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.

Released Jan. 23, 2020 90 min None+

Genres: Biography, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.biography, imdb.fbi-federal-bureau-of-investigation, imdb.cia-central-intelligence-agency, imdb.sammy-davis-jr-character, imdb.watergate, imdb.vietnam, imdb.1970s + 12 more, imdb.mafia, imdb.nixon-resignation, imdb.african-american-history, imdb.black-history, imdb.conspiracy, imdb.church-of-satan, imdb.mob, imdb.counterculture, imdb.howard-hughes, imdb.nixon-tapes, imdb.rat-pack, aspectratio.2-35-1