Film
The Landlord
1970· 1h 52m· Comedy· Drama
“Watch the landlord get his.”
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.
1970-05-20
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Key Crew
DirectorHal Ashby
ScreenplayBill Gunn
ProducerNorman Jewison
Director of PhotographyGordon Willis
Original Music ComposerAl Kooper
EditorEdward Warschilka
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 27 crew)
Details
Released1970-05-20
Runtime1h 52m
StatusReleased
StudiosThe Mirisch Company · Cartier Productions
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating5.9/10 · 50 votes
Original languageen
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