Putney Swope
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Putney Swope (1969, USA) is a Comedy-Satire cult film directed by Robert Downey Sr.
- Contents: Watch Trailer | Film Review | Blu Ray | Poster Art | Fun Facts | Soundtrack
- More by Robert Downey Sr: Greaser's Palace | Up The Academy
- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released in 1969 | Color/B&W
- Running Time: 84 Min.
- Production Co: Herald
- Distribution Co: Cinema V
- Directed by Robert Downey Sr.
- Written by Robert Downey Sr.
- Starring Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell, Ramon Gordon, Bert Lawrence
- Produced by Robert Downey Sr., Henri Pachard, Donald Sullivan
- Original Music by Charley Cuva
- Cinematography by Gerald Cotts
- Film Editing by Bud S. Smith
Plot Summary
- The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.
Taglines
- The Truth and Soul Movie | Don't rock the boat...sink it! | Up Madison Avenue