The Landlord

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.

Cast

Beau Bridges

as Elgar Enders

Lee Grant

as Joyce Enders

Diana Sands

as Francine "Fanny" Johnson

Pearl Bailey

as Marge

Walter Brooke

as William Enders

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Copee Johnson

Marki Bey

as Lanie

Mel Stewart

as Professor Duboise

Susan Anspach

as Susan Enders

Robert Klein

as Peter

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