The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Sep 21, 1973

1h 42m

★ 6.3

Their first mistake was letting him in. Their biggest mistake was letting him out!

Overview

A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.

Genres

Action

Drama

Crime

War

Production Companies

Bokari

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Cast

Dan Freeman

Lawrence Cook

Joy

Janet League

Dahomey Queen

Paula Kelly

Dawson

J.A. Preston

Do-Daddy Dean

Paul Butler

Stud Davis

Don Blakely

Pretty Willie

David Lemieux

Shorty

Anthony Ray

Dancer

Colostine Boatwright

Byron Morrow

Jack Aaron

Joseph Mascolo

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

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