The Spook Who Sat by the Door

6.3

Genre: Action Drama Crime War
Run time: 102 min
Premiere: 1973. September 21.

Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: Melvin Clay Sam Greenlee
Starring: Lawrence Cook Janet League Paula Kelly J.A. Preston

A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.

Discover

Lawrence Cook

Dan Freeman

Janet League

Joy

Paula Kelly

Dahomey Queen

J.A. Preston

Dawson

Paul Butler

Do-Daddy Dean

Don Blakely

Stud Davis

David Lemieux

Pretty Willie

Anthony Ray

Shorty

Colostine Boatwright

Dancer

Byron Morrow

Jack Aaron

Joseph Mascolo

Elaine Aiken

Beverly Gill

Martin Golar

Tom Alderman

Stephen Ferry

Johnny Williams

Doug Johnson

Harold Harris

Ken Orme

Johnnie Johnson III

Larry Lawrence

Art

A. Leslie Thomas

Art Direction

Cheryal Kearney

Set Decoration

Camera

Michel Hugo

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bernadine M. Anderson

Makeup Artist

Crew

Charlie Picerni

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Ivan Dixon

Director

Editing

Thomas Penick

Editor

Michael Kahn

Editor

Production

Sam Greenlee

Producer

Ivan Dixon

Producer

Thomas G. Neusom

Associate Producer

Sound

Herbie Hancock

Original Music Composer

Writing

Melvin Clay

Screenplay

Sam Greenlee

Novel

Sam Greenlee

Screenplay