The Angel Levine (1970)

5.4/10 106 min Drama

Overview

Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?

Cast

Zero Mostel

Morris Mishkin

Harry Belafonte

Alexander Levine

Ida Kamińska

Fanny Mishkin

Milo O'Shea

Dr. Arnold Berg

Gloria Foster

Sally

Eli Wallach

Delicatessen Clerk

Anne Jackson

Woman in Delicatessen

Stephen Strimpell

Drugstore Clerk

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