The Spook Who Sat By the Door  
 
(1973)

Action / Comedy Satire / Crime / Drama / Exploitation

Directed by Ivan Dixon

Cast:

Lawrence Cook as Dan Freeman 
Janet League as Joy 
Paula Kelly as Dahomey Queen 
J.A. Preston as Dawson 
Paul Butler as Do-Daddy Dean 
Don Blakely as Stud Davis 
David Lemieux as Pretty Willie 
Byron Morrow as General 
Jack Aaron as Carstairs 
Joseph Mascolo as Senator Hennington 
Elaine Aiken as Mrs. Hennington 
Beverly Gill as Willa 
Bob Hill as Calhoun 
Martin Golar as Perkins 
Jeff Hamilton as Policeman  
 
The Spook Who Sat By the Door trailer

A white senator begins a campaign to enlist black agents for the CIA, for he wants the support of the black community. Dan Freeman is the only one who is saved from and the demanding training and is given an insubstantial job at the CIA. He quits the job after five years of dealing with racism. Returning to his home state of Chicago, he begins to work at social services agency , but by night, he teaches a street gang everything he learned from the CIA to be the leading gang in a race war that is approaching.