Robert Downey Sr. and Paul Thomas Anderson on Putney Swope
May 30, 2012
Film Info
- United States
- 1969
- 85 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- English
The most popular film by Robert Downey Sr. is this offbeat classic about the antics that ensue after Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, his voice dubbed by a gravelly Downey), the token black man on the board of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, is inadvertently elected chairman. Putney summarily fires the whiteys, replaces them with Black Power apostles, renames the company Truth and Soul, Inc., and proceeds to wreak politically incorrect havoc.
Cast
| Putney Swope | Arnold Johnson |
| Mrs. Swope | Laura Greene |
| Putney’s bodyguard | Buddy Butler |
| The Arab | Antonio Fargas |
| Man in white suit | Vincent Hamill |
| Mr. Borman Six | Larry Wolfe |
| President of the United States | Pepi Hermine |
| First Lady | Ruth Hermine |
Credits
| Director | Robert Downey Sr. |
| Produced by | Robert Downey Sr. and Henri Pachard |
| Cinematography | Gerald Cotts |
| Assistant camera | Norris Eisenbrey |
| Art director | Gary Weist |
| Editor | Bud S. Smith |
| Special effects | Bill Daley, Tom Daniel, Dan List and Josh Zander |
| Costume design | New Breed Inc. |
| Music | Charley Cuva |
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