The Last Angry Man (1959)

Dr Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood But when his nephew wouldbe journalist Myron writes an article about him it draws the attention of a producer Woodrow Thrasher who believes Dr Abelman a good candidate for a TV show The doctor however is suspicious of the whole enterprise thinking both Myron and Thrasher are simply out to make a fast buck