The Fixer is a 1968 film which tells the true story of a Jew, Menahem Mendel Beilis, in Tsarist Russia who is unjustly imprisoned, the notorious "Beilis trial" that ensued, and the international uproar that it caused, forcing Russia to back down in the face of world indignation.
The film stars Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown , Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman, Ian Holm, David Opatoshu and David Warner.
The movie was adapted by Dalton Trumbo from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Bernard Malamud. It was directed by John Frankenheimer.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Alan Bates).
Disambiguation: The Fixer is also a fiction novel by Jon F. Merz
