The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) Online
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...
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Lawrence Cook | - | Dan Freeman | |
Janet League | - | Joy | |
Paula Kelly | - | Dahomey Queen | |
J.A. Preston | - | Dawson | |
Paul Butler | - | Do-Daddy Dean | |
Don Blakely | - | Stud Davis | |
David Lemieux | - | Pretty Willie | |
Byron Morrow | - | General | |
Jack Aaron | - | Carstairs | |
Joseph Mascolo | - | Senator Hennington | |
Elaine Aiken | - | Mrs. Hennington | |
Beverly Gill | - | Willa | |
Bob Hill | - | Calhoun | |
Martin Golar | - | Perkins | |
Jeff Hamilton | - | Policeman |
The actor who played Pretty Willie (David Lemieux) was a member of the Black Panthers and later became a Chicago police detective.
According to Sam Greenlee, the outdoor scenes filmed in Chicago were shot without permits.
Included in the 2012 list of motion pictures for the United States Library of Congress Nationl Film Registry.
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