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.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Karl Malden
Pete 'Skag' Skagska
Piper Laurie
Jo Skagska
Craig Wasson
David Skagska
Peter Gallagher
John Skagska
Abby Mann
Writer
Kathryn Holcomb
Patricia Skagska / Patricka Skagska
Leslie Ackerman
Barbara Skagska
George Voskovec
Petar Skagska
M. Emmet Walsh
Moran
Tom Atkins
Dr. Moscone
Powers Boothe
Whalen
Frank Campanella
Paczka
Charles Hallahan
Fisher
Juanin Clay
Joyce
Gwen Humble
Audrey Landis
Bert Freed
Bishop
David Alastair Lewis
Male Nurse
Jack Solomon
Sound Mixer
David Dockendorf
Sound Mixer
Billy Goldenberg
Music
Brad Dexter
Producer
Lee Rich
Executive Producer
Robert L. Harman
Sound Mixer
Frank Perry
Director
Edmond L. Koons
Director of Photography
Sidney Katz
Editor
Leonard A. Mazzola
Set Decoration
David Marshall
Art Direction
Douglas Benton
Supervising Producer
Tommy Tedesco
Musician
William L. McCaughey
Sound Mixer
William Craig Smith
Art Direction
Ronald Vidor
Camera Operator
Chuck Schulthies Jr.
Special Effects
Marneen Fields
Stunts
Jack Ziga
Second Assistant Director
William Hopkins
Writer
Kathleen Doyle
Ernie Hudson
Art Evans
Tony Burton
Beverly Hope Atkinson
Harvey Fisher
Bond Gideon
Maurice Hill
Buck Kartalian
Jean Holloway
Simeon Holloway
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.