Skag (1980)
2h 18m
Running Time
January 6, 1980Release Date
Skag (1980)
2h 18m
Running Time
January 6, 1980Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.
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Cast & Crew.

Karl Malden
Pete 'Skag' Skagska

Piper Laurie
Jo Skagska

Craig Wasson
David Skagska

Peter Gallagher
John Skagska

Kathryn Holcomb
Patricia Skagska

Leslie Ackerman
Barbara Skagska

George Voskovec
Peter Skagska

Powers Boothe
Jim Whalen

M. Emmet Walsh
Moran

Tom Atkins
Dr. Moscone

Charles Hallahan
Fisher

Juanin Clay
Joyce

Gwen Humble
Audrey Landis

Bert Freed
Bishop

David Alastair Lewis
Male Nurse

William Hopkins
Writer

Abby Mann
Executive Producer / Writer

Lee Rich
Executive Producer

Edmond L. Koons
Director of Photography

Douglas Benton
Supervising Producer

Brad Dexter
Producer

David Marshall
Art Direction

Frank Perry
Director

David Dockendorf
Sound Mixer

Marneen Fields
Stunts

Chuck Schulthies Jr.
Special Effects

Tommy Tedesco
Musician

Billy Goldenberg
Music

Robert L. Harman
Sound Mixer

Ronald Vidor
Camera Operator

Leonard A. Mazzola
Set Decoration

William L. McCaughey
Sound Mixer

Jack Ziga
Second Assistant Director

Jack Solomon
Sound Mixer

Sidney Katz
Editor

William Craig Smith
Art Direction

Buck Kartalian

Camila Ashland

Tom Mahoney

Lynn Philip Seibel

Sylvia Ann Soares

Billy Van Zandt

Ray Girardin

Nora Denney

David Clarke

Davor Antolić

Nathan Adler

George Petrie
Details.
Wiki.
Skag is an American drama series that aired on NBC and starred Karl Malden. Skag originated as a three-hour television movie that aired on January 6, 1980 (as an installment of The Big Event). Over a week later, it then premiered as a weekly series, Thursdays at 10/9c, which ran from January 17, 1980, until its cancellation on February 21, 1980.
Skag focused on the life of a foreman at a Pittsburgh steel mill. Malden described his character, Pete Skagska, as a simple man trying to keep his family together. The series was created by Abby Mann, and executive produced by Mann and Lee Rich.