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Overview

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6.9/10   545 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Kristin Hunter (novel)
Bill Gunn (writer)
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Release Date:
20 May 1970 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Watch the landlord get his.
Plot:
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 nominations more
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(3 articles)
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Loved It! more (17 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Beau Bridges ... Elgar Winthrop Julius Enders
Lee Grant ... Joyce Enders
Diana Sands ... Francine MarieJohnson
Pearl Bailey ... Marge, Tenant
Walter Brooke ... William Enders Sr.

Louis Gossett Jr. ... Copee Johnson (as Lou Gossett)
Marki Bey ... Lanie
Mel Stewart ... Professor Duboise (as Melvin Stewart)
Susan Anspach ... Susan Enders
Robert Klein ... Peter Coots (as Bob Klein)
Will Mackenzie ... William Enders Jr.
Gretchen Walther ... Mrs. Doris Enders
Douglas Grant ... Walter Gee Copee
Stanley Greene ... Heywood the Butler
Oliver Clark ... Mr. Farcus
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Additional Details

Runtime:
112 min | 110 min (Turner library print)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG (1972) | Sweden:11 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating)

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References The Littlest Rebel (1935) more
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Let Me Love You more

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POSTER USED IN THE LANDLORD - HELP HELP
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Loved It!, 24 February 2006
9/10
Author: anapana83 from United States

It was a great movie. I'm only 22 yrs old and just saw it for the first time only recently. It is a great movie that is able to drive several points home--consisting of racial prejudice, the view of African-American lifestyle at that point in time, and even the social snobbery that can occur in the upper-class. What is so wonderful about it however is the fact that it showcases these issues with such a wonderful quick sense of humor that one minute you might be in silence from a profound piece of dialogue or suspended moment and then the next scene will quickly have you laughing. Beau was great and so was EVERYONE else, especially Lee Grant.

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