Sammy-Gate (2020)
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.
Drama
Cast
- Richard Beatty — Sammy Davis Jr.
- Phil Proctor — Richard Nixon
- Peter Henry Schroeder — Santo Trafficante
- Durga McBroom — Talk Show Host
- Reginald M. Jernigan Jr. — Night Tripper
- Freddy Andreiuci — Matty Madonna
- Theo Breaux — PFC Garfield Mosley
- Luis Fernandez-Gil — Bebe Rebozo
- Alison Kohlhardt — Willow
- Michael Patrick McGill — Deep Throat
- Richard Tanner — Robert Maheu
- Daniel Patrick Carbone — Howard Hughes
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