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The Tenant

1976·2h 6m·R
DramaThriller
IMDb Rating
★ 7.5/10
51,428 votes
Metascore
71
Metacritic

A bachelor man rents a Parisian apartment whose previous tenant committed suicide, and slowly finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

The Tenant is a 1976 drama thriller movie directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jo Van Fleet, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 from 51,428 votes and runs 2h 6m.

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Director
Roman Polanski
Stars
Jo Van Fleet
Isabelle Adjani
Melvyn Douglas
Roman Polanski
Details
1976-05-26
126 min
Movie
R
★ France
★ French, English
Keywords
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