Putney Swope (1969)

Directors

Robert Downey Sr.

Cast

Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Arnold Johnson, Archie Russell, Ramon Gordon, Bert Lawrence

The story

Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson, voiced by Robert Downey Sr.), the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, is inadvertently put in charge after the sudden death of the chairman of the board. Prevented by the company by-laws from voting for themselves, board members vote by secret ballot for Putney under the assumption that he won't win. Renaming the business "Truth and Soul, Inc.", Swope replaces all but one of the white employees with black employees and insists they no longer accept business from companies that produce alcohol, tobacco or toy guns.

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