Movie

1969 Comedy
1h 24min
Country | USA |
R
Film about the antics that ensue when Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, his voice dubbed by a gravelly Downey), the only African-American executive at his advertising firm, is unexpectedly elected its president and turns the industry on its ear through a series of outrageous, taboo-busting TV commercials (strewn throughout the film like comedic landmines.) Putney summarily fires the wealthy white executives, replaces them with Black Power apostles, renames the company Truth and Soul, Inc., and proceeds to wreak politically incorrect havoc.
Directed by | Robert Downey Sr_ |
Written by | Robert Downey Sr. |
Company | Cinema VCinema VCinema V |
Starring
Allen Garfield
Stan Gottlieb
Archie Russell
Ramon Gordon
Bert Lawrence
Joe Madden
Arnold Johnson
David Kirk
Don George
Buddy Butler
Vincent Hamill
Tom Odachi
Ching Yeh
Spunky-Funk Johnson
Joe Fields
Norman Schreiber
Robert Staats
Alan Abel
Sol Brawerman
Steven Ben Israel
Mel Brooks
Luise Heath
Barbara Clarke Chisolm
Catherine Lojacono
Johnjohn Robinson
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