Which Oscar winner played the title role in the 1964 Hollywood film 'The Pawnbroker'?
The Pawnbroker (film) noted, "This soundtrack to Sidney Lumet's 1964 film "The Pawnbroker" might not rate with such other Quincy Jones celluloid efforts as "In the Heat of the Night", but its fine mix of jazz, bossa nova, soul, and vocals still makes it one of his best. "The Pawnbroker" is a must for both Jones fans and film music buffs". All compositions by Quincy Jones The Pawnbroker (film) The Pawnbroker is a 1964 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez and Morgan Freeman in his feature film debut. The screenplay was an adaptation
The Pawnbroker (film) whose parents had died in the Holocaust, said that for "deep, personal" reasons he "could not objectively associate himself with any subject which has a background of concentration camps." Zeffirelli, then a stage director, was anxious to direct a film, but said that "The Pawnbroker" was "not the kind of subject [he] would wish to direct, certainly not as his first Anglo-American venture." The film was shot in New York City, mainly on location and with minimal sets, in the fall of 1963. Much of the filming took place on Park Avenue in Harlem, where the pawnbroker shop was set