USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - Spook Who Sat by the Door, The

Spook Who Sat by the Door, The

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Spook Who Sat by the Door, The -- Black exploitation movie about a token black CIA agent (Lawrence Cook) who returns to his Chicago home where he raises and trains a street army intended first to turn the ghetto into a riot zone and then to take over the city, the state, the nation, the world! Directed by Ivan Dixon, it starts as wry comedy but turns vicious halfway through when it begins taking its message of violent revolution seriously. Dreary abundance of racial cliches and stereotypes. (A-III) (PG) ( 1973 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.