The Pawnbroker (1964)

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"