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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

  • 1973
  • PG
  • 1 Std. 42 Min.
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.

  • Regie
    • Ivan Dixon
  • Drehbuch
    • Sam Greenlee
    • Melvin Clay
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Lawrence Cook
    • Janet League
    • Paula Kelly
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    7,2/10
    1773
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Ivan Dixon
    • Drehbuch
      • Sam Greenlee
      • Melvin Clay
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Lawrence Cook
      • Janet League
      • Paula Kelly
    • 23Benutzerrezensionen
    • 20Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Auszeichnungen
      • 1 Gewinn & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Lawrence Cook
    • Dan Freeman
    Janet League
    • Joy
    Paula Kelly
    Paula Kelly
    • Dahomey Queen
    J.A. Preston
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    • Dawson
    Paul Butler
    • Do-Daddy Dean
    Don Blakely
    Don Blakely
    • Stud Davis
    David Lemieux
    David Lemieux
    • Pretty Willie
    Byron Morrow
    Byron Morrow
    • General
    Jack Aaron
    • Carstairs
    Joseph Mascolo
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    • Senator Hennington
    Elaine Aiken
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    Beverly Gill
    • Willa
    Bob Hill
    • Calhoun
    Martin Golar
    • Perkins
    Jeff Hamilton
    • Policeman
    Margaret Kromgols
    • Old Woman
    Tom Alderman
    • Security Officer
    Stephen Ferry
    • Colonel
    • Regie
      • Ivan Dixon
    • Drehbuch
      • Sam Greenlee
      • Melvin Clay
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    nuport

    All POWER TO the PEOPLE!!

    This interesting drama hits dead on point for those of who dream of a better government and a better America .In the film ,a racist politician losing in the polls and fearing the loss of the so-called Negro vote decides to give the people a few crumbs off the table by allowing some black men to be recruited into the CIA. Certain under handed deals are made to insure none of these men will succeed ,however one guy makes it through all the rigorous training and educating. And in an incredible graduation scene (see it to believe it!)is congratulated for being the 1st of his race into the CIA. The films budgetary restraints are apparent throughout, but the entire cast deliver good performances most convincingly the main character.I won't spoil it suffice to say the guy gets to put all the training to very good use,as he resigns from the racist system and sets out to make real change for his community. I would give this 15*s
    10BookerII

    The greatest of all African-American movies.

    I viewed this film in a Pan African Studies class at California State University, Northridge in 1993. Professor James Dennis who was a Civil Rights activist who made the Mississippi Freedom Rides told us this was the best film about and by African-Americans, and I agree with him wholeheartedly! I would like to get this video and show it in the classes I teach in history. This film was ahead of its time. Sam Greenelee is a very good writer and captures the essence of the struggle for African-Americans.
    10Baroque

    Too powerful to be dismissed

    Dan Freeman (played by Lawrence Cook) is a token black CIA operative. Trained in all sorts of espionage, he is relegated to working in the copying department as a "showcase" employee of integration. As the title suggests, he's placed by the door of the office so he's the first person everyone sees. Incensed by his mistreatment (and the racial stereotyping of his superiors), he resigns to his native Chicago as a social services worker.

    Secretly, he is training a street gang into a guerrilla army to be the vanguard in a race war, using all of his training by "the man" against "the man".

    The details are impressive. Freeman explains how to establish a hierarchy in an underground movement, how to recruit new members, living on the street, and forming new cells. He also details how racial stereotypes can be used to one's advantage, citing how no one ever notices a smiling black man in an office carrying a mop.

    The film is a faithful adaptation of Sam Greenlee's controversial novel of the same title, and a haunting look at what MIGHT have (and maybe damned near) happened in the USA during that turbulent period of history. The film was quickly followed by a long line of "blaxploitation" films, often made with little regard for content and style. But "Spook", shot on a small budget, has a powerful message: Never underestimate anyone! Not even "the spook who sat by the door"!

    As a motion picture, it does have technical weaknesses, but the drama is well-played, the plot is very tight and the characters are believable. The language, however, is very harsh. A white man (like myself) may find the diatribes against "whitey" shocking, but this film was made during a time of great racial strife, and it echos those times.

    Made in 1973, it still packs a punch, and is worth tracking down and buying (Do a web-search! That's how I got my copy!).

    A ground-breaking film! (Does anyone but me catch the irony of the main character's name? "Free Man"?)
    10fox_orvngs

    Greatest guerrilla movie ever made

    This is one of the undiscovered treasures of cinema people, if you haven't seen it you need to. They never paid for one permit and they did this movie for about $90,000USD, but they don't skip a beat. Same editor as Schindler's List; if you watch the movie you can tell why Spielberg uses this guy, he is a master.

    Even if you don't agree with the films message you have to agree that this is one of thee finest made independent films in existence, and considering the subject matter it is a surprise this film was ever shot, because the book had a pretty hard time getting published too.

    I think this film is everything Melvin Van Peebles wanted SweetBack to be.
    nawtambu

    Praise for film

    The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a cult classic and named one of the most influential black films of the 70s (by Torriano Berry and Venise Berry in their book The 50 most influential black films). This film holds this title with good reason. The film begins with a senator facing the prospect of losing an election without the pivotal black vote. To win favor he decided to charge the CIA with racism since they have no black agents. The CIA agrees, although those in charge of the training do all that is possible to kick all of the recruits out. Only one survives, Dan Freeman. Freeman finds himself the token black, he is often called to show visitors what progress the CIA is making in race relations, before continuing his menial tasks of copying papers and giving tours. Though he plays his role, one gets the impression he is planning something big. After a few years of service with the CIA he returns home to Chicago and in his capacity as a social worker he organizes local gangs using his knowledge and training from the CIA. Without spoiling the rest of the film there is the classic struggle about how to approach change through the system or to over throw? This is represented by Freeman and a former friend who is now police chief in Chicago. Included is some of the socio-political issues that made the 60s and 70s what it was, making this film one that stands out in a decade of films high on action and low on plot. Taking budget issues into consideration and what director Ivan Dixon had to do to get the film made, it is well worth watching (even again).

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      The actor who played Pretty Willie (David Lemieux) was a member of the Black Panthers and later became a Chicago police detective.
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      [after being told he and the other light-skinned gang members are to rob a bank]

      Pretty Willie: All the yellow nigga's, right?

      [His anger coming to a slow boil]

      Pretty Willie: Look, man, I am TIRED of that! I am not passing! I am BLACK! Do you hear me, man? Do you understand? I am BLACK! I am a NIGGA', you understand me? I was BORN Black, I -LIVE- Black, and I'm gonna die, prob'ly -BECAUSE- I'm Black, because some Cracker that -KNOWS- I'm Black, better than -YOU-, Nigga', is prob'ly gonna put a BULLET in the back of my head!

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 23. Dezember 1981 (Frankreich)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • The Keepers
    • Drehorte
      • 63rd Street & Cottage Grove Avenue, Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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      • Bokari
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