DVD Review: Lumet's despairing 'The Pawnbroker'
A scene from Sidney Lumet’s classic The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger.
April 26, 2014
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A scene from Sidney Lumet’s classic The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger.
A scene from “Riot In Cell Block 11,” now available from Criterion. ( Courtesy of the Criterion Collection / January 14 , 2014 )
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