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Putney Swope
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Release Date:
10 July 1969 (USA) more
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The Truth and Soul Movie more
Plot:
Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge... more | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
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As outstanding now as it was "then" more (31 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 min
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Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)
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In the scene where Putney and his wife are watching TV in the living room, they are watching one of Downey's previous films, Chafed Elbows (1966). more
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Putney Swope: Are you for surreal?! more
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Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
As outstanding now as it was "then", 1 November 2006
10/10
Author: caa821 from Tulsa OK

This film had about everything one could wish when viewing it originally, at the end of the 1960's decade. It was immensely entertaining, and provided a contemporary view of the many changes which had occurred during that period - and were still ongoing - in terms of the Black Power movement, Vietnam, and the volatile movement which followed the quieter, preceding postwar 1950's.

All of this and one of the funniest films, then or now.

Viewing it for the second time recently, I was surprised to find it as engrossing as when seen originally. Its humor is as funny, and its message as strong.

And in viewing it now, you get all of this, while at the same time gaining the added enjoyment of its being a "period piece," and a superb chronicling of its this historic, turbulent time.

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