The Landlord
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| Directed by | Hal Ashby |
| Screenplay by | Bill Gunn |
| Based on | The Landlord 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter |
| Produced by | Norman Jewison |
| Starring | Beau Bridges Lee Grant Diana Sands Pearl Bailey |
| Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
| Edited by | William A. Sawyer Edward Warschilka |
| Music by | Al Kooper |
Production companies | Mirisch Company Cartier Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.95 million |
The Landlord is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted by Bill Gunn from the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter. The film stars Beau Bridges in the lead role of privileged and ignorant white man Elgar Enders who becomes the landlord of an inner-city tenement, unaware that the people he is responsible for are low-income, streetwise residents. Also in the cast are Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., and Walter Brooke. The film was Ashby's directorial debut.