Elgar Enders, the son of a wealthy industrialist, buys a tenement in Brooklyn which he plans to convert into a psychedelic home for himself after evicting the present Negro tenants. Elgar's ideas are changed, however, when he becomes acquainted with the tenants, who include Marge, a fortune-teller; Professor Duboise, a black segregationist; the Copee family; and an invalid couple who live in the basement. After deciding to allow the tenants to remain, Elgar moves into the building and begins to make some improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Enders are disturbed by their son's behavior, especially when he insults Heywood, the Negro butler, for his subservience, and divulges that he is in love with Lanie, a mulatto art student. Upon returning to his tenement, he throws a party and makes love to Fanny Copee, a black woman whose husband is in jail. Months later, Fanny reports that she is pregnant, and Elgar abandons Lanie to take care of Fanny. When her husband returns from jail, he attacks Elgar with an ax but cannot bring himself to kill him; instead, he suffers a breakdown and is taken to the hospital. Fanny gives birth to the baby and tells Elgar that she plans to put the baby up for adoption so that it can be brought up as a white. Elgar takes the baby himself, packs up his belongings, and drives off to reconcile with Lanie, leaving the house to the Copee family.

Director:
Hal Ashby	Director
Terence Nelson	Assistant Director
Hal DeWindt	Assistant Director
Cast:
Beau Bridges	as Elgar Enders
Pearl Bailey	as Marge
Diana Sands	as Fanny
Louis Gossett	as Copee
Douglas Grant	as Walter Gee
Melvin Stewart	as Professor Duboise
Lee Grant	as Mrs. Enders
Walter Brooke	as Mr. Enders
Susan Anspach	as Susan
Robert Klein	as Peter
Will MacKenzie	as William Jr.
Gretchen Walther	as Doris
Stanley Greene	as Heywood
Marki Bey	as Lanie
Cinematography:
Gordon Willis	Director of Photography
Michael Chapman	Camera Operator
Tibor Sands	Assistant Camera
Sheldon Lubow	Assistant Camera
Writer:
Bill Gunn	Screenwriter
Producer:
Norman Jewison	Producer
Patrick J. Palmer	Associate Producer
Editing:
William A. Sawyer	Film Editor
Edward Warschilka	Film Editor
Music:
Al Kooper	Music
Charlie Calello	Music Supervisor
Jimmy Holliday	Composer
Al Kooper	Composer
Art Director:
Robert Boyle	Production Design
Make-Up:
Mike Maggi	Makeup
Harold Melvin	Hairstyles
Costume-Wardrobe:
Domingo Rodriguez	Costumes
Pat Stuart	Wardrobe
Yvonne Stoney	Wardrobe
Art Department:
John Godfrey	Set Decoration
Gene Powell	Scenic artist
William Chiken	Scenic artist
Sound:
Chris Newman	Sound
James A. Richard	Sound Editing
Marvin I. Kosberg	Sound Editing
Richard Portman	Sd re-rec
Bill Tuck	Sd cons
Film Production - Main:
Edward Morey Jr.	Prod supv
Steven Skloot	Loc mgr
Maggie James	Script Supervisor
Don Zimmerman	Ed cons
Josh Weiner	Stills
Robert Ward	Key grip
Vincent Delaney	Gaffer

Copyright length: 110 min. Location scenes filmed in New York City.

Nominated for the 1970 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lee Grant).

Released in United States May 1970

Released in United States Spring May 1970

Re-released in United States September 21, 2007

Based on the Kristin Hunter novel, "The Landlord" (New York, 1966).

Restored print released in New York City September 21, 2007.

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Released in United States May 1970

Released in United States Spring May 1970

Re-released in United States September 21, 2007 (Film Forum; New York City)

Based on the novel The Landlord by Kristin Hunter (New York, 1966).

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