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Morris Mishkin (Creator/ZeroMostel) is a poor Jewish tailor living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity who has suffered a long series of misfortunes. His shop burned down, chronic back problems prevent him from working for anyone else, his daughter Ruth has [[MalignedMixedMarriage married an Italian]], his wife Fanny (Ida Kaminska) has for the last two years suffered from heart and lung problems that leave her bedridden, and the welfare department refuses to help them out. One day Morris walks into his kitchen and finds a black Jew named Alexander Levine (Creator/HarryBelafonte), who claims to be an angel on probation. Levine says that he has 24 hours to perform a miracle in order to become a full angel, but Morris, who feels that God has abandoned him, is skeptical.
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Morris Mishkin (Creator/ZeroMostel) is a poor Jewish tailor living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity [[BigApplesauce New York City]] who has suffered a long series of misfortunes. His shop burned down, chronic back problems prevent him from working for anyone else, his daughter Ruth has [[MalignedMixedMarriage married an Italian]], his wife Fanny (Ida Kaminska) has for the last two years suffered from heart and lung problems that leave her bedridden, and the welfare department refuses to help them out. One day Morris walks into his kitchen and finds a black Jew named Alexander Levine (Creator/HarryBelafonte), who claims to be an angel on probation. Levine says that he has 24 hours to perform a miracle in order to become a full angel, but Morris, who feels that God has abandoned him, is skeptical.
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''The Angel Levine'' is a 1970 film directed by Ján Kádar, based on a story by Bernard Malamud.
Morris Mishkin (Creator/ZeroMostel) is a poor Jewish tailor living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity who has suffered a long series of misfortunes. His shop burned down, back problems prevent him from working for anyone else, his daughter Ruth has [[MalignedMixedMarriage married an Italian]], his wife Fanny (Ida Kaminska) has for the last two years suffered from heart and lung problems that leave her bedridden, and the welfare department refuses to help them out. One day Morris walks into his kitchen and finds a black Jew named Alexander Levine (Creator/HarryBelafonte), who claims to be an angel on probation. He says that he has 24 hours to perform a miracle in order to become a full angel, but Morris, who feels that God has abandoned him, is skeptical.
''The Angel Levine'' is a 1970 film directed by Ján Kádar, based on a story by Bernard Malamud.
Morris Mishkin (Creator/ZeroMostel) is a poor Jewish tailor living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity who has suffered a long series of misfortunes. His shop burned down, back problems prevent him from working for anyone else, his daughter Ruth has [[MalignedMixedMarriage married an Italian]], his wife Fanny (Ida Kaminska) has for the last two years suffered from heart and lung problems that leave her bedridden, and the welfare department refuses to help them out. One day Morris walks into his kitchen and finds a black Jew named Alexander Levine (Creator/HarryBelafonte), who claims to be an angel on probation. He says that he has 24 hours to perform a miracle in order to become a full angel, but Morris, who feels that God has abandoned him, is skeptical.
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''The Angel Levine'' is a 1970 drama film directed by Ján Kádar,
Morris Mishkin (Creator/ZeroMostel) is a poor Jewish tailor living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity who has suffered a long series of misfortunes. His shop burned down, chronic back problems prevent him from working for anyone else, his daughter Ruth has [[MalignedMixedMarriage married an Italian]], his wife Fanny (Ida Kaminska) has for the last two years suffered from heart and lung problems that leave her bedridden, and the welfare department refuses to help them out. One day Morris walks into his kitchen and finds a black Jew named Alexander Levine (Creator/HarryBelafonte), who claims to be an angel on probation.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Levine talks first on the phone and later in person with his girlfriend Sally Turner (Creator/GloriaFoster), who doesn't know he's dead, in order to tell her he loves her, but their conversations devolve into fights.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Levine talks first on the phone and later in person with his girlfriend Sally Turner (Creator/GloriaFoster), who doesn't know he's dead, in order to tell her he loves her, but their conversations devolve into fights. She finally leaves after he gives her a BitchSlap.
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Morris yells at Levine, "I will go to my grave cursing God for what He's done to me! I will never forgive Him for what He's done to me! When we die, we die! I will never forgive Him! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER!" [[spoiler:Levine begs him to stop, but it's too late. Morris's lack of belief destroys Levine's chances of becoming a full angel and causes Fanny to sicken again, leading to the DownerEnding.]]
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* SpecialThanks: "Our special thanks to" followed by a long list of names, followed by "who, with the help of the Ford Foundation, helped initiate the first apprentice program for minorities in the American film industry."
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* AngelicTransformation: Levine was hit by a car while running away after shoplifting a few hours before he appears in Morris's apartment.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Levine talks first on the phone and later in person with his girlfriend Sally Turner (Creator/GloriaFoster), who doesn't know he's dead, in order to tell her he loves her, but their conversations devolve into fights.
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* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: Morris asks Levine to prove he's Jewish by reciting a Hebrew table blessing, which he does easily.
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* CareerEndingInjury: Morris's back problems are the result of an unspecified injury.
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''The Angel Levine'' is a 1970 film directed by Ján Kádar, based on a story by Bernard Malamud.
Morris Mishkin (Creator/ZeroMostel) is a poor Jewish tailor living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity who has suffered a long series of misfortunes. His shop burned down, back problems prevent him from working for anyone else, his daughter Ruth has [[MalignedMixedMarriage married an Italian]], his wife Fanny (Ida Kaminska) has for the last two years suffered from heart and lung problems that leave her bedridden, and the welfare department refuses to help them out. One day Morris walks into his kitchen and finds a black Jew named Alexander Levine (Creator/HarryBelafonte), who claims to be an angel on probation. He says that he has 24 hours to perform a miracle in order to become a full angel, but Morris, who feels that God has abandoned him, is skeptical.
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!!''The Angel Levine'' contains examples of:
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Levine says that in order for him to perform a miracle, Morris must have faith in him. Morris says that he won't have faith until Levine performs a miracle. Fanny's health does seem to improve dramatically whenever Levine is around and decline again when he's gone, but that's not enough for Morris, who wants something more obvious.
* DeskSweepOfRage: Morris gets in a shouting match with Fanny, who sweeps the medicine bottles off the tray on her bedside table.
* IHaveNoSon: Ever since Ruth got married, Morris has refused to accept her as his daughter.
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Morris Mishkin (Creator/ZeroMostel) is a poor Jewish tailor living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity who has suffered a long series of misfortunes. His shop burned down, back problems prevent him from working for anyone else, his daughter Ruth has [[MalignedMixedMarriage married an Italian]], his wife Fanny (Ida Kaminska) has for the last two years suffered from heart and lung problems that leave her bedridden, and the welfare department refuses to help them out. One day Morris walks into his kitchen and finds a black Jew named Alexander Levine (Creator/HarryBelafonte), who claims to be an angel on probation. He says that he has 24 hours to perform a miracle in order to become a full angel, but Morris, who feels that God has abandoned him, is skeptical.
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!!''The Angel Levine'' contains examples of:
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Levine says that in order for him to perform a miracle, Morris must have faith in him. Morris says that he won't have faith until Levine performs a miracle. Fanny's health does seem to improve dramatically whenever Levine is around and decline again when he's gone, but that's not enough for Morris, who wants something more obvious.
* DeskSweepOfRage: Morris gets in a shouting match with Fanny, who sweeps the medicine bottles off the tray on her bedside table.
* IHaveNoSon: Ever since Ruth got married, Morris has refused to accept her as his daughter.
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