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.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

GENRE: Comedy
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 52m
RELEASE DATE: January 01, 1970
STARRING: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Walter Brooke
DIRECTOR(S): Hal Ashby
PRODUCER(S): Norman Jewison
WRITER(S): Bill Gunn
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