Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Title from cassette label. Based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant. Videocassette release of the 1965 motion picture by Republic Pictures Corp. Digitally remastered from the original film negative. Not rated by the MPAA. Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez.
Summary:
Sol Nazerman is a WWII Nazi deathcamp survivor. Now, he runs a pawnshop and takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity. When his assistant sacrifices his own life for the pawnbroker during a robbery, Sol is finally confronted with the inherent goodness of the human spirit.
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