Drama · United States of America · 2020 0

Sammy-Gate

Director

Cast

Richard Beatty as Sammy Davis Jr. Phil Proctor as Richard Nixon Peter Henry Schroeder as Santo Trafficante Durga McBroom as Talk Show Host Reginald M. Jernigan Jr. as Night Tripper Freddy Andreiuci as Matty Madonna

Crew

Noel Lawrence — Writer Darius James — Writer

Synopsis

A dark political satire about how Sammy Davis, Jr. caused Watergate. Equal parts "Dr. Strangelove," "Zelig," and "Network," "Sammy-Gate" takes you on a psychedelic trip into the 1970s polyester heart of darkness. On a USO tour of Vietnam, Sammy Davis Jr. stumbles upon a CIA-sponsored plot to smuggle heroin into the United States. Through comic ineptitude mixed with noble intentions, Davis triggers a chain of bizarre missteps by the FBI, the Mafia, and the Nixon administration that result in the Watergate scandal.

Mood & Themes

biography

Key Collaborators

Noel Lawrence Director Noel Lawrence Writer Darius James Writer

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