The Landlord (1970)
1h 52m
Running Time
May 20, 1970Release Date
Plot.
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
Where to Watch.
Subs
SubsCurrently The Landlord is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: MUBI, MUBI Apple TV Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Beau Bridges
Elgar
Lee Grant
Mrs. Enders
Diana Sands
Fanny
Pearl Bailey
Marge
Walter Brooke
Mr. Enders
Louis Gossett Jr.
Copee
Marki Bey
Lanie
Mel Stewart
Professor Duboise
Susan Anspach
Susan Enders
Will Mackenzie
William Jr.
Robert Klein
Peter
Hal Ashby
Director
Gretchen Walther
Doris
Douglas Grant
Walter Gee
Bill Gunn
Writer
Kristin Hunter
Writer
Stanley Greene
Heywood
Norman Jewison
Producer
Oliver Clark
Mr. Farcus
Florynce Kennedy
Enid
Al Kooper
Composer
Gordon Willis
Cinematographer
Joe Madden
Grandfather
William A. Sawyer
Editor
Grover Dale
Oscar
Trish Van Devere
Sally
Edward Warschilka
Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
CastingDirector
Lawrence Cook
Larry
Hector Elizondo
Hector
Robert F. Boyle
ProductionDesigner
John McCurry
Big John
Lionel G. Wilson
Number One
Marlene Clark
Marlene
Gloria Hendry
Gloria
Willis Pinkett
Maitre d'
Hannah Battle
Laura Ann
Michael Ferguson
Gene
Bobby V. Garvin
Ernest
Richard Usher
Alvin Joe
Chelle C. Mordecai
Louise
Chris Calloway
Chris
Carl Lee
Carl
Van Kirksey
Van
Louise Stubbs
Louise
Tony Major
Tony
Joan Marshall
Bride in Opening Shot (uncredited)
Diane Kimbrell
Bonnie Parker (uncredited)
Charlie Murphy
Hubcap Thief (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Chapman
Camera Operator
Chris Newman
Sound
Richard Portman
Sound Recordist
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
Patrick J. Palmer
Associate Producer
Vincent Callaghan
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Landlord is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted by Bill Gunn from the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter. The film stars Beau Bridges in the lead role of a privileged and ignorant white man who selfishly 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 directorial debut.
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