The Man in the Glass Booth

Jan 27, 1975

1h 57m

★ 6.1

The kidnapping... The masquerade... The murder trial... Perhaps the most suspenseful shocker of our time.

Overview

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

The Ely Landau Organization Inc.

Cinévision Ltée

The American Film Theatre

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Cast

Arthur Goldman

Maximilian Schell

Miriam Rosen

Lois Nettleton

Charlie Cohn

Lawrence Pressman

Presiding Judge

Luther Adler

Dr. Churchill

Lloyd Bochner

Dr. Weisburger

Robert H. Harris

Jack

Henry Brown

Dr. Schmidt

Norbert Schiller

Joachim Berger

Berry Kroeger

Dr. Alvarez

Leonardo Cimino

Mrs. Levi

Connie Sawyer

Samuel Weisberg

Leonidas Ossetynski

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