The Pawnbroker.
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Running time: 01:54:00.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Screenplay by Morton Fine and David Friedkin; based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant; cinematography by Boris Kaufman; music by Quincy Jones.; [Cast:] Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jaime Sanchez, Brock Peters, Thelma Oliver, Juan Hernandez.
Sol Nazerman (Steiger), a German-Jewish university professor, was dragged to a concentration camp along with his family. Now he operates a pawnshop in East Harlem, while living in an anonymous Long Island apartment. Nazerman is bitter and alienated, viewing the people around him as "rejects, scum" He is shown interacting cynically as he bargains with the many desperate characters pawning their goods.
Sol Nazerman (Steiger), a German-Jewish university professor, was dragged to a concentration camp along with his family. Now he operates a pawnshop in East Harlem, while living in an anonymous Long Island apartment. Nazerman is bitter and alienated, viewing the people around him as "rejects, scum" He is shown interacting cynically as he bargains with the many desperate characters pawning their goods.
Credits
- Lumet, Sindey, irection.
- Fine, Morton.
- Friedkin, David.
- Wallant, Edward Lewis.
- Kaufman, Boris.
- Jones, Quincy.
- Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002.
- Fitzgerald, Geraldine.
- Sánchez, Jaime.
- Peters, Brock.
- Oliver, Thelma.
- Hernández, Juan.
- Cast
- Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters
Complete catalog record
The Pawnbroker. Pawnbroker Co. Released Through Allied Artists. 119 Min., Sd., B&W, 35 Mm. A Landau Co. Presentation. Based On The Novel By Edward Lewis Wallant. © Pawnbroker Co., Inc.; 20apr65 (In Notice: 1964); Lp34701.
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- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
- Wikidata · Q1196202 ↗ — country
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