Putney Swope: Robert Downey Sr. film

The comedy film Putney Swope was a 1969 movie directed by Robert Downey Sr. The plot story is came from Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge. Renaming the business "Truth and Soul, Inc.", he replaces the tight regime of monied white ad men with his militant brothers. Soon afterwards, however, the power that comes with its position takes its toll on Putney.