Putney Swope

1969

Action / Comedy

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 73% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 4819 4.8K

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Plot summary

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.

Director

Robert Downey Sr. Photo
Robert Downey Sr.

Top cast

Mel Brooks Photo
Mel Brooks as Mr. Forget It
Arnold Johnson Photo
Arnold Johnson as Putney
Peter Maloney Photo
Peter Maloney as Putney's Chauffeur
Marlene Clark Photo
Marlene Clark as (uncredited)
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
729.11 MB
988*720
English 2.0
TV-MA
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 1
1.31 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
TV-MA
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Stephen C 10 / 10

Funny in 1 hour and 28 minutes. Rated

Funny in 1 hour and 28 minutes. Rated R.
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

This film feels like it was made yesterday

This film feels like it was made yesterday, as the premise and dialogue embraced the truth when it was made in 1969, so it feels forever fresh, hip, young, and funny. Downey Sr had been employed in advertising and used his experiences to inform this film, which gives it the feel of the real commercial behind the commercial. It may take you a while to get over the fact Downey Sr dubbed his voice over Arnold Johnson's (Putney), if you get over at all. Why was that done? I don't know. It seems like a very controlled move from the writer-director. You may love Putney Swope, but the real man animating him is off camera, so, it does have a bit of a creeper puppet and puppeteer vibe, though not enough for the underlying messages of the film to come across. Antonio Fargas as The Arab is the one to watch in this, as his energy is off the hook.
Reviewed by CodyZamboni Z 6 / 10

Uneven satire, Some clever moments and insight, But

Uneven satire, Some clever moments and insight, But not enough, Movie goes all in on new relaxed censorship of the late 60's, With some eye opening nudity and cussing.
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