The Pawnbroker
“The Most Talked About Picture!”
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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Cast
28 people
Rod Steiger
Sol Nazerman
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Duck, You Sucker
Jesus of Nazareth
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Marilyn Birchfield
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Arthur
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Brock Peters
Rodriguez
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Jaime Sánchez
Jesus Ortiz
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The Wild Bunch
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Thelma Oliver
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Marketa Kimbrell
Tessie
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Judgment at Nuremberg
Juano Hernandez
Mr. Smith
Known for
Kiss Me Deadly
Sergeant Rutledge
Linda Geiser
Ruth
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Lüthi und Blanc
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Nancy R. Pollock
Bertha
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The Last Angry Man
Go Naked in the World
Raymond St. Jacques
Tangee
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Baruch Lumet
Mendel
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The Killer Shrews
John McCurry
Buck
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Sidney Lumet Director · David Friedkin Screenplay Morton S. Fine Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $500K · United States release April 20, 1965
Box office
Budget
$500,000
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Gross vs. budget
5.0×
Production
The Pawnbroker Co.
Production
American International Pictures
Production
Landau Company
Production
Allied Artists Pictures
Production
Allied Artists
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · July 2, 1964
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · April 20, 1965
Theatrical
Denmark
March 17, 1966 · Theatrical
Finland
March 14, 1969 · Theatrical
France
January 10, 1968 · Theatrical
Germany
November 10, 1967 · Theatrical
Japan
August 10, 1968 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 28, 1966 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 1, 1966 · Theatrical
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