The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
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Actor/writer Robert Shaw's powerhouse stage play The Man in the Glass Booth was transferred to the screen as part of the American Film Theatre series. Maximilian Schell plays Arthur Goldman, a Jewish businessmen living in Manhattan in 1965. A group of Israeli underground agents barge into Goldman's office and kidnap him. He is brought to Israel, placed in a bulletproof glass booth, and put on trial. His accusers charge that Goldman is not a Jew, but in fact a notorious Nazi war criminal, guilty of unspeakable crimes against humanity. Robert Shaw's name does not appear in the credits of The Man in the Glass Booth; he was so displeased with Edward Anhalt's screen adaptation that he had his name removed from the project. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Arthur Hiller
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Man in the Glass Booth
Actor/writer Robert Shaw's powerhouse stage play The Man in the Glass Booth was transferred to the screen as part of the American Film Theatre series. Maximilian Schell plays Arthur Goldman, a Jewish businessmen living in Manhattan in 1965. A group of Israeli underground agents barge into Goldman's office and kidnap him. He is brought to Israel, placed in a bulletproof glass booth, and put on trial. His accusers charge that Goldman is not a Jew, but in fact a notorious Nazi war criminal, guilty of unspeakable crimes against humanity. Robert Shaw's name does not appear in the credits of The Man in the Glass Booth; he was so displeased with Edward Anhalt's screen adaptation that he had his name removed from the project. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 117 mins
Complete Cast of The Man in the Glass Booth
- Maximilian Schell - Arthur Goldman
- Luther Adler - Presiding Judge
- Henry Brown - Jack Arnold
- David Nash - Rami
- Sy Kramer - Rudin
- Leonidas Ossetynski - Samuel
- Norbert Schiller - Schmidt
- Lois Nettleton - Miriam Rosen
- Lawrence Pressman - Charlie Cohn
- Richard Rasof - Moshe
- Martin Berman - Uri
- Robert H. Harris - Dr. Weisberg
- Lloyd Bochner - Churchill
- Director(s):
- Arthur Hiller
- Writer(s):
- Edward Anhalt
- Producer(s):
- Henry T. Weinstein, Ely Landau, Mort Abrahams
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children)
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