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The Landlord

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In Theaters: January 1, 1970 (limited)

1h 53m | Comedy

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.

Producer(s): Norman Jewison
Cast: Lee Grant, Beau Bridges, Diana Sands, Robert Klein, Susan Anspach, Pearl Bailey, Walter Brooke, Lou Gossett, Douglas Grant, Melvin Stewart, Will Mackenzie, Gretchen Walther, Stanley Greene, Marki Bey
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