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((short description|1931 film))
((More citations needed|date=June 2019))
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((Infobox film
| name           = ''The Skin Game''
| image          = Skin Game.jpg
| caption        = Australian bootleg DVD sleeve
| director       = [[Alfred Hitchcock]]
| producer       = John Maxwell
| writer         = [[John Galsworthy]] (play)<br>Alfred Hitchcock (adaptation)<br>[[Alma Reville]] (scenario)
| starring       = [[Edmund Gwenn]]<br>[[Helen Haye]]<br>[[C. V. France]]<br>[[Jill Esmond]]<br>[[John Longden]]<br>[[Phyllis Konstam]]
| cinematography = [[Jack E. Cox]]
| music          = 
| editing        = A.R. Gobbett<br>Rene Marrison
| studio         = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|British International Pictures]]
| distributor    = Wardour Films Ltd.
| released       = ((film date|1931|2|26|df=yes))
| runtime        = 82 minutes
| language       = English
| country        = United Kingdom
))

'''''The Skin Game''''' is a 1931 British [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], based on the [[The Skin Game (play)|1920 play]] by [[John Galsworthy]] and produced by [[Associated British Picture Corporation|British International Pictures]]. The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them.

[[Edmund Gwenn]] and [[Helen Haye]] reprised their respective roles as Mr. Hornblower and Mrs. Hillcrist from the [[The Skin Game (1921 film)|1921 silent version]].<ref name="HitchcockGuide">((cite web|url=https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/alfred-hitchcock-collectors-guide-the-skin-game-1931|title=Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide: The Skin Game (1931)|publisher=Brenton Film))</ref><ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/a-brief-history-of-hitchcock-remakes/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes|date=March 25, 2023))</ref>

==Plot==
The plot concerns a feud between the long-established (upper class) Hillcrists, played by [[C.V. France]], [[Helen Haye]], and [[Jill Esmond]], and the ''nouveau riche'' (formerly working class) Hornblowers, played by [[Edmund Gwenn]], [[John Longden]], [[Phyllis Konstam]], and [[Frank Lawton]]. Underlying themes in the story include class warfare and the results of avarice.

For his love of riches, Mr. Hornblower coldly enjoys a "skin game" of buying up land under false pretenses of letting the [[tenant farmers]] remain and then booting them out, in order to build factories. The Hillcrists learn of this and regret selling some land to him; in turn Hornblower considers them snobs, and taunts them with his plans to buy the picturesque countryside adjoining their rural estate which is due to be auctioned off. Visions of factories spewing smoke where a magnificent landscape has been maturing for several generations torment the Hillcrists.

At the auction, the Hillcrists are outbid, then learn it was by Hornblower's agent. But Hillcrist employee Dawker learns a dark secret about the past life of Hornblower's now pregnant daughter-in-law Chloe, wife of Charles Hornblower. The Hillcrists confront Chloe and elder Hornblower together, and prove their case with witnesses. They are prepared to use the information, unless Hornblower agrees to deed the land to them. Reluctantly he agrees, making them swear to silence on a Bible. But now, townspeople are already gossiping and Charles has become suspicious. Chloe, terrified that this secret threatens her marriage, goes to the Hillcrist home to beg them to make up a story to tell Charles.

At that point, Charles is announced and Chloe jumps behind a curtain. Charles has already beaten the secret out of Dawker, and declares that he intends to end his marriage. Off-camera, Chloe had left through a door behind the curtain, and in short order, had drowned herself.  Mrs. Hillcrist, although upset with Dawker for breaking the vow of silence, pulls the property deed out of the desk and gives it to him for safekeeping ... he puts it in his outer pocket, clearly visible. The elder Hornblower then arrives in a fury and wrestles the deed from Dawker.

Chloe's body is brought in. Hornblower rages that Hillcrist has destroyed him and his family completely, and he will exact revenge. A last brief, poignant scene shows a prominent large tree on the land behind the Hillcrist house being felled by the chainsaw of a work crew.

==Cast (in credits order)==
* [[C. V. France]] as Jack Hillcrist – the Hillcrists
* [[Helen Haye]] as Ivy Hillcrist – the Hillcrists
* [[Jill Esmond]] as Jill – the Hillcrists
* [[Edmund Gwenn]] as Mr Hornblower – the Hornblowers
* [[John Longden]] as Charles – the Hornblowers
* [[Phyllis Konstam]] as Chloe – the Hornblowers
* [[Frank Lawton]] as Rolf – the Hornblowers
* Herbert Ross as the Jackmans
* Dora Gregory as the Jackmans
* [[Edward Chapman (actor)|Edward Chapman]] as Dawker
* R.E. Jeffrey as First Stranger
* George Bancroft as Second Stranger
* [[Ronald Frankau]] as Auctioneer

==Copyright status and home media==
''The Skin Game'', like all of Hitchcock's other British films, is copyrighted worldwide<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/alfred-hitchcock-collectors-guide#slaying-the-public-domain-myth|title=Alfred Hitchcock Collectors' Guide: Slaying the public domain myth|publisher=Brenton Film))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/alfred-hitchcock-dial-c-for-copyright|title=Alfred Hitchcock: Dial © for Copyright|publisher=Brenton Film))</ref> but has been heavily [[Bootleg recording|bootlegged]] on home video.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/bootlegs-galore-the-great-alfred-hitchcock-rip-off|title=Bootlegs Galore: The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rip-off|publisher=Brenton Film))</ref> Despite this, various licensed, restored releases have appeared on DVD, Blu-ray, and video on demand services from [[StudioCanal UK|Optimum]] in the UK, [[Lionsgate]] and [[Kino International (company)|Kino Lorber]] in the US, and many others.<ref name=HitchcockGuide/>

== Reception ==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an aggregated score of 38% based on 3 positive and 5 negative critic reviews.<ref>((Cite web |title=The Skin Game - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1046655-skin_game |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* ((IMDb title|id=0022395|title=The Skin Game))
* ((amg movie|45030))
* ((rotten-tomatoes|id=1046655-skin_game|title=The Skin Game))
* ((tcmdb title|id=90387))
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/437920/index.html ''The Skin Game''] at the [[British Film Institute]]'s [[Screenonline]]
* [https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/alfred-hitchcock-collectors-guide-the-skin-game-1931 ''Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Skin Game'' at Brenton Film]

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