Saturday, June 8, 2024

THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973)






















Directed by: Ivan Dixon
Based on the novel by: Sam Greenlee
Starring: Lawrence CookPaula KellyJanet LeagueJ.A. PrestonPaul ButlerDon BlakelyDavid LemieuxJack AaronJoseph MascoloElaine AikenBeverly GillBob HillMartin GolarFrank E. FordMaurice WicksPerry ThomasClinton MalcomeOrlanders ThomasLarry LawrenceRodney McGraderTyrone R. LivingstonRamon LivingstonJames Mitchell

102 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago to work for a social services agency, by day. By night, he trains a street gang to be the vanguard in an upcoming race war, using all that the CIA has taught him.

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