The Landlord

May. 20,1970      
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Beau Bridges as  Elgar Enders
Lee Grant as  Joyce Enders
Diana Sands as  Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Pearl Bailey as  Marge
Walter Brooke as  William Enders
Louis Gossett Jr. as  Copee Johnson
Marki Bey as  Lanie
Mel Stewart as  Professor Duboise
Susan Anspach as  Susan Enders
Robert Klein as  Peter

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Reviews

AniInterview
1970/05/20

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Grimerlana
1970/05/21

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

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Listonixio
1970/05/22

Fresh and Exciting

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Scarlet
1970/05/23

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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