Hester Street (1975) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Joan Micklin Silver.

Cast

• Steven Keats as Jake
• Carol Kane as Gitl
• Mel Howard as Bernstein
• Dorrie Kavanaugh as Mamie
• Doris Roberts as Mrs. Kavarsky
• Stephen Strimpell as Joe Peltner
• Lauren Friedman as Fanny
• Paul Freedman as Joey
• Martin Garner as Boss
• Leib Lensky as Peddler
• Zane Lasky as Greenhorn
• Zvee Scooler as Rabbi
• Eda Reiss Merin as Rabbi's Wife
• Robert Lesser as Lawyer
• Joanna Merlin as Jake's Landlady
• Claudia Silver as Feigie
• Ed Crowley as Inspector
• Philip Sterling as Mr. Lipman
• Sol Frieder as Scribe
• Joel Wolfe as Kaminsky
• Mordecai Lawner as Waiter
• Anna Berger as Poultry Woman
• Bert Salzman as Zalman
• Billy Natbony
• Lin Shaye as Whore

Crew

• Joan Micklin Silver — Director
• Kenneth Van Sickle — Director of Photography
• Abraham Cahan — Writer
• Joan Micklin Silver — Screenplay
• Raphael D. Silver — Producer

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