The Landlord
Wealthy, insensitive young Beau Bridges buys an inner-city tenement, planning to evict the present occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. But once he ventures into the tenement, he grows quite fond of the low-income ethnic types who dwell within.
He even kicks over the traces of his WASP upbringing by romancing black tenants Diana Sands and Marki Bey. Though essentially a comedy, The Landlord offers several painful truths about ghetto existence. Essentially, Beau Bridges acts as the audience's eyes: we learn as he learns, we grow as he grows.
The Landlord represents the first directorial effort of Oscar-winning film editor Hal Ashby.
| Producer(s): | Norman Jewison |
| Cast: | Lee Grant, Beau Bridges, Diana Sands, Robert Klein, Susan Anspach, Pearl Bailey, Walter Brooke, Lou Gossett, Douglas Grant, Melvin Stewart, Will Mackenzie, Gretchen Walther, Stanley Greene, Marki Bey |