The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Directed by Ivan Dixon · 102 min · Action, Drama, Crime, War
13.8 TOPICAL score · #5,173 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973, directed by Ivan Dixon) has a TOPICAL score of 13.8 - ranked 5,173 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 70% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.1/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.4/10 (34 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 8 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics70% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.1/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.4/10 (34 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 8 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read9,231 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J. A. Preston