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Putney Swope is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Downey Sr. released in USA on 10 july 1969 with Arnold Johnson

Putney Swope (1969)

Putney Swope
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Released in USA 10 july 1969
Length 1h24
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating66% 3.347443.347443.347443.347443.34744

Putney Swope, a 1969 satirical comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey, Sr. and starring Arnold Johnson as Swope, is a comedy satirizing the advertising world, the portrayal of race in Hollywood films, the white power structure, and the nature of corporate corruption.

Synopsis

Putney Swope, the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, is accidentally put in charge after the unexpected death of the chairman of the board: each board member actually believed that he, himself, should be elected chairman, but the bylaws of the corporation prohibit voting for oneself, so each individual member voted his secret ballot for the person that no one else would vote for: Putney Swope.

Actors

Arnold Johnson

(Putney Swope)Antonio Fargas

(The Arab)Allen Garfield

(Elias, Jr.)Allan Arbus

(Mr. Bad News)Robert Downey Sr.

(Putney Swope (voice) (uncredited))
And :
Shelley Plimpton
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Peter Maloney
Marlene Clark
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