From All Movie Guide Based on a novel by Sam Greenlee. The Spook Who Sat by the Door chronicles the exploits of a CIA agent. the only black man in the agency. Tired of being treated as a human showcase for affirmative action. he quits and heads for the inner city where he begins forming an army of 'freedom fighters' determined to overthrow the government and vanquish the white oppressors. To do so. they steal a bunch of high-tech weapons from the National Guard and bloody mayhem ensues. Sandra Brennan
