The Landlord

May 20, 1970

1h 52m

★ 6.0

Watch the landlord get his.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

The Mirisch Company

Cartier Productions

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Cast

Elgar Enders

Beau Bridges

Joyce Enders

Lee Grant

Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Diana Sands

Marge

Pearl Bailey

William Enders

Walter Brooke

Copee Johnson

Louis Gossett Jr.

Lanie

Marki Bey

Professor Duboise

Mel Stewart

Susan Enders

Susan Anspach

Peter

Robert Klein

William Jr.

Will Mackenzie

Doris

Gretchen Walther

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