Sammy-Gate
Sammy-Gate

Sammy-Gate

5.0(1 votes)
2020
0h 0m
Drama

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.

Production

The J.X. Williams Archive

Cast

Richard Beatty

Richard Beatty

Sammy Davis Jr.

Phil Proctor

Phil Proctor

Richard Nixon

Peter Henry Schroeder

Peter Henry Schroeder

Santo Trafficante

Durga McBroom

Durga McBroom

Talk Show Host

Reginald M. Jernigan Jr.

Reginald M. Jernigan Jr.

Night Tripper

Freddy Andreiuci

Freddy Andreiuci

Matty Madonna

Theo Breaux

Theo Breaux

PFC Garfield Mosley

Luis Fernandez-Gil

Luis Fernandez-Gil

Bebe Rebozo

Alison Kohlhardt

Alison Kohlhardt

Willow

Michael Patrick McGill

Michael Patrick McGill

Deep Throat

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