Sammy-Gate
Drama
5.0
5.0January 23, 2020
Overview
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.
Director
Noel Lawrence
Cast
R
Richard Beatty
Sammy Davis Jr.
Phil Proctor
Richard Nixon
Peter Henry Schroeder
Santo Trafficante
Durga McBroom
Talk Show Host
Reginald M. Jernigan Jr.
Night Tripper
Freddy Andreiuci
Matty Madonna
Theo Breaux
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