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Rod Steiger stars in Sidney Lumet's drama as a pawn shop owner in New York whose attempts to cope with ghetto life and his family trigger flashbacks to his experiences in the Nazi concentration camps in one of the first films to examine the psychological damage to those who survived the Holocaust.

Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Actor Nominee

Additional Information:

(1964) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Rod Steiger	.... Sol Nazerman
Geraldine Fitzgerald	.... Marilyn Birchfield
Brock Peters	.... Rodriguez
Jaime Sánchez	.... Jesus Ortiz
Thelma Oliver	.... Ortiz's Girl
Marketa Kimbrell	.... Tessie

Supporting Cast:

Baruch Lumet	.... Mendel
Juano Hernandez	.... Mr. Smith
Linda Geiser	.... Ruth Nazerman
Nancy R. Pollock	.... Bertha
Raymond St. Jacques	.... Tangee
John McCurry	.... Buck
Ed Morehouse	.... Oratory Award owner
Eusebia Cosme	.... Mrs. Ortiz
Warren Finnerty	.... Savarese

Directors:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Edward Lewis Wallant
Morton S. Fine