Sammy-Gate

Sammy-Gate

23/1/2020 5.0/10

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

Top Billed Cast

Phil Proctor

Phil Proctor

Richard Nixon

Durga McBroom

Durga McBroom

Talk Show Host

Freddy Andreiuci

Freddy Andreiuci

Matty Madonna

Peter Henry Schroeder

Peter Henry Schroeder

Santo Trafficante

Richard Beatty

Sammy Davis Jr.

Reginald M. Jernigan Jr.

Reginald M. Jernigan Jr.

Night Tripper

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