The Angel Levine / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Belafonte Enterprises ; produced by Chiz Schultz ; directed by Jan Kadar ; screenplay by Bill Gunn and Ronald Ribman.

A touching, humorous film about Morris Mishkin, an elderly Jew whose life experiences have left him an embittered agnostic. Into Mishkin's life floats Alexander Levine, a black Jewish angel, who must convince the old man that life has value else Levine will never earn his wings.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Belafonte Enterprises (Producer)
United Artists Corporation (Distributor)
MGM Home Entertainment Inc (Distributor)
Other Authors: Schultz, Chiz (Producer)
Kadár, Ján (Director)
Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989 (Screenwriter)
Ribman, Ronald (Screenwriter)
Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977 (Actor)
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 (Actor)
Kaminska, Ida (Actor)
O'Shea, Milo, 1926-2013 (Actor)
Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001 (Actor)
Malamud, Bernard
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
English soundtrack; French and Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM DVD, [2002], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Angels > Drama.
Jews in motion pictures.
Jews > Drama.
Agnosticism > Drama.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans > Drama.
Malamud, Bernard > Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Adaptation.
Feature.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Malamud, Bernard.
African Americans.
Agnosticism.
Angels.
Jews.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Adaptation.
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A touching, humorous film about Morris Mishkin, an elderly Jew whose life experiences have left him an embittered agnostic. Into Mishkin's life floats Alexander Levine, a black Jewish angel, who must convince the old man that life has value else Levine will never earn his wings.
Note:Based on the story The angel Levine / by Bernard Malamud.
Special feature: original theatrical trailer.
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1970.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ3 D0019299 VideoDVD
ISBN:0792853660
9780792853664
Credits:Photography, Richard C. Kratina; editor, Carl Lerner; music, William Eaton.
System Details:DVD; Dolby digital mono.; double-sided.
Cast:
Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska, Milo O'Shea, Gloria Foster.