Skullduggery

Skullduggery is a 1970 American adventure film directed by Gordon Douglas produced by Saul David and starring Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark. It is based on the French novel Les Animaux dénaturés (1952) (variously titled in English as You Shall Know Them, Borderline, and The Murder of the Missing Link) by Jean Bruller (writing under the pseudonym "Vercors"). Plot On an expedition in Papua New Guinea, the Tropis, a tribe of apelike creatures, are being used as slaves by humans. When one of the Tropis is allegedly murdered, the following murder trial centers on the question of whether the Tropis are human or animal. Cast Burt Reynolds as Douglas Temple Susan Clark as Dr. Sybil Greame Roger C. Carmel as Otto Kreps Paul Hubschmid as Vancruysen Chips Rafferty as Father "Pop" Dillingham Alexander Knox as Buffington Pat Suzuki as Topazia Edward Fox as Bruce Spofford Wilfrid Hyde-White as Eaton William Marshall as Attorney General Rhys Williams as Judge Draper Mort Marshall as Dr. Figgins Michael St. Clair as Tee Hee Lawrence Booker Bradshaw as Smoot John Kimberley as Epstain James Henry Eldridge as District Officer Totty Ames as Motel Manager James Bacon as Commentator Gilbert Senior as Kauni Clarence Harris as Siria Burnal Smith as Chief (as Burnal "Custus" Smith) John Woodcock as Spigget Newt Arnold as Inspector Mimms (as Newton D. Arnold) Wendell Baggett as Reverend Holzapple Michael Preece as Nayler (as Mike Preece) Charles Washburn as Papuan Cliff Bell Jr. as Worker Alex Gradussov as Russian Delegate Jamie Alexander as Reporter (as Jim Alexander) Saul David as Berl Tanen Bernard Pike as Associate Judge Eduard Fuchs as Israeli Delegate (as Eddie Fuchs) Production