100 minutes
10/22/1959
Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journalist Myron, writes an article about him, it draws the attention of a producer, Woodrow Thrasher, who believes Dr. Abelman a good candidate for a TV show. The doctor, however, is suspicious of the whole enterprise, thinking both Myron and Thrasher are simply out to make a fast buck.
Paul Muni
as Sam Abelman
David Wayne
as Woodrow Thrasher
Betsy Palmer
as Anna Thrasher
Luther Adler
as Max Vogel
Claudia McNeil
as Mrs. Quincy
Joby Baker
as Myron Malkin
Joanna Moore
as Alice Taggart
Nancy R. Pollock
as Sarah Abelman
Billy Dee Williams
as Josh Quincy
Robert F. Simon
as Lyman Gattling
Dan Tobin
as Ben Loomer
Ned Glass
as Butcher (uncredited)
Paul Langton
as Jack Vickery (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
as Andrew Lord (uncredited)
George Selk
as Peddler (uncredited)
Cicely Tyson
as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
David Winters
as Lee Roy (uncredited)
Charles Herbert
as Woody Thrasher Jr. (uncredited)
Harry Davis
as Dannenfelser (uncredited)