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.
- Release date
- January 23, 2020
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Beatty as Sammy Davis Jr.
- Phil Proctor as Richard Nixon
- Peter Henry Schroeder as Santo Trafficante
- Durga McBroom as Talk Show Host
- Reginald M. Jernigan Jr. as Night Tripper
- Freddy Andreiuci as Matty Madonna
- Theo Breaux as PFC Garfield Mosley
- Dan Carbone as Howard Hughes
- Catero Alain Colbert as Budmo JIggler
- Blair Dickens as PFC Stu King
Crew
- Noel Lawrence · Director
- Darius James · Writer
- Noel Lawrence · Writer
- Karina Pyudik · Producer
- Eric D. Clark · Composer
- Kirpatrick Thomas · Composer
- Tabbert Fiiller · Cinematographer
- Stephan Wassmann · Cinematographer
- Noel Lawrence · Editor
- Jenny O'Haver · Casting director
- Priscilla Elliott · Production designer