The Pawnbroker

Oliver Twist without the whimsy. A concentration-camp survivor runs a Harlem pawnshop, detached from everyone. Rod Steiger's haunted performance embodies a generation's trauma.

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Sidney Lumet directed The Pawnbroker in 1965. See Sidney Lumet's full filmography, where to start with Sidney Lumet, or where to go after you've seen everything by Sidney Lumet.

The Pawnbroker was released in 1965 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.