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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.
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Edited by Noel LawrenceShot by Tabbert FiillerScored by Eric D ClarkDesigned by Priscilla Elliott
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19 unique people credited
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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
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