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The Landlord is a american film of genre Drama directed by Hal Ashby released in USA on 20 may 1970 with Beau Bridges

The Landlord (1970)

The Landlord
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Released in USA 20 may 1970
Length 1h52
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Romantic comedy
Rating68% 3.4411353.4411353.4411353.4411353.441135

The Landlord is a 1970 film directed by Hal Ashby, based on the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter. The film stars Beau Bridges in the lead role of a well-to-do white man who becomes landlord of an inner-city tenement, unaware that the people he is responsible for are low-income, streetwise residents. Also in the cast are Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, and Louis Gossett, Jr.. The film was Ashby's first film as director.

Synopsis

Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges), a man who lives off his parents' wealth, buys himself an inner-city tenement, in the transitional neighborhood of 1970 Park Slope, Brooklyn, planning to evict all the occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. However, once he ventures into the tenement, he gradually grows fond of the low-income black residents who dwell there. Enders decides to remain as the landlord, and help fix the apartment building. He rebels against his WASP upbringing, and to his parents' dismay, he romances two black women.

Actors

Beau Bridges

(Elgar Enders)
Lee Grant

(Joyce Enders)
Diana Sands

(Francine "Fanny" Johnson)
Pearl Bailey

(Marge)
Louis Gossett Jr.

(Copee Johnson)
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