Sammy-Gate

Sammy-Gate is a political satire set in the 1970s. The story follows Sammy Davis Jr., who discovers a CIA operation to smuggle heroin into the United States while performing on a USO tour in Vietnam. Despite having good intentions, Davis's clumsy actions trigger a series of strange errors involving the Mafia, the FBI, and the Nixon administration, which ultimately lead to the Watergate scandal.

Directed by Noel Lawrence, the film was produced by The J.X. Williams Archive in the United States. Lawrence also co-wrote the screenplay with Darius James. The cast features Richard Beatty in the lead role as Sammy Davis Jr., with Phil Proctor appearing as Richard Nixon and Peter Henry Schroeder as Santo Trafficante. Other cast members include Durga McBroom, Reginald M. Jernigan Jr., and Freddy Andreiuci. The movie was released on January 23, 2020.