The Landlord

Watch the landlord get his.

6.019701h 52mReleased

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1970-05-20

Runtime1h 52m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

landlord

tenant

Videos

1 total

Trailer

The Landlord (1970) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Cast & Crew

Beau Bridges

as Elgar Enders

Lee Grant

as Joyce Enders

Diana Sands

as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Pearl Bailey

as Marge

Walter Brooke

as William Enders

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Copee Johnson

Marki Bey

as Lanie

Mel Stewart

as Professor Duboise

Susan Anspach

as Susan Enders

Robert Klein

as Peter

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jun 7, 2025

7/10

I don’t suppose you call your kid “Elgar” and expect him to grow up shining shoes so this one (Beau Bridges) has spent nearly all of his thirty years living with his parents in their New York mansion house. Then one day, on a whim, he buys an old Brooklyn brown-stone that is already occupied by a disparate collection of African Americans who have o…

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