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Paradise Lost (1971)
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Luther Adler, Jo Van Fleet, Eli Wallach, Sam Groom
Runtime156 min
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Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.
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Paradise Lost (1971), directed by Glenn Jordan, is a critically acclaimed television movie adaptation of Clifford Odets' controversial 1935 play about the Great Depression. The film is praised for its powerful portrayal of the hardships faced by a working-class family during that era, though its public reception is not extensively documented.