Where was The Spook Who Sat by the Door filmed?
1973 film, directed by Ivan Dixon.
- Chicago
The story is set in Chicago, so the filming stayed close to the setting.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Chicago
- Filmed in
- Chicago
About The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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- Released
- 1973
- Director
- Ivan Dixon
- Cast
- Lawrence CookPaula KellyJ. A. Preston
- Genre
- Spy
- Based on
- The Spook Who Sat by the Door
The story
The story takes place in the early 1970s in Chicago.
Senator facing re-election is told that his speech on law and order has led to a decline in his popularity among his African-American constituents.
The CIA responds to this political pressure by recruiting African Americans for their training program.
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