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Putney Swope (1969)
Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge... (source: imdb.com)
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Elias, Jr. -
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Mr. Forget It -
The Arab -
Cowboy #1 -
Mr. Bad News -
Face Off Boy -
Face-Off Girl -
Putney's Maid -
Mr. Jingle -
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10 July 1969
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The Truth and Soul Movie
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USA
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New York City, New York, USA
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Putney Swope is a 1969 film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. and starring Arnold Johnson as Swope. The comedy by a white writer / director satirizes, criticizes and plays with black militant rhetoric, the portrayal of race in Hollywood films, the white power structure, and nature of corruption in any struggle for power.
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