The Landlord (1970)

6.0/10 112 min Comedy Drama

Overview

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.

Cast

Beau Bridges

Elgar Enders

Lee Grant

Joyce Enders

Diana Sands

Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Pearl Bailey

Marge

Walter Brooke

William Enders

Louis Gossett Jr.

Copee Johnson

Marki Bey

Lanie

Mel Stewart

Professor Duboise

Susan Anspach

Susan Enders

Robert Klein

Peter

Douglas Grant

Walter Gee

Florynce Kennedy

Enid

Joe Madden

Grandfather

Grover Dale

Oscar

Trish Van Devere

Sally

Lawrence Cook

Larry

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