The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-12-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (740 Reviews)

Director:

Ivan Dixon

Genres:

Action Drama Crime

Cast:

Lawrence Cook Janet League Paula Kelly J.A. Preston

Writer:

Sam Greenlee (screenplay)

Melvin Clay (screenplay)

Sam Greenlee (novel)

Fullplot:

In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago to work for a social services agency...by day. By night, he trains a street gang to be the vanguard in an upcoming race war, using all that the CIA has taught him...

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