The Landlord (1970)

Directors

Hal Ashby

Cast

Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Trish Van Devere, Grover Dale, Mel Stewart, Susan Anspach, Diana Sands

The story

Elgar Enders, who lives off an allowance from his wealthy parents William and Joyce, buys an inner-city tenement in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which is undergoing gentrification, planning to evict the occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. However, once he ventures into the tenement, he grows fond of the low-income black residents. Elgar decides to remain the landlord and help fix the building.

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