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Director:
Ján Kadár
Writers:
Bill Gunn (writer)
Bernard Malamud (story)
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
If he's an angel, imagine what God is like.
Plot:
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out... more | full synopsis
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Uneven fable(?) more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Zero Mostel ... Morris Mishkin

Harry Belafonte ... Alexander Levine

Ida Kaminska ... Fanny Mishkin
Milo O'Shea ... Dr. Arnold Berg
Gloria Foster ... Sally
Barbara Ann Teer ... Welfare lady

Eli Wallach ... Delicatessen Clerk
Anne Jackson ... Customer in Delicatessen
Stephen Strimpell ... Drugstore clerk
Sam Raskyn ... Druggist
Kathy Shawn ... Woman in drugstore
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Anna Stuart
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual references.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG-13

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8 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Uneven fable(?), 23 September 2001
5/10
Author: John Seal from Oakland CA

Any film starring Zero Mostel is worth watching, and The Angel Levine is no exception. Sadly the film has aged rather poorly, with Harry Belafonte's hipster jive clearly belonging in the New York City of 30 years ago. Whether the film should be viewed literally, as a tale of personal redemption and healing, or as the fable most reviewers assume it to be, is uncertain. There's enough good acting here--especially from Mostel and Ida Kaminska as his dying wife--to recommend this strange little art piece.

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