The Angel Levine

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Bernard Malamud seldom saw his works faithfully transferred to the screen (take a look at The Natural sometime), but he issued no complaints over the cinemazation of his Angel Levine. Zero Mostel plays an elderly Jew named Morris Mishkin, whose life experiences have left him an embittered agnostic. Into Mostel's life floats Alexander Levine (Harry Belafonte), who must convince the old man that life has value, else he'll never earn his wings. The Angel Levine was lovingly adapted for the screen by Bill Gunn and Ronald Ribman.

Rating:

PG-13 (adult situations/language)
Genre:

Classics, Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Faith & Spirituality
Directed By:

Ján Kadár
Written By:

Chriz Schultz, Bill Gunn, Ronald Ribman
In Theaters:

Jul 28, 1970 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Oct 15, 2002
Runtime:

105 minutes
Studio:

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Zero Mostel
as Morris Mishkin

Harry Belafonte
as Alexander Levine

Ida Kaminska
as Fanny Mishkin

Milo O'Shea
as Dr. Arnold Berg

Gloria Foster
as Sally

Barbara Ann Teer
as Welfare lady

Eli Wallach
as Store clerk

Anne Jackson
as Customer

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Even in a time when ambiguity is fashionable the vagueness of most of this picture is more boring than interesting.

Nov 29, 2018 | Full Review…

Tony Mastroianni
Cleveland Press