Critics' Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations

Putney Swope

:

Overview

Putney Swope
Critics' Rating:
Avg. User Rating:
2 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
R,1hr 24min
Genre:
Release:
1969
Distributor:
Rhino Home Video
Synopsis: After several years working along the margins of the underground film scene in New York, director Robert Downey broke through to wider recognition with the arthouse hit Putney Swope, a wildly irreverent satire of race and advertising in America. Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson) is the token African-American executive at an otherwise all-white advertising agency when the chairman of the board unexpectedly drops dead. Through a fluke in the chain of command, Swope becomes the new head of the firm, and ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Elias, Jr.
Putney's Bodyguard
advertisement