The Pawnbroker

Films Condemned by the Legion of Decency (75 movies items)

"Condemned for nudity (a prostitute shown naked from the waist up). "

“(BluR) Cómo ha envejecido este Lumet, cuando se liberó de filmes más clásicos y quizo aportar a todas las causas, desde la vigencia del holocausto en la memoria y en lapiel de Steiger hasta los burdeles de Harlem...los secundarios que van a empeñar sus cosas, insugirbles y la mano extendida de Geraldine Fotzgerald rechazada por Steiger, bah” read more

images posted 60s III - Movies (50 movies items)

" (1965) (Sample)"

Train Scenes IV - Movies (35 movies items)

"(1965) Rod Steiger"

Winter/Spring 2022 Viewings (11 movies items)

"Viewing: 1st Format: DVD Thoughts: The Pawnbroker is an interesting film from the new Hollywood era of the mid-to-late 60s. It's gritty New York filmmaking by Sidney Lumet and focuses on a character that's more of a tortured soul. It stars Rod Steiger in the titular role and he's absolutely amazing. Made me think of Taxi Driver and other vigilante-themed movies. Quality stuff!"

DVD Pickups Spring/Summer 2022 (24 movies items)

"I hit up another library sale in my area and found this gem on Olive films DVD. Never seen it but sounds amazing and an early Sidney Lumet film."

Watched in 2017 (274 movies items)

"My Rating:8/10 "

PopMatter's Essential Film Performances - 2012 (50 movies items)

"THE CLASSICS YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN BY NOW Rod Steiger Before there was a pandering industry for Jewish-themed movies, there was The Pawnbroker. Before B-list actors won Oscars for weak portrayals of Holocaust survivors and perpetrators, there was The Pawnbroker. And before PTSD became a household discussion due to Iraq and Afghanistan, there was The Pawnbroker. Director Sidney Lumet’s (1964) black and white examination of the agony of surviving the concentration camp became an instant classic a"