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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

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

Director

Ivan Dixon

Year

Genre

action, drama, crime

Box Office

$998,351

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Dan Freeman

Joy

Dahomey Queen

Dawson

Do-Daddy Dean

Stud Davis

Pretty Willie

General

Carstairs

Senator Hennington

Mrs. Hennington

Willa

Calhoun

Perkins

Policeman

Old Woman

Margaret Kromgols

Security Officer

Colonel

Doris

Boy Guardsman

Stephen Ferry II

TV Commentator

Jackson

Shorty

Mrs. Duncan

Audrey Stevenson

Stew

Mr. Soo

Ponciano Olayta Jr.

Instructor II

Dancer

Colostine Boatwright

Waiter

Johnny Williams

Woman I

Woman II

Bobbie Gene Williams

Trainee 1

Trainee 2

Trainee 3

Trainee 4

Trainee 5

Robert Franklin

Trainee 6

Trainee 7

Trainee 8

Kenneth Lee Orme

Trainee 9

Cobra

Johnnie Johnson III

Cobra

Cobra

Cobra

Cobra

Clinton Malcome

Cobra

Orlanders Thomas

Cobra

Cobra

Rodney McGrader

Cobra

Tyrone R. Livingston

Cobra

Ramon Livingston

Cobra

Cobra

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Pretty Willie Dan Freeman

What do you see in this ink blot? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

What do you see in this ink blot?

Four more seconds. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Four more seconds.

Alright, we'll operate the
ignition by remote control. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Alright, we'll operate the ignition by remote control.

Uh, glass of Courvoisier. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Uh, glass of Courvoisier.

This is from the fella
to the end of the bar. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

This is from the fella to the end of the bar.

You remind me of someone. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

You remind me of someone.

You really got a book with a
picture in it that look like me? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

You really got a book with a picture in it that look like me...

Ugh! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Rei. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Mr. Freeman. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Rest? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Hi-ya! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Hey. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Freeman, you don't
like me do you? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Freeman, you don't like me do you?

Joy, let's say goodbye right. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Joy, let's say goodbye right.

[footsteps echoing] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[footsteps echoing]

[door opening] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Dan, we really got
our work cut out for us. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Dan, we really got our work cut out for us.

You twist the wires to make contact - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

You twist the wires to make contact

So how you been, dummy?
[Dawson laughs] Okay. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

So how you been, dummy? [Dawson laughs] Okay.

Here's to old
friends rediscovered. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Here's to old friends rediscovered.

The president of Chicago
Edison is a collector of pipes. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

The president of Chicago Edison is a collector of pipes.

Listen, let me get this coat on. We
goin' out and maybe we catch two sets. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Listen, let me get this coat on. We goin' out and maybe...

You have just played out the American dream - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

You have just played out the American dream

Open the door! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Now, let's see what we got. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Now, let's see what we got.

Stop or I'll shoot! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Stop or I'll shoot!

Where you going? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Where you going?

How're things looking? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

How're things looking?

Wait a minute! Hold
it! Hold it! Hold it! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Wait a minute! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

Looks like it's coolin' down. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Looks like it's coolin' down.

[indistinct police loudspeaker] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[indistinct police loudspeaker]

Get those dogs outta here! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Get those dogs outta here!

[crowd yelling intensifies] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[crowd yelling intensifies]

It's no good anymore. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

It's no good anymore.

[fists pounding on the car] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[fists pounding on the car]

Come on Dan! You know
we did the best we could. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Come on Dan! You know we did the best we could.

[police siren] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[crowd yelling] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[crowd yelling]

[gunshot] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Get in there! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

You understand me - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

You understand me

[Freeman sighs] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[Freeman sighs]

Hold it right there! - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Hold it right there!

Coffee, tea? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[humming a tune] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[humming a tune]

Men, how are ya? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Men, how are ya?

You get him? - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[groans] - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Perfect source of intelligence. Gig takes
him all over the ghetto. - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Perfect source of intelligence. Gig takes him all over the g...

[news reporter] This newest
outbreak in the Black section of Oakland - The Spook Who Sat by the Door

[news reporter] This newest outbreak in the Black section of...

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: Sam Greenlee, Melvin Clay

Production: N/A

Genre: action, drama, crime

Year: 1973

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: $998,351

Released: 23 Dec 1981

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations

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