What is The Pawnbroker / The Offence about?

THE PAWNBROKER, 1965, Paramount, 119 min. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Rod Steiger is the pawnbroker of the title, an emotionally constricted Holocaust survivor whose efforts to cut himself off from others are severely tested. THE OFFENCE, 1973, MGM Repertory, 112 min. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Sean Connery plays Officer Johnson, a veteran cop on the trail of a child molester. When he catches a suspect (Ian Bannen), an interrogation ensues in which Johnson loses all control and becomes engaged in a violent, life-and-death showdown.

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What is The Pawnbroker / The Offence about?: THE PAWNBROKER, 1965, Paramount, 119 min. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Rod Steiger is the pawnbroker of the title, an emotionally constricted Holocaust survivor whose efforts to cut himself off from others are severely tested.
THE OFFENCE, 1973, MGM Repertory, 112 min. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Sean Connery plays Officer Johnson, a veteran cop on the trail of a child molester. When he catches a suspect (Ian Bannen), an interrogation ensues in which Johnson loses all control and becomes engaged in a violent, life-and-death showdown.