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The Assistant (1998 film)

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Director
  
Daniel Petrie

Music director
  
Lawrence Shragge

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Crime, Drama, Romance

Screenplay
  
Daniel Petrie

Country
  
United States

Release date
  
May 1, 1998 (1998-05-01)

Writer
  
Bernard Malamud (novel), Daniel Petrie

Cast
  
Gil Bellows
(Frank Alpine),
Kate Greenhouse
(Helen Bober),
Armin Mueller-Stahl
(Mr Morris Bober),
Joan Plowright
(Mrs Ida Bober),
Jaimz Woolvett
(Ward Minogue)

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Bernard Malamud wrote the story for The Assistant and The Tenants

The Assistant is a 1998 film directed by Daniel Petrie. It is based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Bernard Malamud. It follows a young man who finds work at a shop at the turn-of-the-century, and falls in love with the owner's daughter, inflaming deeply religious origins. Filming took place in Toronto.

Cast

  • Gil Bellows as Frank Alpine
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl as Morris Bober
  • Joan Plowright as Ida Bober
  • Jaimz Woolvett as Ward Minogue
  • Frank Moore as Detective Minogue
  • References

    The Assistant (1998 film) Wikipedia
    The Assistant (1998 film) IMDb The Assistant (1998 film) themoviedb.org