Directed by:
Robert Downey Sr.Screenplay:
Robert Downey Sr.Cinematography:
Gerald CottsComposer:
Charley CuvaCast:
Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Peter Benson, Allan Arbus, Antonio Fargas, Arnold Johnson, Robert Downey Sr., Marlene Clark, Pepi Hermine (more)Plots(1)
After the CEO croaks during a boardroom meeting at a Madison Avenue ad agency, members trying to sabotage each other's chance of winning the top spot each vote for the token black guy, thereby electing Putney Swope. Swope swoops into action, firing them all and replacing them with armed radicals, soul brothers, and sexy red-hot mamas. Re-naming the agency "Truth and Soul," Putney sets about revolutionizing the corporate world of advertising, banning the marketing of products such as cigarettes, alcohol and violent toys. The agency produces raucous, kooky TV spots - offensive, humorous, and, at first, wildly successful. But can "Truth and Soul" last, not only in advertising but within Putney himself? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Stan Gottlieb
Best movies:
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Putney Swope (1969)
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Allen Garfield
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
Taking Off (1971)
The Conversation (1974)
Elzbieta Czyzewska
Poland
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Music Box (1989)
Peter Benson
UK
Best movies:
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) (TV movie)
Merlin (1998) (TV movie)
Allan Arbus
USA
Best movies:
Crossroads (1986)
Law and Disorder (1974)
Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
Antonio Fargas
USA
Best movies:
The Gambler (1974)
Florida Straits (1987) (TV movie)
Conrack (1974)
Arnold Johnson
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
American Hot Wax (1978)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Robert Downey Sr.
USA
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Boogie Nights (1997)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Marlene Clark
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Lost Flight (1970) (TV movie)
Pepi Hermine
Best movies:
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Putney Swope (1969)
Peter Maloney
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Der Zauberberg (1982)
K-PAX (2001)
Alan Abel
USA
Best movies:
Putney Swope (1969)
George Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Putney Swope (1969)
Greaser's Palace (1972)
Anthony Chisholm
USA
Best movies:
Reign Over Me (2007)
Going in Style (2017)
Beloved (1998)
Joe Madden
USA
Best movies:
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Putney Swope (1969)
Robert Staats
Best movies:
Putney Swope (1969)
That's Adequate (1989)
Mr. Billion (1977)
Lawrence Wolf
USA
Best movies:
Putney Swope (1969)
Greaser's Palace (1972)
Pound (1970)
Shelley Plimpton
USA
Best movies:
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
Putney Swope (1969)
Bob Larkin
USA
Best movies:
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
Putney Swope (1969)