Putney Swope

Putney Swope

Up Madison Ave.

1969•1h 25m•6.3/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(75)

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Herald Productions (II)

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Arnold Johnson

Arnold Johnson

Putney Swope

Stan Gottlieb

Stan Gottlieb

Nathan

Allen Garfield

Allen Garfield

Elias, Jr.

Archie Russell

Joker

Ramon Gordon

Bissinger

Bert Lawrence

Hawker

Joe Madden

Joe Madden

Mr. Syllables

Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

The Arab

Laura Greene

Laura Greene

Mrs. Swope

Allan Arbus

Allan Arbus

Mr. Bad News

Pepi Hermine

Pepi Hermine

President of the United States

Ruth Hermine

First Lady

Shelley Plimpton

Face Off Girl

Elżbieta Czyżewska

Elżbieta Czyżewska

Putney's Maid

Peter Maloney

Peter Maloney

Putney's Chauffeur

David Kirk

Elias, Sr.

Don George

Mr. Cards

Buddy Butler

Putney's Bodyguard

Vincent Hamill

Man in White Suit

Tom Odachi

Wing Soney

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