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The Pawnbroker
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The Pawnbroker (1964)7.6 /10

Approved (US) · USA · English · 116 min · Apr 20, 1965 · More  
Directed by:  Sidney Lumet

Storyline:  Sol Nazerman, a former professor and Holocaust survivor, runs a pawn shop in East Harlem. Haunted by the murder of his family in a concentration camp, he isolates himself and struggles to form connections, even with his young Puerto Rican employee Jesus, as the city’s harsh realities constantly test him. Based on Edward Lewis Wallant’s novel.

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