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Title:

The pawnbroker [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Landau Company presentation ; American International Pictures ; Ely Landau and Herbert R. Steinmann present ; produced by Roger Lewis and Phillip Langner ; director, Sidney Lumet ; screenplay by Morton Fine, David Friedkin.

Format:

[videorecording (Blu-ray)] /

Publisher:

Olive Films,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Pawnbrokers--New York--New York--Drama.
Jews, American--New York--New York--Drama.
Puerto Ricans--New York--New York--Drama.
Prostitution--New York--New York--Drama.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.

Other Authors:

Lewis, Roger, 1918-1984, film producer.
Langner, Philip, film producer.
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, film director.
Fine, Morton, 1916-1991, screenwriter.
Friedkin, David, screenwriter
Jones, Quincy, 1933- composer.
Rosenblum, Ralph, film editor.
Kaufman, Boris, director of photography.
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, actor.
Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005, actor.
Peters, Brock, actor.
Sanchez, Jaime, 1938- actor.
Oliver, Thelma, 1941- actor.
Landau Company, production company
American International Pictures (Firm) film distributor.
Olive Films, film distributor.

Notes:

Ffilmed in New York City. Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez, Thelma Oliver. Based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.

Summary:

Sol Nazerman is a survivor of a WWII Nazi death camp where his wife, parents and children were murdered. His soul robbed of hope, he takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity while managing a Harlem pawnshop. Working with Sol in the pawn shop is an ambitious man named Ortiz, whose own views and aspirations differ greatly from those of his embittered boss.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870548763

UPC:

887090076401

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)