The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Genres - Drama, War, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Courtroom Drama, Political Drama |
Release Date - Jan 27, 1975 (USA) |
Run Time - 117 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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businessperson, Holocaust, Israeli [nationality], Jewish, kidnapping, Nazism, trial [courtroom], war-crimes