A dark political satire about how Sammy Davis, Jr. caused Watergate.
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Equal parts "Dr. Strangelove," "Zelig," and "Network," "Sammy-Gate" takes you on a psychedelic trip into the 1970s polyester heart of darkness. On a USO tour of Vietnam, Sammy Davis Jr. stumbles upon a CIA-sponsored plot to smuggle heroin into the United States. Through comic ineptitude mixed with noble intentions, Davis triggers a chain of bizarre missteps by the FBI, the Mafia, and the Nixon administration that result in the Watergate scandal.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Richard Beatty | - | Sammy Davis Jr. |
 | Phil Proctor | - | Richard Nixon |
 | Peter Henry Schroeder | - | Santo Trafficante |
| Durga McBroom | - | Talk Show Host |
| Reginald M. Jernigan Jr. | - | Night Tripper (as Reggie Jernigan) |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Freddy Andreiuci | - | Matty Madonna |
 | Theo Breaux | - | PFC Garfield Mosley |
| Dan Carbone | - | Howard Hughes |
| Catero Colbert | - | Budmo JIggler |
| Blair Dickens | - | PFC Stu King |
 | Luis Fernandez-Gil | - | Bebe Rebozo |
| Zoë Kim | - | Paisley |
 | Alison Kohlhardt | - | Willow |
| Dorian Logan | - | PFC Jimmy James |
| Ben McCrea | - | PFC Bobby McGee |
Film was shot on vintage Panavision cameras and lenses from the 1970s.
Phil Proctor reprises his role as Richard Nixon 45 years after first playing the president as a member of the Firesign Theatre.