The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Difference between revisions
The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Spook Who Sat by the Door: Difference between revisions
Throughout the film, Dan Freeman (Cook) and Chicago police detective Dawson ([[J.A. Preston]]) carry a [[Colt Detective Special]].
Dan Freeman (Lawrence Cook) and Chicago police detective Dawson ([[J.A. Preston]]) both carry the [[Colt Detective Special]].
[[Image: ColtDetectiveSpec SquareButt.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Square Butt - .38 Special]]
[[Image: ColtDetectiveSpec SquareButt.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Square Butt - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Spook10_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Freeman warns Do-Daddy Dean (Paul Butler).]]
[[Image:Spook10_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Freeman warns Do-Daddy Dean (Paul Butler).]]
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) was directed by Ivan Dixon, based on the novel by Sam Greenlee, and starred Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, and J.A. Preston. Virtually unknown to white audiences, the film is considered to be one of the most influential African American motion pictures in U.S. history. The first African American CIA officer, Dan Freeman (Lawrence Cook), leaves the Agency and organizes an armed rebellion against “whitey” in Chicago.
The following firearms were used in the film The Spy Who Sat by the Door: