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Putney Swope

1969, Movie, R, 84 mins

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Johnson plays the token black on the executive board of an otherwise all-white ad agency. When the company chairman dies during a meeting, a successor must be elected. Through a quirk in the voting rules (no one can vote for himself), Johnson becomes the chairman. He fires the white board and hires an all-black crew, leaving one space for a token white. The new agency, named Truth and Soul, Inc., radically changes its clientele by refusing accounts for liquor, cigarettes, or... read more leave a comment
Year: 1969
Rated R

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Cast
Arnold Johnson: Putney Swope
Stan Gottlieb: Nathan
Allen Garfield: Elias, Jr.
Archie Russell: Joker
Ramon Gordon: Bissinger
Bert Lawrence: Hawker

 

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