The Angel Levine (1970)
Overview
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.617 |
Directed By
Ján Kadár
Crew
Domingo A. Rodriguez
Victor Solow
Harold Melvin
Mike Maggi
Ján Kadár
Drake Walker
Kenneth Utt
Bernard Malamud
Ronald Ribman
Bill Gunn
George Jenkins
Zdeněk Liška
Harry Belafonte
Chiz Schultz
John Jay Moore
Richard C. Kratina
Ben Rutter
Carl Lerner
TOP CAST
Zero Mostel
Morris Mishkin
Harry Belafonte
Alexander Levine
Ida Kamińska
Fanny Mishkin
Milo O’Shea
Dr. Arnold Berg
Gloria Foster
Sally
Barbara Ann Teer
Welfare Lady
Eli Wallach
Delicatessen Clerk
Anne Jackson
Woman in Delicatessen
Stephen Strimpell
Drugstore Clerk
Sam Raskyn
Druggist
Kathy Shawn
Woman in Drugstore
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