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    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 ...

  2. May 20, 1970 · A young white man buys a building in a black ghetto and faces cultural clashes and personal dilemmas. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, quotes, soundtracks and more for this Oscar-nominated film.

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    • Comedy, Drama, Romance
    • Hal Ashby
    • 1970-05-20
  3. A white landlord moves into a black ghetto and faces the challenges of race, love and family in this drama-comedy. Roger Ebert praises the film's honest and strong dialog, but criticizes its lack of optimism and resolution.

  4. A young white man buys a tenement house in a black ghetto in Brooklyn and tries to be a good landlord. He faces challenges from his conservative family, his tenants, and his own feelings for a biracial woman.

  5. A comedy-drama film based on a novel by Kristin Hunter, starring Beau Bridges as a rich boy who buys a Brooklyn tenement and clashes with his black tenants. See the cast, crew, photos, videos, awards and more on Turner Classic Movies.

    • Hal Ashby, Hal Dewindt, Terence Nelson
    • Beau Bridges
  6. Watch the trailer of The Landlord, a comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby and starring Beau Bridges. The film follows a wealthy young man who moves to a Brooklyn ghetto and faces racial and social conflicts.

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  8. 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 with the intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat.