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The Landlord

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Comedy
Release Date:January 1, 1970
Running time:112 minutes
Cast:Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Louis Gossett Jr., Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey
Director:Hal Ashby
Producer:Norman Jewison
Writer:Bill Gunn

Description: Wealthy, insensitive young Beau Bridges buys an inner-city tenement, planning to evict the present occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. But once he ventures into the tenement, he grows quite fond of the low-income ethnic types who dwell within. He even kicks over the traces of his WASP upbringing by romancing black tenants Diana Sands and Marki Bey. Though essentially a comedy, The Landlord offers several painful truths about ghetto existence. Essentially, Beau Bridges acts as the audience's eyes: we learn as he learns, we grow as he grows. The Landlord represents the first directorial effort of Oscar-winning film editor Hal Ashby.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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