rather stolid Galsworthy play. Already mentioned are the innovative zip pans, he also has intelligent use of dissolve, symbolism aplenty within montage sequences, sheep v horn (Hillcrest v Hornblower). The juxtaposition in the opening sequence of the car and the horse sets the theme beautifully. Occasionally there is daring reverse shots of the sa..."
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The title comes from a slang phrase for "an unscrupulous business operation". Although this movie is British, the term is considered American and dates back to just after the American Civil War (1861-1865). It is not to be confused with the similar-sounding aphorism "to have skin in the game", which refers to someone who has a stake, financial or emotional, in a business deal, wager, or other situation.
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An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.