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Putney Swope (1969)
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10 July 1969 (USA) moreTagline:
The Truth and Soul Movie morePlot:
Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Interesting, off beat movie. more (30 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stan Gottlieb | ... | Nathan (as Stanley Gottlieb) |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Elias, Jr. |
| Archie Russell | ... | Joker |
| Ramon Gordon | ... | Bissinger |
| Bert Lawrence | ... | Hawker |
| Joe Madden | ... | Mr. Syllables (as Joe Engler) |
| Arnold Johnson | ... | Putney Swope |
| David Kirk | ... | Elias Sr. |
| Don George | ... | Mr. Cards |
| Buddy Butler | ... | Putney's Bodyguard |
| Vincent Hamill | ... | Man in White Suit |
| Tom Odachi | ... | Wing Soney |
| Ching Yeh | ... | Wing Soney Jr. |
| Spunky-Funk Johnson | ... | Mr. Major |
| Joe Fields | ... | Pittsburgh Willie |
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84 minCountry:
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EnglishSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
New York City, New York, USAFun Stuff
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Robert Downey Sr. redubbed all of Arnold Johnson's lines. According to Downey, he did this because Johnson had trouble remembering his lines and often flubbed them during filming. moreFAQ
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This movie shows that the free enterprise system and the quest for the almighty buck transcends all racial and ethnic barriers. Ultimately the market place determines the message that is sent to the public. This movie dramatizes that point. A conservative white-collar advertising company is taken over by a group of street-wise African Americans chaired by a no-nonsense black man who wants to make a buck and believes he can sell products by telling the the truth. But the movie shows that no matter how hard he tries to do something different, the market place and the political system demands that he conform, rendering him no different than his predecessors. Interesting, off-beat movie.