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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

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

1973★ 6.4 · 341h 42mActionDramaCrimeWar

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.

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Cast

Johnny Williams

Don Blakely
as Stud Davis

Anthony Ray
as Shorty

Paula Kelly
as Dahomey Queen

J.A. Preston
as Dawson

Paul Butler
as Do-Daddy Dean

Lawrence Cook
as Dan Freeman

Johnnie Johnson III

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6.4/ 10

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Release date: 1973-09-21

Runtime: 1h 42m

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ActionDramaCrimeWar

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