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PUTNEY SWOPE

Directed by Robert Downey Sr.
United States, 1969
Comedy
  • 8484 minutes

Synopsis

The most popular film by Downey is this offbeat classic about the antics that ensue after Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, dubbed by Downey), the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairman, and proceeds to wreak politically incorrect havoc.

Synopsis

The most popular film by Downey is this offbeat classic about the antics that ensue after Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, dubbed by Downey), the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairman, and proceeds to wreak politically incorrect havoc.