The Pawnbroker

Rod Steiger is brilliant as the Holocaust survivor, still suffering, over 20 years later, from his soul-destroying experiences.

  • Director

    Sidney Lumet

  • With

    Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters

  • USA 1964. 116min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

Steiger received an Oscar nomination and a BAFTA for his towering performance as a Holocaust survivor, now running a pawnshop in New York. His experiences have left him a hollow, emotionless, bitter and dour misanthrope, unable to grapple with his trauma. The film also saw debuts for Quincy Jones as composer and actor Morgan Freeman.