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The Landlord (1970)

"Watch the landlord get his."

5.9/10 1h 52m May 20, 1970
Comedy Drama

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Landlord
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7

Cast

Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges
Elgar Enders
Popularity: 2.1
Lee Grant
Lee Grant
Joyce Enders
Popularity: 2.6
Diana Sands
Diana Sands
Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Popularity: 0.8
Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey
Marge
Popularity: 0.4
Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke
William Enders
Popularity: 1.6
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr.
Copee Johnson
Popularity: 1.4
Marki Bey
Marki Bey
Lanie
Popularity: 0.4
Mel Stewart
Mel Stewart
Professor Duboise
Popularity: 0.3
Susan Anspach
Susan Anspach
Susan Enders
Popularity: 0.2
Robert Klein
Robert Klein
Peter
Popularity: 7.7
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Will Mackenzie
William Jr.
Popularity: 0.5
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Gretchen Walther
Doris
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Hal Ashby
Music Al Kooper
Editor Edward Warschilka, William A. Sawyer
Producer Norman Jewison
Screenplay Bill Gunn
Executive Producer Walter Mirisch

Production

The Mirisch Company
US
Cartier Productions

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Keywords

landlord tenant

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Jun 7, 2025

I don’t suppose you call your kid “Elgar” and expect him to grow up shining shoes so this one (Beau Bridges) has spent nearly all of his thirty years living with his parents in their New York mansion house. Then one day, on a whim, he buys an old Brooklyn brown-stone that is already occupied b ... Read more

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Details
Release Date May 20, 1970
Runtime 1h 52m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7
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