The Landlord
1970 film by Hal Ashby / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1970 film. For other uses, see Landlord (disambiguation).
"The Landlord (film)" redirects here. For the 2007 short film starring Will Ferrell, see The Landlord (2007 film). For the 1940 German film directed by Heinz Helbig, see Der Herr im Haus.
The Landlord is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted by Bill Gunn from the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter. The film stars Beau Bridges in the lead role of a privileged and ignorant white man who selfishly becomes landlord of an inner-city tenement, unaware that the people he is responsible for are low-income, streetwise residents. Also in the cast are Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, and Louis Gossett Jr. The film was Ashby's directorial debut.
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Directed by | Hal Ashby |
Screenplay by | Bill Gunn |
Based on | The Landlord 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter |
Produced by | Norman Jewison |
Starring | Beau Bridges Lee Grant Diana Sands Pearl Bailey |
Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
Edited by | William A. Sawyer Edward Warschilka |
Music by | Al Kooper |
Production companies | Mirisch Company Cartier Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.95 million[1] |
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